Geosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

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(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Remote Sensing	20257
2	Water	15378
3	Ocean Engineering	12862
4	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	9374
5	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	8829
6	Journal of Water Process Engineering	7440
7	Geophysical Research Letters	7403
8	Journal of Hydrology	6996
9	Water Research	6749
10	Atmosphere	6657
11	Minerals	5705
12	Frontiers in Earth Science	5411
13	Crystals	5367
14	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	5105
15	Advances in Space Research	3873
16	Crystal Growth & Design	3863
17	Water Air and Soil Pollution	3842
18	Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances	3726
19	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	3617
20	Desalination	3607
21	Environmental Research Letters	3552
22	CATENA	3506
23	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	3289
24	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3125
25	Plant and Soil	3115
26	Communications Earth & Environment	3096
27	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	3053
28	Drones	3024
29	JOM	3013
30	Computers and Geotechnics	2920
31	CrystEngComm	2898
32	Natural Hazards	2777
33	Agricultural Water Management	2682
34	Water Resources Research	2661
35	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	2634
36	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	2591
37	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	2472
38	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	2395
39	Atmospheric Research	2350
40	Environmental Earth Sciences	2331
41	Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth	2308
42	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	2268
43	Atmospheric Environment	2264
44	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	2261
45	Applied Soil Ecology	2222
46	Ore Geology Reviews	2178
47	Theoretical and Applied Climatology	2175
48	Minerals Engineering	2146
49	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	2139
50	Land Degradation & Development	2127

51	Polyhedron	2025
52	Geophysical Journal International	2018
53	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information	1994
54	Remote Sensing of Environment	1964
55	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	1963
56	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1926
57	Geoderma	1904
58	Journal of Climate	1891
59	Climate Dynamics	1852
60	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	1829
61	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	1822
62	Chemical Geology	1817
63	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	1789
64	Quaternary Science Reviews	1787
65	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1760
66	International Journal of Climatology	1751
67	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	1743
68	Engineering Geology	1720
69	Marine and Petroleum Geology	1713
70	Urban Climate	1698
71	International Journal of Geomechanics	1652
72	Ocean & Coastal Management	1651
73	Applied Ocean Research	1584
74	Geoscientific Model Development	1558
75	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	1551
76	International Journal of Remote Sensing	1509
77	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	1486
78	Water Resources Management	1463
79	Lithos	1461
80	Acta Geotechnica	1445
81	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	1436
82	Soil & Tillage Research	1434
83	Geomorphology	1416
84	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	1390
85	Geophysics	1374
86	Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures	1372
87	Water Science and Technology	1371
88	Hydrological Processes	1356
89	Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets	1351
90	Journal of Crystal Growth	1336
91	Earth Science Informatics	1315
92	Earths Future	1291
93	Transportation Geotechnics	1286
94	Biogeosciences	1273
-	Global and Planetary Change	1273
96	Doklady Earth Sciences	1272
97	Environmental Modelling & Software	1262
98	Nature Climate Change	1259
99	Journal of Applied Geophysics	1257
100	Applied Clay Science	1253
101	Tectonophysics	1242
102	Earth and Space Science	1234
103	Cryosphere	1220
104	Journal of African Earth Sciences	1206
105	Limnology and Oceanography	1194
106	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	1180
107	Marine Ecology Progress Series	1177
108	Environmental Toxicology	1171
109	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	1169
110	Earth System Science Data	1164
111	Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems	1160
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1160
113	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	1153
-	Geological Journal	1153
115	Earth-Science Reviews	1151
116	International Journal of Digital Earth	1148
117	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1141
118	Applied Water Science	1129
119	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems	1122
120	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1109
121	Applied Geochemistry	1093
122	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	1092
123	Seismological Research Letters	1081
124	Quaternary International	1077
125	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	1076
126	ACS Earth and Space Chemistry	1062
127	Geological Society of America Bulletin	1061
128	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	1059
129	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	1056
130	Cold Regions Science and Technology	1051
-	Gondwana Research	1051
132	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	1049
133	Precambrian Research	1034
134	Nature Geoscience	1025
135	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society	1014
136	Geofluids	1009
137	Journal of Biogeography	1006
138	Geothermics	1004
139	Water Supply	1002
140	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	1001
141	Journal of the Geological Society of India	998
142	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	992
143	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	991
144	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics	982
145	Journal of Water and Climate Change	973
146	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	972
147	Science China-Earth Sciences	953
148	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	950
149	Pure and Applied Geophysics	946
150	Journal of Earth System Science	944
151	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	930
152	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	907
153	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	906
154	International Journal of Biometeorology	895
155	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	893
156	Journal of Cultural Heritage	891
157	Geology	890
158	American Mineralogist	883
159	Geocarto International	882
160	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	881
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	881
162	ICES Journal of Marine Science	877
163	Water Environment Research	876
164	Landscape and Urban Planning	872
165	Landslides	869
166	Historical Biology	868
167	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	859
168	Journal of Coastal Research	850
169	Cretaceous Research	840
170	Structural Chemistry	838
171	Climatic Change	823
172	GPS Solutions	815
173	Earth Planets and Space	808
174	Eurasian Soil Science	802
175	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	797

176	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	794
177	Journal of Applied Crystallography	793
178	Rhizosphere	774
179	Acta Petrologica Sinica	772
-	Advances in Water Resources	772
181	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	771
182	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	770
183	Journal Awwa	756
184	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	754
185	Meteoritics & Planetary Science	750
186	Journal of Structural Geology	747
187	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	745
188	Journal of Earth Science	742
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	742
190	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	736
191	European Journal of Soil Science	719
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	719
193	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	716
194	Journal of Physical Oceanography	715
195	European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering	700
-	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	700
197	Weather	695
198	Wasserwirtschaft	694
-	Geophysical Prospecting	694
200	Computers & Geosciences	691

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