Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Field ranking · 2016
Environmental Science journal rankings 2016
879 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Environmental Science has 879 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.89, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.53. The top three are Reviews of Geophysics, Ecological Monographs, and Nature Climate Change.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Environmental Science (11)
Up to Physical Sciences879 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 10.17Q1 | 16.32 0.01 down from 2015 | 69 | 78% | $3,880 | ||
2Ecological MonographsWiley · United States | 7.38Q1 | 8.14 1.56 down from 2015 | 87 | 43% | $3,970 | ||
3Nature Climate ChangeNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.01Q1 | 10.86 0.89 up from 2015 | 985 | 38% | $12,690 | ||
4Journal of Environmental PsychologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.69Q1 | 5.28 0.44 up from 2015 | 242 | 29% | $4,380 | ||
| 6.08Q1 | 8.38 2.33 up from 2015 | 512 | 30% | $3,310 | |||
6LandslidesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 5.98Q1 | 2.91 0.12 down from 2015 | 284 | 21% | $4,590 | ||
7The Journal of Environmental EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.61Q1 | 2.38 0.62 down from 2015 | 57 | 24% | — | ||
8Global Change BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 5.45Q1 | 9.06 0.53 up from 2015 | 1,066 | 47% | $4,550 | ||
9The ISME JournalOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 5.28Q1 | 9.96 0.57 up from 2015 | 720 | 100% | $4,153 | ||
10Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate ChangeWiley · United States | 5.15Q1 | 7.12 1.94 up from 2015 | 152 | 44% | $5,450 | ||
11Frontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentWiley · United States | 5.11Q1 | 6.63 0.53 down from 2015 | 321 | 64% | $3,970 | ||
12Global Food SecurityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.97Q1 | 5.35 0.24 up from 2015 | 81 | 47% | $5,240 | ||
13Environment InternationalOAElsevier BV · United States | 4.59Q1 | 8.39 1.29 up from 2015 | 692 | 42% | $4,750 | ||
14Journal of EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.42Q1 | 6.14 0.48 down from 2015 | 490 | 43% | $3,610 | ||
15Remote Sensing of EnvironmentElsevier BV · United States | 4.34Q1 | 7.69 0.54 up from 2015 | 1,123 | 45% | $4,450 | ||
16Methods in Ecology and EvolutionOAWiley · United States | 4.31Q1 | 6.34 0.20 down from 2015 | 472 | 66% | $3,500 | ||
17Global Ecology and BiogeographyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.30Q1 | 6.84 0.50 up from 2015 | 380 | 42% | $5,000 | ||
18Environment and BehaviorSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.27Q1 | 3.34 0.98 up from 2015 | 121 | 37% | $3,900 | ||
19Earth s FutureOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 4.25Q1 | 6.99 0.48 down from 2015 | 84 | 100% | $3,180 | ||
20Economic Systems ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.16Q1 | 3.36 2.43 down from 2015 | 77 | 24% | — | ||
21Particle and Fibre ToxicologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 4.15Q1 | 7.76 3.79 down from 2015 | 225 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
22Environmental Health PerspectivesOANational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · United States | 4.10Q1 | 7.75 0.30 up from 2015 | 941 | 100% | $4,500 | ||
23Fish and FisheriesWiley · United Kingdom | 4.08Q1 | 6.58 0.21 down from 2015 | 119 | 23% | $5,000 | ||
24Journal of Applied EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.00Q1 | 6.23 0.03 down from 2015 | 563 | 65% | $3,610 | ||
25Engineering GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.96Q1 | 3.30 0.41 up from 2015 | 696 | 18% | $4,210 | ||
26The Anthropocene ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.95Q1 | 8.04 2.40 up from 2015 | 47 | 53% | $3,900 | ||
27Conservation LettersOAWiley · United States | 3.88Q1 | 5.33 0.28 down from 2015 | 217 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
28Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.86Q1 | 8.61 3.54 up from 2015 | 169 | 35% | — | ||
29Ecology and SocietyOAResilience Alliance · Canada | 3.85Q1 | 5.03 0.20 down from 2015 | 639 | 100% | $975 | ||
30Habitat InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.81Q1 | 3.04 0.24 up from 2015 | 510 | 23% | $3,560 | ||
31Water ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.80Q1 | 7.40 0.60 up from 2015 | 2,050 | 34% | $4,660 | ||
32Resources Conservation and RecyclingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.67Q1 | 4.78 0.12 up from 2015 | 537 | 22% | $5,270 | ||
