Environmental Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	129
2	Resources Policy	94
3	Nature Sustainability	90
4	Nature Climate Change	83
5	Business Strategy and the Environment	81
6	Energy Policy	72
7	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	71
8	Sustainable Production and Consumption	70
9	Energy Research & Social Science	65
10	Tourism Management	64
11	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	62
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	61
13	One Earth	57
14	Land	54
-	Land Use Policy	54
16	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	53
17	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
19	Habitat International	44
20	Journal of Environmental Psychology	43
21	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	41
22	Marine Policy	40
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	40
24	Ecosystem Services	35
25	Energy & Environment	34
26	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Utilities Policy	33
28	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
29	Regional Studies	30
30	Forest Policy and Economics	29
31	Climate Policy	28
32	Urban Studies	27
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	27
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	27
35	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Natural Resources Forum	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
38	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Environmental Education Research	25
40	Climate Risk Management	24
41	Environmental Politics	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
43	Climate Services	21
-	European Planning Studies	21
45	Organization & Environment	20
-	Energy Efficiency	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	20
-	Ecology and Society	20
50	Climate and Development	19

-	Local Environment	19
52	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	18
-	Science and Public Policy	18
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	18
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	18
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	18
58	Resource and Energy Economics	17
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	17
-	Energy Journal	17
-	Papers in Regional Science	17
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	17
-	Housing Studies	17
64	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	16
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	16
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	16
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	16
69	Disasters	15
-	Environment and Behavior	15
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	15
72	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	14
-	Annals of Regional Science	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Journal of Environmental Education	14
77	Weather Climate and Society	13
-	Housing Theory & Society	13
-	Open House International	13
-	Society & Natural Resources	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
-	Human Ecology	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
84	Population and Environment	12
-	Environment and Development Economics	12
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	12
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Carbon Management	12
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	12
90	Transnational Environmental Law	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Landscape Research	11
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	11
-	Environment and Urbanization	11
-	International Journal of the Commons	11
98	Environmental Values	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Urban Policy and Research	10
-	Coastal Management	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	10
104	Water Economics and Policy	9
-	Journal of Environmental Law	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Cultural Geographies	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
109	Marine Resource Economics	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
-	Climate Change Economics	8
-	Conservation & Society	8
113	Environment	7
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	7
115	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	5
-	Environmental Ethics	5
-	Environmental History	5
-	Environment and History	5
119	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3