Journal History
2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Sustainability was published as a quarterly journal. |
2010 | Sustainability adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
2013 |
Sustainability was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Sustainability established the following sections: |
2015 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2014) of 0.942. Sustainability established the following section: |
2016 | Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2015) of 1.343. |
2017 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2016) of 1.789. Sustainability became an affiliated journal of the Society for Urban Ecology (SURE). Sustainability announced the 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award. Sustainability holded 6th World Sustainability Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Sustainability attended and sponsored Sardinia Symposium 2017. |
2018 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2017) of 2.075. Sustainability established the following sections: Sustainability announced the 2019 Travel Award. The year 2018 marked the 10th Anniversary of Sustainability. Sustainability sponsored the 7th World Sustainability Forum in Beijing, China. Sustainability published its 10,000th paper. Sustainability announced the 2018 Young Investigator Award. Sustainability attended and sponsored BES Annual Meeting 2018. |
2019 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2018) of 2.592. Sustainability adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. Sustainability announced the 2019 Best Paper Award. The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) became affiliated to Sustainability. Sustainability established the following section: |
2020 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2019) of 2.576. Sustainability established the following sections: The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) became affiliated to Sustainability. |
2021 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2020) of 3.251. Sustainability established the following sections: |
2022 |
Sustainability received its Impact Factor (2021) of 3.889. Sustainability received its CiteScore (2022) of 5.0. |
Editor-in-Chief
2009–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2012–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo for the section on Economic, Business, and Management Aspects of Sustainability |
2013–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tan Yigitcanlar for the section on Sustainable Urban and Rural Development |
2014–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Torretta for the section on Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources |
2014–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helmut Haberl for the section on Social Ecology and Sustainability |
2015–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Derek J. McPhee for the section on Sustainable Chemistry |
2015–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Iain Gordon for the section on Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation |
2017–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kerry Shephard for the section on Sustainable Education and Approaches |
2017–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manfred Max Bergman for the section on Sustainability of Culture and Heritage Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tomonobu Senjyu for the section on Energy Sustainability |
2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Annamaria Di Fabio for the section on Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development Section |
2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paolo S. Calabrò for the section on Waste and Recycling Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Idiano D’Adamo for the section on Bioeconomy of Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steve W. Lyon for the section on Sustainable Water Management |
2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Lei Zhang for the section on Sustainable Transportation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chen-Tung Arthur Chen for the section on Sustainable Oceans Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alan Randall for the section on Resources and Sustainable Utilization Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark A. Bonn for the section on Tourism, Culture, and Heritage Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Asdrubali for the section on Green Building Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Erfu Dai for the section on Sustainability in Geographic Science Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar for the section on Sustainable Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lin Lu for the section on Energy Sustainability |
2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Idiano D'Adamo for the section on Development Goals towards Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Angelo Albini for the section on Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria De Nobili for the section on Soil Conservation and Sustainability |