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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar54.435
2 Reviews of Geophysics49.837
3 Annual Review of Marine Science27.946
4 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.926
5 Soil Biology & Biochemistry22.846
6 Water Research22.496
7 Nature Climate Change20.689
8 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences20.667
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing20.649
10 Landscape and Urban Planning20.499
11 Remote Sensing of Environment20.478
12 Current Climate Change Reports19.296
13 Earth-Science Reviews19.194
14 Earth System Science Data18.680
15 Geoscience Frontiers18.561
16 Gondwana Research18.069
17 npj Clean Water17.940
18 Petroleum Exploration and Development17.787
19 Nature Geoscience17.531
20 Desalination16.110
21 Engineering Geology14.349
22 Water Resources and Industry14.153
23 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials13.960
24 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.847
25 Geoderma13.209
26 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering13.064
27 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences12.929
28 Soil & Tillage Research12.920
29 Urban Climate12.889
30 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine12.588
31 Earths Future12.587
32 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.314
33 Journal of Hydrology12.069
34 Computers and Geotechnics12.024
35 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water11.989
36 Agricultural Water Management11.739
37 CATENA11.428
38 GIScience & Remote Sensing11.354
39 Communications Earth & Environment11.345
40 Landscape Ecology11.202
41 Plant Phenomics11.045
42 Landslides10.839
43 Biogeochemistry10.786
44 Applied Clay Science10.649
45 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences10.643
46 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.598
47 International Journal of Coal Geology10.555
48 Surveys in Geophysics10.535
49 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science10.525
50 Ocean & Coastal Management10.193
51 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.171
52 Global Ecology and Biogeography10.008
53 Acta Geotechnica9.999
54 Geotechnique9.944
55 Ocean Engineering9.877
56 Drones9.850
57 Journal of Water Process Engineering9.833
58 Weather and Climate Extremes9.808
59 Applied Water Science9.760
60 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction9.718
61 Water Resources Research9.708
62 Biology and Fertility of Soils9.572
63 Minerals Engineering9.448
64 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.440
65 Journal of Geographical Sciences9.419
66 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9.353
67 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.092
68 Natural Resources Research8.971
69 Remote Sensing8.968
70 Water Resources Management8.757
71 Earth System Dynamics8.643
72 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.589
73 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences8.587
74 Economic Geology8.583
75 Applied Soil Ecology8.563
76 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.489
77 Transportation Geotechnics8.460
78 Earth and Planetary Science Letters8.409
79 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.389
80 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.348
81 Soil8.232
82 International Journal of Digital Earth8.204
83 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science8.154
84 Geoscientific Model Development8.143
85 Climate Risk Management8.137
86 GPS Solutions8.079
87 Environmental Research Letters8.064
88 Geocarto International7.985
89 Applied Ocean Research7.910
90 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics7.900
91 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources7.839
92 Geothermics7.802
93 Marine and Petroleum Geology7.791
94 Computers & Geosciences7.768
95 Environmental Modelling & Software7.750
96 Atmospheric Research7.720
97 International Journal of Geographical Information Science7.609
98 Geophysical Research Letters7.511
99 Climatic Change7.481
100 Advances in Climate Change Research7.471
101 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.460
102 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review7.429
103 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.372
104 Geology7.371
105 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth7.361
106 Pedosphere7.334
107 Science China-Earth Sciences7.259
108 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.248
109 Advances in Water Resources7.246
110 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.206
111 Geothermal Energy7.193
112 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.189
113 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.151
114 Journal of Water and Climate Change7.131
115 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.041
116 Climate Services7.031
117 Earthquake Spectra7.009
118 Exposure and Health7.000
119 Cryosphere6.992
120 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment6.977
121 Atmospheric Environment6.945
122 Soils and Foundations6.915
123 Rhizosphere6.890
124 Journal of Geodesy6.851
125 Mineralium Deposita6.807
126 Geo-Spatial Information Science6.805
127 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems6.796
128 Earth Science Informatics6.776
129 Natural Hazards6.733
130 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.713
131 Biogeosciences6.689
132 European Journal of Soil Biology6.666
133 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing6.650
134 Anthropocene6.582
135 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.565
136 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.552
137 Water6.541
138 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences6.504
139 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.475
140 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.441
141 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.412
142 Applied Geochemistry6.392
143 Anthropocene Review6.310
144 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.294
145 Progress in Oceanography6.214
- Environmental Toxicology6.214
147 Ore Geology Reviews6.191
148 IUCrJ6.160
149 Chemical Geology6.138
150 Global and Planetary Change6.111
151 Journal of Sea Research6.110
152 European Journal of Soil Science6.106
153 Astrobiology6.103
154 Water Science and Technology6.096
155 Environmental Earth Sciences6.033
156 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.023
157 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.015
158 Quaternary Science Reviews5.980
159 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.973
160 Journal of Petrology5.965
161 International Journal of Sediment Research5.962
162 Journal of Earth Science5.951
163 Spatial Statistics5.929
164 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.919
165 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications5.894
166 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.875
167 European Journal of Remote Sensing5.867
168 Soil Use and Management5.860
169 Land Degradation & Development5.850
170 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.827
171 Plant and Soil5.823
172 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.813
173 Journal of Hydroinformatics5.755
174 International Journal of Geomechanics5.743
175 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.742
176 Geophysics5.722
177 Crystals5.700
178 Hydrology Research5.681
179 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering5.654
180 Crystal Growth & Design5.647
181 Climate of the Past5.601
182 Geoscience Letters5.578
183 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.569
184 Mathematical Geosciences5.537
185 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.497
186 Precambrian Research5.477
187 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.439
188 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters5.413
189 American Journal of Science5.397
190 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.368
191 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration5.364
192 Journal of Climate5.356
193 Geomicrobiology Journal5.333
194 Atmosphere5.331
195 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.289
196 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres5.282
197 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.262
198 Geobiology5.261
199 Tectonics5.260
200 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.239
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