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Next Sustainability is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2949-8236Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanography | 92 / 154 | 40th | Q3 |
| Environmental Science (all) | 154 / 249 | 38th | Q3 |
| Chemistry (all) | 258 / 402 | 35th | Q3 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 237 / 345 | 31st | Q3 |
| Materials Science (all) | 337 / 475 | 29th | Q3 |
| Atmospheric Science | 120 / 160 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.1.
Next Sustainability is Q3 in Oceanography (rank 92 of 154), Q3 in Environmental Science (all) (rank 154 of 249) and Q3 in Chemistry (all) (rank 258 of 402), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Next Sustainability is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,280 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.
Next Sustainability is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2949-8236.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Next Sustainability has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 4.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 143 Scopus journals in Oceanography.
Next Sustainability published 144 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 82 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (35.2%), Bangladesh (6.5%) and Nigeria (4.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (2 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.
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