New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Urban Studies

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Landscape and Urban Planning ca. 11.4
2 Habitat International ca. 8.5
3 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening ca. 8.2
4 Cities ca. 7
5 Journal of Planning Literature ca. 6.2
6 Urban Studies ca. 4.4
7 Planning Theory & Practice ca. 4.3
8 Journal of Urban Technology ca. 4.2
- Journal of the American Planning Association ca. 4.2
10 European Urban and Regional Studies ca. 4.1
11 Journal of Urban Economics ca. 4
12 Journal of Housing and the Built Environment ca. 3.4
13 European Planning Studies ca. 3.2
14 Journal of Housing Economics ca. 3.1
- Urban Geography ca. 3.1
16 Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science ca. 2.9
17 Local Environment ca. 2.8
18 Housing Theory & Society ca. 2.7
- Journal of Planning Education and Research ca. 2.7
- Journal of Urban Affairs ca. 2.7
- City & Community ca. 2.7
- Housing Studies ca. 2.7
23 Regional Science and Urban Economics ca. 2.6
- Journal of Urban Planning and Development ca. 2.6
25 International Journal of Housing Policy ca. 2.5
- Open House International ca. 2.5
- Real Estate Economics ca. 2.5
28 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research ca. 2.4
- International Regional Science Review ca. 2.4
30 Housing Policy Debate ca. 2.2
- Urban Design International ca. 2.2
- International Journal of Urban Sciences ca. 2.2
- Urban Affairs Review ca. 2.2
- Urban Research & Practice ca. 2.2
35 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics ca. 2.1
- Environment and Urbanization ca. 2.1
37 Urban Education ca. 1.8
38 Education and Urban Society ca. 1.6
39 Economic Development Quarterly ca. 1.4
40 Journal of Contemporary Ethnography ca. 1.3
41 Urban Policy and Research ca. 1.1
42 EURE-Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano Regionales ca. 0.8
43 Journal of Urban History ca. 0.4
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