New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environment and Ecology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Sustainability57643
2 Chemical Engineering Journal35235
3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health32482
4 Remote Sensing21776
5 Frontiers in Public Health18180
6 Journal of Cleaner Production17876
7 Water15972
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials12816
9 Agronomy-Basel12274
10 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering12178
11 BMC Public Health12055
12 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9991
13 Environmental Research9728
14 Zootaxa9386
15 Agriculture-Basel9044
16 European Journal of Public Health8993
17 Forests8682
18 Frontiers in Marine Science8567
19 Environmental Science & Technology8316
20 Renewable Energy7830
21 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering7149
22 Industrial Crops and Products7110
23 Journal of Water Process Engineering6196
24 Journal of Hydrology6116
25 Water Research5847
26 Ecology and Evolution5701
27 Aquaculture5216
28 Marine Pollution Bulletin5196
29 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4757
30 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4622
31 Process Safety and Environmental Protection4616
32 Building and Environment4587
33 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4262
34 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4045
35 Diversity-Basel4000
36 Green Chemistry3826
37 Sustainable Cities and Society3621
38 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution3410
39 CATENA3400
40 Social Science & Medicine3295
41 Desalination3116
42 Water Air and Soil Pollution3072
43 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3071
44 ChemSusChem3025
45 Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments2884
46 Forest Ecology and Management2870
47 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2712
48 Plant and Soil2634
49 Environmental Earth Sciences2620
50 Water Resources Research2601
51 Natural Hazards2564
52 Drones2535
53 Pest Management Science2528
54 Agricultural Water Management2478
55 Resources Conservation and Recycling2457
56 BMC Womens Health2445
57 Environmental Technology & Innovation2390
58 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2365
59 Ciencia & Saude Coletiva2353
60 Journal of Adolescent Health2328
61 Global Change Biology2299
62 Patient Education and Counseling2248
63 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2241
64 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2215
65 Digital Health2210
66 Waste Management2171
67 American Journal of Public Health2053
68 Occupational Medicine-Oxford2049
69 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2019
70 Global Ecology and Conservation2004
71 Fishes1959
72 Regional Studies in Marine Science1953
73 American Journal of Infection Control1944
74 Molecular Ecology1906
75 Remote Sensing of Environment1885
76 BMJ Global Health1860
77 Zookeys1855
78 Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation1781
79 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1767
80 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1766
81 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences1757
82 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1747
83 Preventive Medicine Reports1732
84 Ecosphere1705
85 Biological Conservation1696
86 Postharvest Biology and Technology1693
87 Ecological Informatics1674
88 Lancet Global Health1658
89 Ocean & Coastal Management1653
90 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1609
91 Water Science and Technology1589
92 Public Health1573
- Pakistan Journal of Zoology1573
94 Statistics in Medicine1549
95 Marine Environmental Research1548
96 Fire-Switzerland1537
97 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1513
98 International Journal of Epidemiology1466
99 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy1463
100 Sustainable Development1462
101 Journal of Fish Biology1434
102 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities1433
103 American Journal of Preventive Medicine1423
104 AIDS and Behavior1420
105 Field Crops Research1413
106 International Journal of Remote Sensing1410
107 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1406
108 Sustainable Production and Consumption1390
109 Journal of Polymers and the Environment1386
110 Preventive Medicine1376
111 Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique1375
112 Water Resources Management1373
113 Accident Analysis and Prevention1361
114 Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention1354
115 Safety and Health at Work1342
116 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening1339
117 Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific1334
118 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology1325
119 Hydrological Processes1321
120 Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution1303
121 Journal of Global Health1299
- Ecology1299
123 Water Supply1287
124 Hydrobiologia1278
125 Nature Ecology & Evolution1275
126 International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care1270
127 Iranian Journal of Public Health1255
128 Crop Protection1248
129 Health Expectations1237
130 Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness1223
131 Environmental Toxicology1222
132 Journal of Environmental and Public Health1221
133 Ecological Economics1219
134 Journal of Hospital Infection1217
135 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1211
136 Aquatic Toxicology1210
137 Journal of Infection and Public Health1208
138 Marine Ecology Progress Series1206
139 American Journal of Epidemiology1201
140 Limnology and Oceanography1184
141 Advanced Sustainable Systems1182
142 Journal of American College Health1175
143 Environmental Modelling & Software1170
144 Ecological Modelling1164
145 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology1152
146 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology1151
147 Journal of Rural Studies1147
148 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine1144
- Reproduction Fertility and Development1144
150 Biogeosciences1141
151 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report1139
152 Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'Environnement1133
153 Sustainable Materials and Technologies1130
154 Biodiversity Data Journal1120
155 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change1116
156 Public Health Nutrition1113
157 Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy1106
158 Environment Development and Sustainability1104
159 European Journal of Agronomy1103
160 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1100
161 Agronomy Journal1098
162 IET Renewable Power Generation1095
163 Restoration Ecology1094
164 Ecological Engineering1093
165 Journal of Applied Ecology1086
166 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy1085
167 Animal Behaviour1084
168 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance1074
169 Environmental Health Perspectives1066
170 Gesundheitswesen1064
171 Quality of Life Research1060
172 Functional Ecology1055
173 Materials Today Sustainability1051
174 Applied Water Science1049
175 Theoretical and Applied Genetics1048
- International Journal for Equity in Health1048
- Cadernos de Saude Publica1048
178 Psychiatric Services1042
- Journal of Applied Phycology1042
180 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1034
181 Crop Science1031
182 Biological Invasions1025
183 Journal of Religion & Health1021
184 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy1019
185 Journal of Nepal Medical Association1018
186 Evolution1005
187 Journal of Water and Climate Change1004
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1004
189 Methods in Ecology and Evolution1003
190 Journal of Thermal Biology1002
191 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1001
192 SSM-Population Health992
193 Developmental and Comparative Immunology989
194 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment988
195 Geocarto International973
196 International Journal of Digital Earth969
- Conservation Science and Practice969
198 Journal of Public Health966
199 Journal of Biogeography960
200 Ecology Letters957
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