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Best Environmental Science (all) journals

244 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Environmental Science (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 62 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 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 38.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31.2 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Journal of Cleaner Production 21.3 98th Q1 SCIE C No
4 Global Change Biology 21.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 One Earth 20.3 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Environment International 19 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 17.3 97th Q1 SSCI – No
8 Environmental Research 16.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 16.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 15.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) 14.3 95th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Organization and Environment 13.8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 13.6 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
14 Environmental Technology and Innovation 13.3 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Earth's Future 13.2 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Science China Life Sciences 12.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Ecological Economics 12.4 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
18 Journal of Industrial Ecology 12 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
19 ENGINEERING Environment 11.9 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 11.6 92nd Q1 SSCI B No
21 Communications Earth and Environment 11.3 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment 11 91st Q1 – – No
23 Journal of Environmental Informatics 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Natural Resources Research 10.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 10.4 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Environmental Science: Nano 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Global Biogeochemical Cycles 10 89th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Journal of Transport Geography 10 88th Q1 SSCI A No
29 Regional Studies 10 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
30 Applied Geography 10 88th Q1 SSCI – No
31 DeCarbon 9.8 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Environmental Reviews 9.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
33 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 9.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Environmental Research Letters 9.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy 9.2 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Environment and Behavior 9.2 85th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Frontiers in Environmental Science 9.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Climate Resilience and Sustainability 9 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
39 Marine Policy 8.7 84th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Cleaner Production Letters 8.6 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Advanced Sustainable Systems 8.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
42 Circular Economy and Sustainability 8.5 83rd Q1 – – No
43 Catalysts 8.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Nature-Based Solutions 8.3 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Progress in Environmental Geography 8.3 82nd Q1 – – No
46 Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 8.3 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 7.9 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
48 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 7.8 80th Q1 SCIE B No
49 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE 7.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Atmospheric Environment 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Land Degradation and Development 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE – No
52 European Journal of Remote Sensing 7.2 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
53 Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 7.1 78th Q1 ESCI – No
54 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Taibah University for Science 6.8 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
56 Geobiology 6.7 77th Q1 SCIE – No
57 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 6.7 77th Q1 SCIE – No
58 Environment Systems and Decisions 6.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
59 Scientific World Journal 6.6 76th Q1 – – Yes
60 Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6.6 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
61 Natural Resources Forum 6.5 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
62 Unconventional Resources 6.4 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 6.4 74th Q2 – – No
64 Geomicrobiology Journal 6.4 74th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Air, Soil and Water Research 6.3 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
66 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 6.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
67 IET Intelligent Transport Systems 6.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
68 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 6.1 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
69 Environment and Development Economics 6 72nd Q2 SSCI B No
70 Arctic Science 5.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
71 Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management 5.8 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
72 Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science 5.8 71st Q2 – – No
73 Environments - MDPI 5.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
74 Environmental Modeling and Assessment 5.5 70th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Carbon Management 5.4 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
76 International Regional Science Review 5.4 69th Q2 SSCI B No
77 Environmental Hazards 5.4 69th Q2 SSCI – No
78 Atmospheric Environment: X 5.3 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
79 Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 5.2 68th Q2 – – Yes
80 Rendiconti Lincei 5.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
81 International Journal of Environmental Research 5 67th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 5 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
83 Journal of Environmental Education 5 66th Q2 SSCI – No
84 Natural Hazards Review 5 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
85 Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 4.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
86 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Environmental Values 4.8 65th Q2 SSCI – No
88 Annals of Regional Science 4.7 64th Q2 SSCI B No
89 International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies 4.7 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
90 Chemistry and Ecology 4.6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Sustainable Environment 4.5 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
92 International Journal of Environment and Health 4.4 63rd Q2 – – No
93 Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 4.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
94 BMC Ecology and Evolution 4.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
95 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
96 Bioremediation Journal 4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
97 River Research and Applications 4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
98 Australian Journal of Environmental Education 4 60th Q2 ESCI B Yes
99 Journal of Ecological Engineering 4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
100 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 3.9 59th Q2 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
102 Mountain Research and Development 3.9 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
103 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering - ASCE 3.9 58th Q2 SCIE – No
104 Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment 3.8 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Wetlands 3.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
106 AIMS Environmental Science 3.7 57th Q2 ESCI – No
107 Scientifica 3.7 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
108 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI – No
109 Environmental Research Communications 3.6 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
110 Physical Geography 3.6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Environmental and Climate Technologies 3.6 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
113 Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
114 Landscape Research 3.5 54th Q2 SSCI – No
115 Acta Biotheoretica 3.4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
116 Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences 3.3 53rd Q2 – – Yes
117 Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 3.3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
118 Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3.3 52nd Q2 SCIE A No
119 Climate Research 3.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
120 Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States) 3.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
121 Coastal Management 3.2 51st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
