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Best Urban Studies journals

292 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Urban Studies. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 AHCI Yes
20 European Urban and Regional Studies 7.7 93th Q1 SSCI A No
21 International Journal of Urban Sciences 7.7 93th Q1 SSCI No
22 Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 7.5 92th Q1 SSCI No
23 Urban Geography 7.4 92th Q1 SSCI No
24 Folia Geographica 7.3 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
25 Housing Policy Debate 7.3 91th Q1 SSCI B No
26 IET Smart Cities 7.3 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
27 Journal of Planning Education and Research 7.3 91th 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 83th Q1 ESCI C No
49 Buildings and Cities 5.2 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 Urban Ecosystems 5.2 83th Q1 SCIE No
51 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 5.1 82th Q1 AHCI No
52 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5.1 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
53 Journal of Urbanism 5.1 82th Q1 No
54 Urban Affairs Review 5 81th Q1 SSCI B No
55 Open House International 5 81th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
56 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 5 81th 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 73th Q2 No
79 Urban Forum 3.7 73th Q2 ESCI No
80 Urban Science 3.7 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
81 Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 3.6 72th Q2 ESCI C No
82 Education and Urban Society 3.6 72th Q2 SSCI No
83 Environment and Urbanization 3.6 72th Q2 SSCI No
84 Applied Mobilities 3.6 71th Q2 ESCI No
85 Economic Development Quarterly 3.5 71th Q2 SSCI B No
86 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites 3.5 71th 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

Rank and percentile are within the Urban Studies Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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