33Landscape and Urban PlanningElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.64Q1 | 5.90 0.94 up from 2015 | 508 | 37% | $3,120 | ||
34Environmental Science & TechnologyAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.58Q1 | 6.94 0.27 up from 2015 | 5,040 | 30% | $4,500 | ||
35International Journal of EpidemiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.55Q1 | 6.68 0.65 up from 2015 | 623 | 76% | $4,514 | ||
36Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part BTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.54Q1 | 7.11 0.44 down from 2015 | 41 | 38% | — | ||
37Environmental Science & Technology LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.50Q1 | 5.55 1.08 down from 2015 | 172 | 37% | $4,500 | ||
38Journal of Cleaner ProductionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.46Q1 | 5.87 0.19 up from 2015 | 3,300 | 24% | $4,660 | ||
39Environmental Research LettersOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.45Q1 | 5.81 0.40 down from 2015 | 1,067 | 100% | $3,045 | ||
40Environmental Science & PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.38Q1 | 4.49 0.24 up from 2015 | 544 | 50% | $4,250 | ||
41Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.37Q1 | 5.83 1.12 up from 2015 | 82 | 26% | $5,190 | ||
42EcographyOAWiley · Denmark | 3.35Q1 | 4.93 0.42 down from 2015 | 434 | 47% | $3,190 | ||
43Water Resources and IndustryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.31Q1 | 5.70 0.93 up from 2015 | 52 | 100% | $3,613 | ||
44Conservation BiologyWiley · United States | 3.30Q1 | 5.29 1.07 up from 2015 | 646 | 38% | $3,400 | ||
45Environmental HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.28Q1 | 5.53 0.50 up from 2015 | 335 | 100% | $3,490 | ||
46Environmental Education ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 1.83 0.09 up from 2015 | 232 | 22% | — | ||
47Impact Assessment and Project AppraisalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 2.05 0.28 up from 2015 | 110 | 100% | — | ||
48Waste ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.21Q1 | 4.36 0.09 down from 2015 | 1,202 | 23% | $4,450 | ||
49Diversity and DistributionsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.19Q1 | 5.07 0.12 down from 2015 | 376 | 70% | $3,430 | ||
50EcologyWiley · United States | 3.17Q1 | 4.54 0.04 down from 2015 | 1,092 | 41% | $3,970 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, compared.
- Ecology276
- Global and Planetary Change193
- Water Science and Technology95
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis76
- Nature and Landscape Conservation62
- Pollution56
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law45
- Environmental Engineering42
- Waste Management and Disposal19
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling5
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
253 additional Environmental Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 879
- Window papers (baseline)
- 606,383 +16.5% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.89 -3.3% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 67Comparison-group list (67)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 429 | 465 | 498 | 528 | 542 | 555 | 565 | 584 | 621 | 658 | 691 | 730 | 752 | 781 | 816 | 854 | 879 | 894 | 910 | 907 | 926 | 945 | 982 | 992 | 992 | 998 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 177,914 | 208,192 | 224,441 | 245,259 | 251,131 | 272,523 | 295,719 | 323,264 | 355,145 | 387,726 | 421,450 | 454,259 | 488,219 | 520,283 | 555,752 | 588,865 | 606,383 | 609,229 | 603,145 | 613,842 | 636,773 | 681,372 | 729,009 | 768,184 | 799,466 | 839,315 | |
| Median OJR | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.763 | 0.755 | 0.753 | 0.7599 | 0.820 | 0.814 | 0.84 | 0.832 | 0.85 | 0.885 | 0.916 | 0.917 | 0.90 | 0.879 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.829 | 0.815 | 0.824 | 0.80 | 0.757 | 0.7602 | 0.77 | 0.79 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.0% | 780 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.062 per 1,000 | 688 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -2.4% | 896 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 79.2% | 998 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,120 | 607 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 30.3% | 956 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 998 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.80 | 989 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 26.5% | 998 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 41.9% | 995 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.