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Regional Sustainability

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 1996

ISSN2097-0129eISSN2666-660X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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.

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

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SJR Scorei

1.081

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.701

Total Worksi

207

Total Citationsi

2,838

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Development; Geography, Planning and Development; Urban Studies; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications207

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~21 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2097-0129 / 2666-660X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

2020

915

2021

580

2022

764

2023

384

2024

120

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesDevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesClimate change impacts on agricultureEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthAgricultural Innovations and PracticesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyAgricultural risk and resilienceHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesRemote Sensing in AgricultureUrban Transport and Accessibility

Frequently asked questions about Regional Sustainability

Is Regional Sustainability a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Regional Sustainability: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Regional Sustainability?

Regional 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 4.00.

Is Regional Sustainability indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Regional Sustainability is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Regional Sustainability?