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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9348
2 Geophysical Research Letters7492
3 Journal of Hydrology7017
4 Water Research6673
5 Advances in Space Research4031
6 Water Air and Soil Pollution3952
7 Desalination3667
8 CATENA3488
9 Computers and Geotechnics2956
10 Natural Hazards2806
11 Agricultural Water Management2730
12 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2726
13 Water Resources Research2702
14 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2584
15 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2496
16 Atmospheric Research2391
17 Applied Soil Ecology2326
18 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2248
19 Land Degradation & Development2204
20 Ore Geology Reviews2179
21 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology2122
22 Minerals Engineering2110
23 Geophysical Journal International2030
24 Polyhedron2018
25 Ocean Engineering2000
26 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1989
27 Geoderma1920
28 Plant and Soil1904
29 Journal of Climate1903
30 Climate Dynamics1882
31 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1848
32 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1801
33 Remote Sensing of Environment1776
34 Quaternary Science Reviews1774
35 Chemical Geology1773
- Journal of South American Earth Sciences1773
37 International Journal of Climatology1747
38 Engineering Geology1731
39 Marine and Petroleum Geology1618
40 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1607
41 Ocean & Coastal Management1602
42 Water Resources Management1578
43 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1569
44 Lithos1450
45 International Journal of Remote Sensing1449
46 Geomorphology1435
47 Soil & Tillage Research1419
48 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1414
49 Hydrological Processes1393
50 Water Science and Technology1354
51 Geophysics1351
52 Global and Planetary Change1317
53 Journal of Crystal Growth1304
54 Journal of Applied Geophysics1299
55 Doklady Earth Sciences1297
56 Applied Clay Science1270
57 Tectonophysics1227
58 Limnology and Oceanography1208
59 Earth-Science Reviews1183
60 Marine Ecology Progress Series1170
61 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1138
- Geological Journal1138
63 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1121
64 Geological Society of America Bulletin1109
65 Seismological Research Letters1104
66 Applied Geochemistry1102
67 Cold Regions Science and Technology1095
68 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics1084
69 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1081
70 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1066
71 Quaternary International1046
72 Gondwana Research1042
73 Precambrian Research1036
74 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society1018
75 Journal of Biogeography1014
76 Canadian Geotechnical Journal1009
77 Geothermics1006
78 JOM1000
79 Journal of the Geological Society of India989
80 Applied Ocean Research968
81 Journal of Earth System Science963
82 International Journal of Biometeorology927
83 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing921
84 Journal of Cultural Heritage898
85 Geology882
86 Water Environment Research879
87 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems878
88 ICES Journal of Marine Science870
- Journal of Coastal Research870
90 Landscape and Urban Planning868
91 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering862
92 Historical Biology856
93 Structural Chemistry839
94 Climatic Change833
95 GPS Solutions828
96 Cretaceous Research818
97 Acta Petrologica Sinica812
98 Geocarto International794
99 Advances in Water Resources785
100 Meteoritics & Planetary Science779
101 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research776
102 Journal of Structural Geology743
103 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques739
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis739
105 Journal of Geochemical Exploration738
106 Journal Awwa727
107 Thalassas718
108 Journal of Physical Oceanography711
109 Weather701
110 Geophysical Prospecting696
111 Progress in Oceanography694
- Tectonics694
113 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology691
114 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering687
115 Journal of Archaeological Science683
116 Monthly Weather Review671
117 Soil Science Society of America Journal670
118 Marine Geology657
119 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences655
120 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America646
121 Geo-Spatial Information Science638
122 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences635
123 Liquid Crystals630
124 Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics629
125 Global Biogeochemical Cycles622
126 Weather and Forecasting621
127 Wasserwirtschaft620
128 Soil Use and Management613
129 Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers600
130 Pedosphere590
131 International Journal of Coal Geology583
132 Acta Oceanologica Sinica565
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology565
134 Journal of Aerosol Science561
135 Continental Shelf Research560
136 Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition556
137 Crystal Research and Technology545
138 Computers & Geosciences544
139 International Geology Review540
140 Crystallography Reports538
141 Paleontological Journal535
142 Archaeometry521
143 Carbonates and Evaporites503
- Journal of the Geological Society503
145 Water Resources497
146 Geotechnique484
147 Holocene480
148 Journal of Geographical Sciences478
- Sedimentary Geology478
150 Radiocarbon467
151 Journal of Glaciology465
152 Journal of Petrology457
153 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology455
154 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management454
155 Organic Geochemistry447
156 Soils and Foundations442
157 Mineralogical Magazine439
158 Journal of Geodesy436
159 Oceanology434
160 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy432
161 Sedimentology424
162 Russian Geology and Geophysics423
163 Aerosol Science and Technology421
164 Dendrochronologia418
165 Marine and Freshwater Research417
166 Journal of Quaternary Science416
167 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology406
168 Radio Science404
169 Russian Meteorology and Hydrology394
170 Geotextiles and Geomembranes393
171 Groundwater390
172 Economic Geology386
173 Journal of Hydraulic Engineering384
174 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors383
175 Journal of the American Water Resources Association380
176 China Ocean Engineering378
177 Geochemistry377
178 Journal of Mining Science376
179 Geochemistry International374
- Biology and Fertility of Soils374
181 Basin Research373
182 Journal of Paleontology372
183 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering363
184 Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography360
185 Journal of Marine Systems354
186 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology339
187 International Journal of Sediment Research338
- Mineralium Deposita338
189 Irrigation Science335
190 Landscape Ecology323
191 Marine Chemistry320
192 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences317
- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering317
194 Geomicrobiology Journal316
195 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences313
196 European Journal of Soil Biology304
197 Geological Magazine303
- AAPG Bulletin303
199 Water International301
200 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association298
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