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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
8.8
SJR
3.185
CiteScore
15.7
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
npj Urban Sustainability
NPJ URBAN SUSTAIN
Publications
310
Citations
5 131
h-index
36
Publications
310
Citations
4 866
Top-3 citing journals
npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability (275 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (161 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Stockholm University
Stockholm University (26 publications)
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (16 publications)
University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki (16 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (76 publications)
China (51 publications)
United Kingdom (30 publications)

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14 citations, 0.27%
PLoS ONE
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13 citations, 0.25%
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12 citations, 0.23%
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12 citations, 0.23%
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12 citations, 0.23%
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11 citations, 0.21%
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11 citations, 0.21%
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11 citations, 0.21%
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10 citations, 0.19%
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10 citations, 0.19%
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10 citations, 0.19%
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8 citations, 0.16%
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8 citations, 0.16%
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7 citations, 0.14%
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7 citations, 0.14%
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7 citations, 0.14%
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Elsevier
1878 citations, 36.6%
Springer Nature
1193 citations, 23.25%
MDPI
615 citations, 11.99%
Taylor & Francis
251 citations, 4.89%
Wiley
194 citations, 3.78%
Frontiers Media S.A.
124 citations, 2.42%
IOP Publishing
82 citations, 1.6%
SAGE
80 citations, 1.56%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
65 citations, 1.27%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
33 citations, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
29 citations, 0.57%
American Geophysical Union
29 citations, 0.57%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
26 citations, 0.51%
Emerald
23 citations, 0.45%
Oxford University Press
22 citations, 0.43%
IGI Global
18 citations, 0.35%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
14 citations, 0.27%
Research Square Platform LLC
14 citations, 0.27%
Cambridge University Press
12 citations, 0.23%
Copernicus
12 citations, 0.23%
The Royal Society
11 citations, 0.21%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
11 citations, 0.21%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.18%
Annual Reviews
9 citations, 0.18%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
8 citations, 0.16%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
6 citations, 0.12%
IWA Publishing
6 citations, 0.12%
Environmental Health Perspectives
6 citations, 0.12%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
5 citations, 0.1%
AIP Publishing
5 citations, 0.1%
BMJ
4 citations, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
4 citations, 0.08%
SciELO
4 citations, 0.08%
OAE Publishing Inc.
4 citations, 0.08%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.08%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.08%
Cogitatio
4 citations, 0.08%
World Scientific
3 citations, 0.06%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3 citations, 0.06%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.06%
Pensoft Publishers
3 citations, 0.06%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.06%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
3 citations, 0.06%
American Meteorological Society
2 citations, 0.04%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2 citations, 0.04%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
2 citations, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.04%
Thomas Telford
2 citations, 0.04%
JMIR Publications
2 citations, 0.04%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
2 citations, 0.04%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.04%
AOSIS
2 citations, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
2 citations, 0.04%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
2 citations, 0.04%
Maximum Academic Press
2 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
2 citations, 0.04%
The Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology
2 citations, 0.04%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Physiological Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
1 citation, 0.02%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Tsinghua University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1 citation, 0.02%
Tongji University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Economic Association
1 citation, 0.02%
American Public Health Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Samara State Technical University
1 citation, 0.02%
National Biological Information Infrastructure
1 citation, 0.02%
Kemerovo State University
1 citation, 0.02%
Science in China Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.02%
The Electrochemical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.02%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.02%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
LLC Kartfond
1 citation, 0.02%
National University of Science & Technology (MISiS)
1 citation, 0.02%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
MGIMO University
1 citation, 0.02%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
The City Planning Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
AACN Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association
1 citation, 0.02%
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
1 citation, 0.02%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.02%
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Stockholm University
26 publications, 8.39%
University of Helsinki
16 publications, 5.16%
Arizona State University
16 publications, 5.16%
University of Melbourne
14 publications, 4.52%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
13 publications, 4.19%
University of Cape Town
13 publications, 4.19%
Peking University
10 publications, 3.23%
Humboldt University of Berlin
9 publications, 2.9%
Utrecht University
9 publications, 2.9%
ETH Zurich
8 publications, 2.58%
Australian National University
8 publications, 2.58%
University of Twente
7 publications, 2.26%
University College London
7 publications, 2.26%
University of Cambridge
7 publications, 2.26%
University of Sydney
7 publications, 2.26%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
7 publications, 2.26%
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
7 publications, 2.26%
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 publications, 2.26%
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 publications, 2.26%
Zhejiang University
