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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	120
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
3	Sustainable Development	51
4	Journal of Rural Studies	43
5	Habitat International	39
6	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
7	Regional Studies	29
8	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	28
9	Futures	26
10	European Planning Studies	23
11	Housing Studies	19
12	Local Environment	18
-	Growth and Change	18
14	Journal of Regional Science	17
15	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	16
-	Annals of Regional Science	16
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	16
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	16
19	Papers in Regional Science	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	15
22	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
23	Journal of Planning Literature	13
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	13
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	13
27	Planning Theory & Practice	12
-	Local Government Studies	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
30	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	10
-	International Regional Science Review	10
-	Planning Theory	10
-	Journal of Environment & Development	10
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	10
36	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Urban Design International	8
38	International Development Planning Review	7
39	disP	5