Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Subfield ranking · 2017
Environmental Engineering journal rankings 2017
44 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering has 44 ranked journals in 2017. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2016 to 1.20, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.01. The top three are Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, and International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2017. 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 2014–2016, the window the 2017 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 of Environmental Science (11)
44 ranked journals
Filters
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 2016. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2014–2016 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 2008 to 2017. | Compare |
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1Remote Sensing of EnvironmentElsevier BV · United States | 4.11Q1 | 7.40 0.28 down from 2016 | 1,190 | 41% | $4,450 | ||
2Journal of Cleaner ProductionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 6.00 0.14 up from 2016 | 4,866 | 18% | $4,660 | ||
3International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoinformationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.67Q1 | 4.59 0.03 down from 2016 | 532 | 47% | $3,550 | ||
4International journal of greenhouse gas controlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.32Q1 | 4.54 0.15 up from 2016 | 983 | 32% | $4,100 | ||
5Economic Systems ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 3.27 0.09 down from 2016 | 84 | 47% | — | ||
6Sustainable Cities and SocietyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.21Q1 | 4.55 1.21 up from 2016 | 409 | 24% | $4,870 | ||
7The International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.18Q1 | 4.44 0.31 up from 2016 | 544 | 45% | $3,990 | ||
8Advances in Water ResourcesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.14Q1 | 4.02 0.52 up from 2016 | 606 | 45% | $3,840 | ||
9Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial AerodynamicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.09Q1 | 3.27 0.66 up from 2016 | 474 | 28% | $3,880 | ||
10Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote SensingAmerican Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · United States | 2.03Q1 | 2.89 0.45 down from 2016 | 300 | 97% | — | ||
11Journal of Industrial EcologyWiley · United States | 2.01Q1 | 3.64 0.14 down from 2016 | 394 | 47% | $3,750 | ||
12Urban ClimateElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.95Q2 | 4.22 0.41 up from 2016 | 200 | 31% | $3,690 | ||
13The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space ScienceOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 1.92Q2 | 3.88 0.55 up from 2016 | 97 | 100% | $900 | ||
14Canadian Journal of Remote SensingOATaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.55Q2 | 2.36 0.03 up from 2016 | 151 | 13% | — | ||
15Earth Science InformaticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.54Q2 | 1.85 0.39 down from 2016 | 140 | 26% | $3,890 | ||
16Energy Ecology and EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.48Q2 | 2.39no 2016 value | 46 | 61% | $2,790 | — | |
17Boundary-Layer MeteorologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.45Q2 | 2.86 0.28 up from 2016 | 312 | 31% | $3,790 | ||
18Geo-spatial Information ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.37Q2 | 1.06 0.46 down from 2016 | 84 | 100% | $1,993 | ||
19Urban Water JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 1.71 0.02 down from 2016 | 212 | 48% | — | ||
20Hydrogeology JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.24Q2 | 2.25 0.05 up from 2016 | 405 | 29% | $2,390 | ||
21Applied GeomaticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.23Q2 | 1.79 0.38 up from 2016 | 58 | 29% | $3,290 | ||
22Journal of Contaminant HydrologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.21Q2 | 2.62 0.42 up from 2016 | 311 | 36% | $3,640 | ||
23Groundwater for Sustainable DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.19Q3 | 2.29 1.22 up from 2016 | 34 | 8% | $3,640 | ||
24European Journal of Remote SensingOATaylor & Francis · Italy | 1.17Q3 | 1.58 0.66 down from 2016 | 146 | 100% | $1,060 | ||
25Environmental Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.14Q3 | 1.92 0.10 up from 2016 | 3,233 | 11% | $2,290 | ||
26ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.09Q3 | 1.28 0.37 down from 2016 | 966 | 100% | — | ||
27Photogrammetrie - Fernerkundung - GeoinformationE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 0.98Q3 | 1.31 0.20 up from 2016 | 110 | — | — | ||
28Greenhouse Gases Science and TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.95Q3 | 1.86 0.01 down from 2016 | 214 | 26% | $3,570 | ||
29Journal of Spatial ScienceTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.92Q3 | 1.18 0.48 up from 2016 | 94 | 17% | — | ||
30Ground WaterWiley · United States | 0.91Q3 | 1.95 0.40 up from 2016 | 369 | 8% | $4,100 | ||
31Advances in geosciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.80Q3 | 1.27 0.23 up from 2016 | 64 | 100% | $301 | ||
32World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016Publisher not listed | 0.80Q3 | 0.26no 2016 value | 255 | — | — | — | |
33Aquatic ProcediaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.79Q3 | 1.30 0.20 up from 2016 | 312 | — | — | ||
34Wind and StructuresSouth Korea | 0.71Q4 | 0.88 0.09 down from 2016 | 219 | 0% | — | ||
35Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental StatisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.70Q4 | 1.21 0.18 up from 2016 | 101 | 31% | $3,090 | ||
36Geomicrobiology JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.69Q4 | 1.41 0.18 up from 2016 | 316 | 15% | — | ||
37Groundwater Monitoring & RemediationWiley · United States | 0.63Q4 | 0.94 0.20 down from 2016 | 153 | 27% | $3,920 | ||
38International Journal of VentilationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.43Q4 | 0.69 0.07 up from 2016 | 106 | 25% | — | ||
39Journal of Water Management ModelingOACanada | 0.42Q4 | 0.89 0.46 up from 2016 | 50 | 100% | — | ||
| 0.31Q4 | 0.57 0.36 up from 2016 | 134 | 5% | — | |||
41GrundwasserSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.24Q4 | 0.39 0.01 up from 2016 | 98 | 22% | $2,290 | ||
42Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and TechnologyOAMaxwell Scientific Publications · United Kingdom | 0.23Q4 | 0.26 0.01 down from 2016 | 1,794 | 100% | — | ||
43International Journal of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.11Q4 | 0.23 0.08 up from 2016 | 224 | 0% | — | ||
44Journal of Groundwater Science and EngineeringOATsinghua University Press | 0.06Q4 | 0.12no change | 133 | 95% | — |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Environmental Engineering highlighted.
- Ecology274
- Global and Planetary Change195
- Water Science and Technology101
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis81
- Nature and Landscape Conservation59
- Pollution58
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law47
- Environmental Engineering44
- Waste Management and Disposal20
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling5
Journals
Citations made in 2017. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Environmental Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2014–2016, 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: 2017. Publication window: 2014–2016. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 44
- Window papers (baseline)
- 45,599 +20.7% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 1.20 +7.2% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 6
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2014–2016 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 |
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| Ranked journals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 54 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,642 | 11,651 | 11,967 | 12,703 | 13,576 | 14,751 | 16,065 | 17,177 | 18,812 | 20,718 | 23,247 | 26,011 | 29,639 | 33,366 | 37,771 | 41,499 | 43,684 | 45,599 | 47,212 | 50,087 | 53,144 | 56,964 | 61,183 | 64,951 | 69,044 | 73,778 | |
| Median OJR | 1.04 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 1.17 | 1.058 | 1.41 | 1.156 | 1.19 | 1.227 | 1.057 | 1.056 | 1.147 | 1.264 | 1.234 | 1.117 | 1.157 | 1.263 | 1.20 | 1.154 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.118 | 1.18 | 1.119 | 1.07 | 1.11 |
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.