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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
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(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing22019
2 Water15904
3 Ocean Engineering10733
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9537
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8635
6 Atmosphere7161
7 Geophysical Research Letters7130
8 Frontiers in Earth Science6423
9 Crystals6180
10 Journal of Hydrology6158
11 Minerals5921
12 Journal of Water Process Engineering5811
13 Water Research5656
14 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances5307
15 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4668
16 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing3756
17 Environmental Research Letters3697
18 Crystal Growth & Design3537
19 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3384
20 Advances in Space Research3347
21 CATENA3338
22 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3109
23 CrystEngComm3107
24 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3033
25 Desalination3030
26 Water Air and Soil Pollution2886
27 JOM2697
28 Computers and Geotechnics2659
29 Water Resources Research2628
30 Environmental Earth Sciences2561
31 Plant and Soil2498
32 Natural Hazards2491
33 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2457
34 Agricultural Water Management2411
35 Drones2382
36 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2339
37 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2265
38 Ore Geology Reviews2237
39 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2208
40 Atmospheric Environment2198
41 Communications Earth & Environment2138
42 Atmospheric Research2114
43 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2088
44 Polyhedron2050
45 Marine and Petroleum Geology2012
46 Geophysical Journal International2001
47 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment1998
48 Geoderma1976
49 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1952
50 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition1939
51 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1923
52 Minerals Engineering1920
53 Remote Sensing of Environment1912
54 Climate Dynamics1904
- Journal of Climate1904
56 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology1897
57 Theoretical and Applied Climatology1864
58 Applied Soil Ecology1840
59 Chemical Geology1828
60 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1821
61 International Journal of Climatology1803
62 Geofluids1777
63 Quaternary Science Reviews1747
64 Land Degradation & Development1746
65 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1735
66 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1733
67 Water Science and Technology1681
68 Geophysics1671
69 Ocean & Coastal Management1649
70 Applied Ocean Research1599
71 International Journal of Geomechanics1561
72 Lithos1560
73 Engineering Geology1557
74 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1551
75 Urban Climate1530
76 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1493
77 Geoscientific Model Development1489
78 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1484
79 Journal of Crystal Growth1450
80 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1437
81 Acta Geotechnica1416
82 Geomorphology1409
83 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1406
84 International Journal of Remote Sensing1389
85 Water Resources Management1387
86 Water Supply1381
87 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1373
88 Hydrological Processes1369
89 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1286
90 Applied Clay Science1285
91 Nature Climate Change1283
92 Earth and Space Science1272
93 Quaternary International1269
- Tectonophysics1269
95 Soil & Tillage Research1268
96 Environmental Toxicology1252
97 Earth Science Informatics1251
98 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1234
99 Marine Ecology Progress Series1228
100 Earth-Science Reviews1224
101 Limnology and Oceanography1215
102 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1209
103 Precambrian Research1204
- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1204
105 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1195
106 Doklady Earth Sciences1171
107 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1168
108 Earths Future1163
109 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1156
110 Biogeosciences1149
111 Environmental Modelling & Software1144
112 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1135
113 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1131
114 Journal of Coastal Research1116
- Cryosphere1116
116 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1092
- Geological Journal1092
118 Journal of Soils and Sediments1076
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1076
120 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1069
121 Journal of Applied Geophysics1067
- Journal of African Earth Sciences1067
123 Earth System Science Data1065
124 Seismological Research Letters1057
- Applied Geochemistry1057
126 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1054
127 Transportation Geotechnics1038
128 Gondwana Research1023
129 Journal of Water and Climate Change1014
- Applied Water Science1014
131 Geocarto International1012
132 Global and Planetary Change1009
133 Cretaceous Research1003
134 Journal of the Geological Society of India996
135 Pure and Applied Geophysics982
136 Journal of Earth System Science972
137 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology969
138 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics960
139 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment957
140 Geothermics952
141 Geology946
142 Nature Geoscience941
143 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society934
144 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling928
145 ICES Journal of Marine Science927
- American Mineralogist927
147 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering917
148 Landscape and Urban Planning905
149 Cold Regions Science and Technology902
150 Geological Society of America Bulletin897
- Historical Biology897
152 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis893
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences893
154 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials887
155 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences880
156 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems866
157 Landslides851
158 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics848
159 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science846
160 International Journal of Digital Earth845
161 Climatic Change837
162 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing828
163 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration821
164 Canadian Geotechnical Journal818
165 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing813
- Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals813
167 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface809
168 Science China-Earth Sciences808
169 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications807
170 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology803
171 Journal of Cultural Heritage799
172 Weather785
173 Journal Awwa783
174 International Journal of Biometeorology774
175 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America764
176 Computers & Geosciences761
177 Journal of Applied Crystallography760
178 Marine Geology758
179 Earth Planets and Space756
180 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research754
181 Acta Petrologica Sinica748
182 Global Ecology and Biogeography743
183 Journal of Structural Geology738
184 Advances in Water Resources730
- Eurasian Soil Science730
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth730
187 Meteoritics & Planetary Science724
188 GPS Solutions717
189 Structural Chemistry715
190 Water Environment Research705
191 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences703
192 Monthly Weather Review696
193 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources694
- Rhizosphere694
195 Tectonics693
- Wasserwirtschaft693
197 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology690
- Liquid Crystals690
199 River Research and Applications688
200 Geoscience Frontiers686
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