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PLOS Sustainability and Transformation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 2767-3197Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 46 / 307 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation is Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 46 of 307), by CiteScore 2025.
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 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 8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.118, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,400 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.
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 2767-3197.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 3.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 291 Scopus journals in Environmental Science (miscellaneous).
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation published 44 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 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (14.5%), United Kingdom (13.5%) and Canada (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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