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Sustainability Science

Springer · Japan · Est. 1991

ISSN1862-4065eISSN1862-4057

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.554

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

1.809

Total Worksi

2,176

Total Citationsi

85,123

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Global and Planetary Change; Health (social science); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,176

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1862-4065 / 1862-4057

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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

132

7.2k

2019

135

7.1k

2020

195

6.9k

2021

189

5.3k

2022

201

2.9k

2023

189

1.8k

2024

175

711

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.

EcologyQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesSustainable Development and Environmental PolicySustainability in Higher EducationConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementComplex Systems and Decision MakingInterdisciplinary Research and CollaborationClimate Change Communication and PerceptionClimate Change Policy and Economics

Frequently asked questions about Sustainability Science

Is Sustainability Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainability Science: 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 Sustainability Science?

Sustainability Science 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 4.25.

Is Sustainability Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainability Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.