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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	112
2	Journal of Hydrology	71
3	Desalination	69
4	Water	68
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	67
6	CATENA	59
7	Agricultural Water Management	52
8	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	49
9	Ocean & Coastal Management	48
10	Applied Water Science	46
11	Water Resources Research	45
12	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	41
13	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
-	Natural Hazards	39
15	Water Air and Soil Pollution	38
16	Water Resources Management	37
17	Environmental Earth Sciences	34
18	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	32
19	npj Clean Water	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
21	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
25	Journal of Water and Climate Change	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
27	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	28
-	Advances in Water Resources	28
29	Environmental Toxicology	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
31	Hydrological Processes	25
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	25
33	Exposure and Health	23
-	Water Research X	23
35	Water Supply	22
36	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	21
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	21
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	21
39	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	Water Resources and Industry	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
42	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	19
-	Water Environment Research	19
44	Irrigation Science	18
45	Hydrology Research	17
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Natural Hazards Review	17
50	Hydrogeology Journal	16

-	River Research and Applications	16
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
53	Mine Water and the Environment	15
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	China Ocean Engineering	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
58	Groundwater	14
59	Irrigation and Drainage	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Urban Water Journal	13
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
-	Water Policy	13
66	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
68	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Water Resources	11
-	Water and Environment Journal	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
73	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
77	Water International	9
-	Soil and Water Research	9
79	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
80	Water Economics and Policy	7
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	7
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	7
83	Journal Awwa	6
-	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
87	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Wasserwirtschaft	4