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PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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WOS
Q1
Impact factor
4.6
CiteScore
5.1
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
Publications
152
Citations
1 063
h-index
19
Publications
152
Citations
1 038
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (5 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (5 publications)
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (5 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (31 publications)
United Kingdom (16 publications)
Germany (12 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
33 citations, 3.1%
Sustainability
30 citations, 2.82%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
19 citations, 1.79%
Scientific Reports
15 citations, 1.41%
Journal of Environmental Management
12 citations, 1.13%
Journal of Cleaner Production
10 citations, 0.94%
Agricultural Systems
10 citations, 0.94%
Land
9 citations, 0.85%
PLoS ONE
9 citations, 0.85%
Sustainable Development
8 citations, 0.75%
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
8 citations, 0.75%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.66%
Sustainability Science
7 citations, 0.66%
Science and Public Policy
7 citations, 0.66%
Sustainable Production and Consumption
7 citations, 0.66%
Heliyon
7 citations, 0.66%
Ambio
6 citations, 0.56%
Ecological Informatics
6 citations, 0.56%
Ecological Indicators
6 citations, 0.56%
Environmental Research Letters
6 citations, 0.56%
Energy Research and Social Science
6 citations, 0.56%
Land Use Policy
6 citations, 0.56%
People and Nature
6 citations, 0.56%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
5 citations, 0.47%
Animals
5 citations, 0.47%
Nature Sustainability
5 citations, 0.47%
Nature Food
5 citations, 0.47%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Plant Science
4 citations, 0.38%
Global Change Biology
4 citations, 0.38%
Conservation Biology
4 citations, 0.38%
Science of the Total Environment
4 citations, 0.38%
Outlook on Agriculture
4 citations, 0.38%
Aquaculture
4 citations, 0.38%
Global Food Security
4 citations, 0.38%
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
4 citations, 0.38%
Agriculture and Human Values
4 citations, 0.38%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.38%
RSC Sustainability
4 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
4 citations, 0.38%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
3 citations, 0.28%
Nutrients
3 citations, 0.28%
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
3 citations, 0.28%
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
3 citations, 0.28%
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
3 citations, 0.28%
Acta Horticulturae
3 citations, 0.28%
Business Strategy and the Environment
3 citations, 0.28%
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
3 citations, 0.28%
E3S Web of Conferences
3 citations, 0.28%
Biological Conservation
3 citations, 0.28%
Food Quality and Preference
3 citations, 0.28%
Climate
3 citations, 0.28%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
3 citations, 0.28%
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
3 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
3 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
3 citations, 0.28%
Research Evaluation
3 citations, 0.28%
Ocean and Coastal Management
3 citations, 0.28%
Landscape and Urban Planning
3 citations, 0.28%
Food Policy
3 citations, 0.28%
Remote Sensing
3 citations, 0.28%
Climate Policy
3 citations, 0.28%
Research Policy
3 citations, 0.28%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
3 citations, 0.28%
Cogent Food & Agriculture
3 citations, 0.28%
Conservation Science and Practice
3 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
3 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Sustainability
3 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Animal Science
3 citations, 0.28%
Urban Science
3 citations, 0.28%
Discover Food
3 citations, 0.28%
npj Ocean Sustainability
3 citations, 0.28%
Environmental Challenges
3 citations, 0.28%
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
3 citations, 0.28%
Food and Humanity
3 citations, 0.28%
Discover Environment
3 citations, 0.28%
Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
3 citations, 0.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2 citations, 0.19%
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2 citations, 0.19%
Green Chemistry
2 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2 citations, 0.19%
World Development Perspectives
2 citations, 0.19%
Molecules
2 citations, 0.19%
Marine Environmental Research
2 citations, 0.19%
EMBO Reports
2 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Science and Policy
2 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Marine Science
2 citations, 0.19%
CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources
2 citations, 0.19%
Royal Society Open Science
2 citations, 0.19%
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
2 citations, 0.19%
Diversity and Distributions
2 citations, 0.19%
Conservation Letters
2 citations, 0.19%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
2 citations, 0.19%
Geographical Review
2 citations, 0.19%
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
2 citations, 0.19%
Agribusiness
2 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2 citations, 0.19%
Ecosystem Services
2 citations, 0.19%
Agronomy
2 citations, 0.19%
Biological Reviews
2 citations, 0.19%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
277 citations, 26.06%
Springer Nature
193 citations, 18.16%
Wiley
115 citations, 10.82%
MDPI
104 citations, 9.78%
Frontiers Media S.A.
