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Sustainability (Switzerland)

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2001

ISSN2071-1050eISSN2071-1050

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-03-26). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.75

H-Indexi

287

SNIPi

1.113

Total Worksi

103,968

Total Citationsi

2,111,984

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Geography, Planning and Development; Computer Networks and Communications; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Hardware and Architecture; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 13,116 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications103,968

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2071-1050 / 2071-1050

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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

7.4k

277k

2019

11k

392k

2020

14k

390k

2021

17k

342k

2022

17k

255k

2023

11k

114k

2024

12k

52k

2025

8.4k

3.8k

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

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Hardware and ArchitectureQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental StudiesGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Computer Networks and CommunicationsHardware and ArchitectureManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Sustainability in BusinessEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthSustainable Supply Chain ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityUrban Transport and AccessibilityEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchUrban Green Space and HealthCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Frequently asked questions about Sustainability (Switzerland)

Is Sustainability (Switzerland) a predatory journal?

Sustainability (Switzerland) was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-03-26). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sustainability (Switzerland)?

Sustainability (Switzerland) 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 4.34.

Is Sustainability (Switzerland) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainability (Switzerland) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.