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Best Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) journals

197 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 50 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Geoscience 27.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine 27 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Earth-Science Reviews 20.8 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Earth System Science Data 19.2 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Geoscience Frontiers 19.1 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 16.7 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 GIScience and Remote Sensing 11.9 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Communications Earth and Environment 11.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Earth System Dynamics 11.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment 11 95th Q1 – – No
11 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science 10.5 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Science China Earth Sciences 9.7 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Remote Sensing 9.4 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Geoscientific Model Development 8.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 GPS Solutions 8.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 8.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Annals of GIS 8.2 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
18 Geophysical Research Letters 8.1 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Cold Regions Science and Technology 8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 8 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 7.9 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Advances in Biology and Earth Sciences 7.8 89th Q1 – – No
23 AGU Advances 7.8 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica 7.8 88th Q1 – – No
25 Mathematical Geosciences 7.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Progress in Physical Geography 7.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
27 International Journal of Digital Earth 7.4 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Frontiers in Remote Sensing 6.9 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Journal of Earth Science 6.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Journal of Taibah University for Science 6.8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
31 Geobiology 6.7 84th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Carbon Balance and Management 6.6 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Science of Remote Sensing 6.5 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Chinese Geographical Science 6.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
35 Earth Science Informatics 6.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Disasters 6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
37 Geoscience Data Journal 6 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Arctic Science 5.9 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Geoscience Letters 5.7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 American Journal of Science 5.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Advances in Space Research 5.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Rendiconti Lincei 5.2 79th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Earth and Space Science 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 International Journal of Remote Sensing 5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences 5 77th Q1 ESCI – No
46 Frontiers in Earth Science 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Advances in Water Science 4.8 76th Q1 – – Yes
48 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
49 AAPP Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 4.7 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
50 Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 4.7 75th Q1 – – No
51 Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
52 Chemistry and Ecology 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Comptes Rendus - Geoscience 4.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
54 Geosciences (Switzerland) 4.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
55 Quaternary Research (United States) 4.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
56 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 International Journal of Earth Sciences 4.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
58 Transactions in GIS 4.1 71st Q2 SSCI – No
59 BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 3.9 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
60 Geofluids 3.9 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
61 International Journal of Image and Data Fusion 3.9 69th Q2 ESCI – No
62 IEEE Journal on Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation 3.8 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 All Earth 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
64 Polar Geography 3.8 68th Q2 ESCI – No
65 Cehui Xuebao/Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica 3.8 67th Q2 – – No
66 Frontiers of Earth Science 3.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Journal of Geoscience Education 3.8 67th Q2 – – No
68 South African Geographical Journal 3.7 66th Q2 SSCI – No
69 Earth Energy Science 3.7 65th Q2 – – Yes
70 Radiocarbon 3.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Moravian Geographical Reports 3.6 64th Q2 – – Yes
72 Physical Geography 3.6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
73 Polar Science 3.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
74 Journal of Earth System Science 3.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
75 Journal of Hohai University (Natural Sciences) 3.4 62nd Q2 – – No
76 Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 3.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
77 Earth Interactions 3.3 61st Q2 SCIE – No
78 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift 3.3 61st Q2 SSCI – No
79 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 3.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
80 South African Journal of Science 3.2 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
81 Episodes 3.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 3.2 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
83 Polar Record 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 3.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Radio Science 3.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 3.1 57th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Nordia Geographical Publications 3 56th Q2 – – Yes
88 Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment 2.9 56th Q2 – – No
89 Acta Geographica Slovenica 2.9 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
90 World Archaeology 2.9 55th Q2 AHCI – No
91 Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography 2.9 54th Q2 SSCI – No
92 GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics 2.8 54th Q2 ESCI – No
93 Rudarsko Geolosko Naftni Zbornik 2.8 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
94 Bulletin of Geosciences 2.7 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
95 Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften 2.7 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences 2.6 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
97 Italian Journal of Geosciences 2.6 51st Q2 SCIE – No
