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Best Environmental Science (miscellaneous) journals

304 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Environmental Science (miscellaneous). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 77 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 Climate Change 39 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 26.2 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Biochar 25.6 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Eco-Environment and Health 23.6 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Nature Water 23.3 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Carbon Research 19.2 97th Q1 – – No
8 Carbon Neutrality 18.8 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Circular Economy 17.5 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 ACS Environmental Au 17 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Energy Nexus 16.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
12 Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain 14.6 96th Q1 ESCI B Yes
13 Sustainable Horizons 14.6 95th Q1 ESCI – No
14 Carbon Capture Science and Technology 14.5 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Small Structures 14.5 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Green Energy and Resources 14.4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Environmental Advances 14.3 94th Q1 – – Yes
18 Green Technologies and Sustainability 14.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 Climate Policy 12.6 93rd Q1 SSCI C No
20 Environmental Politics 12.5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
21 Resources, Environment and Sustainability 12.5 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Journal of Chemical Reviews 12.2 92nd Q1 – – No
23 Urban Climate 12.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
24 Total Environment Advances 12 92nd Q1 – – No
25 Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 11.6 92nd Q1 – – Yes
26 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
27 Agrochemicals 11.5 91st Q1 – – Yes
28 Soil and Environmental Health 11.4 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 10.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Environment and Planning A 10.2 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Urban Studies 9.9 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
33 Natural Hazards Research 9.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Clean Technologies 9.4 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Science in One Health 9.4 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Geosystems and Geoenvironment 9.2 88th Q1 – – Yes
37 Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures 8.9 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
38 Sustainability (Switzerland) 8.9 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
39 Energy and Climate Change 8.7 87th Q1 ESCI – No
40 Research in Globalization 8.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Green and Low-Carbon Economy 8.7 86th Q1 – – No
42 Waste Management Bulletin 8.6 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Housing Studies 8.1 85th Q1 SSCI A No
45 Fire Ecology 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
46 PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 8 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
47 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 7.9 84th Q1 – – Yes
48 Energy, Ecology and Environment 7.9 84th Q1 ESCI – No
49 Journal of Human Rights, Culture and Legal System 7.9 84th Q1 – – No
50 Environmental Communication 7.8 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
51 Environmental Systems Research 7.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
52 Nexus 7.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 European Urban and Regional Studies 7.7 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
54 Frontiers in Climate 7.7 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
55 Microplastics 7.7 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
56 Climate Change Ecology 7.6 81st Q1 – – Yes
57 Astrophysics and Space Science Library 7.4 81st Q1 – – No
58 Journal of Human, Earth, and Future 7.4 81st Q1 – – No
59 Cleaner Environmental Systems 7.3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Computational Urban Science 7.2 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
61 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 7.2 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
62 Geoenvironmental Disasters 7.2 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Environmental Research: Climate 7.2 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
64 Solar 7.2 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
65 Environment and Health 7.1 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
66 NPJ Ocean Sustainability 7.1 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Earth Systems and Environment 7 78th Q1 ESCI – No
68 Journal of Natural Resources 7 78th Q1 – – Yes
69 Watershed Ecology and the Environment 7 77th Q1 – – Yes
70 Solar Energy Advances 6.9 77th Q1 – – Yes
71 Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment 6.8 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 PLOS Climate 6.8 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
74 Frontiers in Marine Science 6.5 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
75 Gases 6.5 75th Q1 – – Yes
76 Environmental Geotechnics 6.4 75th Q1 SCIE – No
77 Progress in Disaster Science 6.4 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
78 City and Environment Interactions 6.3 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
79 Frontiers in Sustainability 6.3 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
80 Innovation Geoscience 6.3 74th Q2 – – Yes
81 Leisure Sciences 6.3 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
82 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 6.3 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
83 Frontiers in Fungal Biology 6.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
84 Applied Geomatics 6.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
85 C-Journal of Carbon Research 6.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
86 Cleaner Waste Systems 6.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
87 Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 5.9 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Journal of Renewable Materials 5.9 71st Q2 – – No
89 Papers in Regional Science 5.8 71st Q2 SSCI A Yes
90 International Journal of Engineering and Geosciences 5.8 71st Q2 ESCI – No
91 Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 5.8 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
92 3 Biotech 5.7 70th Q2 SCIE – No
93 Conservation Science and Practice 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
94 Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability 5.6 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
95 Atmosphere 5.4 69th Q2 ESCI, SCIE – Yes
96 Journal of Leisure Research 5.3 68th Q2 SSCI A No
97 Cell Reports Sustainability 5.3 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
98 Earth (Switzerland) 5.3 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
99 Buildings and Cities 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
100 Hydrobiology 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
