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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	126
2	Resources Policy	94
3	Nature Sustainability	91
4	Business Strategy and the Environment	83
5	Nature Climate Change	82
6	Sustainable Production and Consumption	73
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	73
-	Energy Policy	73
9	Energy Research & Social Science	64
10	Tourism Management	63
11	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	62
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	60
13	One Earth	57
14	Land Use Policy	54
15	Land	53
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	53
17	Ecological Economics	51
18	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
19	Habitat International	45
20	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	43
21	Journal of Environmental Psychology	42
22	Marine Policy	40
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	39
24	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Energy & Environment	34
26	Utilities Policy	33
27	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
28	Regional Studies	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
30	Climate Policy	29
-	Forest Policy and Economics	29
32	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	28
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	28
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	28
35	Urban Studies	26
-	Natural Resources Forum	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
38	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Environmental Education Research	25
40	Climate Risk Management	23
41	Environmental Politics	22
-	European Planning Studies	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
44	Climate Services	21
45	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	20
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
-	Energy Efficiency	20
48	Climate and Development	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	19

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