New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing111
- Water Research111
3 Remote Sensing88
4 Nature Climate Change80
5 Remote Sensing of Environment79
6 Soil Biology & Biochemistry75
- Ocean Engineering75
8 Desalination74
9 Water73
- Journal of Hydrology73
11 Journal of Water Process Engineering71
12 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing69
13 Gondwana Research65
14 Nature Geoscience64
15 Earth System Science Data63
16 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing62
- Earth-Science Reviews62
18 Geophysical Research Letters61
19 CATENA59
- Communications Earth & Environment59
21 Geoderma58
- Landscape and Urban Planning58
23 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters57
- Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering57
25 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology56
- Environmental Research Letters56
- Computers and Geotechnics56
- Drones56
- Urban Climate56
30 Engineering Geology54
- Agricultural Water Management54
32 Geoscience Frontiers53
33 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics52
34 Earths Future51
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering51
36 Crystals50
- Soil & Tillage Research50
38 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials49
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering49
40 Applied Soil Ecology48
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction48
42 Water Resources Research47
- Ocean & Coastal Management47
- Applied Water Science47
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology47
46 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences45
- npj Climate and Atmospheric Science45
- Atmosphere45
- Minerals Engineering45
50 Applied Clay Science44
- Natural Hazards44
52 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences43
53 Atmospheric Research41
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters41
- Plant and Soil41
- Landslides41
57 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine40
- Petroleum Exploration and Development40
59 Global Ecology and Biogeography39
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation39
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta39
- Acta Geotechnica39
- Minerals39
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering39
- Water Air and Soil Pollution39
66 Atmospheric Environment38
- Advances in Space Research38
- Applied Ocean Research38
- Water Resources Management38
- npj Clean Water38
71 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth37
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment37
- Crystal Growth & Design37
- Land Degradation & Development37
- Biochar37
76 Reviews of Geophysics36
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information36
- Environmental Modelling & Software36
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society36
- Marine and Petroleum Geology36
81 International Journal of Coal Geology35
- Geoscientific Model Development35
- Transportation Geotechnics35
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres35
85 International Journal of Digital Earth34
- Ore Geology Reviews34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition34
- Computers & Geosciences34
90 Environmental Earth Sciences33
- Frontiers in Earth Science33
- Geocarto International33
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences33
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles33
- Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems33
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health33
- Science China-Earth Sciences33
98 Journal of Climate32
- Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
- Plant Phenomics32
- Geology32
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets32
104 Cold Regions Science and Technology31
- Advances in Atmospheric Sciences31
- Annual Review of Marine Science31
- Natural Resources Research31
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment31
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth31
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk31
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques31
- Water Science and Technology31
113 Global and Planetary Change30
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science30
- Climate Dynamics30
- Pedosphere30
- Journal of Water and Climate Change30
- International Journal of Climatology30
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology30
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes30
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering30
- Chemical Geology30
- Climatic Change30
- CrystEngComm30
- Quaternary Science Reviews30
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology30
127 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering29
- GPS Solutions29
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research29
- Geomorphology29
- Earth Science Informatics29
- IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering29
- International Journal of Geomechanics29
- Geothermics29
- Biogeosciences29
- Cryosphere29
137 Geotechnique28
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans28
- Environmental Toxicology28
- Advances in Water Resources28
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling28
- Journal of Cultural Heritage28
- Journal of Geographical Sciences28
- Applied Geochemistry28
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water28
- Polyhedron28
147 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies27
- Journal of Soils and Sediments27
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources27
- Geophysical Journal International27
- Journal of Geochemical Exploration27
- Biology and Fertility of Soils27
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal27
- Weather and Climate Extremes27
- Landscape Ecology27
- International Journal of Remote Sensing27
- JOM27
- Economic Geology27
- Earth System Dynamics27
- Rhizosphere27
- Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications27
- Surveys in Geophysics27
- Limnology and Oceanography27
164 ICES Journal of Marine Science26
- International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics26
- Geophysics26
- Climate Risk Management26
- Earth and Space Science26
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences26
170 Hydrological Processes25
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences25
- ACS Earth and Space Chemistry25
- Progress in Oceanography25
- Journal of Biogeography25
- Geo-Spatial Information Science25
- Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science25
- European Journal of Soil Science25
- Advances in Climate Change Research25
179 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences24
- Tectonophysics24
- Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology24
- Exposure and Health24
- Seismological Research Letters24
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology24
185 International Journal of Biometeorology23
- Journal of Aerosol Science23
- Journal of Applied Geophysics23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America23
- Earth Planets and Space23
- Soil Use and Management23
- Structural Chemistry23
- Precambrian Research23
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters23
- Journal of African Earth Sciences23
196 Journal of Crystal Growth22
- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems22
- Water Supply22
- Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society22
- Mineralium Deposita22
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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