Urban Studies: 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Landscape and Urban Planning	26
2	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	16
3	Habitat International	14
4	Cities	13
5	Journal of Urban Economics	12
6	Regional Science and Urban Economics	8
7	Journal of Urban Technology	7
-	Urban Studies	7
9	European Urban and Regional Studies	6
-	Local Environment	6
-	European Planning Studies	6
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	6
-	Urban Geography	6
14	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	International Regional Science Review	5
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	5
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	5
-	Planning Theory & Practice	5
-	Housing Studies	5
-	Journal of Housing Economics	5
21	Education and Urban Society	4
-	Environment and Urbanization	4
-	Housing Theory & Society	4
-	Urban Design International	4
-	City & Community	4
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	4
-	Open House International	4
-	Real Estate Economics	4
-	Urban Affairs Review	4
-	Urban Education	4
31	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	3
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	3
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	3
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	3
-	Urban Research & Practice	3
37	Journal of Urban Affairs	2
-	Economic Development Quarterly	2
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	2
41	Urban Policy and Research	1
42	Journal of Urban History	0