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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	107
2	Resources Policy	94
3	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
4	Nature Climate Change	81
5	Nature Sustainability	80
6	Sustainable Production and Consumption	78
-	Energy Policy	78
8	Land Use Policy	60
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	60
10	Tourism Management	59
11	Energy Research & Social Science	56
12	One Earth	55
13	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
14	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
15	Land	52
16	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	51
17	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	50
19	Ecological Economics	49
20	Marine Policy	40
21	Habitat International	39
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	39
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
24	Ecosystem Services	35
25	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
26	Energy & Environment	32
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
28	Climate Policy	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
30	Utilities Policy	30
31	Regional Studies	29
32	Forest Policy and Economics	27
-	Urban Studies	27
34	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	25
35	Environmental Education Research	24
36	European Planning Studies	23
-	Regional Environmental Change	23
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
39	Environmental Politics	22
40	Environmental & Resource Economics	21
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	21
42	Regional Science and Urban Economics	20
-	Climate Risk Management	20
-	Energy Efficiency	20
45	Housing Studies	19
-	Natural Resources Forum	19
-	Climate Services	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
49	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	18
-	Local Environment	18

51	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	17
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	17
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	17
-	Journal of Regional Science	17
-	Resource and Energy Economics	17
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	17
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	17
-	Climate and Development	17
59	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	16
-	Annals of Regional Science	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Ecology and Society	16
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	16
-	Energy Journal	16
65	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Organization & Environment	15
-	Disasters	15
-	Papers in Regional Science	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
70	International Journal of Urban Sciences	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	14
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
74	Environment and Behavior	13
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	13
-	Global Environmental Politics	13
-	Journal of Environmental Education	13
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
79	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Weather Climate and Society	12
-	Environmental Values	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	Landscape Research	12
85	Human Ecology	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	11
-	Open House International	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
91	Journal of Environment & Development	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
-	Conservation & Society	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	10
-	International Regional Science Review	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
98	Environment and Urbanization	9
-	Journal of Environmental Law	9
-	Cultural Geographies	9
-	Environment and Development Economics	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Marine Resource Economics	9
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	9
106	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	8
-	Transnational Environmental Law	8
-	Coastal Management	8
-	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Environment	8
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	8
-	International Journal of the Commons	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
114	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	6
115	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	5
-	Environmental History	5
118	Environment and History	4
119	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	3
-	Environmental Ethics	3