790 Environmental Science journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research | 2352-5398 | 4,529 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Remote Sensing | 2072-4292 | 4,100 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Land | 2073-445X | 2,473 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Geophysical Research Letters | 0094-8276 | 2,080 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,07,288 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | 0147-6513 | 1,963 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,49,673 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Frontiers in Marine Science | 2296-7745 | 1,485 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,63,273 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Ecological Indicators | 1470-160X | 1,478 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,87,241 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Atmosphere | 2073-4433 | 1,441 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,76,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Communications Earth & Environment | 2662-4435 | 1,139 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Toxics | 2305-6304 | 1,113 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1748-9326 | 958 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,574 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Gaceta Sanitaria | 0213-9111 | 911 | 3 | ≈ ₹1,95,898 to publish | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies | 2214-5818 | 901 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,42,748 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Diversity | 1424-2818 | 863 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Environment International | 0160-4120 | 796 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,84,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Water Resources Research | 0043-1397 | 743 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,82,963 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Environmental Technology & Innovation | 2352-1864 | 729 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,96,692 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | 0303-2434 | 675 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,746 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 0099-2240 | 652 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Global Ecology and Conservation | 2351-9894 | 642 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,98,619 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Desalination and Water Treatment | 1944-3986 | 638 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,34,860 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Scientific African | 2468-2276 | 637 | 1 | ≈ ₹74,173 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| MethodsX | 2215-0161 | 633 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,32,933 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Ecological Informatics | 1574-9541 | 610 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,07,288 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of applied science and environmental management | 2659-1502 | 567 | 2 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nigeria |
| Urban Science | 2413-8851 | 565 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Environmental Research Communications | 2515-7620 | 532 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,152 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Environmental and Sustainability Indicators | 2665-9727 | 527 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,32,152 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Fire | 2571-6255 | 491 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,76,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Brazilian Journal of Biology | 1519-6984 | 462 | 2 | ≈ ₹46,414 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Geoscientific model development | 1991-959X | 448 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,15,487 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| RSC Sustainability | 2753-8125 | 432 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,67,704 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 2397-3722 | 420 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances | 2772-4166 | 410 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,20,592 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Y HOC TP HO CHI MINH | 1859-1779 | 406 | 3 | ≈ ₹19,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| Membranes | 2077-0375 | 404 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Ecosphere | 2150-8925 | 403 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,45,638 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences | 2194-9042 | 396 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology | 1859-1531 | 393 | 3 | VND 1,000,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| International Journal of Digital Earth | 1753-8947 | 384 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,78,859 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Trees Forests and People | 2666-7193 | 367 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,90,731 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Earth s Future | 2328-4277 | 362 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,06,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Hydrology | 2306-5338 | 350 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Hydrology and earth system sciences | 1027-5606 | 348 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,95,898 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências | 0001-3765 | 345 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Applied Water Science | 2190-5487 | 338 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Environmental Challenges | 2667-0100 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,73,391 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 1942-2466 | 319 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Earth and Space Science | 2333-5084 | 316 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Toxicology Reports | 2214-7500 | 308 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,31,007 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Biodiversity Data Journal | 1314-2828 | 306 | 2 | ≈ ₹70,741 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Discover Environment | 2731-9431 | 300 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,24,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Municipal economy of cities | 2522-1809 | 299 | 3 | UAH 1,275 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| The ISME Journal | 1751-7362 | 298 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,99,958 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 2041-210X | 287 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,21,054 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Proceedings on Engineering Sciences | 2620-2832 | 284 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| People and Nature | 2575-8314 | 283 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,57,197 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| The Innovation | 2666-6758 | 273 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,81,643 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology | 2590-1826 | 271 | 1 | ≈ ₹67,430 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Conservation Science and Practice | 2578-4854 | 268 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,15,776 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Nature Environment and Pollution Technology | 0972-6268 | 266 | 1 | ₹18,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Cleaner Waste Systems | 2772-9125 | 265 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,77,245 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Energy Nexus | 2772-4271 | 264 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,61,050 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Environmental Sciences Europe | 2190-4715 | 261 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,14,524 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Discover Geoscience | 2948-1589 | 260 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Natural hazards and earth system sciences | 1561-8633 | 256 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,95,898 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| ISME Communications | 2730-6151 | 246 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,39,430 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| ICES Journal of Marine Science | 1054-3139 | 243 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,45,976 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk | 1947-5705 | 241 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,441 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Can Tho University Journal of Science | 1859-2333 | 236 | 4 | VND 1,000,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| Recycling | 2313-4321 | 232 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Plant Ecology | 1752-9921 | 230 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,10,960 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering | 2666-0164 | 227 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,24,264 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Problems and Perspectives in Management | 1727-7051 | 227 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Frontiers in Climate | 2624-9553 | 220 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,94,078 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| The Lancet Planetary Health | 2542-5196 | 216 | 1 | ≈ ₹7,57,142 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Threatened Taxa | 0974-7893 | 215 | 2 | ₹30,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Environment & Health | 2833-8278 | 211 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,150 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Xenobiotics | 2039-4705 | 210 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Frontiers in Water | 2624-9375 | 204 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,35,507 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Frontiers in Sustainable Cities | 2624-9634 | 202 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,35,507 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Economic journal Odessa polytechnic university | 2521-103X | 201 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| 自然资源学报 | 1000-3037 | 196 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,07,757 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| 资源科学 | 1007-7588 | 193 | 2 | ≈ ₹43,103 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Resources | 2079-9276 | 192 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Frontiers in Forests and Global Change | 2624-893X | 190 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,24,883 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| PLOS Climate | 2767-3200 | 190 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,069 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Geocarto International | 1010-6049 | 189 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,53,344 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Journal of Water and Climate Change | 2040-2244 | 189 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,83,206 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Water Science & Technology | 0273-1223 | 188 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,98,619 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Diversity and Distributions | 0967-9952 | 186 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,63,159 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Environmental DNA | 2637-4943 | 186 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,05,362 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture | 1658-8150 | 184 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Ecological Solutions and Evidence | 2688-8319 | 183 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,36,005 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| MicrobiologyOpen | 2045-8827 | 183 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,58,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Environmental Microbiome | 2524-6372 | 182 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Flood Risk Management | 1753-318X | 181 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,746 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| China Scientific Data | 2096-2223 | 180 | 2 | ≈ ₹71,838 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Landscape Architecture | 1673-1530 | 178 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,43,676 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Parasitology | 0031-1820 | 177 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,52,081 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
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