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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	111
2	Desalination	74
3	Water	73
-	Journal of Hydrology	73
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	71
6	CATENA	59
7	Agricultural Water Management	54
8	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	48
9	Ocean & Coastal Management	47
-	Applied Water Science	47
-	Water Resources Research	47
12	Natural Hazards	44
13	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	43
14	Water Air and Soil Pollution	39
15	Water Resources Management	38
-	npj Clean Water	38
17	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
18	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	33
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	33
21	Water Science and Technology	31
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	31
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	31
25	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	30
-	Journal of Water and Climate Change	30
27	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
28	Advances in Water Resources	28
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
31	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	27
32	Hydrological Processes	25
33	Exposure and Health	24
34	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	22
38	International Journal of Sediment Research	21
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	21
40	Water Resources and Industry	20
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
42	Water Environment Research	19
-	Water Research X	19
-	Irrigation Science	19
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	19
46	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Hydrogeology Journal	18
-	Hydrology Research	18
49	Groundwater	17
50	China Ocean Engineering	16

-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
-	River Research and Applications	16
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
55	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Irrigation and Drainage	15
57	Water Policy	14
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	14
-	Mine Water and the Environment	14
-	Ecohydrology	14
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
62	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
-	Urban Water Journal	13
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	13
67	Water and Environment Journal	12
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
70	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	11
-	Water International	11
-	Water Resources	11
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	11
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	11
75	Soil and Water Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
78	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	9
79	Canadian Water Resources Journal	8
-	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
82	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	6
-	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
88	Wasserwirtschaft	5