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Best Urban Studies journals

292 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Urban Studies. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 74 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Sustainability 44.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Landscape and Urban Planning 19.6 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 17.3 99th Q1 SSCI – No
4 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 98th Q1 ESCI C No
5 Smart Cities 13 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Urban Climate 12.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Habitat International 11.8 97th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Cities 11.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
9 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Urban Studies 9.9 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
11 Journal of Urban Economics 9.2 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Regional Sustainability 8.9 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Research in Globalization 8.7 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
14 Journal of Urban Management 8.5 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Journal of the American Planning Association 8.4 95th Q1 SSCI – No
16 Journal of Urban Technology 8.4 94th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Urban Education 8.2 94th Q1 SSCI – No
18 Housing Studies 8.1 94th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Frontiers of Architectural Research 7.8 93rd Q1 AHCI – Yes
20 European Urban and Regional Studies 7.7 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
21 International Journal of Urban Sciences 7.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
22 Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 7.5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
23 Urban Geography 7.4 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
24 Folia Geographica 7.3 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Housing Policy Debate 7.3 91st Q1 SSCI B No
26 IET Smart Cities 7.3 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
27 Journal of Planning Education and Research 7.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
28 Computational Urban Science 7.2 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 IATSS Research 7 90th Q1 ESCI C Yes
30 Journal of Urban Health 6.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Urban Governance 6.7 89th Q1 – – Yes
32 Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6.6 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Urban Design International 6.5 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
34 City and Community 6.3 88th Q1 SSCI – No
35 City and Environment Interactions 6.3 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Case Studies on Transport Policy 6.1 87th Q1 ESCI C No
37 Regional Science and Urban Economics 6.1 87th Q1 SSCI A No
38 Journal of Public Transportation 6 87th Q1 SSCI B Yes
39 Journal of Urban Affairs 5.7 86th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 86th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 5.5 86th Q1 SSCI – No
42 Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5.4 85th Q1 ESCI B No
43 Frontiers in Built Environment 5.4 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Urban Research and Practice 5.3 85th Q1 SSCI – No
45 Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 5.3 84th Q1 ESCI C No
46 Housing, Theory and Society 5.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
47 International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 5.3 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
48 Journal of Place Management and Development 5.2 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
49 Buildings and Cities 5.2 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
50 Urban Ecosystems 5.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
51 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 5.1 82nd Q1 AHCI – No
52 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5.1 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 Journal of Urbanism 5.1 82nd Q1 – – No
54 Urban Affairs Review 5 81st Q1 SSCI B No
55 Open House International 5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
56 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 5 81st Q1 ESCI – No
57 Journal of Urban Design 5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
58 Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4.9 80th Q1 ESCI – No
59 Noise Mapping 4.9 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Journal of Property Research 4.8 79th Q1 ESCI B No
61 Urban Rail Transit 4.8 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
62 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 4.7 79th Q1 SSCI B No
63 Journal of Transport and Land Use 4.6 78th Q1 SSCI B Yes
64 Area Development and Policy 4.6 78th Q1 ESCI – No
65 Crime Science 4.6 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
