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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
2	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	14
3	Cities	11
4	Habitat International	10
-	Journal of Urban Economics	10
6	European Urban and Regional Studies	6
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	6
-	Urban Studies	6
-	European Planning Studies	6
10	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	Journal of Urban Technology	5
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	5
-	Urban Geography	5
14	Environment and Urbanization	4
-	International Regional Science Review	4
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	4
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	4
-	Local Environment	4
-	Planning Theory & Practice	4
-	Housing Studies	4
-	Journal of Housing Economics	4
-	Open House International	4
-	Urban Education	4
24	Education and Urban Society	3
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	Urban Design International	3
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	3
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	3
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
-	Urban Affairs Review	3
33	City & Community	2
-	Housing Theory & Society	2
-	Economic Development Quarterly	2
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	2
-	Real Estate Economics	2
-	Urban Research & Practice	2
40	Journal of Urban Affairs	1
-	Urban Policy and Research	1
42	Journal of Urban History	0