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Best Water Science and Technology journals

277 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Water Science and Technology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 70 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 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 35.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Nature Water 23.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Water Research 21.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
5 ACS Environmental Au 17 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management 16.7 98th Q1 No
7 npj Clean Water 16.6 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Desalination 16.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
9 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 15.5 96th Q1 SCIE No
10 Current Pollution Reports 15.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
11 International Soil and Water Conservation Research 15.1 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Environmental Science and Technology Letters 14.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
13 Droplet 13.8 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Agricultural Water Management 12.5 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Water Resources and Industry 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Journal of Hydrology 11.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
17 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 11.6 94th Q1 SSCI B No
18 Applied Water Science 11.5 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Water Cycle 11.2 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
20 Water Security 11 93th Q1 ESCI No
21 Water-Energy Nexus 11 92th Q1 Yes
22 Sustainable Environment Research 10.9 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Geocarto International 10.8 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Applied Clay Science 10.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
25 Groundwater for Sustainable Development 10.7 91th Q1 ESCI No
26 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 10.5 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Exposure and Health 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
28 Environmental Science: Advances 9.8 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
29 HydroResearch 9.8 89th Q1 Yes
30 Water Resources Management 9.3 89th Q1 SCIE No
31 Water Resources Research 9.2 89th Q1 SCIE A Yes
32 Water Biology and Security 8.5 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
34 Environmental Processes 8.2 87th Q1 ESCI No
35 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
36 Biogeochemistry 8 87th Q1 SCIE No
37 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 7.8 86th Q1 SCIE B No
38 Cryosphere 7.7 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Natural Hazards 7.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
40 Advances in Water Resources 7.5 85th Q1 SCIE No
41 Water Research X 7.5 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
42 Journal of Hydrology X 7.3 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 GeoHealth 7.3 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Irrigation Science 7.2 84th Q1 SCIE No
45 Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 7.1 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
46 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 7 83th Q1 SCIE No
47 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering 7 83th Q1 SCIE No
48 Watershed Ecology and the Environment 7 82th Q1 Yes
49 Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology 6.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
50 Geography Compass 6.8 82th Q1 SSCI No
51 Journal of Water and Climate Change 6.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
52 Water (Switzerland) 6.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
53 International Journal of River Basin Management 6.6 81th Q1 ESCI No
54 Environmental Technology Reviews 6.6 80th Q1 No
55 Frontiers in Marine Science 6.5 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
56 Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 6.4 80th Q1 No
57 Geological Society Special Publication 6.4 79th Q1 No
58 ACS ES and T Water 6.3 79th Q1 ESCI No
59 Frontiers in Water 6.2 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
60 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research 6.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
61 Water Alternatives 6.1 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
62 International Journal of Water Resources Development 6.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
63 Water Science and Technology 6.1 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
64 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 77th Q1 SCIE No
65 Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 6 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
66 Hydrology 6 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
67 Journal of Ecohydraulics 6 76th Q1 ESCI No
68 Journal of Arid Land 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
69 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management - ASCE 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
70 Water Quality Research Journal 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
71 Hydrology Research 5.8 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
72 Journal of Flood Risk Management 5.8 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
73 Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 5.8 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
74 Water Reuse 5.7 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 Aqua Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society 5.6 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
76 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 5.6 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
77 Journal of the American Water Resources Association 5.6 72th Q2 SCIE No
78 Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 5.4 72th Q2 ESCI No
79 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 71th Q2 SCIE No
80 Water Supply 5.4 71th Q2 Yes
81 Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 5.3 71th Q2 SCIE No
82 Cell Reports Sustainability 5.3 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
83 Environmental Technology (United Kingdom) 5.3 70th Q2 SCIE No
84 Sustainable Water Resources Management 5.3 70th Q2 ESCI No
85 Hydrological Sciences Journal 5.2 69th Q2 SCIE No
86 Hydrogeology Journal 5.1 69th Q2 SCIE No
87 Australian Journal of Water Resources 5.1 68th Q2 ESCI No
88 Larhyss Journal 5.1 68th Q2 No
89 Water Resources and Economics 5.1 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
90 Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 5.1 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
91 Aquatic Invasions 5 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
92 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy 5 67th Q2 ESCI No
93 Environment 5 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
94 Hydrological Processes 5 66th Q2 SCIE No
95 Journal of Hydroinformatics 5 66th Q2 SCIE Yes
96 Journal of Hydraulic Research/De Recherches Hydrauliques 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE No
97 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 65th Q2 SCIE No
98 Journal of Water and Health 4.8 65th Q2 SCIE Yes
99 Mine Water and the Environment 4.8 64th Q2 SCIE No
100 Water Resources Protection 4.8 64th Q2 No

Rank and percentile are within the Water Science and Technology 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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