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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Landscape and Urban Planning	30
2	Habitat International	16
3	Cities	15
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	15
5	Journal of Urban Economics	9
6	Urban Studies	7
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	7
-	Journal of Urban Technology	7
9	Urban Geography	6
-	Journal of Housing Economics	6
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	6
-	Environment and Urbanization	6
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	6
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	6
15	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	5
-	European Planning Studies	5
-	Housing Studies	5
-	Open House International	5
-	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	Housing Theory & Society	5
-	International Regional Science Review	5
-	Local Environment	5
23	International Journal of Housing Policy	4
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	4
-	Journal of Planning Literature	4
-	Real Estate Economics	4
-	City & Community	4
-	Education and Urban Society	4
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	4
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	4
-	Planning Theory & Practice	4
32	Urban Education	3
-	Urban Research & Practice	3
-	Economic Development Quarterly	3
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	3
-	Urban Affairs Review	3
-	Urban Policy and Research	3
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Urban Design International	3
40	Journal of the American Planning Association	2
-	Journal of Urban Affairs	2
42	Journal of Urban History	1