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Best Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) journals

191 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 49 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 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 24.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 One Earth 20.3 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
3 Biogeotechnics 18.1 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
4 Geotechnique 14 98th Q1 SCIE No
5 Earth's Future 13.2 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Acta Geotechnica 11.8 97th Q1 SCIE No
7 Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis 11.8 96th Q1 ESCI No
8 Journal of Remote Sensing (United States) 11.4 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
9 Rock Mechanics Bulletin 10.9 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
10 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 10.5 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 9.9 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
12 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 9.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
13 Natural Hazards Research 9.7 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Journal of Geographical Sciences 9.6 93th Q1 SCIE No
15 Geosystems and Geoenvironment 9.2 92th Q1 Yes
16 Natural Hazards 7.6 92th Q1 SCIE No
17 Progress in Physical Geography 7.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
18 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 7.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
19 Anthropocene 7.4 90th Q1 SCIE No
20 Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 NPJ Ocean Sustainability 7.1 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science 6.9 88th Q1 SCIE No
23 Planetary Science Journal 6.9 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 6.8 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
25 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 6.7 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 AAPG Bulletin 6.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
27 Carbon Balance and Management 6.6 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 6.5 85th Q1 SCIE No
29 Progress in Disaster Science 6.4 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
30 Geomicrobiology Journal 6.4 84th Q1 SCIE No
31 Innovation Geoscience 6.3 84th Q1 Yes
32 Applied Geomatics 6.2 83th Q1 ESCI No
33 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 6 83th Q1 SCIE No
34 Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences 5.8 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Photogrammetric Record 5.7 82th Q1 SCIE No
36 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering 5.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
37 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 81th Q1 SCIE No
38 Earth (Switzerland) 5.3 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 Quaternary Science Advances 5.3 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
40 Hydrobiology 5.2 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Quaternary Geochronology 5.2 79th Q1 SCIE No
42 Spatial Economic Analysis 5.1 78th Q1 SSCI B No
43 Hydrogeology Journal 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE No
44 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
45 Fire 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
46 Elements 5 76th Q1 SCIE No
47 Geotechnical Research 4.8 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
48 Geoheritage 4.7 75th Q1 SCIE No
49 Geomatics 4.6 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 Journal of Quaternary Science 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE No
51 Journal of Petroleum Geology 4.5 73th Q2 SCIE No
52 Mining 4.5 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
53 Climate Change Research 4.4 72th Q2 No
54 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 4.4 72th Q2 SCIE No
55 Clays and Clay Minerals 4.3 71th Q2 SCIE No
56 National Remote Sensing Bulletin 4.3 71th Q2 No
57 Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences 4.3 70th Q2 No
58 Progress in Geography 4.2 70th Q2 No
59 Volcanica 4.1 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
60 Petroleum Geoscience 4 69th Q2 SCIE No
61 Journal of Maps 4 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes
62 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE No
63 KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information 3.8 67th Q2 No
64 Hupo Kexue/Journal of Lake Sciences 3.7 67th Q2 No
65 One Ecosystem 3.7 66th Q2 ESCI Yes
66 Quaternary 3.7 66th Q2 ESCI Yes
67 Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 3.7 65th Q2 ESCI No
68 Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering 3.7 65th Q2 SCIE No
69 Nature Conservation Research 3.7 64th Q2 ESCI Yes
70 Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 3.7 64th Q2 SCIE No
71 Geotechnique Letters 3.6 63th Q2 SCIE No
72 Physical Geography 3.6 63th Q2 SCIE No
73 Annales Geophysicae 3.5 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites 3.5 62th Q2 Yes
75 Geoscience Communication 3.5 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
76 Quaternary Sciences 3.4 61th Q2 No
77 Nitrogen (Switzerland) 3.4 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
78 Geographical Research Letters 3.3 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
79 Survey Review 3.3 59th Q2 SCIE No
80 Journal of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science 3.2 59th Q2 Yes
81 Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
82 RAS Techniques and Instruments 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI Yes
83 Remote Sensing Letters 3.2 57th Q2 SCIE No
84 Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 3.2 56th Q2 No
85 Papers in Applied Geography 3.1 56th Q2 No
86 Geoarchaeology - An International Journal 3.1 55th Q2 AHCI, SCIE No
87 Journal of Geo-Information Science 3.1 55th Q2 No
88 GEUS Bulletin 3 54th Q2 SCIE Yes
89 Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition) 3 54th Q2 No
90 International Journal of Geoinformatics 2.9 53th Q2 No
91 Corporate and Business Strategy Review 2.8 53th Q2 No
92 Advances in Geosciences 2.8 52th Q2 Yes
93 Discover Environment 2.8 52th Q2 ESCI Yes
94 Polar Research 2.8 51th Q2 SCIE Yes
95 Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2.7 51th Q2 SCIE No
96 Mersin Photogrammetry Journal 2.6 50th Q2 No
97 International Journal of Astrobiology 2.5 50th Q2 SCIE No
98 Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2.5 49th Q3 SCIE No
99 Journal of Applied Geodesy 2.5 48th Q3 ESCI No
100 Journal of Geodetic Science 2.5 48th Q3 ESCI Yes

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