66 Cities and Health 4.5 77th Q1 ESCI – No
67 Socio-Ecological Practice Research 4.3 77th Q1 – – No
68 Urban Informatics 4.3 77th Q1 – – Yes
69 Journal of Urban Ecology 4.3 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
70 City, Culture and Society 4.2 76th Q1 – – No
71 City, Territory and Architecture 4.2 76th Q1 – – Yes
72 Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division, ASCE 3.9 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
73 City 3.9 75th Q1 ESCI – No
74 Space and Culture 3.9 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
75 Urban Planning 3.8 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Frontiers in Future Transportation 3.7 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 3.7 74th Q2 ESCI – No
78 Housing and Society 3.7 73rd Q2 – – No
79 Urban Forum 3.7 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
80 Urban Science 3.7 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
81 Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 3.6 72nd Q2 ESCI C No
82 Education and Urban Society 3.6 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
83 Environment and Urbanization 3.6 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
84 Applied Mobilities 3.6 71st Q2 ESCI – No
85 Economic Development Quarterly 3.5 71st Q2 SSCI B No
86 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites 3.5 71st Q2 – – Yes
87 Agathon - International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design 3.5 70th Q2 – – Yes
88 Surveillance and Society 3.5 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
89 Urban, Planning and Transport Research 3.5 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
90 International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 3.4 69th Q2 ESCI – No
91 Urban Policy and Research 3.4 69th Q2 SSCI – No
92 European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 3.1 68th Q2 SSCI B Yes
93 Journal of Sustainable Real Estate 3.1 68th Q2 – C Yes
94 Papers in Applied Geography 3.1 68th Q2 – – No
95 AHURI Final Report 3.1 67th Q2 – – No
96 Australian Planner 3.1 67th Q2 ESCI – No
97 Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 3.1 67th Q2 SSCI – No
98 European Journal of Geography 3 66th Q2 – – Yes
99 Environmental and Socio-Economic Studies 2.8 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
100 International Review of Civil Engineering 2.7 66th Q2 – – No
101 Journal of Real Estate Research 2.6 65th Q2 SSCI B No
102 Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies 2.6 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
103 Journal of Race Ethnicity and the City 2.6 65th Q2 – – No
104 Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 2.5 64th Q2 – B No
105 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics 2.5 64th Q2 – – No
106 Town Planning Review 2.5 64th Q2 ESCI – No
107 Environment and Urbanization ASIA 2.4 63rd Q2 ESCI C No
108 Raumforschung und Raumordnung 2.4 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
109 Aestimum 2.3 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Built Environment 2.3 62nd Q2 – – No
111 Eure 2.3 62nd Q2 SSCI – Yes
112 Promet - Traffic and Transportation 2.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Traffic Safety Research 2.3 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
114 eTropic 2.2 61st Q2 – – Yes
115 Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis 2.2 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
116 Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 2.2 60th Q2 – – No
117 HBRC Journal 2 60th Q2 – – Yes
118 Local Development and Society 2 60th Q2 – – No
119 Europa XXI 1.9 59th Q2 – – No
120 Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 1.9 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Journal of Regional and City Planning 1.9 59th Q2 ESCI – No
122 Journal of Real Estate Literature 1.9 58th Q2 – C No
123 Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Administratio Locorum 1.9 58th Q2 – – Yes
124 International Journal of E-Planning Research 1.8 58th Q2 ESCI – No
125 International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management 1.8 57th Q2 – – Yes
126 Journal of Sustainability Research 1.8 57th Q2 – – No
127 Revista INVI 1.8 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
128 Architecture, City and Environment 1.8 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
129 Indonesian Journal of Urban and Environmental Technology 1.8 56th Q2 – – No
130 Planning Malaysia 1.8 56th Q2 – – No
131 Journal of Urban History 1.7 55th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
132 Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 1.7 55th Q2 – – No
133 World Regional Studies 1.7 55th Q2 – – No
134 Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 1.7 54th Q2 ESCI B No
135 DETUROPE 1.7 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
136 Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 1.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
