About this journal
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology is a interdisciplinary journal for publishing cutting-edge research with novel concepts and broad significance on socioeconomic and environmental sustainability on the Earth. The aims of the journal are to promote sustainable development that recognises the balance of meeting development opportunities and conserving ecosystem services. Launched in 1994, the journal has reached a worldwide, diversified readership.
The journal serves as a dynamic forum for understanding and advancing the scientific consensus on sustainable development. Subject areas that are directly related to sustainable development and ecological sustainability encompass the scope of the journal. The sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are considered by the journal. Priority research topics include, but are not limited to:
• Energy options and their ecological impacts
• Carbon-neutral strategies
• Climate change mitigation and adaption
• Global event governance
• Food demand and production
• Human well-being endurance
• Urban health and resilience
• Complex ecosystem coordination
• Human dimensions in natural ecosystems
• Ecosystem service management
It is essential that selected manuscripts should provide new knowledge in the respective topic areas.
Manuscripts can be presented with case studies, comprehensive studies, reviews, or in special issues. The journal publishes eight issues per year. Selected papers are published online before print.
Our worldwide readership includes:
- researchers, consultants, scientists and engineers
- industry, business managers and policy makers
- government (central and local) and non-governmental organisations
Peer Review Statement
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 213K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 6.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 5.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 11.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.519 (2023) SNIP
- 0.967 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 6 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 43 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 8% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Guofan Shao
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University, USA
Email: [email protected]
Associate Editors:
Jon Naustdalslid
Naustdalslid Research
Ängelholm, Sweden
Email: [email protected]
Johannes Baptist (Hans) Opschoor
Institute of Social Studies
The Hague, The Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Jeffrey Sayer
James Cook University
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Australia
Email: [email protected]
Lina Tang
Institute of Urban Environment
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiamen, China
Email: [email protected]
Yan Yan
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
Email: [email protected]
Wanglin Ma
Department of Global Value Chains and Trade
Lincoln University
New Zealand
Email: [email protected]
Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
Cyprus International University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Northern Cyprus, Turkey
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board:
Rosley Anholon - Campinas, Brazil
Nigel Bell - London, UK
Robert Cervero - Berkeley, USA
Hongbing Deng - Bejing, China
Kimberly Gray - Evanston, USA
Taner Güney - Karaman, Turkey
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi - Udaipur, India
Jie Li - Shanghai, China
Isaac Luginaah - London, Canada
Nancy Pollock-Ellwand - Alberta, Canada
Joerg Schaller - Kranzberg, Germany
Longyu Shi - Xiamen, China
Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha - Johannesburg, South Africa
Kai Wang - Shanghai, China
Xiaohua (Adam) Wei - Okanagan, Canada
Previous Editors:
Professor Jingzhu Zhao (2010-2021)
Abstracting and indexing
BIOSIS, Current Advances in Ecological Environmental Sciences, Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) Environmental Abstracts, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, Geo Abstracts, GEOBASE, Researh Alert and Sci Search, Proquest (CSA), Lexis Nexis, Redaktion Dietrich Publikationen, CAB, EMBASE, Elsevier Biobase, Compendex, Scopus, World Textiles, FLUIDEX, Illumin8 and EMBiology.
2019 CiteScore: 4.0
Open access
International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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