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Sustainable Development

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1993

ISSN1099-1719

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.799

H-Indexi

140

SNIPi

2.195

Total Worksi

3,801

Total Citationsi

104,387

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Regional & Urban Planning; Development; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 568 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,801

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-1719

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

127

8.2k

2019

135

12k

2020

126

7.4k

2021

210

8.2k

2022

386

12k

2023

467

9.2k

2024

852

4.9k

2025

594

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

DevelopmentQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesGreen & Sustainable Science & TechnologyRegional & Urban Planning

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessSustainable Supply Chain ManagementSustainable Development and Environmental PolicyCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Education and SustainabilitySustainable Building Design and AssessmentSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Frequently asked questions about Sustainable Development

Is Sustainable Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainable Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sustainable Development?

Sustainable Development is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.28.

Is Sustainable Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainable Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sustainable Development?