Regional & Urban Planning: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	36
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	27
3	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	19
4	Habitat International	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
6	Sustainable Development	12
7	Futures	9
8	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	8
-	Regional Studies	8
10	Papers in Regional Science	7
11	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	6
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	6
13	European Planning Studies	5
-	Housing Theory & Society	5
-	International Regional Science Review	5
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	5
-	Local Environment	5
-	Society & Natural Resources	5
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	5
-	Growth and Change	5
-	Housing Studies	5
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	5
23	Planning Theory & Practice	4
-	Annals of Regional Science	4
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	4
-	Journal of Environment & Development	4
-	Journal of Regional Science	4
-	Local Government Studies	4
-	Planning Theory	4
-	Urban Design International	4
31	International Journal of Housing Policy	3
-	International Development Planning Review	3
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	3
37	Journal of Planning Literature	2
38	Urban Policy and Research	1
-	disP	1