52 citations, 4.89%
Taylor & Francis
49 citations, 4.61%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
48 citations, 4.52%
Oxford University Press
23 citations, 2.16%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
22 citations, 2.07%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 1.32%
SAGE
13 citations, 1.22%
IOP Publishing
12 citations, 1.13%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
8 citations, 0.75%
The Royal Society
8 citations, 0.75%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.66%
Emerald
6 citations, 0.56%
Cambridge University Press
5 citations, 0.47%
EDP Sciences
5 citations, 0.47%
IntechOpen
5 citations, 0.47%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
4 citations, 0.38%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.38%
Walter de Gruyter
3 citations, 0.28%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3 citations, 0.28%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.28%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
3 citations, 0.28%
American Geophysical Union
3 citations, 0.28%
Canadian Science Publishing
3 citations, 0.28%
JMIR Publications
3 citations, 0.28%
Maximum Academic Press
3 citations, 0.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
2 citations, 0.19%
IWA Publishing
2 citations, 0.19%
CAB International
2 citations, 0.19%
Inter-Research Science Center
2 citations, 0.19%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.19%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.19%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.19%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.09%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.09%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
1 citation, 0.09%
South African Assn. For The Advancement Of Science
1 citation, 0.09%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
1 citation, 0.09%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.09%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.09%
Altai State University
1 citation, 0.09%
Copernicus
1 citation, 0.09%
Entomological Society of America
1 citation, 0.09%
American Society for Nutrition
1 citation, 0.09%
Groundwater Science and Engineering Limited
1 citation, 0.09%
eLife Sciences Publications
1 citation, 0.09%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.09%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.09%
Scientific Societies
1 citation, 0.09%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.09%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.09%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.09%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.09%
American Dairy Science Association
1 citation, 0.09%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.09%
Innovation Press Co., Limited
1 citation, 0.09%
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University of Cambridge
5 publications, 3.29%
Sorbonne University
5 publications, 3.29%
Utrecht University
5 publications, 3.29%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
5 publications, 3.29%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 3.29%
University of Leeds
4 publications, 2.63%
Université Paris-Saclay
4 publications, 2.63%
University of Montpellier
4 publications, 2.63%
Grenoble Alpes University
3 publications, 1.97%
University of Helsinki
3 publications, 1.97%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 1.97%
Stony Brook University
3 publications, 1.97%
Yale University
3 publications, 1.97%
University of Pretoria
3 publications, 1.97%
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
3 publications, 1.97%
Carleton University
3 publications, 1.97%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 1.97%
University of Stirling
3 publications, 1.97%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
3 publications, 1.97%
Institut polytechnique de Grenoble
3 publications, 1.97%
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
3 publications, 1.97%
Aix-Marseille University
2 publications, 1.32%
Chalmers University of Technology
2 publications, 1.32%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2 publications, 1.32%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 1.32%
Sapienza University of Rome
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 1.32%
Imperial College London
2 publications, 1.32%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 1.32%
National University of Singapore
2 publications, 1.32%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 1.32%
Cornell University
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 1.32%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 1.32%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2 publications, 1.32%
Monash University
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 1.32%
Deakin University
2 publications, 1.32%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 1.32%
Clemson University
2 publications, 1.32%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Washington
2 publications, 1.32%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 1.32%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 1.32%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 publications, 1.32%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Göttingen
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Ottawa
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Belgrade
2 publications, 1.32%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
2 publications, 1.32%
University of York
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Dschang
