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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	105
2	Resources Policy	93
3	Nature Climate Change	85
4	Sustainable Production and Consumption	84
5	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
6	Nature Sustainability	80
7	Energy Policy	78
8	Tourism Management	62
9	Land Use Policy	61
10	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	58
11	Energy Research & Social Science	56
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
-	One Earth	54
14	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
15	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	52
16	Land	51
17	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
19	Ecological Economics	48
20	Journal of Environmental Psychology	39
-	Marine Policy	39
22	Habitat International	37
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
24	Ecosystem Services	35
25	Energy & Environment	33
26	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	32
28	Climate Policy	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
30	Utilities Policy	30
31	Regional Studies	29
32	Forest Policy and Economics	27
33	Urban Studies	26
34	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	24
35	Regional Environmental Change	23
-	Environmental Politics	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
38	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	22
39	Environmental Education Research	21
40	Annual Review of Resource Economics	20
-	Climate Services	20
-	Energy Efficiency	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	20
46	Local Environment	18
-	Climate Risk Management	18
-	Housing Studies	18
49	Natural Resources Forum	17
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	17

-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	17
52	Papers in Regional Science	16
-	Climate and Development	16
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	16
-	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	Resource and Energy Economics	16
-	Annals of Regional Science	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	16
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	16
61	Energy Journal	15
-	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Disasters	15
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	15
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	15
-	Global Environmental Politics	15
67	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Ecology and Society	14
-	Environment and Behavior	14
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	14
73	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	13
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	13
-	Organization & Environment	13
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	13
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	13
79	Landscape Research	12
-	Environmental Values	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Weather Climate and Society	12
84	Journal of Environmental Education	11
-	Open House International	11
-	Water Resources and Economics	11
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	11
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
91	Disaster Prevention and Management	10
-	Journal of Environment & Development	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
-	Human Ecology	10
95	Land Economics	9
-	Marine Resource Economics	9
-	Environment and Development Economics	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	Housing Theory & Society	9
-	Journal of Environmental Law	9
-	Cultural Geographies	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
103	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	International Regional Science Review	8
-	Coastal Management	8
-	Conservation & Society	8
108	International Journal of the Commons	7
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	7
-	Transnational Environmental Law	7
-	Water Economics and Policy	7
-	Environment	7
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	7
114	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	6
-	Human Ecology Review	6
116	Environmental History	5
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	5
118	Environment and History	4
119	Environmental Ethics	3
-	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3