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Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer.
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Quick answers
Is Sustainability Science indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.4.
What quartile is Sustainability Science in Scopus?
Sustainability Science is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 19 of 1530), Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 9 of 387) and Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 23 of 876), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Sustainability Science?
Sustainability Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 12.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.554, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 109.
How much does it cost to publish in Sustainability Science?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,890 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Sustainability Science and what is its ISSN?
Sustainability Science is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 1862-4057 and its online ISSN is 1862-4065.
Is Sustainability Science covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Sustainability Science in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Sustainability Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Sustainability Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Sustainability Science has an h-index of 131 and a 2-year mean of 5.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #25 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
131
h-index
5.61
2-yr mean citations
1,276
i10-index
2,255
works indexed
91,490
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$3,890
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#25 of 1,478Top 2%Sociology and Political Science
#13 of 378Top 4%Health (social science)
#40 of 825Top 5%Geography, Planning and Development
Papers published per year
Sustainability Science published 175 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 201. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesSustainable Development and Environmental Policy
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 Sustainability Science? — latest 99 articles, 2026
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Japan (9.1%), Germany (8.7%) and United States (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Sustainability Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papersNone recorded
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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