Urban Studies: 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Landscape and Urban Planning	22
2	Cities	12
3	Habitat International	11
4	Journal of Urban Economics	10
5	Regional Science and Urban Economics	6
-	Urban Studies	6
7	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	5
-	Urban Geography	5
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	5
10	Housing Studies	4
-	International Regional Science Review	4
-	Open House International	4
-	Urban Education	4
14	Education and Urban Society	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	Economic Development Quarterly	3
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
20	Journal of Planning Literature	2
21	Journal of Urban Affairs	1
-	Urban Policy and Research	1
23	Journal of Urban History	0