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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	108
2	Nature Climate Change	89
3	Nature Sustainability	88
4	Resources Policy	82
5	Energy Policy	76
6	Business Strategy and the Environment	73
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	70
8	Land Use Policy	66
9	Energy Research & Social Science	64
10	Tourism Management	63
11	One Earth	56
12	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	53
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	53
14	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
15	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	48
16	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	47
17	Ecological Economics	46
-	Land	46
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	46
20	Ecosystem Services	40
21	Marine Policy	39
22	Journal of Environmental Psychology	38
23	Habitat International	36
24	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	34
25	Climate Policy	32
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	32
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
28	Environmental & Resource Economics	30
29	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	29
30	Regional Studies	28
-	Urban Studies	28
32	Utilities Policy	27
-	Forest Policy and Economics	27
34	Energy & Environment	25
35	Regional Environmental Change	24
36	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
-	Environmental Politics	23
38	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	22
39	Environmental Education Research	21
40	European Planning Studies	20
-	Climate Risk Management	20
42	Annual Review of Resource Economics	19
-	Climate and Development	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	19
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	19
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	19
48	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	18
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18
-	Ecology and Society	18

51	Local Environment	17
-	Housing Studies	17
-	Natural Hazards Review	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	17
56	Papers in Regional Science	16
-	Climate Services	16
-	Energy Efficiency	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
-	Journal of Regional Science	16
61	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	15
-	Energy Journal	15
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	15
-	Resource and Energy Economics	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Disasters	15
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	15
-	Environment and Behavior	15
69	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	14
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	14
-	Weather Climate and Society	14
-	Environment and Urbanization	14
76	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Human Ecology	13
-	Population and Environment	13
-	Annals of Regional Science	13
80	International Journal of Housing Policy	12
-	Natural Resources Forum	12
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	12
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	12
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Organization & Environment	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
89	Journal of Environmental Education	11
-	Landscape Research	11
-	Environmental Values	11
-	Environment and Development Economics	11
-	Coastal Management	11
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	11
95	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Regional Science Review	10
-	Land Economics	10
-	Marine Resource Economics	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	10
-	Transnational Environmental Law	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
104	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	9
-	Journal of Environmental Law	9
-	Journal of Environment & Development	9
107	Open House International	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Cultural Geographies	8
-	Environment	8
111	International Journal of the Commons	7
-	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	7
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	7
114	Water Economics and Policy	6
-	Conservation & Society	6
116	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Environmental History	5
-	Environment and History	5
-	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	5
120	Environmental Ethics	4