Challenges

Challenges is a transdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal on planetary health that welcomes contributions addressing any aspect of the interconnected Grand Challenges affecting human wellbeing and flourishing of all life on Earth in the Anthropocene. It is published quarterly online by MDPI and addresses the urgent need to accelerate cross-sectoral advances towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by integrating solutions proposed by the natural, social and health sciences, and the humanities. The Nova Network, a member of the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), is affiliated with Challenges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within RePEc, Gale, EBSCO, ProQuest, and other databases.
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 25.6 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2024).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
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Special Issue in Challenges
Planetary Health: From Evidence to Action–Confronting Reality (Including Submissions Associated with the 2024 Planetary Health Summit (PHAM2024) Guest Editors: Jemilah Mahmood, Marie Studer, Elil Renganathan, Fatimah Ahamad, Menaka Ganeson, Susan Prescott
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Special Issue in Challenges
Agroecology and Conscious Food Systems for Flourishing of People, Places, and Planet Guest Editors: Victor Ernesto Méndez, Karen Spiller, Molly D. Anderson, Hannah Gosnell, Xiaoan Li, Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Special Issue in Challenges
The Relationship between Sustainability and Inner Development: Towards More Integrative Worldviews, Paradigms, and Actions Guest Editors: Kristian Stålne, Christine Wamsler, Susan Prescott, Kristofer Vernmark, Jonathan Reams, Vivianna Rodriguez Carreon, Kira Cooper, Stefani Greca, Lene Søvold
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Challenges
Nurturing Connected Consciousness in the Anthropocene: Addressing Calls for Cultural and Spiritual Transformation as a Path to Personal, Collective, and Planetary Health Guest Editors: Heidi Honegger Rogers, Mona S. El-Sherbini, Sara L. Warber, Knellee Bisram, Cindy Xie
Deadline: 31 December 2025
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