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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing21776
2 Water15972
3 Ocean Engineering11146
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9991
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8889
6 Geophysical Research Letters7203
7 Atmosphere7137
8 Frontiers in Earth Science6314
9 Journal of Water Process Engineering6196
10 Journal of Hydrology6116
11 Crystals6030
12 Minerals5894
13 Water Research5847
14 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances4975
15 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4757
16 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4262
17 Crystal Growth & Design3666
18 Environmental Research Letters3604
19 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3432
20 Advances in Space Research3408
21 CATENA3400
22 CrystEngComm3337
23 Desalination3116
24 Water Air and Soil Pollution3072
25 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3071
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2954
27 JOM2776
28 Computers and Geotechnics2653
29 Plant and Soil2634
30 Environmental Earth Sciences2620
31 Water Resources Research2601
32 Natural Hazards2564
33 Drones2535
34 Agricultural Water Management2478
35 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2397
36 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2365
37 Communications Earth & Environment2334
38 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2281
39 Ore Geology Reviews2216
40 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2215
41 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2159
42 Atmospheric Environment2155
43 Atmospheric Research2139
44 Geoderma2053
45 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2050
46 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2019
47 Geophysical Journal International2007
48 Polyhedron1999
49 Minerals Engineering1988
50 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1961
51 Theoretical and Applied Climatology1934
52 Marine and Petroleum Geology1927
53 Applied Soil Ecology1922
54 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1915
55 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology1885
- Remote Sensing of Environment1885
57 Climate Dynamics1873
58 Journal of Climate1864
59 Chemical Geology1835
60 Land Degradation & Development1834
61 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1774
62 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1767
63 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1766
64 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1762
65 International Journal of Climatology1754
66 Quaternary Science Reviews1725
67 Ocean & Coastal Management1653
68 Geophysics1651
69 Engineering Geology1650
70 Geofluids1610
71 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1609
72 Urban Climate1593
73 Water Science and Technology1589
74 Applied Ocean Research1576
75 International Journal of Geomechanics1574
76 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1513
77 Lithos1505
78 Geoscientific Model Development1468
79 Journal of Crystal Growth1426
80 Geomorphology1412
81 International Journal of Remote Sensing1410
82 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1402
83 Acta Geotechnica1395
84 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1393
85 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1390
86 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1380
87 Water Resources Management1373
88 Hydrological Processes1321
89 Earth Science Informatics1290
90 Water Supply1287
91 Tectonophysics1283
92 Applied Clay Science1282
93 Nature Climate Change1277
94 Earth and Space Science1257
95 Environmental Toxicology1222
96 Doklady Earth Sciences1219
97 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1216
98 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1211
99 Quaternary International1208
100 Marine Ecology Progress Series1206
101 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1201
- Earths Future1201
103 Soil & Tillage Research1199
104 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1195
105 Limnology and Oceanography1184
106 Earth-Science Reviews1182
107 Environmental Modelling & Software1170
108 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1166
109 Precambrian Research1165
110 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1145
111 Biogeosciences1141
112 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1131
113 Geological Journal1122
114 Journal of Coastal Research1111
115 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1100
116 Journal of African Earth Sciences1097
117 Journal of Applied Geophysics1093
118 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1090
119 Cryosphere1086
120 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1084
121 Journal of Soils and Sediments1063
122 Earth System Science Data1061
123 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1054
124 Applied Water Science1049
125 Seismological Research Letters1041
126 Applied Geochemistry1037
127 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1034
128 Journal of the Geological Society of India1032
129 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1030
130 Gondwana Research1027
131 Journal of Water and Climate Change1004
132 Global and Planetary Change1002
133 Transportation Geotechnics995
134 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment988
135 Geocarto International973
136 International Journal of Digital Earth969
137 Cretaceous Research968
138 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics964
139 Journal of Biogeography960
140 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science958
141 Journal of Earth System Science957
142 Pure and Applied Geophysics953
143 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society947
- Geothermics947
145 Nature Geoscience945
146 Geological Society of America Bulletin932
147 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering922
148 Landscape and Urban Planning914
149 Cold Regions Science and Technology912
150 Historical Biology911
- ICES Journal of Marine Science911
152 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling904
- Geology904
154 American Mineralogist902
155 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences898
156 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials884
157 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis881
158 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences874
159 Canadian Geotechnical Journal872
160 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics871
- Landslides871
162 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems851
163 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing849
164 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration846
165 Science China-Earth Sciences831
166 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications830
167 Climatic Change812
168 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing808
169 Journal of Cultural Heritage806
170 Acta Petrologica Sinica805
171 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface803
172 International Journal of Biometeorology793
173 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals784
174 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth774
175 Journal of Applied Crystallography772
176 Earth Planets and Space765
177 GPS Solutions761
178 Weather758
179 Journal Awwa757
180 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology755
181 Computers & Geosciences754
182 Water Environment Research751
183 Structural Chemistry750
184 Eurasian Soil Science749
- Global Ecology and Biogeography749
186 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research748
187 Marine Geology739
188 Rhizosphere725
189 Meteoritics & Planetary Science723
190 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America722
191 Journal of Structural Geology719
192 Advances in Water Resources714
193 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences699
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources699
195 River Research and Applications693
196 Wasserwirtschaft685
197 Tectonics683
198 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques682
199 Journal of Physical Oceanography681
200 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology679
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