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Urban Planning

Top Journals in Urban Studies (2024)

Link to Landscape and urban planning Journal
Link to npj Urban Sustainability Journal
Link to Habitat International Journal
Link to Urban Forestry Urban Greening Journal
JIF Quartile Journal Title Total Citations Impact Factor
Q1 Landscape and Urban Planning 32,710 9.2
Q1 npj Urban Sustainability 1,371 8.8
Q1 Habitat International 12,035 7.0
Q1 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 20,098 6.7
Q1 Cities 24,866 6.6
Q1 Smart City 2,952 5.5
Q1 Journal of Planning Literature 1,849 5.2
Q1 Journal of Urban Management 1,134 5.0
Q1 Journal of Urban Economics 7,274 4.8
Q1 Journal of Urban Technology 1,780 4.4
Q1 Urban Studies 16,324 4.1
Q1 Journal of The American Planning Association 5,535 3.4
Q1 European Planning Studies 5,819 3.2
Q1 Planning Theory & Practice 1,677 3.2
Q1 Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science 6,639 3.1
Q1 City & Community 1,596 3.0
Q1 International Journal of Urban Sciences 1,104 3.0
Q1 Regional Science and Urban Economics 4,813 2.9
Q1 Housing Policy Debate 2,503 2.9
Q1 Urban Science 1,949 2.9
Q1 Housing Studies 4,544 2.9
Q2 Local Environment 3,645 2.8
Q2 Urban Geography 4,801 2.6
Q2 European Urban and Regional Studies 1,655 2.6
Q2 International Journal of Housing Policy 999 2.6
Q2 Journal of Planning Education and Research 3,340 2.5
Q2 Journal of Housing Economics 1,536 2.4
Q2 Environment and Urbanization 2,678 2.4
Q2 Urban Affairs Review 3,036 2.3
Q2 Journal of Property Research 576 2.3
Q2 Urban Design International 965 2.1
Q2 Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 2,197 2.1
Q2 International Regional Science Review 1,385 2.1
Q2 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 1,551 2.1
Q2 Real Estate Economics 1,479 2.0
Q2 Housing Theory & Society 1,431 2.0
Q2 International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 1,073 2.0
Q2 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 6,116 1.9
Q2 Journal of Urban Affairs 2,944 1.9
Q2 Journal of Urban Design 1,899 1.9
Q2 Journal of Urban Planning and Development 2,603 1.9

Source: Extracted from InCites Journal Citation Reports, 2024 JCR Social Science Edition and Emerging Sources Citation Index

Top Journals in Regional and Urban Planning (2024)

Link to Technological Forecasting and Social Change Journal
Link to Landscape and Urban Planning Journal
Link to Computers Environmetn and Urban Systems Journal
Link to Sustainable Development Journal
JIF Quartile Journal Title Total Citations Impact Factor
Q1 Technology Forecasting and Social Change 61,913 13.3
Q1 Landscape and Urban Planning 32,710 9.2
Q1 Computers Environment and Urban Systems 8,300 8.3
Q1 Sustainable Development 12,206 8.2
Q1 Habitat International 12,035 7
Q1 Journal of Urban Mobility 416 6.1
Q1 Journal of Rural Studies 14,806 5.7
Q1 Progress in Planning 1,416 5.7
Q1 Journal of Planning Literature 1,849 5.2
Q1 Regional Studies 11,305 4.2
Q1 Futures 6,568 3.8
Q1 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 5,977 3.6
Q1 Journal of the American Planning Association 5,535 3.4
Q2 European Planning Studies 5,819 3.2
Q2 Computational Urban Science 417 3.2
Q2 Planning Theory & Practice 1,677 3.2
Q2 Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science 6,639 3.1
Q2 Foresight 1,249 3.1
Q2 Urban Science 1,949 2.9
Q2 Housing Studies 4,544 2.9
Q2 Local Environment 3,645 2.8
Q2 Journal of Regional Science 3,212 2.7
Q2 European Urban and Regional Studies 1,655 2.6
Q2 International Journal of Housing Policy 999 2.6
Q2 Journal of Planning Education and Research 3,340 2.5
Q2 Planning Theory 1,532 2.5
Q2 Papers in Regional Science 2,881 2.3

Source: Extracted from InCites Journal Citation Reports, 2024 JCR Social Science Edition and Emerging Sources Citation Index

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