2 publications, 1.32%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
2 publications, 1.32%
Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
2 publications, 1.32%
Institut Agro Montpellier
2 publications, 1.32%
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
2 publications, 1.32%
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2 publications, 1.32%
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
2 publications, 1.32%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 1.32%
Natural Resources Institute Finland
2 publications, 1.32%
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
1 publication, 0.66%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.66%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.66%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.66%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.66%
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
1 publication, 0.66%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.66%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.66%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
1 publication, 0.66%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
1 publication, 0.66%
Technische Universität Dresden
1 publication, 0.66%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.66%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Technology Sydney
1 publication, 0.66%
Western Sydney University
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.66%
University College London
1 publication, 0.66%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.66%
Nord University
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Liverpool
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.66%
Technical University of Denmark
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.66%
St George's, University of London
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.66%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1 publication, 0.66%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.66%
Tokyo University of Science
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.66%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.66%
Drexel University
1 publication, 0.66%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.66%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.66%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.66%
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
1 publication, 0.66%
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USA, 31, 20.39%
USA
31 publications, 20.39%
United Kingdom, 16, 10.53%
United Kingdom
16 publications, 10.53%
Germany, 12, 7.89%
Germany
12 publications, 7.89%
France, 10, 6.58%
France
10 publications, 6.58%
Kenya, 10, 6.58%
Kenya
10 publications, 6.58%
Australia, 9, 5.92%
Australia
9 publications, 5.92%
Canada, 9, 5.92%
Canada
9 publications, 5.92%
Netherlands, 9, 5.92%
Netherlands
9 publications, 5.92%
South Africa, 7, 4.61%
South Africa
7 publications, 4.61%
India, 6, 3.95%
India
6 publications, 3.95%
China, 5, 3.29%
China
5 publications, 3.29%
Italy, 4, 2.63%
Italy
4 publications, 2.63%
Norway, 4, 2.63%
Norway
4 publications, 2.63%
Switzerland, 4, 2.63%
Switzerland
4 publications, 2.63%
Sweden, 4, 2.63%
Sweden
4 publications, 2.63%
Austria, 3, 1.97%
Austria
3 publications, 1.97%
Denmark, 3, 1.97%
Denmark
3 publications, 1.97%
Ireland, 3, 1.97%
Ireland
3 publications, 1.97%
Cameroon, 3, 1.97%
Cameroon
3 publications, 1.97%
Tanzania, 3, 1.97%
Tanzania
3 publications, 1.97%
Uganda, 3, 1.97%
Uganda
3 publications, 1.97%
Japan, 3, 1.97%
Japan
3 publications, 1.97%
Portugal, 2, 1.32%
Portugal
2 publications, 1.32%
Argentina, 2, 1.32%
Argentina
2 publications, 1.32%
Bangladesh, 2, 1.32%
Bangladesh
2 publications, 1.32%
Belgium, 2, 1.32%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.32%
Brazil, 2, 1.32%
Brazil
2 publications, 1.32%
Ghana, 2, 1.32%
Ghana
2 publications, 1.32%
Colombia, 2, 1.32%
Colombia
2 publications, 1.32%
Malaysia, 2, 1.32%
Malaysia
2 publications, 1.32%
Nigeria, 2, 1.32%
Nigeria
2 publications, 1.32%
Singapore, 2, 1.32%
Singapore
2 publications, 1.32%
Finland, 2, 1.32%
Finland
2 publications, 1.32%
Estonia, 1, 0.66%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.66%
Benin, 1, 0.66%
Benin
1 publication, 0.66%
Bolivia, 1, 0.66%
Bolivia
1 publication, 0.66%
Hungary, 1, 0.66%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.66%
Israel, 1, 0.66%
Israel
1 publication, 0.66%
Jordan, 1, 0.66%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.66%
Spain, 1, 0.66%
Spain
1 publication, 0.66%
Lithuania, 1, 0.66%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.66%
Mali, 1, 0.66%
Mali
1 publication, 0.66%
Myanmar, 1, 0.66%
Myanmar
1 publication, 0.66%
Nepal, 1, 0.66%
Nepal
1 publication, 0.66%
Peru, 1, 0.66%
Peru
1 publication, 0.66%
Poland, 1, 0.66%
Poland
1 publication, 0.66%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.66%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.66%
Rwanda, 1, 0.66%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.66%
Thailand, 1, 0.66%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.66%
Tunisia, 1, 0.66%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.66%
Philippines, 1, 0.66%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.66%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.66%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.66%
Chile, 1, 0.66%
Chile
1 publication, 0.66%
Ecuador, 1, 0.66%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.66%
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