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Challenges in Sustainability

Acadlore Publishing Services Limited · Hong Kong · Est. 2013

ISSN2297-6477eISSN2297-6477

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total22

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.263

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.48

Total Works

172

Total Citations

1,041

2yr Mean Citedness

1.84

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Aims & Scope

Focuses on environmental/resource science, sustainability governance, pathway and transition studies, and education for sustainability.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications172

Publisher OrgLibrelloph

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Acadlore Publishing Services Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2297-6477 / 2297-6477

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EcologyQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ3

Global and Planetary ChangeQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceSustainable Development and Environmental PolicyEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchClimate Change Policy and EconomicsSustainable Building Design and AssessmentCoastal and Marine Management