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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	111
2	Resources Policy	97
3	Nature Climate Change	83
4	Nature Sustainability	82
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
6	Energy Policy	79
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	73
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	64
9	Land Use Policy	61
10	Tourism Management	60
11	Energy Research & Social Science	59
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
13	One Earth	54
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	54
15	Land	51
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
17	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	49
19	Ecological Economics	47
20	Marine Policy	41
-	Habitat International	41
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
23	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
25	Energy & Environment	33
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
28	Climate Policy	32
-	Utilities Policy	32
30	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
31	Regional Studies	30
32	Forest Policy and Economics	29
33	Urban Studies	27
34	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
35	Regional Environmental Change	24
36	Environmental Education Research	23
-	Environmental Politics	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	23
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
41	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
-	Climate Risk Management	22
43	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
-	Climate Services	21
45	Energy Efficiency	20
-	Local Environment	20
-	Natural Resources Forum	20
48	Ecology and Society	19
-	Housing Studies	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19

51	Environmental Policy and Governance	18
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	18
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	18
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	18
-	Climate and Development	18
56	Natural Hazards Review	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
58	Disasters	16
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	16
-	Organization & Environment	16
-	Resource and Energy Economics	16
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	16
-	Papers in Regional Science	16
66	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Energy Journal	15
69	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Journal of Regional Science	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
73	Weather Climate and Society	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
-	Journal of Environmental Education	13
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	13
78	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
-	Human Ecology	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Environmental Values	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	12
85	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Landscape Research	11
91	Conservation & Society	10
-	Journal of Environmental Law	10
-	Population and Environment	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environment and Development Economics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	Land Economics	10
-	Open House International	10
101	Environment	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	International Journal of the Commons	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Marine Resource Economics	9
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	9
108	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
-	Transnational Environmental Law	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
112	Water Economics and Policy	7
-	Cultural Geographies	7
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	7
115	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	6
116	Environmental History	5
117	Environment and History	4
-	Environmental Ethics	4
119	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3
-	Human Ecology Review	3