101 Pollutants 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
102 Carbon Footprints 5.1 66th Q2 ESCI – No
103 Earth and Space Science 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
104 Fire 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
105 Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 5.1 65th Q2 SSCI A No
106 Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
107 Environmental Archaeology 4.8 65th Q2 AHCI, SCIE – No
108 Population and Environment 4.8 64th Q2 SSCI A No
109 Blue-Green Systems 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Comparative Immunology Reports 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
111 World Journal of Environmental Biosciences 4.7 64th Q2 – – No
112 Depositional Record 4.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Forest and Society 4.6 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
114 Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 4.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
115 Advances in Bamboo Science 4.6 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
116 Geomatics 4.6 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 H2Open Journal 4.5 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
118 Journal of Regional Science 4.5 61st Q2 SSCI A No
119 Mining 4.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
120 Wind 4.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Environmental Economics 4.4 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
122 Safety in Extreme Environments 4.4 60th Q2 – – No
123 Journal of Ionic Liquids 4.3 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
124 Research of Environmental Sciences 4.3 59th Q2 – – No
125 Society and Natural Resources 4.3 59th Q2 SSCI – No
126 Natural Resource Modeling 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
127 Cambridge Prisms: Plastics 4.2 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
128 Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 4.2 58th Q2 – – No
129 Environmental Data Science 4 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
130 Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment 4 57th Q2 ESCI – No
131 Soil Research 3.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
132 Geotechnics 3.8 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
133 Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection 3.8 56th Q2 – – No
134 Forum Geografi 3.7 56th Q2 – – Yes
135 Urban Science 3.7 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
136 Environment and Urbanization 3.6 55th Q2 SSCI – No
137 Research in Cold and Arid Regions 3.6 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
138 Studies in Fungi 3.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
139 Arid Zone Research 3.6 54th Q2 – – No
140 Genes and Environment 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
141 Geographies 3.6 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Conservation 3.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
143 Hasanuddin Law Review 3.5 53rd Q2 – – Yes
144 TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment 3.4 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
145 Land Economics 3.4 52nd Q2 SSCI A No
146 Chinese Journal of Geological Hazard and Control 3.4 52nd Q2 – – Yes
147 Nitrogen (Switzerland) 3.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
148 Discover Sustainability 3.3 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
149 Geographical Research Letters 3.3 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
150 Human Ecology 3.1 51st Q2 SSCI – No
151 Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
152 Construction Materials 3.1 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
153 Cultural geographies 3.1 50th Q2 SSCI – No
154 Bio-based and Applied Economics 3 50th Q2 ESCI C Yes
155 Journal of Aging and Environment 3 49th Q3 ESCI – No
156 Crops 2.9 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
157 Environmental Humanities 2.9 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
158 Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2.9 48th Q3 – – No
159 Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment 2.9 48th Q3 – – No
160 BioRisk 2.8 48th Q3 – – Yes
161 ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2.8 47th Q3 – – No
162 APN Science Bulletin 2.7 47th Q3 – – Yes
163 SpringerBriefs in Geography 2.7 47th Q3 – – No
164 GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 2.6 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
165 Oceans 2.6 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
166 Open Geosciences 2.6 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
167 Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research 2.5 45th Q3 – – No
168 Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal 2.5 45th Q3 ESCI – No
169 European Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2.5 45th Q3 – – No
170 Cleaner Chemical Engineering 2.5 44th Q3 – – Yes
171 Coasts 2.5 44th Q3 – – Yes
172 Ecological Engineering and Environmental Technology 2.5 44th Q3 – – No
173 Frontiers in Environmental Economics 2.5 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
174 Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences 2.4 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
175 Raumforschung und Raumordnung 2.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
176 Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment 2.3 42nd Q3 – – No
177 Soil Science Annual 2.3 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
178 International Journal of Environment, Engineering and Education 2.3 41st Q3 – – No
179 American Chemical Society Environmental Science and Technology Air 2.2 41st Q3 ESCI – No
180 Environmental Policy and Law 2.2 40th Q3 – – No
181 Geography, Environment, Sustainability 2.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
182 International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Technovation 2.1 40th Q3 – – No
183 Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism 2 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
184 Mining Safety and Environmental Protection 2 39th Q3 – – Yes
185 Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences 2 39th Q3 – – No
186 International Journal on Food System Dynamics 2 38th Q3 – – Yes
187 Environment and Ecology Research 1.9 38th Q3 – – No
188 Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment 1.9 38th Q3 ESCI – No
189 Carsologica Sinica 1.9 37th Q3 – – Yes
190 Torrential Rain and Disasters 1.9 37th Q3 – – Yes
191 NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences 1.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
192 Harvard Environmental Law Review 1.8 36th Q3 SSCI A No
193 Food Studies 1.8 36th Q3 – – No
194 Geo-Marine Letters 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
195 GMSARN International Journal 1.8 35th Q3 – – No
196 Indonesian Journal of Urban and Environmental Technology 1.8 35th Q3 – – No
197 Journal of Sustainability Research 1.8 35th Q3 – – No
198 Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 1.8 35th Q3 – – Yes
199 Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics 1.7 34th Q3 ESCI – No
200 Holistic Approach to Environment 1.7 34th Q3 – – Yes
201 Indonesian Journal of Geography 1.7 34th Q3 – – Yes
202 Arktika: Ekologia i Ekonomika 1.6 33rd Q3 – – No
203 Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology 1.6 33rd Q3 – – Yes