137 Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 1.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
138 Urbani Izziv 1.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
139 Journal of Housing Research 1.5 53rd Q2 – B No
140 Contemporary Urban Design Thinking 1.5 52nd Q2 – – No
141 Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 1.5 52nd Q2 – – No
142 Town and Regional Planning 1.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
143 Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles 1.5 51st Q2 SSCI – Yes
144 Geographia Polonica 1.5 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
145 Scienze Regionali 1.5 51st Q2 – – No
146 Rural History: Economy, Society, Culture 1.5 50th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
147 City and Society 1.4 50th Q2 ESCI – No
148 Critical Housing Analysis 1.4 50th Q2 – – Yes
149 Canadian Journal of Regional Science 1.4 49th Q3 – – No
150 Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya 1.4 49th Q3 – – No
151 GeoJournal Library 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
152 Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
153 Urban Morphology 1.4 48th Q3 AHCI – No
154 European Journal of Spatial Development 1.3 47th Q3 – – Yes
155 Regional Research of Russia 1.3 47th Q3 – – No
156 Urbanism. Architecture. Constructions 1.3 47th Q3 – – Yes
157 GeoScape 1.3 46th Q3 ESCI – No
158 Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 1.3 46th Q3 – – No
159 New Labor Forum 1.3 46th Q3 – – No
160 Journal of Islamic Architecture 1.3 45th Q3 – – No
161 Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 1.2 45th Q3 ESCI – No
162 Urban Sustainability 1.2 45th Q3 – – No
163 Journal of Design and Built Environment 1.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
164 Standort 1.2 44th Q3 – – No
165 Technology Architecture and Design 1.2 44th Q3 ESCI – No
166 Ciudad y Territorio Estudios Territoriales 1.2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
167 Revista de Urbanismo 1.2 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
168 Ciudades 1.1 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
169 Architecture and Urban Planning 1.1 42nd Q3 – – No
170 Habitat Sustentable 1.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
171 Spatium 1.1 42nd Q3 – – Yes
172 Journal of Public Space 1.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
173 Journal of Tourism Analysis 1.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
174 Urbano 1.1 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
175 Journal of People, Plants, and Environment 1.1 40th Q3 – – No
176 Urban History 1.1 40th Q3 AHCI – No
177 Journal of Urban Culture Research 1 40th Q3 ESCI – No
178 Architecture and Culture 1 39th Q3 ESCI – No
179 Exploring Urban Change in South Asia 1 39th Q3 – – No
180 International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice 1 39th Q3 – – No
181 Revista de Gestao Ambiental e Sustentabilidade 1 38th Q3 ESCI – No
182 International Journal of High-Rise Buildings 0.9 38th Q3 – – No
183 Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal 0.9 37th Q3 – – No
184 Sociologija i Prostor 0.9 37th Q3 – – No
185 TECHNE 0.9 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
186 Urban Book Series 0.9 37th Q3 – – No
187 Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae 0.9 36th Q3 – – Yes
188 Urbanities 0.9 36th Q3 ESCI – No
189 Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos 0.8 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
190 Bitacora Urbano Territorial 0.8 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
191 Italian Journal of Planning Practice 0.8 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
192 sub\urban 0.8 35th Q3 – – Yes
193 Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais 0.8 34th Q3 – – No
194 Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning 0.8 34th Q3 – – Yes
195 Urbe 0.8 34th Q3 ESCI – No
196 Anales de Geografia de la Universidad Complutense 0.8 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
197 Change Over Time 0.8 33rd Q3 AHCI – No
198 London Journal 0.8 33rd Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
199 DISEGNARECON 0.7 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
200 Estoa 0.7 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
201 Geocarrefour 0.7 32nd Q3 – – No
202 FormAkademisk 0.7 31st Q3 – – Yes
203 plaNext-Next Generation Planning 0.7 31st Q3 – – Yes
204 Srodowisko Mieszkaniowe 0.7 31st Q3 – – No
205 International Real Estate Review 0.7 30th Q3 ESCI C No
206 Cities and Nature 0.7 30th Q3 – – No
207 Economia, Sociedad y Territorio 0.6 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
208 European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes 0.6 29th Q3 – – Yes
209 On the W@terfront 0.6 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
210 A/Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture 0.6 28th Q3 – – Yes
211 Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements 0.6 28th Q3 – – No
212 Springer Geography 0.6 28th Q3 – – No
