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Best Environmental Chemistry journals

157 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Environmental Chemistry. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 39 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 Environmental Chemistry Letters 49.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Energy and Environmental Science 42.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Chem 30.4 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry 27 97th Q1 SCIE No
5 Chemosphere 21.1 97th Q1 No
6 Sustainable Production and Consumption 21.1 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
7 Global Change Biology 21.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials 20.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
9 Chemical Engineering Journal 19.6 94th Q1 SCIE No
10 Environmental Science and Technology 18.9 93th Q1 SCIE No
11 Science of the Total Environment 18.8 93th Q1 No
12 Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 18.2 92th Q1 Yes
13 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 16.9 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Green Chemistry 16 91th Q1 SCIE No
15 Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 15.1 90th Q1 ESCI No
16 Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 15 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 14.9 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Environmental Advances 14.3 88th Q1 Yes
19 Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) 14.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
20 Environmental Science and Technology Letters 14.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
21 Ambio 13.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
22 Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 12.9 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 12.8 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Process Safety and Environmental Protection 12.8 85th Q1 SCIE No
25 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 12.1 84th Q1 No
26 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 12 83th Q1 SCIE No
27 Journal of Analysis and Testing 11.9 83th Q1 ESCI No
28 Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 11.6 82th Q1 Yes
29 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 11.6 81th Q1 SCIE No
30 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 11.4 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 ACS ES and T Engineering 11 80th Q1 ESCI No
32 Analytica Chimica Acta 10.9 79th Q1 SCIE No
33 Groundwater for Sustainable Development 10.7 79th Q1 ESCI No
34 Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews 10.2 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Global Biogeochemical Cycles 10 78th Q1 SCIE No
36 Environmental Science: Advances 9.8 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
37 ChemSusChem 9.4 76th Q1 SCIE No
38 Green and Low-Carbon Economy 8.7 76th Q1 No
39 Reactive and Functional Polymers 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE No
40 Ecosystems 8.5 74th Q2 SCIE No
41 Communications Chemistry 8.3 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
42 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 73th Q2 SCIE No
43 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 8.2 72th Q2 SCIE No
44 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 8.2 72th Q2 SCIE No
45 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 8.1 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Fish and Shellfish Immunology 8.1 71th Q2 SCIE No
47 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 8 70th Q2 SCIE No
48 Biogeochemistry 8 69th Q2 SCIE No
49 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 8 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
50 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 7.8 68th Q2 SCIE B No
51 Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 7.7 67th Q2 SCIE No
52 Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment 7.3 67th Q2 Yes
53 Land Degradation and Development 7.3 66th Q2 SCIE No
54 International Journal of Phytoremediation 7.3 65th Q2 SCIE No
55 Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering 7.1 65th Q2 No
56 Green Processing and Synthesis 7.1 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
57 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 7 64th Q2 SCIE No
58 Environmental Science: Atmospheres 7 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Applied Geochemistry 6.8 62th Q2 SCIE No
60 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 6.7 62th Q2 SCIE No
61 Environmental Geotechnics 6.4 61th Q2 SCIE No
62 Geomicrobiology Journal 6.4 60th Q2 SCIE No
63 ACS ES and T Water 6.3 60th Q2 ESCI No
64 Analyst 6.3 59th Q2 SCIE No
65 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research 6.2 58th Q2 SCIE No
66 Aerosol and Air Quality Research 5.9 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
67 Geochemical Perspectives Letters 5.8 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
68 Methane 5.7 57th Q2 Yes
69 Journal of Analytical Toxicology 5.6 56th Q2 SCIE No
70 Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 5.5 55th Q2 SCIE No
71 Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action 5.5 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
72 Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 5.4 54th Q2 ESCI No
73 Drug Testing and Analysis 5.4 53th Q2 SCIE No
74 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 53th Q2 SCIE No
75 Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry 5.3 52th Q2 ESCI Yes
76 Asian Journal of Green Chemistry 5.3 51th Q2 No
77 Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 5.3 51th Q2 SCIE No
78 Environmental Technology (United Kingdom) 5.3 50th Q2 SCIE No
79 Environmental Pollution and Management 5 50th Q2 Yes
80 Ozone: Science and Engineering 5 49th Q3 SCIE No
81 Biodegradation 5 48th Q3 SCIE No
82 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 48th Q3 SCIE No
83 Water Resources Protection 4.8 47th Q3 No
84 Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 4.7 46th Q3 ESCI No
85 Marine Chemistry 4.6 46th Q3 SCIE No
86 Aerosol Science and Engineering 4.6 45th Q3 ESCI No
87 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 4.4 44th Q3 SCIE No
88 Safety in Extreme Environments 4.4 44th Q3 No
89 Environmental Fluid Mechanics 4.2 43th Q3 SCIE No
90 Cambridge Prisms: Plastics 4.2 42th Q3 ESCI Yes
91 Journal of AOAC International 4.2 42th Q3 SCIE No
92 Chemistry Africa 4.1 41th Q3 ESCI No
93 Materials and Corrosion 4.1 41th Q3 SCIE No
94 Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 4.1 40th Q3 SCIE No
95 River Research and Applications 4 39th Q3 SCIE No
96 Environmental Engineering Science 3.9 39th Q3 SCIE No
97 Mountain Research and Development 3.9 38th Q3 SCIE Yes
98 Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 3.9 37th Q3 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI No
99 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering - ASCE 3.9 37th Q3 SCIE No
100 Aerosol Science and Technology 3.8 36th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Environmental Chemistry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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