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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Resources Policy	96
2	Nature Climate Change	81
3	Business Strategy and the Environment	80
4	Energy Policy	79
5	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	63
6	Land Use Policy	61
7	Tourism Management	60
8	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
9	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	53
10	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	51
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
12	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
13	Ecological Economics	48
14	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
-	Marine Policy	41
16	Habitat International	39
17	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
18	Energy & Environment	33
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
20	Climate Policy	32
21	Utilities Policy	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
23	Regional Studies	30
24	Forest Policy and Economics	28
-	Urban Studies	28
26	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
27	Environmental Politics	23
-	Regional Environmental Change	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
30	Environmental Education Research	22
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
33	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
34	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
35	Energy Efficiency	19
-	Local Environment	19
-	Natural Resources Forum	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Housing Studies	19
40	Environmental Policy and Governance	18
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18
42	Science and Public Policy	17
-	Climate and Development	17
-	Ecology and Society	17
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	17
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	17
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	17
48	Annals of Regional Science	16
-	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	Resource and Energy Economics	16

51	Energy Journal	15
-	Papers in Regional Science	15
-	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Organization & Environment	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Disasters	15
58	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
59	European Urban and Regional Studies	13
-	Journal of Environmental Education	13
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
-	Global Environmental Politics	13
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	13
65	Environmental Values	12
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	12
-	Landscape Research	12
-	Open House International	12
-	Human Ecology	12
-	Weather Climate and Society	12
71	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	Conservation & Society	11
77	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Regional Science Review	10
79	Environment and Development Economics	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	International Journal of the Commons	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Marine Resource Economics	9
-	Journal of Environmental Law	9
-	Journal of Environment & Development	9
-	Climate Change Economics	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Cultural Geographies	9
90	Environment	8
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
94	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	6
95	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Environmental History	5
97	Environmental Ethics	4
-	Environment and History	4
99	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3