Environmental Science Peer Reviewed Journals List 2025

What is Peer Review Process

Peer review is the process of having a group of experts in a particular field evaluate the work of a researcher before it is published in a journal or other publication. This process is designed to ensure that the work is original, valid, and significant.

What are Peer Reviewed Journals

Peer-reviewed journals are scholarly publications that subject submitted articles to a rigorous evaluation process conducted by experts in the relevant field. This process, known as peer review, ensures that only high-quality, original, and well-researched articles are published, upholding the credibility and integrity of the journal and the broader academic community.




Environmental Science Peer Reviewed Journals

Journals title ISSN Impact Factor SJR
Environmental DNA 2637-4943 9.9 1.809
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 1535-3966 9.8 2.134
Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 2330-8257 9.8 2.064
Green Chemistry 1463-9270 9.8 1.959
Geography and Sustainability 2666-6839 9.7 1.898
Particle and Fibre Toxicology 1743-8977 9.5 1.805
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change 1757-7799 9.2 2.972
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 2397-3722 9.0 2.870
Energy Policy 0301-4215 9 2.292
Energy 1873-6785 9 1.989
Global Environmental Change 1872-9495 8.9 2.945
Environmental Pollution 1873-6424 8.9 2.110
Global Food Security 2211-9124 8.9 2.173
Chemosphere 1879-1298 8.8 1.727
Journal of Environmental Management 1095-8630 8.7 1.678
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 2590-1982 8.6 1.629
Conservation Letters 1755-263X 8.5 3.083
Sustainability Science Practice and Policy 1548-7733 8.5 1.856
Environmental Research 1096-0953 8.3
Earths Future 2328-4277 8.2 2.510
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water 2049-1948 8.2 2.245
Waste Management 1879-2456 8.1 1.745
International Journal of Project Management 0263-7863 8 2.333
Communications Earth and Environment 2662-4435 7.9 2.457
Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment 1361-9209 7.6 2.024
Water Research X 2589-9147 7.5 2.056
Building and Environment 1873-684X 7.4 1.584
ACS ES and T Engineering 2690-0645 7.4 1.932
Water Cycle 2666-4453 7.39 1.613
Environmental Science Nano 2051-8161 7.3 1.607
Environment and Behavior 1552-390X 7.2 1.979
Science China Life Sciences 1869-1889 7.1 1.449
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science 2468-0133 7.1 0.555
Land Use Policy 1873-5754 7.1 1.656
Journal of Environmental Sciences 1878-7320 6.9 1.392
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 1942-2466 6.8 3.605
Computers Environment and Urban Systems 1873-7587 6.8 1.567
Environmental Research Letters 1748-9326 6.7 2.119
Fish and Fisheries 1467-2979 6.7 1.868
ACS Environmental Au 2694-2518 6.7 2.043
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2041-210X 6.6 2.805
Food Policy 0306-9192 6.5 1.896
Advanced Sustainable Systems 2366-7486 6.5 1.449
Advances in Climate Change Research 2524-1761 6.4 1.551
Global Ecology and Biogeography 1466-8238 6.4 2.447
Conservation Biology 1523-1739 6.3 2.071
Smart Energy 2666-9552 6.3 1.741
Climate Policy 1752-7457 6.1 2.412
Journal of Transport Geography 0966-6923 6.1 1.852
Environmental Politics 0964-4016 6.0 1.851
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 0167-8809 6.0 1.744
Emerging Contaminants 2405-6642 5.93 1.478
Journal of Industrial Ecology 1530-9290 5.9 1.843
Communications Chemistry 2399-3669 5.9 1.620
Agricultural Water Management 1873-2283 5.9 1.579
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 1460-2121 5.8 2.241
Ambio 1654-7209 5.8 1.786
Horticultural Plant Journal 2468-0141 5.7 1.199
Journal of Applied Ecology 1365-2664 5.7 1.964
Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering 2095-221X 5.6 1.344
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 0168-1923 5.6 1.677
Journal of Ecology 1365-2745 5.5 2.070
Global Sustainability 2059-4798 5.5 1.589
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 1750-6824 5.4 3.117
Organization and Environment 1552-7417 5.3 1.877
Global Biogeochemical Cycles 1944-9224 5.2 2.190
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 0962-8452 5.2 1.898