213 ArchiDOCT 0.6 27th Q3 – – No
214 Archivio di Studi Urbani e Regionali 0.6 27th Q3 – – No
215 Spool 0.6 27th Q3 – – Yes
216 International Journal of Design in Society 0.6 26th Q3 – – No
217 J-Reading 0.6 26th Q3 – – No
218 Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology 0.6 26th Q3 – – Yes
219 Cidades 0.5 25th Q3 – – Yes
220 International Journal of Islamic Architecture 0.5 25th Q3 AHCI – No
221 Yillik: Annual of Istanbul Studies 0.5 25th Q3 – – No
222 Bioarchaeology and Social Theory 0.5 24th Q4 – – No
223 Research for Development 0.5 24th Q4 – – No
224 VLC Arquitectura 0.5 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
225 AUS 0.5 23rd Q4 – – No
226 International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design 0.5 23rd Q4 – – No
227 Modulo Arquitectura CUC 0.5 23rd Q4 – – No
228 Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning 0.5 22nd Q4 – – Yes
229 Springer Series in Design and Innovation 0.5 22nd Q4 – – No
230 Territorios 0.5 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
231 Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 0.4 21st Q4 – – No
232 Revista Brasileira de Gestao e Desenvolvimento Regional 0.4 21st Q4 – – No
233 ZARCH 0.4 21st Q4 – – Yes
234 Alam Cipta 0.4 20th Q4 – – No
235 Project Baikal 0.4 20th Q4 – – Yes
236 Sustainable Mediterranean Construction 0.4 20th Q4 – – No
237 Docomomo Journal 0.4 19th Q4 – – Yes
238 Espaces et Societes 0.4 19th Q4 – – No
239 Romanian Journal of Regional Science 0.4 19th Q4 – – Yes
240 Articulo - Journal of Urban Research 0.4 18th Q4 – – Yes
241 Australasian Journal of Regional Studies 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
242 Territoire en Mouvement 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
243 Architektura a Urbanizmus 0.4 17th Q4 AHCI – Yes
244 Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo 0.4 17th Q4 – – Yes
245 Atelie Geografico 0.4 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
246 Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering 0.3 16th Q4 – – Yes
247 Journal of Urban Cultural Studies 0.3 16th Q4 – – No
248 Nordic Journal of Architectural Research 0.3 16th Q4 – – No
249 Projections 0.3 15th Q4 – – No
250 RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft 0.3 15th Q4 – – No
251 Research in Urban Sociology 0.3 15th Q4 – – No
252 Plan Journal 0.3 14th Q4 – – No
253 Revista 180 0.3 14th Q4 AHCI – No
254 Sociologia Urbana e Rurale 0.3 14th Q4 – – No
255 Anales de Investigacion en Arquitectura 0.3 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
256 Mundo Agrario 0.3 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
257 Urban History Review 0.3 13th Q4 AHCI – No
258 Building and Landscapes 0.3 12th Q4 AHCI – No
259 Legado de Arquitectura y Diseno 0.3 11th Q4 – – Yes
260 Studii de Istoria si Teoria Arhitecturii 0.3 11th Q4 AHCI – Yes
261 Mesto a Dejiny 0.2 11th Q4 ESCI – No
262 Astragalo 0.2 10th Q4 – – Yes
263 Fabrications 0.2 10th Q4 ESCI – No
264 Staleta Praha 0.2 10th Q4 – – No
265 Dearq 0.2 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
266 Ri-Vista 0.2 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
267 Mediterranee 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
268 Revista Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura 0.2 8th Q4 AHCI – No
269 Territorio 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
270 Cahiers des Ameriques Latines 0.2 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes
271 Contexto 0.2 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes
272 Journal of Architecture and Planning 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
273 Brussels Studies 0.2 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
274 Harvard Design Magazine 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
275 Historia Urbana 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
276 A+BE Architecture and the Built Environment 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
277 Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal 0.1 5th Q4 ESCI – Yes
278 Histoire Urbaine 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
279 Argument (Romania) 0.1 4th Q4 – – Yes
280 Metszet 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
281 Ochrona Zabytkow 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
282 In_Bo 0.1 3rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
283 Urbanform and Design 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
284 Festival dell'Architettura Magazine 0.1 2nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
285 International Comparative Social Studies 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
286 Proceedings. Smart City Symposium Prague, SCSP 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
287 Eikonocity 0 1st Q4 – – Yes
288 Forum Stadt 0 1st Q4 – – No
289 Transsylvania Nostra 0 1st Q4 – – No
290 A + U-Architecture and Urbanism 0 0th Q4 AHCI – No
291 Architecture Research 0 0th Q4 – – Yes
292 Contemporary City 0 0th Q4 – – No

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