New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environment and Ecology

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 Chemical Engineering Journal169
2 Journal of Hazardous Materials147
3 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
4 Journal of Cleaner Production143
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
6 Renewable Energy120
7 Environmental Science & Technology118
8 Water Research112
9 Sustainability111
10 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report108
11 Environmental Research105
12 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing104
13 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
14 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering100
15 Sustainable Cities and Society96
16 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
17 Remote Sensing87
18 Global Change Biology82
- Nature Sustainability82
20 Remote Sensing of Environment80
21 Green Chemistry79
22 Building and Environment75
23 Frontiers in Public Health73
- Sustainable Production and Consumption73
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection73
26 Environmental Chemistry Letters72
27 Industrial Crops and Products71
- Lancet Global Health71
- Journal of Hydrology71
30 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering70
- Environmental Technology & Innovation70
32 Desalination69
33 Water68
- Agronomy-Basel68
35 Journal of Water Process Engineering67
36 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing66
37 Lancet Planetary Health63
- BMC Public Health63
- Nature Ecology & Evolution63
- Lancet Public Health63
41 Marine Pollution Bulletin62
42 CATENA59
- Agriculture-Basel59
44 Waste Management58
45 Landscape and Urban Planning56
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution56
47 ChemSusChem55
48 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters54
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy54
- One Earth54
51 Sustainable Development53
- Green Energy & Environment53
- ISME Journal53
54 BMJ Global Health52
- Agricultural Water Management52
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing52
57 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
- Drones51
- Ecological Informatics51
60 Aquaculture50
- Social Science & Medicine50
62 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions49
- Environmental Health Perspectives49
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology49
- Environment Development and Sustainability49
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction49
68 Frontiers in Marine Science48
- Ocean & Coastal Management48
70 Accident Analysis and Prevention47
- Ecological Economics47
- Ecology Letters47
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters47
74 Fish & Shellfish Immunology46
- Applied Water Science46
76 Water Resources Research45
- Postharvest Biology and Technology45
- Journal of Rural Studies45
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology45
80 Methods in Ecology and Evolution44
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments44
82 Forests43
83 Field Crops Research42
84 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences41
- Global Ecology and Biogeography41
- Forest Ecology and Management41
87 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine40
- Journal of Infection and Public Health40
89 Journal of Transport Geography39
- Biological Conservation39
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine39
- American Journal of Public Health39
- Environmental Modelling & Software39
- Natural Hazards39
- International Journal of Epidemiology39
96 Water Air and Soil Pollution38
- Crop Journal38
- Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry38
- Journal of Adolescent Health38
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation38
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment38
102 Ecological Engineering37
- Advanced Sustainable Systems37
- Water Resources Management37
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information37
106 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution36
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control36
- Plant and Soil36
- Preventive Medicine36
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems36
- Ecosystem Services36
- Molecular Ecology36
113 Aquatic Toxicology35
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment35
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
- European Journal of Agronomy35
- GIScience & Remote Sensing35
118 Molecular Ecology Resources34
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific34
- Journal of Applied Ecology34
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease34
- Applied Geography34
- Energy for Sustainable Development34
- Environmental Earth Sciences34
- SSM-Population Health34
- Public Health34
127 One Health33
- Journal of Global Health33
- Sustainability Science33
- European Journal of Epidemiology33
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics33
- Functional Ecology33
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability33
- Ecology and Evolution33
- Journal of Ecology33
136 Digital Health32
- Conservation Biology32
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development32
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences32
- Patient Education and Counseling32
- Journal of Industrial Ecology32
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance32
- Annual Review of Public Health32
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment32
- Pest Management Science32
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment32
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences32
- Materials Today Sustainability32
149 Journal of Safety Research31
- Ambio31
- Diversity-Basel31
- Ecography31
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering31
- Ecology31
- npj Clean Water31
- Water Science and Technology31
- American Journal of Epidemiology31
- Geocarto International31
- Journal of Hospital Infection31
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies31
161 International Journal for Equity in Health30
- Regional Studies30
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy30
- Environmental Health30
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology30
- Ecological Applications30
- Current Opinion in Insect Science30
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health30
- Health & Place30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy30
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth30
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research30
- Preventive Medicine Reports30
175 Theoretical and Applied Genetics29
- Geoforum29
- Cold Regions Science and Technology29
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
- Globalization and Health29
- Journal of Water and Climate Change29
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- International Journal of Digital Earth29
- Tobacco Control29
- BMC Womens Health29
- Ecological Modelling29
- Reproductive Health29
- Limnology and Oceanography29
- JMIR Serious Games29
190 Indoor Air28
- Annual Review of Marine Science28
- Ecosphere28
- Biogeosciences28
- People and Nature28
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk28
- Advances in Water Resources28
- Health Expectations28
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology28
199 Waste Management & Research27
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water27
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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