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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Resources Policy	98
2	Business Strategy and the Environment	84
3	Energy Policy	77
4	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	67
5	Land Use Policy	60
6	Tourism Management	59
7	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
8	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	55
9	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
10	Ecological Economics	49
11	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
12	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	47
13	Habitat International	44
14	Marine Policy	43
15	Journal of Environmental Psychology	42
16	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
17	Energy & Environment	34
18	Utilities Policy	32
19	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	31
-	Climate Policy	31
21	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	Regional Studies	29
23	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	27
24	Urban Studies	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
26	Environmental Education Research	25
27	European Planning Studies	23
-	Environmental Politics	23
29	Regional Science and Urban Economics	22
30	Natural Resources Forum	21
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
32	Housing Studies	20
-	Local Environment	20
34	Organization & Environment	19
-	Energy Efficiency	19
36	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	17
-	Resource and Energy Economics	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Natural Hazards Review	17
40	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Disasters	16
-	Energy Journal	16
-	Papers in Regional Science	16
44	Global Environmental Politics	15
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	15
46	Journal of Regional Science	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
48	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13

51	Human Ecology	12
-	Journal of Environmental Education	12
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	12
56	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Landscape Research	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	11
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	11
-	Journal of Environmental Law	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Open House International	11
-	Environmental Values	11
65	Land Economics	10
-	Marine Resource Economics	10
-	Conservation & Society	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	Environment and Development Economics	10
70	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Environment	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
74	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
76	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	7
-	Cultural Geographies	7
78	Environment and History	5
-	Environmental History	5
80	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	4
-	Environmental Ethics	4
82	Human Ecology Review	3