122 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 3.1 51st Q2 SCIE – No
123 Journal of Integrated Science and Technology 3.1 50th Q2 – – No
124 Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 3 50th Q2 SCIE B No
125 Instrumentation Science and Technology 3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
126 Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2.8 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
127 Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 2.8 48th Q3 ESCI – No
128 International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering 2.8 48th Q3 – – No
129 Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 2.8 47th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Polar Research 2.8 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
131 Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue/China Environmental Science 2.8 47th Q3 – – No
132 Pollution 2.8 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
133 Environment and Natural Resources Journal 2.7 46th Q3 – – Yes
134 Archives of Environmental Protection 2.7 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
135 Environmental Health Engineering and Management 2.7 45th Q3 ESCI – No
136 Environmental Sustainability 2.7 45th Q3 ESCI – No
137 Bulletin of Geosciences 2.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
138 GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 2.6 43rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
139 GeoHazards 2.6 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
140 Journal of Agricultural Resources and Environment 2.5 43rd Q3 – – No
141 Geosciences Journal 2.5 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
142 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B - Biological Sciences 2.5 42nd Q3 – – No
143 Catrina -The International Journal of Environmental Sciences 2.4 41st Q3 ESCI – No
144 Applied Environmental Education and Communication 2.3 41st Q3 – – No
145 Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe 2.3 41st Q3 SCIE – No
146 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science 2.3 40th Q3 ESCI – No
147 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2.3 40th Q3 – – No
148 Global Nest Journal 2.3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
149 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 2.3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
150 Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment 2.3 39th Q3 – – No
151 Ecocycles 2.1 38th Q3 – – Yes
152 Next Sustainability 2.1 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
153 Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 2.1 37th Q3 – – Yes
154 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2 37th Q3 SCIE – No
155 National Identities 2 37th Q3 ESCI – No
156 Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology 2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
157 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development 2 36th Q3 – – Yes
158 Frontiers in Environmental Health 2 35th Q3 – – Yes
159 Mathematical Medicine and Biology 2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
160 International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics 1.9 35th Q3 – – No
161 Applied Environmental Research 1.8 34th Q3 – – Yes
162 Journal of Green Building 1.8 34th Q3 AHCI – No
163 Tropicultura 1.8 33rd Q3 – – Yes
164 Global Governance 1.7 33rd Q3 SSCI – No
165 Open Quaternary 1.7 33rd Q3 – – Yes
166 Industria Textila 1.6 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
167 Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth 1.6 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
168 International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics 1.6 31st Q3 – – No
169 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 1.6 31st Q3 SCIE – No
170 International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
171 Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences 1.5 30th Q3 – – Yes
172 Case Studies in the Environment 1.5 29th Q3 ESCI – No
173 Journal of Applied and Natural Science 1.5 29th Q3 – – No
174 Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska 1.5 29th Q3 SCIE – No
175 Revista Ambiente e Agua 1.5 28th Q3 – – Yes
176 Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research 1.4 27th Q3 – – Yes
177 Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development 1.4 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
178 Cartographic Perspectives 1.4 26th Q3 – – No
179 Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya 1.4 26th Q3 – – No
180 Visions for Sustainability 1.4 26th Q3 ESCI – No
181 Huanjing Kexue Xuebao / Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 1.4 25th Q3 – – No
182 International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 1.4 25th Q3 ESCI – No
183 Czech Polar Reports 1.3 24th Q4 ESCI – No
184 Granja 1.3 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
185 Biology and Environment 1.3 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
186 Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
187 Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part B 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
188 International Journal of Environmental Sustainability 1.3 22nd Q4 – – No
189 EnvironmentAsia 1.2 22nd Q4 – – No
190 Ambiente e Sociedade 1.2 21st Q4 – – Yes
191 International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 1.2 21st Q4 – – No
192 Standort 1.2 21st Q4 – – No
193 Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin 1.1 20th Q4 – – No
194 Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Ambientais 1.1 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
195 Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 1.1 19th Q4 – – No
196 Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research 1 19th Q4 SCIE – Yes
197 World Sustainability Series 1 19th Q4 – – No
198 Contemporary Problems of Ecology 1 18th Q4 SCIE – No
199 International Review of Environmental History 1 18th Q4 – – Yes
200 Jeoloji Muhendisligi Dergisi 1 17th Q4 – – No
201 Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica 1 17th Q4 – – Yes
202 WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 1 17th Q4 – – No
203 Procedia Environmental Science, Engineering and Management 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
204 Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae 0.9 16th Q4 – – Yes
205 International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 0.9 15th Q4 – – No
206 Zhejiang Daxue Xuebao (Nongye yu Shengming Kexue Ban)/Journal of the Zhejiang University - Agriculture and Life Science 0.9 15th Q4 – – Yes
207 Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales 0.8 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
208 Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
209 Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobow Naturalnych 0.8 14th Q4 – – Yes
210 Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio B 0.8 13th Q4 – – Yes
211 Journal of Environmental Science and Management 0.8 13th Q4 SCIE – No
212 Journal of Siberian Federal University - Biology 0.8 13th Q4 – – Yes
213 Agrociencia 0.8 12th Q4 SCIE – No
214 Iranian Journal of Health and Environment 0.8 12th Q4 – – Yes
215 Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias 0.8 11th Q4 – – Yes
216 Journal of Environmental Media 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
217 Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad and Divulgacion Cientifica 0.8 11th Q4 – – Yes
218 Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente 0.7 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
219 Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
220 Annals of Arid Zone 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
221 Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribena 0.7 9th Q4 – – Yes
222 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
223 Environmental History (The Netherlands) 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
224 Natures Sciences Societes 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
225 Environmental Problems 0.6 7th Q4 – – Yes
226 NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
227 Revista em Agronegocio e Meio Ambiente 0.5 7th Q4 – – Yes
228 Fronteiras 0.5 6th Q4 – – Yes
229 Open Environmental Research Journal 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
230 Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning 0.5 5th Q4 – – Yes
231 Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
232 Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Biologiya 0.4 5th Q4 ESCI – No
233 Humans and Nature 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
234 Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
235 CONCAWE Reports 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
236 Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiintele Vietii 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
237 Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
238 African Journal of Public Administration and Environmental Studies 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
239 Cientifica 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
240 Natur und Recht 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
241 Revista Luna Azul 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
242 Studies in Regional Science 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
243 Filtration and Separation 0 0th Q4 SCIE – No
244 Technische Textilien 0 0th Q4 – – No

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