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International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.4). Published by International Information and Engineering Technology Association.
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ISSN 1743-7601Verify ISSN ↗1743-761XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Information and Engineering Technology Association
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 312 / 876 | 64th | Q2 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 214 / 432 | 50th | Q2 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 197 / 345 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.4.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 312 of 876), Q2 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 214 of 432) and Q3 in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (rank 197 of 345), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2, 64th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.312, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 31.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning is published by International Information and Engineering Technology Association. Its print ISSN is 1743-7601 and its online ISSN is 1743-761X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 1.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #286 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning published 482 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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