Environmental Studies: 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Resources Policy	97
2	Business Strategy and the Environment	81
3	Nature Climate Change	80
4	Energy Policy	78
5	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	65
6	Land Use Policy	61
7	Tourism Management	60
8	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
9	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	54
10	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
11	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	51
12	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	50
13	Ecological Economics	49
14	Marine Policy	41
15	Habitat International	40
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	40
17	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	38
18	Climate Policy	33
-	Energy & Environment	33
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
21	Regional Studies	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
23	Utilities Policy	30
24	Forest Policy and Economics	29
25	Urban Studies	27
26	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
27	Regional Environmental Change	24
28	Environmental Politics	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
30	Environmental Education Research	22
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
34	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
35	Natural Resources Forum	20
36	Energy Efficiency	19
-	Local Environment	19
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	19
-	Housing Studies	19
40	Ecology and Society	18
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	18
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	18
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	18
44	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Climate and Development	17
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	17
47	Energy Journal	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Natural Hazards Review	16
-	Organization & Environment	16

-	Resource and Energy Economics	16
52	Disasters	15
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	Carbon Management	15
56	Papers in Regional Science	14
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Journal of Regional Science	14
60	European Urban and Regional Studies	13
-	Journal of Environmental Education	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
63	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	12
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	12
-	Landscape Research	12
-	Open House International	12
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Weather Climate and Society	12
70	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	Environmental Values	11
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Human Ecology	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	Conservation & Society	11
77	Environment and Development Economics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	Land Economics	10
-	Journal of Environmental Law	10
-	Journal of Environment & Development	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
84	Environment and Urbanization	9
-	International Journal of the Commons	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Marine Resource Economics	9
-	Cultural Geographies	9
-	Coastal Management	9
90	Environment	8
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
94	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	6
95	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Environmental History	5
97	Environmental Ethics	4
-	Environment and History	4
99	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3