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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.8), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 1467-6370Verify ISSN ↗1758-6739Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 77 / 1698 | 95th | Q1 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 7 / 48 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.8.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is Q1 in Education (rank 77 of 1698) and Q1 in Human Factors and Ergonomics (rank 7 of 48), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 9.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.014, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 95.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1467-6370 and its online ISSN is 1758-6739.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education has an h-index of 131 and a 2-year mean of 3.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #211 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education published 187 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (14.6%), Spain (10.5%) and United States (9.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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