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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	109
2	Nature Climate Change	88
-	Resources Policy	88
4	Nature Sustainability	83
5	Business Strategy and the Environment	79
6	Energy Policy	77
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	76
8	Land Use Policy	69
9	Energy Research & Social Science	67
10	Tourism Management	60
11	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	56
13	One Earth	54
14	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	52
15	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	51
16	Land	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
19	Ecological Economics	49
20	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
21	Ecosystem Services	39
22	Marine Policy	38
-	Habitat International	38
24	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	36
26	Climate Policy	33
27	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	32
28	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	30
29	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	Regional Studies	29
31	Energy & Environment	28
32	Urban Studies	27
-	Utilities Policy	27
-	Environmental Politics	27
35	Environmental & Resource Economics	24
-	Regional Environmental Change	24
37	Environmental Education Research	23
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
39	Climate Risk Management	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
-	European Planning Studies	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	22
44	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
45	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
46	Housing Studies	18
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18
-	Climate and Development	18
-	Climate Services	18
50	Global Environmental Politics	17

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