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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	132
2	Nature Sustainability	93
-	Resources Policy	93
4	Nature Climate Change	84
5	Business Strategy and the Environment	79
6	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	72
7	Energy Policy	68
8	Sustainable Production and Consumption	64
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	64
-	Tourism Management	64
11	Landscape and Urban Planning	63
-	Energy Research & Social Science	63
13	One Earth	58
14	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	56
15	Land	55
-	Land Use Policy	55
17	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	51
18	Ecological Economics	49
19	Habitat International	45
20	Marine Policy	42
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	42
22	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	41
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	39
24	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Energy & Environment	36
26	Utilities Policy	33
27	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Regional Studies	32
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
30	Climate Policy	30
-	Forest Policy and Economics	30
32	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	29
33	Urban Studies	28
-	Natural Resources Forum	28
35	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	27
-	Regional Environmental Change	27
37	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Climate Risk Management	26
-	Environmental Education Research	26
40	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
41	Climate Services	22
-	Environmental Politics	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
45	Energy Efficiency	21
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	21
47	Natural Hazards Review	20
-	European Planning Studies	20
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	20
50	Organization & Environment	19

-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	19
-	Science and Public Policy	19
-	Climate and Development	19
-	Energy Journal	19
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	19
-	Local Environment	19
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	19
58	Resource and Energy Economics	18
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	18
-	Housing Studies	18
61	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	17
-	Papers in Regional Science	17
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	17
64	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	16
-	Environment and Behavior	16
67	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	15
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	15
-	Disasters	15
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	15
71	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	14
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
-	Journal of Environmental Education	14
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	14
-	Annals of Regional Science	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Anthropocene Review	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
79	Population and Environment	13
-	Housing Theory & Society	13
-	Human Ecology	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
83	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Journal of Environment & Development	12
-	Transnational Environmental Law	12
-	Weather Climate and Society	12
-	Environment and Development Economics	12
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	12
-	Open House International	12
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	12
-	Carbon Management	12
-	Environment and Urbanization	12
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	12
95	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	11
-	International Journal of the Commons	11
98	Journal of Environmental Law	10
-	Environmental Values	10
-	Landscape Research	10
-	Urban Policy and Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	10
104	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	9
107	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Marine Resource Economics	8
-	Climate Change Economics	8
-	Coastal Management	8
-	Conservation & Society	8
-	Cultural Geographies	8
-	Environment	8
114	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	7
115	Environmental History	6
116	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	5
-	Environmental Ethics	5
-	Environment and History	5
119	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3