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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Landscape and Urban Planning	25
2	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	16
3	Cities	13
-	Habitat International	13
5	Journal of Urban Economics	12
6	Journal of Urban Technology	8
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	8
8	Urban Studies	7
9	European Urban and Regional Studies	6
-	European Planning Studies	6
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	6
-	Urban Geography	6
13	Environment and Urbanization	5
-	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	International Regional Science Review	5
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	5
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	5
-	Local Environment	5
-	Planning Theory & Practice	5
-	Housing Studies	5
-	Journal of Housing Economics	5
-	Open House International	5
23	Housing Theory & Society	4
-	Urban Affairs Review	4
-	Urban Education	4
26	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	Urban Design International	3
-	City & Community	3
-	Education and Urban Society	3
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	3
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
-	Real Estate Economics	3
-	Urban Research & Practice	3
36	Economic Development Quarterly	2
-	Journal of Urban Affairs	2
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	2
40	Urban Policy and Research	1
41	Journal of Urban History	0