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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Chemical Engineering Journal156
2 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
3 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews142
4 Journal of Cleaner Production140
5 Journal of Hazardous Materials129
6 Sustainability126
7 Environmental Science & Technology123
8 Water Research115
9 Environmental Research111
10 Renewable Energy110
11 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
12 Sustainable Cities and Society95
13 Nature Sustainability91
14 Remote Sensing88
15 Global Change Biology87
16 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering86
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
18 Resources Conservation and Recycling85
19 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing84
20 Frontiers in Public Health79
21 Process Safety and Environmental Protection78
- Green Chemistry78
23 Journal of Hydrology77
24 Building and Environment76
25 Desalination75
- Environmental Chemistry Letters75
- Remote Sensing of Environment75
28 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing74
- Journal of Water Process Engineering74
30 Sustainable Production and Consumption73
- Water73
- Lancet Global Health73
33 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering72
34 Agriculture-Basel71
35 Agronomy-Basel70
- Industrial Crops and Products70
- BMC Public Health70
38 Lancet Public Health66
- Nature Ecology & Evolution66
40 Drones61
- CATENA61
42 Lancet Planetary Health60
- Landscape and Urban Planning60
- Sustainable Development60
45 Marine Pollution Bulletin59
- Ecological Informatics59
- Environmental Technology & Innovation59
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
49 Waste Management57
- ISME Journal57
- One Earth57
- Green Energy & Environment57
53 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing56
54 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- Agricultural Water Management55
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment55
57 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction51
- Field Crops Research51
- Frontiers in Marine Science51
- Ecological Economics51
- Water Resources Research51
62 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
- Ocean & Coastal Management49
- ChemSusChem49
65 Postharvest Biology and Technology48
- Environmental Health Perspectives48
- Accident Analysis and Prevention48
68 Environmental Science & Technology Letters47
- BMJ Global Health47
- Journal of Rural Studies47
71 Social Science & Medicine46
- Ecology Letters46
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology46
- Forests46
75 Aquaculture45
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments45
77 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology44
79 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions43
80 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation42
- Forest Ecology and Management42
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters42
- Biological Conservation42
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment42
- Applied Water Science42
- Water Air and Soil Pollution42
87 European Journal of Agronomy41
- Applied Geography41
- Natural Hazards41
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences41
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine41
92 npj Clean Water40
- Crop Journal40
- Water Resources Management40
- Journal of Transport Geography40
96 Methods in Ecology and Evolution39
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems39
- Journal of Global Health39
99 Plant and Soil38
- Journal of Infection and Public Health38
- Digital Health38
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development38
- International Journal for Equity in Health38
104 Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific37
- Energy for Sustainable Development37
- Environment Development and Sustainability37
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine37
- BMC Womens Health37
- International Journal of Digital Earth37
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control37
- Global Ecology and Biogeography37
112 Journal of Ecology36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Environmental Modelling & Software36
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment36
- Aquatic Toxicology36
- Molecular Ecology36
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy36
- Ecology36
120 International Journal of Epidemiology35
- One Health35
- Ecology and Evolution35
- European Journal of Epidemiology35
- Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry35
- American Journal of Public Health35
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy35
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution35
- Advanced Sustainable Systems35
129 Molecular Ecology Resources34
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences34
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Ecosystem Services34
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health34
- Materials Today Sustainability34
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance34
- Pest Management Science34
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth34
- Ecological Engineering34
140 Preventive Medicine33
- Sustainability Science33
- Functional Ecology33
- Conservation Biology33
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism33
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease33
- Public Health33
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology33
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology33
- Diversity-Basel33
- Environmental Health33
- Ambio33
152 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment32
- People and Nature32
- Environmental Earth Sciences32
- Health & Place32
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies32
- Journal of Adolescent Health32
- Journal of Applied Ecology32
- Fishes32
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering32
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability32
- Waste Management & Research32
163 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology31
- Journal of Water and Climate Change31
- Ecological Applications31
- Geocarto International31
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk31
- GPS Solutions31
- Health Expectations31
- Regional Studies31
- Cold Regions Science and Technology31
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences31
- Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change31
- Journal of Safety Research31
176 Plant Phenomics30
- JMIR Serious Games30
- Fire-Switzerland30
- Current Pollution Reports30
- Biogeosciences30
- American Journal of Epidemiology30
- Political Geography30
- Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Ecography30
186 International Soil and Water Conservation Research29
- Ecological Modelling29
- Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews29
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
- Water Science and Technology29
- Microbial Ecology29
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
- Drug Safety29
- Ecosphere29
- Environmental Toxicology29
- IET Renewable Power Generation29
198 Theoretical and Applied Genetics28
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science28
- Psychiatric Services28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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