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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	130
2	Resources Policy	93
3	Nature Sustainability	92
4	Nature Climate Change	81
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	81
6	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	73
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	71
8	Energy Policy	68
9	Energy Research & Social Science	65
10	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	63
-	Tourism Management	63
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	62
13	One Earth	57
14	Land	53
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	53
16	Land Use Policy	52
17	Ecological Economics	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
19	Habitat International	44
20	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	42
21	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
22	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	40
-	Marine Policy	40
24	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Energy & Environment	35
26	Utilities Policy	33
27	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
28	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	31
29	Climate Policy	30
-	Forest Policy and Economics	30
31	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	28
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	28
-	Urban Studies	28
34	Natural Resources Forum	27
35	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Environmental Education Research	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
38	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Climate Risk Management	25
40	Environmental Politics	23
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	23
42	Climate Services	22
43	Energy Efficiency	21
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	21
-	Ecology and Society	21
46	European Planning Studies	20
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	20
48	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	19
-	Natural Hazards Review	19
-	Organization & Environment	19

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