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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	117
2	Resources Policy	96
3	Nature Sustainability	86
4	Business Strategy and the Environment	85
5	Nature Climate Change	81
6	Energy Policy	77
7	Sustainable Production and Consumption	72
8	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	69
9	Tourism Management	59
-	Energy Research & Social Science	59
-	Land Use Policy	59
12	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	56
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
14	One Earth	55
15	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
-	Land	51
17	Ecological Economics	49
18	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	48
20	Habitat International	45
21	Journal of Environmental Psychology	42
22	Marine Policy	41
23	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	38
24	Energy & Environment	35
25	Ecosystem Services	34
26	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
27	Utilities Policy	32
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
29	Climate Policy	31
30	Regional Studies	29
31	Forest Policy and Economics	28
32	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	27
33	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	26
-	Urban Studies	26
36	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	25
-	Climate Risk Management	25
38	Environmental Education Research	24
39	Environmental Politics	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	23
42	Climate Services	22
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	22
44	Natural Resources Forum	21
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	21
-	Ecology and Society	21
47	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
-	Housing Studies	20
49	Local Environment	19
-	Energy Efficiency	19

-	Organization & Environment	19
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	19
53	Climate and Development	18
-	Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal	18
-	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Resource and Energy Economics	18
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	18
58	Energy Journal	17
-	Environment and Planning E-Nature and Space	17
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
-	Environmental Policy and Governance	17
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	17
65	Papers in Regional Science	16
-	Environment and Planning D-Society & Space	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
68	Disasters	15
-	Journal of Regional Science	15
70	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	14
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Weather Climate and Society	14
75	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
-	Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
79	Open House International	12
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	Journal of Environmental Education	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
85	Landscape Research	11
-	Environmental Values	11
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	11
-	Population and Environment	11
-	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	11
-	Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension	11
-	Journal of Environmental Law	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
93	Marine Resource Economics	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Environment and Development Economics	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	10
-	International Journal of the Commons	10
-	Climate Change Economics	10
-	Conservation & Society	10
-	Human Ecology	10
102	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Land Economics	9
-	Transnational Environmental Law	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Environment	9
-	Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
110	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Cultural Geographies	8
113	Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy	6
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	6
-	Australasian Journal of Environmental Management	6
116	Environmental History	5
-	Environment and History	5
118	Environmental Ethics	4
-	Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography	4
120	Human Ecology Review	3