6 publications, 1.94%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
6 publications, 1.94%
Delft University of Technology
6 publications, 1.94%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 publications, 1.94%
Stanford University
6 publications, 1.94%
North-West University
6 publications, 1.94%
University of Hong Kong
6 publications, 1.94%
University of Chicago
6 publications, 1.94%
Fudan University
5 publications, 1.61%
Tongji University
5 publications, 1.61%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
5 publications, 1.61%
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
5 publications, 1.61%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
5 publications, 1.61%
University of Turku
5 publications, 1.61%
University of Oxford
5 publications, 1.61%
Yale University
5 publications, 1.61%
Princeton University
5 publications, 1.61%
City University of Hong Kong
5 publications, 1.61%
Northeastern University
5 publications, 1.61%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 1.61%
Leiden University
5 publications, 1.61%
Hunter College
5 publications, 1.61%
Tsinghua University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Indonesia
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Lisbon
4 publications, 1.29%
Aalto University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of New South Wales
4 publications, 1.29%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Copenhagen
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Manchester
4 publications, 1.29%
National University of Singapore
4 publications, 1.29%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
4 publications, 1.29%
Curtin University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 1.29%
Boston University
4 publications, 1.29%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Washington
4 publications, 1.29%
Technical University of Berlin
4 publications, 1.29%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 1.29%
Kyonggi University
4 publications, 1.29%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4 publications, 1.29%
Trinity College Dublin
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Tokyo
4 publications, 1.29%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
4 publications, 1.29%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
4 publications, 1.29%
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 1.29%
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 1.29%
Beijing Normal University
3 publications, 0.97%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.97%
Uppsala University
3 publications, 0.97%
Lund University
3 publications, 0.97%
Linköping University
3 publications, 0.97%
Nanjing University
3 publications, 0.97%
Wuhan University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Zurich
3 publications, 0.97%
East China Normal University
3 publications, 0.97%
Polytechnic University of Milan
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Oulu
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Eastern Finland
3 publications, 0.97%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.97%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Trento
3 publications, 0.97%
Monash University
3 publications, 0.97%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.97%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
3 publications, 0.97%
Yunnan University
3 publications, 0.97%
Queen's University Belfast
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Bristol
3 publications, 0.97%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.97%
Ruhr University Bochum
3 publications, 0.97%
University of British Columbia
3 publications, 0.97%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
3 publications, 0.97%
Purdue University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Potsdam
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Toronto
3 publications, 0.97%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 0.97%
Texas A&M University
3 publications, 0.97%
Université Paris-Saclay
3 publications, 0.97%
University of York
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Oklahoma
3 publications, 0.97%
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USA
76 publications, 24.52%
China, 51, 16.45%
China
51 publications, 16.45%
United Kingdom, 30, 9.68%
United Kingdom
30 publications, 9.68%
Australia, 29, 9.35%
Australia
29 publications, 9.35%
Sweden, 28, 9.03%
Sweden
28 publications, 9.03%
Germany, 22, 7.1%
Germany
22 publications, 7.1%
South Africa, 21, 6.77%
South Africa
21 publications, 6.77%
Netherlands, 20, 6.45%
Netherlands
20 publications, 6.45%
Switzerland, 12, 3.87%
Switzerland
12 publications, 3.87%
Finland, 10, 3.23%
Finland
10 publications, 3.23%
India, 9, 2.9%
India
9 publications, 2.9%
Canada, 9, 2.9%
Canada
9 publications, 2.9%
Japan, 9, 2.9%
Japan
9 publications, 2.9%
Denmark, 8, 2.58%
Denmark
8 publications, 2.58%
Spain, 8, 2.58%
Spain
8 publications, 2.58%
Singapore, 7, 2.26%
Singapore
7 publications, 2.26%
France, 6, 1.94%
France
6 publications, 1.94%
Portugal, 6, 1.94%
Portugal
6 publications, 1.94%
Italy, 6, 1.94%
Italy
6 publications, 1.94%
Brazil, 5, 1.61%
Brazil
5 publications, 1.61%
Mexico, 5, 1.61%
Mexico
5 publications, 1.61%
Norway, 5, 1.61%
Norway
5 publications, 1.61%
Belgium, 4, 1.29%
Belgium
4 publications, 1.29%
Poland, 4, 1.29%
Poland
4 publications, 1.29%
Austria, 3, 0.97%
Austria
3 publications, 0.97%
Israel, 3, 0.97%
Israel
3 publications, 0.97%
UAE, 3, 0.97%
UAE
3 publications, 0.97%
Bulgaria, 2, 0.65%
Bulgaria
2 publications, 0.65%
Vietnam, 2, 0.65%
Vietnam
2 publications, 0.65%
Greece, 2, 0.65%
Greece
2 publications, 0.65%
Ireland, 2, 0.65%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.65%
Cyprus, 2, 0.65%
Cyprus
2 publications, 0.65%
New Zealand, 2, 0.65%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.65%
Slovenia, 2, 0.65%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.65%
Russia, 1, 0.32%
Russia
1 publication, 0.32%
Estonia, 1, 0.32%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.32%
Angola, 1, 0.32%
Angola
1 publication, 0.32%
Argentina, 1, 0.32%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.32%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.32%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.32%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.32%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 publication, 0.32%
Hungary, 1, 0.32%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.32%
Guyana, 1, 0.32%
Guyana
1 publication, 0.32%
Indonesia, 1, 0.32%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.32%
Lebanon, 1, 0.32%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.32%
Malta, 1, 0.32%
Malta
1 publication, 0.32%
Mozambique, 1, 0.32%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.32%
Nigeria, 1, 0.32%
Nigeria
1 publication, 0.32%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.32%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.32%
Thailand, 1, 0.32%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.32%
Turkey, 1, 0.32%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.32%
Uganda, 1, 0.32%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.32%
Uruguay, 1, 0.32%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.32%
Croatia, 1, 0.32%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.32%
Chile, 1, 0.32%
Chile
1 publication, 0.32%
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