Water Resources: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	113
2	Journal of Hydrology	71
3	Journal of Water Process Engineering	67
4	Desalination	66
5	Water	64
6	CATENA	58
7	Agricultural Water Management	51
8	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	50
9	Water Resources Research	46
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	46
-	Applied Water Science	46
12	Environmental Modelling & Software	40
-	Natural Hazards	40
14	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	39
15	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	35
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
-	Water Resources Management	35
18	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
19	npj Clean Water	31
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
22	Advances in Water Resources	30
23	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	29
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	29
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	29
26	Environmental Toxicology	28
27	Journal of Water and Climate Change	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
29	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	26
-	Hydrological Processes	26
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	26
32	Water Research X	25
33	Exposure and Health	24
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	24
35	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	23
36	Water Supply	22
37	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	21
38	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	Water Resources and Industry	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
41	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	19
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
43	Ecohydrology	18
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	18
-	Water Environment Research	18
46	Hydrology Research	17
-	Irrigation Science	17
48	Hydrogeology Journal	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	River Research and Applications	16

51	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	15
-	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
55	Mine Water and the Environment	14
-	Groundwater	14
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	14
-	China Ocean Engineering	14
59	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
-	Water and Environment Journal	13
-	Water Policy	13
64	Irrigation and Drainage	12
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
69	Urban Water Journal	11
-	Water International	11
-	Water Resources	11
72	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	10
77	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Soil and Water Research	9
79	Water Economics and Policy	8
80	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	7
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	7
82	Journal Awwa	6
-	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	6
87	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Wasserwirtschaft	4