New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Average citations
1 Biochar64.028
2 Reviews of Geophysics50.509
3 Annual Review of Marine Science27.739
4 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.475
5 Soil Biology & Biochemistry21.515
6 Remote Sensing of Environment21.362
7 Water Research21.154
8 Nature Climate Change21.017
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing20.463
10 Landscape and Urban Planning19.534
11 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences19.477
12 Earth System Science Data18.970
13 Earth-Science Reviews18.915
14 Geoscience Frontiers17.855
15 Current Climate Change Reports17.793
16 Nature Geoscience17.695
17 Gondwana Research17.014
18 npj Clean Water16.773
19 Petroleum Exploration and Development16.379
20 Desalination16.269
21 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.210
22 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials14.049
23 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.873
24 Engineering Geology13.781
25 Geoderma13.481
26 Soil & Tillage Research13.068
27 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing12.596
28 Urban Climate12.509
29 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering12.478
30 Agricultural Water Management12.384
31 Earths Future12.367
32 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.354
33 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences12.149
34 Water Resources and Industry11.932
35 GIScience & Remote Sensing11.656
36 Journal of Hydrology11.386
37 Computers and Geotechnics11.344
38 Surveys in Geophysics11.218
39 Bulletin of Volcanology11.148
40 Landslides11.093
41 CATENA10.991
42 Applied Water Science10.920
43 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.852
44 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.849
45 Earth System Dynamics10.617
46 Global Ecology and Biogeography10.525
47 Communications Earth & Environment10.519
48 Plant Phenomics10.432
49 Applied Clay Science10.403
50 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences10.188
51 Landscape Ecology10.182
52 International Journal of Coal Geology10.162
53 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science10.038
54 Biogeochemistry9.929
55 Geotextiles and Geomembranes9.891
56 Acta Geotechnica9.828
57 Journal of Geographical Sciences9.796
58 Geotechnique9.607
59 Ocean Engineering9.574
60 Ocean & Coastal Management9.555
61 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.533
62 Minerals Engineering9.492
63 Natural Resources Research9.405
64 Biology and Fertility of Soils9.383
65 Journal of Water Process Engineering9.306
66 Water Resources Research9.304
67 Weather and Climate Extremes9.166
68 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.129
69 Earth and Planetary Science Letters9.095
70 Drones9.076
71 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction9.014
72 Water Resources Management8.982
73 Climate Risk Management8.938
74 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.832
75 Remote Sensing8.796
76 Applied Soil Ecology8.793
77 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.728
78 Environmental Research Letters8.713
79 Pedosphere8.635
80 Computers & Geosciences8.603
81 Transportation Geotechnics8.520
82 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.317
83 Exposure and Health8.279
84 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.249
85 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences8.151
86 Advances in Climate Change Research8.114
87 Geoscientific Model Development8.045
88 Economic Geology7.987
89 Geology7.971
90 Soil7.936
91 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7.927
92 International Journal of Geographical Information Science7.900
93 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science7.884
94 Geocarto International7.828
95 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing7.795
96 Applied Ocean Research7.745
97 Science China-Earth Sciences7.744
98 Acta Geophysica7.739
99 Environmental Modelling & Software7.680
100 Geophysical Research Letters7.666
101 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene7.639
102 Geothermics7.621
103 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.586
104 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources7.584
105 Climatic Change7.533
106 GPS Solutions7.528
107 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review7.470
108 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics7.428
109 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences7.342
110 International Journal of Digital Earth7.334
111 Atmospheric Research7.321
112 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.305
113 Anthropocene7.193
114 Marine and Petroleum Geology7.120
115 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.065
116 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment7.050
117 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.034
118 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.021
119 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology6.960
120 Mineralium Deposita6.958
121 Atmospheric Environment6.940
122 Advances in Water Resources6.938
123 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.922
124 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.900
125 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems6.898
126 European Journal of Remote Sensing6.888
127 Natural Hazards6.872
128 Cryosphere6.870
129 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.807
130 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering6.795
131 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth6.653
132 Rhizosphere6.574
133 Biogeosciences6.532
134 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.517
135 Environmental Toxicology6.509
136 Climate Services6.478
137 Journal of Water and Climate Change6.435
138 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.432
139 International Journal of Sediment Research6.410
- Geo-Spatial Information Science6.410
141 Global and Planetary Change6.386
142 Soils and Foundations6.348
143 Journal of Geodesy6.338
144 Water6.281
145 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.219
146 Applied Geochemistry6.184
147 Geothermal Energy6.181
148 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.173
149 Progress in Oceanography6.085
150 Journal of Soils and Sediments6.053
151 European Journal of Soil Biology6.031
152 Astrobiology6.021
153 Ore Geology Reviews6.020
154 Chemical Geology5.993
155 Plant and Soil5.989
156 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.985
157 Water Science and Technology5.963
158 Anthropocene Review5.945
159 Journal of Cultural Heritage5.921
160 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.904
161 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.870
162 Journal of Earth Science5.826
163 International Journal of Geomechanics5.820
164 Earthquake Spectra5.814
165 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.803
166 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.802
167 Earth Science Informatics5.775
168 Soil Use and Management5.773
169 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.771
170 Land Degradation & Development5.759
171 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications5.726
172 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.708
- Quaternary Science Reviews5.708
174 Climate of the Past5.690
175 European Journal of Soil Science5.671
176 Oceanologia5.655
177 IUCrJ5.648
178 Canadian Mineralogist5.630
179 Journal of Petrology5.625
180 Irrigation Science5.536
181 Crystal Growth & Design5.524
182 Journal of Aerosol Science5.520
183 Spatial Statistics5.514
184 Hydrology Research5.492
185 Geoscience Letters5.487
186 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.477
187 Precambrian Research5.435
188 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.432
189 Geomorphology5.408
190 American Journal of Science5.403
191 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society5.387
192 Crystals5.366
- Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.366
194 Journal of Sea Research5.363
195 Mathematical Geosciences5.357
196 Environmental Earth Sciences5.351
197 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering5.346
198 Journal of Climate5.329
199 Journal of Applied Crystallography5.314
200 Climate Dynamics5.305
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