New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing19892
2 Water15262
3 Ocean Engineering14086
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9595
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9561
6 Geophysical Research Letters7593
7 Journal of Water Process Engineering7579
8 Journal of Hydrology7010
9 Water Research6686
10 Atmosphere6482
11 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5767
12 Minerals5648
13 Crystals5145
14 Frontiers in Earth Science4931
15 Advances in Space Research4115
16 Water Air and Soil Pollution3975
17 Crystal Growth & Design3934
18 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3736
19 Desalination3702
20 Environmental Research Letters3656
21 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3571
22 CATENA3471
23 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3398
24 Communications Earth & Environment3352
25 Plant and Soil3285
26 Drones3202
27 JOM3158
28 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3151
29 CrystEngComm3086
30 Computers and Geotechnics2996
31 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction2977
32 Natural Hazards2807
33 Agricultural Water Management2785
34 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2772
35 Water Resources Research2732
36 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies2623
37 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2622
38 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2567
39 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2512
40 Atmospheric Research2419
41 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2353
42 Applied Soil Ecology2349
43 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2338
44 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2299
45 Atmospheric Environment2287
46 Land Degradation & Development2242
47 Environmental Earth Sciences2198
48 Ore Geology Reviews2193
49 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology2188
50 Minerals Engineering2132
51 Environmental Geochemistry and Health2047
52 Geophysical Journal International2036
53 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2015
54 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1992
55 Polyhedron1976
56 Remote Sensing of Environment1973
57 Geoderma1956
58 Journal of Climate1887
59 Climate Dynamics1883
60 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1879
61 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1855
62 Chemical Geology1833
63 Urban Climate1814
64 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1813
65 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1810
66 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1808
67 Quaternary Science Reviews1773
68 International Journal of Climatology1742
69 Engineering Geology1729
70 International Journal of Geomechanics1649
71 Applied Ocean Research1617
72 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1615
73 Ocean & Coastal Management1603
74 Geoscientific Model Development1589
75 Marine and Petroleum Geology1585
76 Water Resources Management1575
77 International Journal of Remote Sensing1539
78 Acta Geotechnica1530
79 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1496
80 Lithos1455
81 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1441
82 Soil & Tillage Research1437
83 Geomorphology1435
84 Transportation Geotechnics1424
85 Hydrological Processes1413
86 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1401
87 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1394
88 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1387
89 Earths Future1368
90 Global and Planetary Change1354
91 Earth Science Informatics1348
92 Geophysics1342
93 Journal of Applied Geophysics1339
94 Water Science and Technology1336
95 Biogeosciences1325
96 Journal of Crystal Growth1296
- Doklady Earth Sciences1296
98 Environmental Modelling & Software1285
99 Nature Climate Change1279
100 Applied Clay Science1268
101 Journal of African Earth Sciences1260
102 Earth and Space Science1256
103 Tectonophysics1239
104 Cryosphere1221
105 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1217
106 Limnology and Oceanography1216
107 Earth System Science Data1212
108 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science1201
109 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1198
110 International Journal of Digital Earth1196
111 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1195
- Marine Ecology Progress Series1195
113 Journal of Soils and Sediments1191
114 Geological Journal1184
115 Earth-Science Reviews1181
116 Environmental Toxicology1175
117 Applied Water Science1143
118 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1136
119 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1134
120 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1133
121 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1130
122 Geological Society of America Bulletin1121
123 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth1115
124 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1113
125 Seismological Research Letters1112
126 Applied Geochemistry1106
127 Cold Regions Science and Technology1093
128 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics1087
129 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1065
130 Nature Geoscience1051
131 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1047
132 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1045
133 Gondwana Research1043
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1043
135 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society1040
136 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1037
137 Quaternary International1035
138 Journal of Biogeography1031
139 Canadian Geotechnical Journal1024
140 Precambrian Research1022
141 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics1011
- Science China-Earth Sciences1011
143 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration991
144 Geothermics990
145 Journal of the Geological Society of India981
146 Journal of Earth System Science976
147 Journal of Water and Climate Change975
148 Water Environment Research962
149 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences957
150 Pure and Applied Geophysics951
151 Water Supply945
152 International Journal of Biometeorology934
153 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing933
154 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications923
155 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences907
156 ICES Journal of Marine Science903
157 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials897
158 Geology894
159 Landslides889
160 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems888
- Journal of Cultural Heritage888
162 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering872
163 American Mineralogist869
- Landscape and Urban Planning869
165 Journal of Coastal Research856
166 Historical Biology838
167 GPS Solutions833
168 Acta Petrologica Sinica832
169 Climatic Change831
170 Structural Chemistry829
171 Rhizosphere822
172 Earth Planets and Space819
173 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk818
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface818
175 Eurasian Soil Science815
176 Cretaceous Research805
177 Journal of Applied Crystallography800
178 Advances in Water Resources799
179 Meteoritics & Planetary Science783
180 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research778
181 Journal of Geochemical Exploration764
182 Geocarto International763
183 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics757
184 Journal of Earth Science752
185 Journal of Structural Geology747
186 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques743
187 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis739
188 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology734
189 Global Ecology and Biogeography733
190 Thalassas732
191 Journal Awwa731
192 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing729
193 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources725
- European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering725
195 European Journal of Soil Science712
196 Journal of Physical Oceanography710
197 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America709
198 Geophysical Prospecting708
199 Journal of Archaeological Science705
200 Tectonics703
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