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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	112
2	Resources Policy	95
3	Nature Sustainability	84
4	Business Strategy and the Environment	83
5	Nature Climate Change	81
6	Energy Policy	80
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	74
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	66
9	Land Use Policy	61
10	Energy Research & Social Science	60
11	Tourism Management	57
12	One Earth	56
13	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
14	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	54
15	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
16	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	Land	50
18	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
19	Ecological Economics	48
20	Habitat International	42
-	Marine Policy	42
22	Journal of Environmental Psychology	40
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
24	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	35
25	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Energy & Environment	34
27	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
28	Climate Policy	32
29	Utilities Policy	31
30	Regional Studies	30
31	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	29
32	Forest Policy and Economics	28
33	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Urban Studies	26
35	Regional Environmental Change	25
36	Annual Review of Resource Economics	24
-	Climate Risk Management	24
-	Environmental Education Research	24
39	Environmental Politics	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
42	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
44	Climate Services	20
-	Energy Efficiency	20
-	Local Environment	20
-	Natural Resources Forum	20
-	Ecology and Society	20
49	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Housing Studies	19

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