Journal History
| 2009 | Sustainability releases its inaugural issue and is initially published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Sustainability is published on a monthly basis. |
| 2013 | Sustainability is accepted for indexing by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Sustainability establishes the following topical sections: Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources Social Aspects of Sustainability Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability Sustainable Engineering and Science Energy Sustainability Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Wildlife Sustainability Education and Approaches Sustainability of Culture and Heritage |
| 2015 | The 2014 impact factor increases to 0.942. Sustainability establishes the topical section Sustainable Chemistry. |
| 2016 | The 2015 impact factor increases to 1.343. |
| 2017 |
The 2016 impact factor increases to 1.789. |
| 2018 | The 2017 impact factor increases to 2.075. Sustainability establishes two topical sections: Sustainable Transportation Human Geography and Social Sustainability Sustainability launches the Travel Award 2019. Sustainability Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary. Sustainability sponsors the 7th World Sustainability Forum in Beijing, China. Sustainability publishes its 10,000th paper. Sustainability launches the Young Investigator Award 2018. Nominations end by the end of the year. Sustainability attends and sponsors BES Annual Meeting 2018. |
| 2019 |
The 2018 impact factor increases to 2.592. Sustainability launches the 2019 Best Paper Awards. The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) became affiliated to Sustainability. |
| 2020 |
Sustainability receives an Impact Factor of 2.576. Sustainability establishes eight topical sections: Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation Resources and Sustainable Utilization The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) becomes affiliated to Sustainability |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009- | Founding Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen |
| 2012- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo, for the section Economic, Business, and Management Aspects of Sustainability |
| 2013- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Tan Yigitcanlar, for the section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development |
| 2014- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Helmut Haberl, for the section Social Ecology and Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Torretta, for the section Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources |
| 2015- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Iain Gordon, for the section Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Wildlife Section Editor-in-Chief Dr. Derek J. McPhee, for the section Sustainable Chemistry |
| 2017- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Tomonobu Senjyu, for the section Energy Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Manfred Max Bergman, for the section Sustainability of Culture and Heritage Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Kerry Shephard, for the section Sustainable Education and Approaches |
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