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Environment, Development and Sustainability

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1955

ISSN1573-2975

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.972

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.346

Total Worksi

8,741

Total Citationsi

162,669

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Environment, Development and Sustainability is an international, multidisciplinary journal covering all aspects of the environmental impacts of socio-economic development. Concerned with the complex interactions between development and environment, its purpose is to seek ways and means for achieving sustainability in all human activities aimed at such development. Coverage includes interactions among society, development and environment, and their implications for sustainable development; technical, economic, ethical and philosophical aspects of sustainable development; local, regional and global sustainability and their practical implementation; development and application of indicators of sustainability; development, verification, implementation and monitoring of policies for sustainable development; sustainable use of land, water, energy and biological resources in development; impacts of agriculture and forestry activities on soil and aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity, and much more. See Aims and Scope for more details.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencyBimonthly, 2008-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,741

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-2975

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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

260

2019

537

21k

2020

868

26k

2021

858

20k

2022

1.4k

24k

2023

1.6k

14k

2024

1.3k

3.5k

2025

915

267

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesSustainable Supply Chain ManagementEnergy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesClimate Change Policy and EconomicsEnergy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Frequently asked questions about Environment, Development and Sustainability

Is Environment, Development and Sustainability a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environment, Development and Sustainability: 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 Environment, Development and Sustainability?

Environment, Development and Sustainability 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 3.95.

Is Environment, Development and Sustainability indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environment, Development and Sustainability is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.