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Sustainability (Switzerland)

Sustainability (Switzerland) is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.9), WoS SCIE/SSCI. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2071-1050Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Scopus · Q1WoS · SCIE, SSCIOpen Access

8.9

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 66 of 876 · 92nd pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: About US$2,896 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2009–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

8.9

SJR · SCImago

0.750

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

242

Best quartile

Q1 · 92nd pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Geography, Planning and Development	66 / 876	92nd	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	38 / 307	87th	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	62 / 432	85th	Q1
Computer Science (miscellaneous)	26 / 179	85th	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	89 / 568	84th	Q1
Hardware and Architecture	44 / 245	82nd	Q1
Energy Engineering and Power Technology	65 / 347	81st	Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	91 / 345	73rd	Q2

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Collections

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Quick answers

Is Sustainability (Switzerland) indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.9.

What quartile is Sustainability (Switzerland) in Scopus?

Sustainability (Switzerland) is Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 66 of 876), Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 38 of 307) and Q1 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 62 of 432), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Sustainability (Switzerland)?

Sustainability (Switzerland) 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 8.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.750, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 242.

How much does it cost to publish in Sustainability (Switzerland)?

The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,896 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 (Switzerland) and what is its ISSN?

Sustainability (Switzerland) is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2071-1050.

Is Sustainability (Switzerland) in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.

Is Sustainability (Switzerland) open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.

How well cited is Sustainability (Switzerland)? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Sustainability (Switzerland) has an h-index of 303 and a 2-year mean of 5.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #41 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.

303

h-index

5.6

2-yr mean citations

58,064

i10-index

109,603

works indexed

2,348,682

total citations

Publication fee · open access list price, US$

US$2,896

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#41 of 825 Top 5% Geography, Planning and Development

#40 of 291 Top 14% Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

#50 of 404 Top 13% Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Papers published per year

Sustainability (Switzerland) published 11,570 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 17,423. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Environmental Sustainability in BusinessEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthSustainable Supply Chain ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem Services

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 (Switzerland)? — latest 100 articles, 2026

In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (44.8%), South Korea (7%) and Saudi Arabia (4.6%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Sustainability (Switzerland)? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. 126 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 51 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers 126 · 1.1 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags 51 · 0.5 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and suspect text

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 2071-1050 ↗

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