Advances in Sample Preparation 2772-5820 5.2 0.598
Environment and Planning D Society and Space 1472-3433 5.1 2.015
Regional Studies 1360-0591 5.1 1.757
Ecological Applications 1939-5582 5 1.726
Zoological research 2095-8137 4.9 0.981
Urban Studies 1360-063X 4.9 2.100
Global Environmental Politics 1536-0091 4.8 1.680
Environment and Urbanization 1746-0301 4.8 1.570
Acta Ecologica Sinica 1872-2032 4.7 0.479
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1096-0449 4.6 2.522
Life Science Alliance 2575-1077 4.4 1.884
Journal of Sustainable Cement Based Materials 2165-0381 4.4 1.510
PLoS Computational Biology 1553-7358 4.3 1.872
Environment and Planning A 1472-3409 4.2 1.588
Soil Ecology Letters 2662-2297 4.13 1.158
Advances in Water Resources 0309-1708 4.0 1.194
Quaternary Science Reviews 1873-457X 4 1.701
MMWR Recommendations and Reports 1545-8601 36.286 23.962
Energy and Environmental Science 1754-5706 32.5 12.306
Nature Climate Change 1758-6798 31.4 6.849
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 2577-445X 3.91 0.708
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 1943-5606 3.9 1.861
Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 1004-9541 3.8 0.665
Policy Studies Journal 1541-0072 3.8 1.970
Aquaculture and Fisheries 2468-550X 3.60 0.647
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2333-5963 3.6 3.078
AAPS PharmSciTech 1530-9932 3.4 0.561
Geography Compass 1749-8198 3.1 1.650
Journal of Arid Land 2194-7783 3.07 0.671
Nature Sustainability 2398-9629 29.2 6.568
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1545-861X 29.095 16.786
MMWR Surveillance Summaries 1545-8636 26.42 15.178
Advances in Optics and Photonics 1943-8206 25.2 8.735
Chem 2451-9294 23.5 6.800
Aerosol Science and Technology 1521-7388 2.8 0.762
Journal of Mountain Science 1993-0321 2.66 0.579
3 Biotech 2190-5738 2.6 0.563
Economic Policy 1468-0327 2.5 1.886
Aerosol and Air Quality Research 2071-1409 2.5 0.716
Conservation and Society 0975-3133 2.492 0.658
Agricultural and Environmental Letters 2471-9625 2.3 0.515
All Earth 2766-9645 2.2 0.394
Advances in Meteorology 1687-9317 2.1 0.602
One Earth 2590-3322 16.2 2.617
Nature Ecology and Evolution 2397-334X 15.46 5.374
Energy and Environmental Materials 2575-0356 15 4.338
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 1547-6537 13.6 2.899
Business Strategy and the Environment 1099-0836 13.4 2.870
Water Research 1879-2448 12.8 3.338
Engineering 2095-8099 12.8 1.750
Global Change Biology 1365-2486 12.3 4.069
Environment international 1873-6750 11.8 3.075
Environmental Science and Technology 1520-5851 11.4 3.123
Bioresource Technology 1873-2976 11.4 2.473
npj Clean Water 2059-7037 11.4 1.888
Applied Energy 0306-2619 11.2 2.907
Journal of Cleaner Production 1879-1786 11.1 1.981
Environmental Science and Technology Letters 2328-8930 10.9 2.909
Environmental Health Perspectives 1552-9924 10.4 2.251
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1540-9309 10.3 3.510
Resources Policy 0301-4207 10.2 1.869
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 2523-3521 1.6 0.402
Aerosol Science and Engineering 2510-3768 1.6 0.335
Tropical Ecology 2661-8982 1.5 2.8
Acta Biotheoretica 1572-8358 1.4 0.321
African Journal of Range and Forage Science 1727-9380 1.4 0.516
Acta Oecologica 1146-609X 1.3 0.512
Acta Technologica Agriculturae 1338-5267 1.3 0.381
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering 2305-7068 1.1 0.258
Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal 2299-8624 1.0 0.227
Plant Science Today 2348-1900 0.9 0.227
Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater 2280-6458 0.8 0.238
Aestimum 1724-2118 0.8 0.306
Journal of Environmental Biology 2394-0379 0.7 0.225
Agrarian South 2321-0281 0.7 0.329
Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research 0975-1025 0.6 0.224
Agrociencia 2521-9766 0.5 0.148
Journal of Carcinogenesis 1477-3163 0.444 0.570
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Formatio Circumiectus 1644-0765 0.4 0.145
Agrarforschung Schweiz 1663-7909 0.4 0.144
Alpine Entomology 2535-0889 0.4 0.264
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 2189-7042 0.3 0.275

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