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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	120
2	Resources Policy	90
3	Business Strategy and the Environment	86
4	Nature Sustainability	85
5	Nature Climate Change	80
6	Energy Policy	77
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	76
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	71
9	Tourism Management	61
-	Energy Research & Social Science	61
11	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	59
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	58
-	Land Use Policy	58
14	One Earth	56
15	Land	53
16	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	52
17	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	49
18	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
20	Journal of Environmental Psychology	44
21	Habitat International	43
22	Marine Policy	42
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	38
24	Energy & Environment	36
25	Ecosystem Services	35
26	Utilities Policy	33
27	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
29	Regional Studies	31
-	Climate Policy	31
31	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	29
33	Urban Studies	27
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	27
35	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Climate Risk Management	26
37	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	25
-	Environmental Education Research	25
39	Ecology and Society	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
41	Natural Resources Forum	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
-	Environmental Politics	22
45	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
-	Climate Services	21
47	Housing Studies	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
49	Local Environment	19
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	19

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