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Best Environmental Science (miscellaneous) journals

305 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Environmental Science (miscellaneous). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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.

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# 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 93th Q1 SSCI C No
20 Environmental Politics 12.5 93th Q1 SSCI – No
21 Resources, Environment and Sustainability 12.5 93th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Journal of Chemical Reviews 12.2 92th Q1 – – No
23 Urban Climate 12.2 92th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Total Environment Advances 12 92th Q1 – – No
25 Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 11.6 92th Q1 – – Yes
26 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
27 Agrochemicals 11.5 91th Q1 – – Yes
28 Soil and Environmental Health 11.4 91th 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 83th Q1 SSCI – No
51 Environmental Systems Research 7.8 83th Q1 ESCI – Yes
52 Nexus 7.8 83th Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 European Urban and Regional Studies 7.7 82th Q1 SSCI A No
54 Frontiers in Climate 7.7 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
55 Microplastics 7.7 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
56 Climate Change Ecology 7.6 81th Q1 – – Yes
57 Astrophysics and Space Science Library 7.4 81th Q1 – – No
58 Journal of Human, Earth, and Future 7.4 81th Q1 – – Yes
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 73th Q2 SSCI A No
82 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 6.3 73th Q2 SSCI – No
83 Frontiers in Fungal Biology 6.3 73th Q2 ESCI – Yes
84 Applied Geomatics 6.2 72th Q2 ESCI – No
85 C-Journal of Carbon Research 6.2 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
86 Cleaner Waste Systems 6.1 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
87 Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 5.9 71th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Journal of Renewable Materials 5.9 71th Q2 – – No
89 Papers in Regional Science 5.8 71th Q2 SSCI A Yes
90 International Journal of Engineering and Geosciences 5.8 71th 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

Rank and percentile are within the Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 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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