Google Scholar Blog (2014 Scholar metrics released):
Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Today, we are releasing the 2014 version of Scholar Metrics. This release is based on citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as of mid-June 2013 and covers articles published in 2009–2013.
Scholar Metrics include journal articles from websites that follow our inclusion guidelines, selected conference articles in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering and preprints from arXiv, SSRN, NBER, and RePEc. As in previous releases, publications with fewer than 100 articles in the covered period, or publications that received no citations are not included.
Here are the top journals in environmental economics:
Publication | h5-index | h5-median | |
1. | Ecological Economics | 75 | 105 |
2. | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 40 | 56 |
3. | Environmental and Resource Economics | 36 | 51 |
4. | International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics | 19 | 34 |
5. | Environment and Development Economics | 17 | 28 |
6. | International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics™ | 6 | 7 |
7. | ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | 5 | 7 |
And here are the top journals in resource economics:
Publication | h5-index | h5-median | |
1. | Environmental and Resource Economics | 36 | 51 |
2. | Resource and Energy Economics | 25 | 32 |
3. | Annual Review of Resource Economics | 22 | 27 |
4. | Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics | 19 | 30 |
5. | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics | 15 | 19 |
6. | Marine Resource Economics | 14 | 19 |
7. | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review | 13 | 16 |
If you combine the two (my attempt to do this in the search box led to only the intersection being listed) the top journals are:
- Ecological Economics
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Resource and Energy Economics
- Annual Review of Resource Economics
- Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Environment and Development Economics
- Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Marine Resource Economics
- Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
That list looks about right (except for #1 which has a large number of self-cites since it is the only one that publishes mostly heterodox papers ... is that an overstatement?) but there are omissions. Here is the list for agricultural economics (AJAE would rank 3rd on the overall list: h-5=40) and land economics (Land Economics would rank 5th: h-5=27). The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy doesn't show up anywhere. Are there any other journals I'm missing?