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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	126
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
3	Sustainable Development	53
4	Habitat International	45
-	Journal of Rural Studies	45
6	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	38
7	Regional Studies	29
8	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	28
-	Futures	28
10	European Planning Studies	23
11	Housing Studies	20
12	Local Environment	19
13	Journal of the American Planning Association	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	17
16	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	16
-	Papers in Regional Science	16
18	Growth and Change	15
-	Journal of Regional Science	15
-	Journal of Planning Literature	15
21	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	14
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	14
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
26	Planning Theory & Practice	13
27	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
-	Local Government Studies	12
30	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	11
-	Planning Theory	11
33	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	10
35	Urban Design International	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
37	International Development Planning Review	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
39	disP	5