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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing21038
2 Water15807
3 Ocean Engineering12190
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10820
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9249
6 Geophysical Research Letters7289
7 Journal of Water Process Engineering6926
8 Atmosphere6917
9 Journal of Hydrology6759
10 Water Research6469
11 Frontiers in Earth Science5976
12 Minerals5819
13 Crystals5700
14 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5130
15 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4941
16 Crystal Growth & Design3828
17 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3734
18 Advances in Space Research3683
19 CrystEngComm3674
20 Environmental Research Letters3635
21 CATENA3551
22 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3513
23 Water Air and Soil Pollution3503
24 Desalination3428
25 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3126
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3113
27 JOM2994
28 Plant and Soil2961
29 Drones2819
30 Computers and Geotechnics2753
- Communications Earth & Environment2753
32 Water Resources Research2639
33 Natural Hazards2633
34 Agricultural Water Management2613
35 Environmental Earth Sciences2573
36 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2499
37 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2456
38 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2342
39 Atmospheric Research2318
40 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2290
41 Atmospheric Environment2283
42 Ore Geology Reviews2234
43 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2177
44 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2168
45 Minerals Engineering2161
46 Applied Soil Ecology2107
47 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2088
48 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2079
49 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology2072
50 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies2027
51 Geophysical Journal International2022
52 Land Degradation & Development2020
53 Geoderma1979
54 Polyhedron1960
55 Remote Sensing of Environment1954
56 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1937
57 Journal of Climate1921
58 Climate Dynamics1896
59 Marine and Petroleum Geology1873
60 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1831
61 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1829
62 Chemical Geology1795
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health1795
64 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1788
65 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1767
66 Quaternary Science Reviews1764
67 International Journal of Climatology1752
68 Ocean & Coastal Management1665
69 Urban Climate1660
70 Engineering Geology1614
71 International Journal of Geomechanics1609
72 Geoscientific Model Development1567
73 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1566
74 Applied Ocean Research1548
75 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1535
76 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1481
77 Geophysics1479
78 International Journal of Remote Sensing1478
79 Acta Geotechnica1461
80 Water Science and Technology1441
81 Geomorphology1430
82 Lithos1424
83 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1419
84 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1405
85 Journal of Crystal Growth1392
86 Water Resources Management1347
87 Soil & Tillage Research1338
88 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1327
89 Hydrological Processes1325
90 Earth Science Informatics1323
91 Applied Clay Science1302
92 Earths Future1278
93 Geofluids1276
94 Nature Climate Change1270
95 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1269
96 Biogeosciences1250
97 Earth and Space Science1244
98 Tectonophysics1239
99 Environmental Modelling & Software1228
100 Limnology and Oceanography1224
101 Doklady Earth Sciences1220
- Journal of Applied Geophysics1220
103 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1211
104 Marine Ecology Progress Series1197
105 Global and Planetary Change1188
106 Environmental Toxicology1184
107 Journal of African Earth Sciences1181
- Cryosphere1181
109 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1178
110 Earth-Science Reviews1167
111 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1164
112 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1150
113 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1146
114 Transportation Geotechnics1143
115 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1141
116 Applied Water Science1132
117 Earth System Science Data1125
118 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1116
119 Applied Geochemistry1113
120 Geological Journal1111
121 Quaternary International1110
122 Water Supply1104
123 Precambrian Research1092
124 International Journal of Digital Earth1082
125 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1079
126 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1074
127 Seismological Research Letters1073
128 Journal of Soils and Sediments1072
129 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1070
130 Gondwana Research1068
131 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science1059
132 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1050
133 Cold Regions Science and Technology1048
134 Journal of the Geological Society of India1017
135 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics1005
136 Geological Society of America Bulletin1004
137 Nature Geoscience996
138 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth989
139 Journal of Water and Climate Change983
140 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment980
141 Geothermics978
142 Journal of Biogeography977
143 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society976
144 Pure and Applied Geophysics973
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling973
146 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics971
147 Journal of Earth System Science943
148 Geocarto International941
149 Acta Petrologica Sinica936
- International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials936
151 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences919
152 Canadian Geotechnical Journal917
153 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration905
154 Geology898
155 American Mineralogist897
156 Historical Biology895
157 Science China-Earth Sciences893
158 ICES Journal of Marine Science892
159 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing890
160 Landscape and Urban Planning887
161 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences883
162 Landslides881
163 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering879
164 Journal of Cultural Heritage870
165 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis862
- Cretaceous Research862
167 Journal of Coastal Research858
168 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications851
169 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems838
170 Structural Chemistry824
171 International Journal of Biometeorology821
172 Climatic Change806
173 GPS Solutions791
174 Advances in Water Resources789
- Water Environment Research789
176 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface787
177 Journal of Applied Crystallography777
178 Earth Planets and Space774
179 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing772
180 Eurasian Soil Science764
181 Global Ecology and Biogeography756
182 Journal of Structural Geology754
183 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals753
184 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research750
185 Journal Awwa747
186 Rhizosphere745
187 Meteoritics & Planetary Science735
188 Journal of Geochemical Exploration731
189 Weather730
190 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk725
191 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America718
192 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources717
193 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques708
194 Journal of Physical Oceanography707
195 Computers & Geosciences706
196 Journal of Earth Science705
197 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences699
198 Marine Geology698
199 River Research and Applications694
200 Tectonics693
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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