189 Environmental Science journals published by Springer Nature with at least 10 papers in 2025. Publisher family is the top of the publisher's lineage in OpenAlex.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | 0167-6369 | 1,346 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Water Air & Soil Pollution | 0049-6979 | 1,297 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Communications Earth & Environment | 2662-4435 | 1,139 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology | 1735-1472 | 686 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Iran |
| Natural Hazards | 0921-030X | 685 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Theoretical and Applied Climatology | 0066-6424 | 680 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | 0074-1612 | 679 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Environmental Geochemistry and Health | 0269-4042 | 611 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Modeling Earth Systems and Environment | 2363-6203 | 474 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Biology Bulletin | 1062-3590 | 441 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Climate Dynamics | 0930-7575 | 427 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Earth Systems and Environment | 2509-9426 | 424 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 2397-3722 | 420 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Archives of Microbiology | 0003-9276 | 403 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Applied Water Science | 2190-5487 | 338 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Chemistry Africa | 2522-5758 | 332 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Nature Ecology & Evolution | 2397-334X | 326 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Water Resources Management | 0920-4741 | 319 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Climate Change | 1758-678X | 310 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management | 1438-4957 | 307 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Hydrobiologia | 0018-8158 | 306 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Discover Environment | 2731-9431 | 300 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,24,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration | 2365-6433 | 298 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| The ISME Journal | 1751-7362 | 298 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,99,958 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy | 2454-9983 | 294 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| GeoJournal | 0343-2521 | 293 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Environmental Research | 1735-6865 | 281 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Iran |
| Journal of Mountain Science | 1672-6316 | 281 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Mining Metallurgy & Exploration | 2524-3462 | 274 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing | 0255-660X | 269 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,07,288 to publish | No | No | India |
| 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 | |
| Landscape Ecology | 0921-2973 | 254 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Acta Parasitologica | 1230-2821 | 252 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Climatic Change | 0165-0009 | 247 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Sustainability | 2398-9629 | 247 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| ISME Communications | 2730-6151 | 246 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,39,430 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment | 1436-3240 | 241 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Environmental Management | 0364-152X | 239 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy | 1618-954X | 233 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Landslides | 1612-510X | 232 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Biological Invasions | 1387-3547 | 221 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Biodiversity and Conservation | 0960-3115 | 215 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Biometeorology | 0020-7128 | 214 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| AMBIO | 0044-7447 | 212 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Sweden |
| Urban Ecosystems | 1083-8155 | 211 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Oecologia | 0029-8549 | 199 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Advances in Atmospheric Sciences | 0256-1530 | 198 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Coral Reefs | 0722-4028 | 195 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Nature Water | 2731-6084 | 195 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Nature Food | 2662-1355 | 194 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Microbiology | 0026-2617 | 193 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Air Quality Atmosphere & Health | 1873-9318 | 192 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Cities | 2731-9997 | 183 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Environmental Microbiome | 2524-6372 | 182 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | 0007-4861 | 179 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Estuaries and Coasts | 1559-2723 | 179 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Microbial Ecology | 0095-3628 | 178 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Sustainability Science | 1862-4057 | 175 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Parasitology Research | 0044-3255 | 166 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics | 0001-4338 | 160 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Ecotoxicology | 0963-9292 | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | 0948-3349 | 157 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Forestry Research | 1007-662X | 156 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| European Journal of Wildlife Research | 0044-2887 | 152 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Environmental Biology of Fishes | 0378-1909 | 141 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| CEAS Aeronautical Journal | 1869-5582 | 140 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Water Conservation Science and Engineering | 2364-5687 | 140 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| Optika atmosfery i okeana | 0869-5695 | 139 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Discover Water | 2730-647X | 136 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,276 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Sustainable Water Resources Management | 2363-5037 | 136 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Energy and Water Resources | 2522-0101 | 134 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Iran |
| npj Urban Sustainability | 2661-8001 | 134 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Russian Meteorology and Hydrology | 1068-3739 | 133 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Biodegradation | 0923-9820 | 132 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Microbiology | 1139-6709 | 131 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Spain |
| Hydrogeology Journal | 1431-2174 | 130 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Nature Reviews Microbiology | 1740-1526 | 129 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Geographical Sciences | 1009-637X | 126 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Wetlands | 0277-5212 | 126 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Forest Ecosystems | 2095-6355 | 124 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| npj Climate Action | 2731-9814 | 119 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,29,510 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Transport in Porous Media | 0169-3913 | 118 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Parasitic Diseases | 0971-7196 | 117 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries | 0960-3166 | 116 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| npj Clean Water | 2059-7037 | 115 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,58,057 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Trees | 0931-1890 | 115 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Avian Research | 2053-7166 | 113 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Nature Reviews Biodiversity | 3005-0677 | 111 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| npj natural hazards. | 2948-2100 | 109 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,05,692 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal für Ornithologie | 2193-7192 | 106 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Environmental Health | 1476-069X | 102 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | 1342-078X | 102 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,27,335 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Aquatic Sciences | 1015-1621 | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Biogeochemistry | 0168-2563 | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Plant Ecology | 1385-0237 | 97 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Precision Agriculture | 1385-2256 | 97 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Arid Land | 1674-6767 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology | 1559-0631 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Movement Ecology | 2051-3933 | 95 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,60,108 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
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