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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	118
2	Resources Policy	98
3	Nature Sustainability	87
4	Business Strategy and the Environment	84
5	Nature Climate Change	80
6	Energy Policy	77
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	73
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	69
9	Tourism Management	61
-	Energy Research & Social Science	61
11	Land Use Policy	59
12	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	57
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	57
14	One Earth	56
15	Land	53
16	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
17	Ecological Economics	48
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	48
20	Journal of Environmental Psychology	44
21	Habitat International	43
22	Marine Policy	41
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
24	Ecosystem Services	36
25	Energy & Environment	35
26	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
27	Utilities Policy	32
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
29	Climate Policy	31
30	Regional Studies	30
31	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	28
-	Forest Policy and Economics	28
33	Regional Environmental Change	27
34	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	26
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Urban Studies	26
37	Climate Risk Management	25
38	European Planning Studies	24
-	Environmental Education Research	24
40	Natural Resources Forum	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
-	Climate Services	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
44	Environmental Politics	21
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
47	Housing Studies	20
48	Local Environment	19
-	Climate and Development	19
-	Energy Efficiency	19

-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	19
-	Organization & Environment	19
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	19
55	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	18
-	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Resource and Energy Economics	18
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	18
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	18
61	Papers in Regional Science	17
-	Energy Journal	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	17
65	Science and Public Policy	16
66	Journal of Regional Science	15
-	Disasters	15
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	15
-	Global Environmental Politics	15
70	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Weather Climate and Society	14
-	Environment and Behavior	14
76	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	13
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	13
81	Journal of Environmental Education	12
-	Open House International	12
-	Environmental Values	12
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	12
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	12
86	Landscape Research	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	11
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	Human Ecology	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
94	International Regional Science Review	10
-	Marine Resource Economics	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environment and Development Economics	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Journal of the Commons	10
-	Journal of Environmental Law	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
-	Conservation & Society	10
103	Land Economics	9
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	9
-	Urban Policy and Research	9
-	Transnational Environmental Law	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Environment	9
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
111	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Cultural Geographies	8
113	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	7
114	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	6
-	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	6
116	Environmental History	5
-	Environment and History	5
118	Environmental Ethics	4
-	Human Ecology Review	4
-	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	4