Regional & Urban Planning: 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	121
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
3	Sustainable Development	50
4	Journal of Rural Studies	43
5	Habitat International	37
6	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
7	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	30
8	Regional Studies	29
9	Futures	26
10	European Planning Studies	23
11	Local Environment	18
-	Housing Studies	18
13	Growth and Change	17
14	Annals of Regional Science	16
-	Papers in Regional Science	16
-	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	16
18	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	15
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	15
20	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	14
23	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Journal of Planning Literature	13
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	13
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	13
27	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
28	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Planning Theory & Practice	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
31	Journal of Environment & Development	10
-	Planning Theory	10
33	Housing Theory & Society	9
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	9
35	International Regional Science Review	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	International Development Planning Review	8
-	Urban Design International	8
39	disP	4