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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar57.453
2 Reviews of Geophysics44.832
3 Annual Review of Marine Science23.973
4 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.871
5 Nature Climate Change21.582
6 Water Research21.134
7 Remote Sensing of Environment20.771
8 Landscape and Urban Planning20.384
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing19.986
10 Soil Biology & Biochemistry19.350
11 Earth-Science Reviews19.202
12 Earth System Science Data18.331
13 Current Climate Change Reports18.172
14 Geoscience Frontiers17.724
15 Nature Geoscience17.589
16 Gondwana Research17.571
17 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences17.295
18 Desalination16.587
19 Petroleum Exploration and Development15.472
20 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.797
21 npj Clean Water14.432
22 Water Resources and Industry13.986
23 Engineering Geology13.939
24 Geoderma13.693
25 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.660
26 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials13.433
27 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.170
28 Bulletin of Volcanology12.836
29 Soil & Tillage Research12.605
30 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering12.567
31 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences12.151
32 Earth System Dynamics11.997
33 Journal of Hydrology11.956
34 Earths Future11.897
35 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.827
36 Urban Climate11.824
37 Agricultural Water Management11.680
38 GIScience & Remote Sensing11.529
39 CATENA11.175
40 Applied Water Science10.964
41 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.746
42 Computers and Geotechnics10.745
43 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.603
44 Applied Clay Science10.602
45 Surveys in Geophysics10.566
46 Ocean & Coastal Management10.247
47 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.208
48 Landslides10.206
49 Global Ecology and Biogeography10.200
50 International Journal of Coal Geology10.150
51 Communications Earth & Environment10.002
52 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences9.953
53 Minerals Engineering9.931
54 Ocean Engineering9.696
55 Biogeochemistry9.691
56 Acta Geotechnica9.463
57 Plant Phenomics9.413
58 Weather and Climate Extremes9.389
59 Biology and Fertility of Soils9.379
60 Applied Soil Ecology9.365
61 Natural Resources Research9.363
62 Landscape Ecology9.342
63 Geotechnique9.257
64 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.248
65 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.168
66 Journal of Geographical Sciences9.115
67 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science9.085
68 Journal of Water Process Engineering9.059
69 Water Resources Research9.015
70 Earth and Planetary Science Letters9.001
71 Transportation Geotechnics8.827
72 Computers & Geosciences8.790
73 Water Research X8.756
74 Environmental Research Letters8.718
75 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.657
76 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.618
77 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.493
78 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction8.483
79 Remote Sensing8.386
80 Drones8.293
81 Advances in Climate Change Research8.261
82 Pedosphere8.231
83 Water Resources Management8.226
84 Climatic Change8.131
85 Environmental Modelling & Software8.038
86 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science8.020
87 Geothermics7.991
88 Exposure and Health7.987
89 Atmospheric Research7.970
90 Climate Risk Management7.916
91 Geoscientific Model Development7.827
92 Geocarto International7.784
93 Soil7.782
94 Economic Geology7.712
95 Geology7.665
- Science China-Earth Sciences7.665
97 Applied Ocean Research7.659
98 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.617
99 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences7.558
100 Geophysical Research Letters7.554
101 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.531
102 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology7.431
103 International Journal of Geographical Information Science7.394
104 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7.377
105 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.365
106 Atmospheric Environment7.313
107 GPS Solutions7.309
108 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.289
109 Marine and Petroleum Geology7.280
110 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.238
111 Anthropocene7.198
112 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources7.175
113 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics7.080
114 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.068
115 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.031
116 Advances in Water Resources7.018
117 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene7.003
118 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing6.984
119 Global and Planetary Change6.968
120 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment6.967
121 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences6.928
122 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.904
123 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems6.861
124 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth6.813
125 Cryosphere6.803
126 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.769
127 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review6.765
128 Acta Geophysica6.653
129 Soils and Foundations6.631
130 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.603
131 Mineralium Deposita6.592
132 Progress in Oceanography6.480
133 Biogeosciences6.468
134 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.455
135 Rhizosphere6.403
136 Ore Geology Reviews6.385
137 Astrobiology6.380
138 Geo-Spatial Information Science6.377
139 International Journal of Digital Earth6.376
140 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.338
141 Environmental Toxicology6.336
142 Chemical Geology6.287
143 European Journal of Remote Sensing6.145
144 Climate Services6.130
145 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences6.128
146 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.116
147 Applied Geochemistry6.103
148 Natural Hazards6.098
149 International Journal of Sediment Research6.095
150 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling6.018
151 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.008
152 Journal of Water and Climate Change5.920
153 Journal of Geodesy5.913
154 Soil Use and Management5.885
155 Water5.881
156 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.848
157 Journal of Earth Science5.815
158 Quaternary Science Reviews5.811
159 Earthquake Spectra5.774
160 Plant and Soil5.769
161 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.759
162 European Journal of Soil Science5.751
163 Water Science and Technology5.742
164 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.724
165 Land Degradation & Development5.691
166 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.670
167 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.646
168 Climate of the Past5.643
169 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.637
170 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications5.628
171 Anthropocene Review5.626
172 Oceanologia5.607
173 International Journal of Geomechanics5.527
174 Irrigation Science5.493
175 Crystal Growth & Design5.489
176 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.482
177 Geomorphology5.470
178 Aeolian Research5.448
179 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.445
180 Journal of Cultural Heritage5.432
181 Geothermal Energy5.367
182 Hydrology Research5.360
183 IUCrJ5.343
184 Environmental Earth Sciences5.319
185 European Journal of Soil Biology5.291
186 Journal of Petrology5.283
187 Climate Dynamics5.272
188 Geoscience Letters5.251
189 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.241
190 Limnology and Oceanography5.239
191 Precambrian Research5.168
192 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres5.167
193 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.165
194 Crystals5.112
195 Geophysics5.094
196 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.093
197 Water Resources and Economics5.089
198 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.075
199 Journal of Biogeography5.054
200 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering5.052
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