Regional & Urban Planning: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	27
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
3	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	16
4	Journal of Rural Studies	12
5	Habitat International	10
6	Regional Studies	8
7	Futures	7
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	7
-	Sustainable Development	7
10	European Planning Studies	6
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	6
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	6
13	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	5
-	Growth and Change	5
-	Journal of Regional Science	5
16	International Regional Science Review	4
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	4
-	Local Environment	4
-	Papers in Regional Science	4
-	Planning Theory & Practice	4
-	Housing Studies	4
22	Annals of Regional Science	3
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	3
-	Society & Natural Resources	3
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	3
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	3
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Environment & Development	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
-	Local Government Studies	3
-	Planning Theory	3
-	Urban Design International	3
34	Housing Theory & Society	2
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	2
-	International Development Planning Review	2
38	Urban Policy and Research	1
39	disP	0