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Urban Planning

Top Journals in Urban Studies

Landscape and urban planning
Habitat International
JIF Quartile Journal Title Total Citations Journal Impact Factor
Q1 npj Urban Sustainability 668 9.1
Q1 Landscape and Urban Planning 28,178 7.9
Q1 Smart City 1,804 7.0
Q1 Habitat International 10,675 6.5
Q1 Cities 19,543 6.0
Q1 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 15,851 6.0
Q1 Journal of Urban Economics 6,743 5.7
Q1 Journal of Urban Technology 1,653 4.6
Q1 Urban Studies 15,924 4.2
Q1 Journal of Planning Literature 15,924 4.0
Q1 Journal of Urban Management 905 3.9
Q1 Regional Science and Urban Economics 4,405 3.5
Q1 Planning Theory & Practice 1,622 3.4
Q1 Journal of The American Planning Association 4,601 3.3
Q1 International Journal of Urban Sciences 936 3.0
Q1 Urban Geography 4,602 2.9
Q1 Housing Policy Debate 2,091 2.8
Q1 Journal of Planning Education and Research 3,369 2.8
Q1 European Urban and Regional Studies 1,576 2.8
Q2 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 6,156 2.7
Q2 Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science 5,725 2.6
Q2 European Planning Studies 5,753 2.6
Q2 Housing Theory & Society 1,166 2.5
Q2 City & Community 1,452 2.4
Q2 Urban Affairs Review 2,770 2.4
Q2 International Journal of Housing Policy 813 2.4
Q2 Local Environment 3,290 2.4
Q2 Housing Studies 3,613 2.4
Q2 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 1,067 2.4
Q2 Journal of Property Research 483 2.1
Q2 Urban Science 1,380 2.1
Q2 Environment and Urbanization 2,778 2.0
Q2 Real Estate Economics 1,487 2.0
Q2 Journal of Urban Affairs 2,702 1.9
Q2 Urban Design International 913 1.8
Q2 Urban Research & Practice 736 1.8
Q2 International Regional Science Review 1,384 1.8
Q2 Journal of Housing and The Built Environment 1,753 1.8

Source: Extracted from InCites Journal Citation Reports, 2023 JCR Social Science Edition and Emerging Sources Citation Index

Top Journals in Regional and Urban Planning

Landscape and urban planning
JIF Quartile Journal Title Total Citations Journal Impact Factor
Q1 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 50,385 12.9
Q1 Sustainable Development 9,688 9.9
Q1 Landscape and Urban Planning 28,178 7.9
Q1 Computers Environment and Urban Systems 6,642 7.1
Q1 Habitat International 10,675 6.5
Q1 Journal of Rural Studies 12,678 5.1
Q1 Progress in Planning 1,220 5.0
Q1 Regional Studies 10,814 4.4
Q1 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 5,340 4.4
Q1 Journal of Planning Literature 1,539 4.0
Q1 Planning Theory & Practice 1,622 3.4
Q1 Planning Theory 1,670 3.4
Q1 Journal of The American Planning Association 4,601 3.3
Q1 Journal of Regional Science 3,076 3.2
Q2 Futures 5,771 3.0
Q2 Growth and Change 2,038 2.9
Q2 Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 2,099 2.9
Q2 Journal of Planning Education and Research 3,369 2.8
Q2 European Urban and Regional Studies 1,576 2.8
Q2 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 6,156 2.7
Q2 Journal of Urban Mobility 145 2.7
Q2 Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science 5,725 2.6
Q2 European Planning Studies 5,753 2.6
Q2 Computational Urban Science 216 2.6
Q2 Housing Theory & Society 1,166 2.5
Q2 Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space 3,288 2.4
Q2 International Journal of Housing Policy 813 2.4
Q2 Local Environment 3,290 2.4
Q2 Housing Studies 3,613 2.4
Q2 Papers in Regional Science 2,789 2.4

Source: Extracted from InCites Journal Citation Reports, 2023 JCR Social Science Edition and Emerging Sources Citation Index

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