Urban 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	Cities	60
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
3	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	48
4	Habitat International	45
5	Journal of Urban Economics	26
-	Urban Studies	26
7	European Planning Studies	23
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	23
9	Housing Studies	20
10	Local Environment	19
11	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	17
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	17
13	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	16
-	Urban Geography	16
-	Journal of Urban Technology	16
16	Journal of Planning Literature	15
-	Housing Policy Debate	15
-	Journal of Urban Affairs	15
19	Urban Affairs Review	14
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	14
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	14
22	Real Estate Economics	13
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	13
-	Planning Theory & Practice	13
25	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Journal of Housing Economics	12
-	Open House International	12
-	Urban Education	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
30	Journal of Planning Education and Research	11
31	International Journal of Housing Policy	10
-	Urban Research & Practice	10
-	Education and Urban Society	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
35	Economic Development Quarterly	9
-	City & Community	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Urban Design International	9
40	Urban Policy and Research	8
41	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	6
42	Journal of Urban History	5