98 Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews 2.6 51st Q2 – – No
99 Open Geosciences 2.6 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
100 Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2.5 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
102 Geosciences Journal 2.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
103 Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management 2.4 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
104 Brazilian Journal of Geology 2.3 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
105 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2.3 48th Q3 – – No
106 Journal of Geosciences (Czech Republic) 2.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
107 New Zealand Geographer 2.3 47th Q3 SSCI – No
108 Die Erde 2.2 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
109 Erdkunde 2.1 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
110 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
111 Journal of Natural Disasters 2 45th Q3 – – No
112 Iranian Journal of Science 2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
113 National Identities 2 44th Q3 ESCI – No
114 Quaestiones Geographicae 2 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
115 Investigaciones Geograficas 1.9 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
116 Geologos 1.8 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
117 Remote Sensing Technology and Application 1.8 42nd Q3 – – Yes
118 Geoscience Canada 1.8 41st Q3 SCIE – No
119 Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.7 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
120 History of Geo- and Space Sciences 1.7 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
121 Acta Scientiarum - Technology 1.6 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
122 Geodesy and Cartography 1.6 39th Q3 – – Yes
123 Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth 1.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
124 Ukrainian Geographical Journal 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
125 Uniciencia 1.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
126 Czasopismo Geograficzne 1.5 37th Q3 – – No
127 Geographia Polonica 1.5 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica 1.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
129 Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.4 35th Q3 ESCI – No
130 Quaternary Environments and Humans 1.4 34th Q3 – – Yes
131 Boletim de Ciencias Geodesicas 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
132 Cartographic Perspectives 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
133 Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
134 Doklady Earth Sciences 1.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
135 Acta Palaeobotanica 1.3 31st Q3 – – Yes
136 Granja 1.3 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
137 Przeglad Geograficzny 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
138 Terra 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
139 Czech Polar Reports 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – No
140 Earth Sciences Research Journal 1.2 28th Q3 SCIE – Yes
141 Standort 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
142 Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
143 Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.1 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
144 ANAS Transactions, Earth Sciences 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
145 Southeastern Geographer 1.1 26th Q3 ESCI – No
146 Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
147 Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya Geografiya 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
148 Indonesian Journal on Geoscience 1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
149 Boletin de Geologia 1 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
150 Bulletin de l'Institut Scientifique, Section Sciences de la Terre 1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
151 Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 1 23rd Q4 – – No
152 Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeoloxico de Laxe 1 22nd Q4 – – No
153 Geodetski Vestnik 1 22nd Q4 SSCI – Yes
154 Springer Geology 1 21st Q4 – – No
155 Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences 1 21st Q4 ESCI – No
156 Jeoloji Muhendisligi Dergisi 1 20th Q4 – – No
157 Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 0.9 20th Q4 SCIE – No
158 Earth's Cryosphere 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
159 Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
160 Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio B 0.8 18th Q4 – – Yes
161 Geographical Bulletin - Gamma Theta Upsilon 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
162 Geologica Macedonica 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
163 Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
164 Berichte Geographie und Landeskunde 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
165 Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences 0.8 16th Q4 ESCI – No
166 Earth Sciences History 0.7 15th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
167 Pesquisas em Geociencias 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
168 Prace i Studia Geograficzne 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
169 Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 0.7 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
170 Investigaciones Geograficas 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
171 Journal of University of Anbar for Pure Science 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
172 Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
173 Moscow University Geology Bulletin 0.6 12th Q4 ESCI – No
174 Geo-Eco-Marina 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
175 Natures Sciences Societes 0.6 11th Q4 – – Yes
176 Archives of Health Science and Research 0.6 10th Q4 – – Yes
177 Geosfernye Issledovaniya 0.6 10th Q4 ESCI – No
178 Geociencias 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
179 Irish Geography 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
180 BSGLg 0.5 8th Q4 – – Yes
181 GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5 8th Q4 – – No
182 Boletin de Ciencias de la Tierra 0.5 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes
183 Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Geologicae 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
184 Antarctic Record 0.4 6th Q4 – – Yes
185 Eos 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
186 Geodetski List 0.4 5th Q4 ESCI – No
187 Boletim Paranaense de Geosciencias 0.3 5th Q4 ESCI – No
188 Researches in Earth Sciences 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
189 Revista Geografica de Chile Terra Australis 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
190 Indian Journal of Geosciences 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
191 Journal of the Geodetic Society of Japan 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
192 Hrvatske Vode 0.2 2nd Q4 ESCI – No
193 Pennsylvania Geographer 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
194 Comunicacoes Geologicas 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
195 GPS World 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
196 Mappemonde 0.1 0th Q4 – – Yes
197 gis.Business 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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