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 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	106
2	Nature Climate Change	90
3	Nature Sustainability	85
4	Energy Policy	77
5	Resources Policy	72
6	Business Strategy and the Environment	69
7	Land Use Policy	64
8	Tourism Management	63
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	63
10	Energy Research & Social Science	60
11	One Earth	56
12	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	54
13	Landscape and Urban Planning	52
14	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
15	Ecological Economics	45
16	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	44
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	44
18	Land	42
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	42
20	Ecosystem Services	38
21	Marine Policy	37
22	Habitat International	36
23	Journal of Environmental Psychology	35
24	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	34
25	Climate Policy	32
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	32
27	Environmental & Resource Economics	31
28	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	30
29	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	29
-	Forest Policy and Economics	29
31	Urban Studies	28
32	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	25
-	Regional Environmental Change	25
-	Regional Studies	25
35	Utilities Policy	24
-	Energy & Environment	24
37	European Planning Studies	23
-	Ecology and Society	23
39	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	22
-	Climate Risk Management	22
41	Environmental Politics	21
-	Environmental Education Research	21
43	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
44	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	19
45	Climate and Development	18
-	Energy Efficiency	18
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	18
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	18
49	Housing Studies	17
50	Local Environment	16

-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	16
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	16
-	Natural Hazards Review	16
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	16
57	Papers in Regional Science	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	Climate Services	15
-	Energy Journal	15
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	15
-	Environment and Urbanization	15
-	Population and Environment	15
-	Resource and Energy Economics	15
-	Science and Public Policy	15
66	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	14
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	14
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	14
-	Journal of Regional Science	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Disasters	14
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	14
-	Environment and Behavior	14
74	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	13
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	13
-	Journal of Environmental Education	13
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	13
-	Weather Climate and Society	13
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	13
80	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	12
-	Natural Resources Forum	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
-	Human Ecology	12
-	Journal of Environment & Development	12
-	Organization & Environment	12
-	Annals of Regional Science	12
87	Housing Theory & Society	11
-	Landscape Research	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	Environment and Development Economics	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Anthropocene Review	11
-	Climate Change Economics	11
94	International Journal of the Commons	10
-	Marine Resource Economics	10
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	10
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environmental Values	10
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	10
-	Transnational Environmental Law	10
-	Coastal Management	10
-	Cultural Geographies	10
104	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Urban Policy and Research	9
-	Conservation & Society	9
110	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	8
-	Journal of Environmental Law	8
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
113	Open House International	7
-	Environment	7
115	Environment and History	6
-	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	6
-	Water Economics and Policy	6
118	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Environmental History	5
120	Environmental Ethics	4