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Sustainability in Debate

Universidade de Brasilia · Brazil · Est. 2010

ISSN2177-7675eISSN2179-9067

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.184

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.337

Total Worksi

723

Total Citationsi

1,671

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental sciences. Topics: environmental sciences, sustainability, sustainable development

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, French

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications723

Publisher OrgUniversity of Brasília

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Cariniana Network

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade de Brasilia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2177-7675 / 2179-9067

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Cariniana Network

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Portuguese, Spanish, French

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

147

2019

254

2020

2021

104

2022

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.

DevelopmentQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Sustainability and EducationRural Development and AgricultureUrban Development and Societal IssuesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAgricultural and Food SciencesGeography and Environmental StudiesAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentBusiness and Management StudiesSustainable Development and Environmental PolicySocial and Economic Solidarity

Frequently asked questions about Sustainability in Debate

Is Sustainability in Debate a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainability in Debate: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 in Debate?

Sustainability in Debate is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.184.

Is Sustainability in Debate indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainability in Debate is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sustainability in Debate?