WoS ESCI Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #6,713CAS 3区Hybrid

Discover Sustainability

Country: Switzerland•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 0.815•SCImago Rank: #6,713•Identifier (ISSN):2662-9984(Print)•Articles / Year: 1,235•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,116 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q2

5.2

↑ +2.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

33 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ2

Self-Citation Rate4.2%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

1,235articles/year

99.91% Gold OA•87.01% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	3.00đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.2)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.50đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.4)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.6)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Discover Sustainability is part of the Discover journal series committed to providing a streamlined submission process, rapid review and publication, and a high level of author service at every stage. It is a multi-disciplinary, open access, community-focussed journal publishing results from across all fields relevant to sustainability research. We need more integrated approaches to social, environmental and technological systems to address some of the challenges to the sustainability of life on Earth. Discover Sustainability aims to support multi-disciplinary research and policy developments addressing all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The journal is intended to help researchers, policy-makers and the general public understand how we can ensure the well-being of current and future generations within the limits of the natural world by sustaining planetary and human health. It will achieve this by publishing open access research from across all fields relevant to sustainability. Submissions to Discover Sustainability should seek to challenge existing orthodoxies and practices and contribute to real-world change by taking a multi-disciplinary approach. They should also provide demonstrable solutions to the challenges of sustainability, as well as concrete suggestions for practical implementation, such as how the research can be operationalised and delivered within a wide socio-technical system.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

BiologyEcologyEconomicsPolitical ScienceLawGeographyBusinessEngineeringEnvironmental ScienceComputer ScienceSociologyPhysicsGeologyHistoryArchaeologyMedicinePhilosophyEconomic GrowthMathematicsQuantum MechanicsThermodynamicsChemistry

Primary Research Areas

sustainability research

Official Website NLM PubMed Catalog Submission Portal SCImago Profile

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #6,713Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:2020-2026

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Scopus Broad Areas:EnergyEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

0.815

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

6.71

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,116 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations4,063

3-Year Documents620

Citable Documents612

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)17

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate33.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Energy (miscellaneous)Q2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

3区 (Zone 3)Environmental Science & Ecology

Minor Category (Specific Field):

3区GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Editorial Address

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Indexing & Databases

DOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES	JCRESCI	113/395	Q2
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	JCRESCI	48/202	Q1
GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	JCRESCI	58/114	Q3
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES	JCIESCI	149/395	Q2
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	JCIESCI	91/202	Q2
GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	JCIESCI	54/114	Q2