New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing21583
2 Water15984
3 Ocean Engineering10945
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10321
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9063
6 Geophysical Research Letters7227
7 Atmosphere7092
8 Journal of Water Process Engineering6600
9 Journal of Hydrology6304
10 Frontiers in Earth Science6211
11 Water Research5942
12 Crystals5918
13 Minerals5892
14 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4828
15 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4638
16 Crystal Growth & Design3768
17 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3726
18 Environmental Research Letters3628
19 Advances in Space Research3484
20 CrystEngComm3472
21 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3456
22 CATENA3435
23 Desalination3219
24 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3130
25 Water Air and Soil Pollution3086
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2979
27 JOM2866
28 Plant and Soil2719
29 Computers and Geotechnics2682
30 Drones2652
31 Water Resources Research2623
32 Natural Hazards2613
33 Environmental Earth Sciences2540
34 Agricultural Water Management2537
35 Communications Earth & Environment2458
36 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2409
37 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2386
38 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2304
39 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2275
40 Ore Geology Reviews2239
41 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2162
42 Atmospheric Research2151
43 Atmospheric Environment2144
44 Geoderma2068
45 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2067
46 Applied Soil Ecology2038
47 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2010
48 Geophysical Journal International2007
49 Minerals Engineering2003
50 Polyhedron1988
51 Theoretical and Applied Climatology1981
- Journal of South American Earth Sciences1981
53 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology1939
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1939
55 Marine and Petroleum Geology1921
56 Land Degradation & Development1912
57 Remote Sensing of Environment1897
58 Chemical Geology1875
59 Climate Dynamics1874
60 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1873
61 Journal of Climate1854
62 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1792
63 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1785
64 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1762
65 International Journal of Climatology1746
66 Quaternary Science Reviews1717
67 Engineering Geology1711
68 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1683
69 Ocean & Coastal Management1681
70 Urban Climate1583
71 International Journal of Geomechanics1581
72 Geophysics1577
73 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1565
74 Applied Ocean Research1538
75 Water Science and Technology1518
76 Geoscientific Model Development1496
77 Lithos1494
78 Geofluids1452
79 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1449
80 Journal of Crystal Growth1441
81 International Journal of Remote Sensing1426
82 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1423
83 Acta Geotechnica1408
84 Geomorphology1407
85 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1384
86 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1377
87 Water Resources Management1361
88 Hydrological Processes1299
89 Earth Science Informatics1298
90 Applied Clay Science1267
91 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1266
92 Nature Climate Change1263
93 Earth and Space Science1246
94 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1238
- Tectonophysics1238
96 Earths Future1233
97 Doklady Earth Sciences1231
98 Environmental Modelling & Software1222
99 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1209
100 Water Supply1208
101 Limnology and Oceanography1205
102 Environmental Toxicology1199
103 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1191
104 Marine Ecology Progress Series1183
105 Soil & Tillage Research1181
106 Biogeosciences1169
107 Quaternary International1164
108 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1158
109 Journal of Applied Geophysics1149
110 Earth-Science Reviews1144
111 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1135
112 Geological Journal1117
113 Journal of African Earth Sciences1112
114 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1111
115 Precambrian Research1109
116 Journal of Coastal Research1105
117 Cryosphere1101
118 Global and Planetary Change1098
119 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1089
120 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1084
121 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1083
122 Earth System Science Data1080
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1080
124 Seismological Research Letters1071
125 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1070
126 Applied Water Science1063
127 Applied Geochemistry1061
128 Journal of Soils and Sediments1056
129 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1045
130 Gondwana Research1041
131 Journal of the Geological Society of India1027
132 International Journal of Digital Earth1026
133 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1007
134 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science1002
- Transportation Geotechnics1002
136 Journal of Water and Climate Change998
137 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society980
138 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics978
139 Geocarto International962
140 Nature Geoscience961
141 Geothermics960
142 Pure and Applied Geophysics957
143 Journal of Biogeography955
144 Journal of Earth System Science952
145 Geological Society of America Bulletin948
146 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics924
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth924
148 Historical Biology916
149 Cretaceous Research914
150 Cold Regions Science and Technology912
151 ICES Journal of Marine Science910
152 Landscape and Urban Planning908
- Geology908
- American Mineralogist908
155 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering902
156 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials901
157 Canadian Geotechnical Journal898
158 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences894
159 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling886
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences886
161 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis882
162 Landslides864
163 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration858
164 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing856
165 Science China-Earth Sciences852
166 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications843
167 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems836
168 Acta Petrologica Sinica824
- International Journal of Biometeorology824
170 Journal of Cultural Heritage819
171 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface804
172 Climatic Change793
173 Journal of Applied Crystallography785
174 Structural Chemistry776
175 GPS Solutions774
176 Journal Awwa773
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing773
178 Earth Planets and Space766
179 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals756
180 Water Environment Research754
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research754
182 Eurasian Soil Science752
183 Computers & Geosciences751
184 Meteoritics & Planetary Science742
185 Global Ecology and Biogeography739
- Weather739
187 Journal of Structural Geology735
188 Marine Geology731
189 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology723
190 Monthly Weather Review711
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America711
192 Rhizosphere710
193 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources707
194 Advances in Water Resources706
195 River Research and Applications703
196 Journal of Physical Oceanography702
197 Wasserwirtschaft700
198 Tectonics693
199 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques687
200 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences686
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