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Nature Sustainability
Nature Sustainability is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 44.1), WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Nature Publishing Group.
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Quick answers
Is Nature Sustainability indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 44.1.
What quartile is Nature Sustainability in Scopus?
Nature Sustainability is Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 1 of 876), Q1 in Ecology (rank 1 of 491) and Q1 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 1 of 432), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Nature Sustainability?
Nature Sustainability is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 44.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 7.896, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 174.
How much does it cost to publish in Nature Sustainability?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$12,690 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Nature Sustainability and what is its ISSN?
Nature Sustainability is published by Nature Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2398-9629.
Is Nature Sustainability covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Nature Sustainability in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Is Nature Sustainability open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Nature Sustainability? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Nature Sustainability has an h-index of 215 and a 2-year mean of 22.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 44.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
215
h-index
22.17
2-yr mean citations
1,170
i10-index
1,944
works indexed
164,786
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$12,690
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#2 of 825Top 1%Geography, Planning and Development
#1 of 469Top 1%Ecology
#1 of 404Top 1%Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Papers published per year
Nature Sustainability published 247 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 251. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability
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.
Who publishes in Nature Sustainability? — latest 92 articles, 2026
In its latest 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (20.6%), China (18.5%) and United Kingdom (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Nature Sustainability? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers1 · 0.5 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
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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