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Best Earth-Surface Processes journals

183 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Earth-Surface Processes. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 46 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 Reviews Earth and Environment 98.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Carbon Research 19.2 99th Q1 – – No
3 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 14.6 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Soil and Tillage Research 13.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Agricultural Water Management 12.5 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Catena 11.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Geography and Sustainability 11.3 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 HydroResearch 9.8 95th Q1 – – Yes
9 Geographical Analysis 9.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Earthquake Research Advances 9.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Soil Security 8.8 94th Q1 – – Yes
12 Biogeochemistry 8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
13 Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 7.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
14 Cryosphere 7.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Journal of Land Use Science 7.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Annals of the American Association of Geographers 7.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
17 China Geology 7.1 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
18 Antipode 7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Soil Systems 6.9 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Geography Compass 6.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
21 Biogeosciences 6.7 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Canadian Geographies/Geographies Canadiennes 6.6 88th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 6.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Geodesy and Geodynamics 6.5 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Journal of Soils and Sediments 6.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Aeolian Research 6.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Geographical Journal 6.1 85th Q1 SSCI – No
28 International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Geomorphology 6.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Hydrology 6 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
31 Journal of Arid Land 5.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 5.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Glaciology 5.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Applied and Environmental Soil Science 5.6 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Journal of the American Water Resources Association 5.6 81st Q1 SCIE – No
36 Earth Surface Dynamics 5.4 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X 5.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
39 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 5.3 79th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Quaternary Science Advances 5.3 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Geographical Research 5.2 77th Q1 SSCI – No
42 Journal of Arid Environments 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Tectonophysics 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Solid Earth 5 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
46 Quaternary International 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
48 Journal of African Earth Sciences 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
49 Spatial Cognition and Computation 4.6 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
50 Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 4.5 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
51 Geographical Review 4.5 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
52 Journal of Mountain Science 4.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
53 Quaternary Research (United States) 4.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
54 Ecohydrology 4.2 70th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Wuhan Daxue Xuebao (Xinxi Kexue Ban)/Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University 4.1 70th Q2 – – No
56 Anatolia 4 69th Q2 ESCI B No
57 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
58 Soil Research 3.9 68th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Geodynamics 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
60 African Geographical Review 3.8 67th Q2 ESCI – No
61 KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information 3.8 67th Q2 – – No
62 Quaternary 3.7 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 3.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Environmental Research Communications 3.6 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
65 Research in Cold and Arid Regions 3.6 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
66 Professional Geographer 3.5 64th Q2 SSCI – No
67 Australian Geographer 3.5 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
68 Journal of Palaeogeography 3.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Holocene 3.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
70 Quaternary Sciences 3.4 62nd Q2 – – No
71 Arid Land Geography 3.4 61st Q2 – – No
72 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 3.3 61st Q2 – – Yes
73 Annals of Glaciology 3.3 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
74 Journal of Paleolimnology 3.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Geomatics and Environmental Engineering 3.1 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 3.1 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
77 Journal of Geography 3.1 58th Q2 SSCI – No
78 Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition) 3 57th Q2 – – No
79 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 3 56th Q2 – – Yes
81 Geographica Pannonica 2.9 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
82 Geomatica 2.9 55th Q2 – – Yes
83 Kompleksnoe Ispolzovanie Mineralnogo Syra 2.9 55th Q2 ESCI – No
84 Progress in Landslide Research and Technology 2.9 54th Q2 – – No
85 Eurasian Soil Science 2.8 54th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Discover Environment 2.8 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
87 Geology Today 2.7 52nd Q2 – – No
88 Scottish Geographical Journal 2.6 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
89 Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 2.6 51st Q2 – – Yes
