Regional & Urban Planning: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Sustainable Development	ca. 12.5
2	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	ca. 12
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.1
4	Habitat International	ca. 6.8
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	ca. 6.8
6	Journal of the American Planning Association	ca. 5.6
7	Journal of Rural Studies	ca. 5.1
8	Regional Studies	ca. 4.6
9	Journal of Planning Literature	ca. 4.5
10	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	ca. 3.9
-	Planning Theory & Practice	ca. 3.9
12	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	ca. 3.5
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	ca. 3.5
14	Planning Theory	ca. 3.4
15	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	ca. 3.3
16	Growth and Change	ca. 3.2
-	Housing Studies	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Environment & Development	ca. 3.2
20	Housing Theory & Society	ca. 3.1
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	ca. 3.1
22	Futures	ca. 3
-	Journal of Regional Science	ca. 3
24	European Planning Studies	ca. 2.8
25	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	ca. 2.7
26	Urban Design International	ca. 2.6
27	Society & Natural Resources	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	ca. 2.5
29	Local Environment	ca. 2.4
30	International Regional Science Review	ca. 2.3
31	Journal of Planning Education and Research	ca. 2.2
32	Papers in Regional Science	ca. 2.1
33	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	ca. 1.9
-	Local Government Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	ca. 1.9
36	Urban Policy and Research	ca. 1.8
37	Annals of Regional Science	ca. 1.7
38	International Development Planning Review	ca. 1.6
39	disP	ca. 1.3