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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	107
2	Resources Policy	94
3	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
4	Nature Climate Change	81
5	Nature Sustainability	80
6	Energy Policy	78
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	78
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	60
-	Land Use Policy	60
10	Tourism Management	59
11	Energy Research & Social Science	56
12	One Earth	55
13	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
14	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
15	Land	52
16	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	51
17	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
19	Ecological Economics	49
20	Marine Policy	40
21	Habitat International	39
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	39
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
24	Ecosystem Services	35
25	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
26	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Energy & Environment	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
-	Urban Studies	27
34	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	25
35	Environmental Education Research	24
36	European Planning Studies	23
-	Regional Environmental Change	23
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
39	Environmental Politics	22
40	Annual Review of Resource Economics	21
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
42	Energy Efficiency	20
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
-	Climate Risk Management	20
45	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Natural Resources Forum	19
-	Climate Services	19
-	Housing Studies	19
49	Local Environment	18
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18

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