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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1740-8822eISSN1740-8830

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.187

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.265

Total Worksi

773

Total Citationsi

5,852

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development fosters discussion on technological innovation and new ways of thinking about sustainable development. It covers innovative thinking and practices in economics, policy-making, legislation, health, and education, as well as institutional barriers to sustainable development.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications773

Publisher OrgInderscience Publishers

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-8822 / 1740-8830

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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

314

2019

304

2020

168

2021

128

2022

100

2023

2024

2025

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.

Management of Technology and InnovationQ4

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Sustainability in BusinessSustainable Supply Chain ManagementInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentEnvironmental Education and SustainabilitySustainable Development and Environmental PolicySustainability in Higher EducationCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Is International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Innovation and 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 International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development?

International Journal of Innovation and 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 0.32.

Is International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.