90 Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences 2.4 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
91 Geographica Helvetica 2.3 50th Q2 – – Yes
92 Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment 2.3 50th Q2 – – No
93 Geographia Technica 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI – No
94 Russian Geology and Geophysics 2.1 49th Q3 SCIE – No
95 Geografie-Sbornik CGS 2 48th Q3 SSCI – No
96 British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 1.9 48th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
97 Cartographic Journal 1.9 47th Q3 SSCI – No
98 International Journal of Speleology 1.9 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
99 Geography 1.8 46th Q3 SSCI – No
100 Acta Carsologica 1.8 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
101 World Geomorphological Landscapes 1.8 45th Q3 – – No
102 Tropical Geography 1.7 44th Q3 – – Yes
103 World Regional Studies 1.7 44th Q3 – – No
104 Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics 1.7 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
105 Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya 1.7 43rd Q3 – – No
106 Geopersia 1.7 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
107 World Regional Geography Book Series 1.7 42nd Q3 – – No
108 Arktika: Ekologia i Ekonomika 1.6 41st Q3 – – No
109 Geodynamics and Tectonophysics 1.6 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
110 Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia 1.6 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
111 Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 1.6 39th Q3 ESCI – No
112 Quaternaire 1.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
113 Documents d'Analisi Geografica 1.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
114 Ukrainian Geographical Journal 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
115 Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles 1.5 37th Q3 SSCI – Yes
116 Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences 1.5 37th Q3 – – Yes
117 Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hidricos 1.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
118 Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal 1.4 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Cuadernos Geograficos 1.4 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
120 Sedimentary Record 1.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
121 Cartographica 1.4 34th Q3 ESCI – No
122 Review of Regional Studies 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI C No
123 Geograficky Casopis 1.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
124 Estudios Geograficos 1.3 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Led i Sneg 1.3 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
126 Geomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
127 Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography 1.3 31st Q3 – – No
128 Bulletin of Glaciological Research 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – No
129 Physio-Geo 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
130 Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria 1.2 29th Q3 SCIE – No
131 Revista de Geografia Norte Grande 1.1 29th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
132 Turk Deprem Arastirma Dergisi 1 28th Q3 – – No
133 Geoadria 1 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
134 Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica 1 27th Q3 – – Yes
135 Rivista Geografica Italiana 1 26th Q3 – – No
136 Forum Geografic 0.9 26th Q3 – – Yes
137 Revista Brasileira de Cartografia 0.9 25th Q3 – – Yes
138 Studia Quaternaria 0.9 25th Q3 ESCI – No
139 Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 0.9 24th Q4 – – No
140 Earth's Cryosphere 0.9 23rd Q4 – – No
141 Geological Journal (Ukraine) 0.9 23rd Q4 – – No
142 Geografski Vestnik 0.8 23rd Q4 – – No
143 Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 0.8 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
144 Revue de Geographie Alpine 0.8 22nd Q4 – – Yes
145 Hrvatski Geografski Glasnik 0.8 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
146 Cuaternario y Geomorfologia 0.8 20th Q4 ESCI – No
147 Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 0.8 20th Q4 – – No
148 Geographische Zeitschrift 0.8 19th Q4 – – No
149 Geography Research Forum 0.7 19th Q4 – – No
150 American Review of Canadian Studies 0.7 18th Q4 ESCI – No
151 Arab World Geographer 0.7 18th Q4 – – No
152 BELGEO 0.7 17th Q4 – – Yes
153 Journal of the Earth and Space Physics 0.7 17th Q4 – – Yes
154 Geodeziya i Kartografiya 0.7 16th Q4 – – No
155 Geography and Natural Resources 0.7 16th Q4 ESCI – No
156 Turkish Journal of Remote Sensing 0.7 15th Q4 – – Yes
157 Silva Gabreta 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
158 Estudos do Quaternario 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
159 Journal of Geomatics 0.5 13th Q4 – – No
160 GSA Field Guides 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
161 Watershed Engineering and Management 0.5 12th Q4 – – Yes
162 Annales de Geographie 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
163 Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 0.5 11th Q4 SSCI – No
164 Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences 0.4 10th Q4 – – Yes
165 Revista de Geociencias do Nordeste 0.4 10th Q4 – – Yes
166 Geographical Science 0.4 9th Q4 – – Yes
167 Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
168 Cave and Karst Science 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
169 Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
170 Journal of Groundwater Hydrology 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
171 Geodezia es Kartografia 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
172 Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
173 Revista Geografica Venezolana 0.3 5th Q4 ESCI – No
174 Kartograficke Listy 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
175 Chikei 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
176 Geografija v Soli 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
177 Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Espeleologia y Ciencias del Karst 0 3rd Q4 – – No
178 Azerbaijan Geologist 0 2nd Q4 – – No
179 Geografski Obzornik 0 2nd Q4 – – No
180 Bulletin de Liaison des Membres de la Societe de Geographie 0 1st Q4 – – No
181 Developments in Earth Surface Processes 0 1st Q4 – – No
182 Florida Geographer 0 1st Q4 – – No
183 Mapping and Image Science 0 1st Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Earth-Surface Processes 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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