204 Psyecology 1.6 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
205 Springer Water 1.6 32nd Q3 – – No
206 Sustinere: Journal of Environment and Sustainability 1.6 32nd Q3 – – Yes
207 Pirineos 1.5 32nd Q3 – – Yes
208 Contemporary Urban Design Thinking 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
209 Environmental Ethics 1.5 31st Q3 SSCI – No
210 Journal of Applied Science, Engineering, Technology, and Education 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
211 Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles 1.5 30th Q3 SSCI – Yes
212 Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
213 Journal of Environmental Horticulture 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
214 Journal of Catastrophology 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
215 Journal of Shanghai Ocean University 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
216 Sustainable Marine Structures 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
217 Environmental Research: Food Systems 1.4 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
218 Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development 1.4 28th Q3 – – No
219 Natural and Life Sciences Communications 1.4 28th Q3 – – No
220 International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 1.4 27th Q3 – – No
221 Avicenna Journal of Environmental Health Engineering 1.3 27th Q3 – – Yes
222 Economy of Regions 1.3 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
223 Environmental History 1.3 26th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
224 Natural Resources Journal 1.3 26th Q3 SSCI – No
225 Regional Research of Russia 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
226 Journal of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology 1.3 25th Q3 – – No
227 Advanced Technologies 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
228 Environment and History 1.2 25th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
229 China Rural Water and Hydropower 1.2 24th Q4 – – Yes
230 Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 1.2 24th Q4 – – No
231 Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response 1.2 24th Q4 – – Yes
232 Ethics and the Environment 1.1 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
233 Radiation Environment and Medicine 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
234 Turkiye Insansiz Hava Araclari Dergisi 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
235 Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
236 Journal of People, Plants, and Environment 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
237 Research in Ecology 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
238 Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences 1.1 21st Q4 – – No
239 International Journal of Sustainable Society 1.1 21st Q4 – – No
240 History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 1 21st Q4 – – No
241 Management of Sustainable Development 1 21st Q4 – – Yes
242 Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 1 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
243 Sustainability in Debate 1 20th Q4 – – Yes
244 Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences 1 20th Q4 ESCI – No
245 Springer Polar Sciences 1 19th Q4 – – No
246 Disaster Advances 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
247 ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 0.9 19th Q4 AHCI – No
248 Bezopasnost' Truda v Promyshlennosti 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
249 Nativa 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
250 Plant Protection Bulletin (Turkey) 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
251 Boletin de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
252 Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
253 Soil and Environment 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
254 Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
255 International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
256 Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
257 Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
258 Mineral Resources of Ukraine 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
259 Riset Geologi dan Pertambangan 0.8 15th Q4 ESCI – No
260 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
261 Economic and Environmental Geology 0.8 14th Q4 ESCI – No
262 Environment and Water Engineering 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
263 Environment Conservation Journal 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
264 Naturae 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
265 Cuadernos de Geografia: Revista Colombiana de Geografia 0.7 12th Q4 – – Yes
266 Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
267 Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 0.7 12th Q4 – – Yes
268 CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 0.7 11th Q4 – – Yes
269 Iron Steel Vanadium Titanium 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
270 International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
271 Aguas Subterraneas 0.6 10th Q4 – – Yes
272 Revista Kawsaypacha: Sociedad y Medio Ambiente 0.6 10th Q4 – – Yes
273 Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia 0.6 10th Q4 – – Yes
274 Ecologia Aplicada 0.5 9th Q4 ESCI – No
275 International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
276 Produccion y Limpia 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
277 New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives 0.5 8th Q4 – – No
278 Revista Brasileira de Meio Ambiente 0.5 8th Q4 – – Yes
279 Watershed Engineering and Management 0.5 8th Q4 – – Yes
280 Environment, Space, Place 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
281 Jurnal Presipitasi 0.5 7th Q4 – – Yes
282 Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
283 Journal of Food Health and Bioenvironmental Science 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
284 Ecosystem Transformation 0.4 6th Q4 – – Yes
285 Revista Brasileira de Gestao e Desenvolvimento Regional 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
286 Springer Atmospheric Sciences 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
287 Environmental Resources Research 0.4 5th Q4 – – Yes
288 Journal of Environmental Science International 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
289 Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism 0.4 5th Q4 – – Yes
290 Ecology Law Quarterly 0.4 4th Q4 SSCI – No
291 Journal of Sustainability 0.4 4th Q4 – – Yes
292 Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental 0.4 4th Q4 – – Yes
293 Geographical Environment and Living Systems 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
294 Annals of Tropical Research 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
295 Przeglad Prawa Rolnego 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
296 Historical Geography and Geosciences 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
297 Thai Journal of Public Health 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
298 Area Based Development Research Journal 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
299 Comunicacoes Geologicas 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
300 Earozoru Kenkyu 0.2 1st Q4 – – No

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