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RSC Sustainability

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
ISSN: 27538125

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
4.9
SJR
0.754
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Electrochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Areas
Chemistry
Years of issue
2023-2025
journal names
RSC Sustainability
Publications
922
Citations
5 556
h-index
28
Publications
922
Citations
5 052

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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RSC Sustainability
239 citations, 4.3%
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
94 citations, 1.69%
Chemical Engineering Journal
88 citations, 1.58%
Green Chemistry
86 citations, 1.55%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
77 citations, 1.39%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
76 citations, 1.37%
Polymers
71 citations, 1.28%
RSC Advances
60 citations, 1.08%
ChemSusChem
56 citations, 1.01%
ACS Omega
52 citations, 0.94%
Separation and Purification Technology
51 citations, 0.92%
Scientific Reports
45 citations, 0.81%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
39 citations, 0.7%
Journal of Molecular Liquids
39 citations, 0.7%
Molecules
38 citations, 0.68%
Processes
37 citations, 0.67%
ChemistrySelect
35 citations, 0.63%
Energy & Fuels
35 citations, 0.63%
Chemical Communications
34 citations, 0.61%
Materials
33 citations, 0.59%
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
31 citations, 0.56%
Bioresource Technology
30 citations, 0.54%
Catalysts
29 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
28 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
28 citations, 0.5%
Inorganic Chemistry Communication
28 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Energy Storage
26 citations, 0.47%
Industrial Crops and Products
25 citations, 0.45%
New Journal of Chemistry
24 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
24 citations, 0.43%
Biomass and Bioenergy
23 citations, 0.41%
Fuel
22 citations, 0.4%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
21 citations, 0.38%
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
21 citations, 0.38%
Polymer
21 citations, 0.38%
ACS Sustainable Resource Management
21 citations, 0.38%
Sustainability
20 citations, 0.36%
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
20 citations, 0.36%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
19 citations, 0.34%
Small
19 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Power Sources
19 citations, 0.34%
Energies
19 citations, 0.34%
ChemCatChem
18 citations, 0.32%
Sustainable Energy and Fuels
18 citations, 0.32%
Advanced Materials
18 citations, 0.32%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
17 citations, 0.31%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
17 citations, 0.31%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
17 citations, 0.31%
Angewandte Chemie
17 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
16 citations, 0.29%
Bioresource Technology Reports
16 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Cleaner Production
15 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Molecular Structure
15 citations, 0.27%
Nanomaterials
15 citations, 0.27%
Cellulose
15 citations, 0.27%
European Polymer Journal
15 citations, 0.27%
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
15 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Environmental Management
15 citations, 0.27%
Materials Advances
15 citations, 0.27%
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
15 citations, 0.27%
Nanoscale
14 citations, 0.25%
Catalysis Science and Technology
14 citations, 0.25%
Materials Today Sustainability
14 citations, 0.25%
Polymer Chemistry
14 citations, 0.25%
Microchemical Journal
14 citations, 0.25%
Macromolecules
14 citations, 0.25%
Next Materials
14 citations, 0.25%
ACS Applied Energy Materials
13 citations, 0.23%
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
13 citations, 0.23%
Results in Engineering
13 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
13 citations, 0.23%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
13 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Polymers and the Environment
13 citations, 0.23%
Heliyon
13 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Science: Nano
13 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
13 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
12 citations, 0.22%
Sustainable Materials and Technologies
12 citations, 0.22%
Advanced Functional Materials
12 citations, 0.22%
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
12 citations, 0.22%
Polymer Degradation and Stability
12 citations, 0.22%
Applied Surface Science
12 citations, 0.22%
Electrochimica Acta
12 citations, 0.22%
Advanced Sustainable Systems
12 citations, 0.22%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
12 citations, 0.22%
Environmental Science & Technology
12 citations, 0.22%
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
11 citations, 0.2%
Renewable Energy
11 citations, 0.2%
Catalysis Today
11 citations, 0.2%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
11 citations, 0.2%
Progress in Organic Coatings
11 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
11 citations, 0.2%
Langmuir
11 citations, 0.2%
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
11 citations, 0.2%
Food Chemistry
11 citations, 0.2%
Sustainable Production and Consumption
11 citations, 0.2%
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
11 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Polymer Science
11 citations, 0.2%
ACS ES&T Engineering
11 citations, 0.2%
Science of the Total Environment
10 citations, 0.18%
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Elsevier
1977 citations, 35.58%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
706 citations, 12.71%
Springer Nature
594 citations, 10.69%
Wiley
551 citations, 9.92%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
520 citations, 9.36%
MDPI
512 citations, 9.22%
Taylor & Francis
89 citations, 1.6%
IOP Publishing
31 citations, 0.56%
Walter de Gruyter
18 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers Media S.A.
17 citations, 0.31%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
15 citations, 0.27%
Pleiades Publishing
14 citations, 0.25%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
14 citations, 0.25%
SAGE
11 citations, 0.2%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
11 citations, 0.2%
EDP Sciences
9 citations, 0.16%
Oxford University Press
8 citations, 0.14%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.14%
The Electrochemical Society
7 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
7 citations, 0.13%
Emerald
6 citations, 0.11%
Beilstein-Institut
6 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
5 citations, 0.09%
AIP Publishing
5 citations, 0.09%
OAE Publishing Inc.
5 citations, 0.09%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.09%
Trans Tech Publications
4 citations, 0.07%
American Society for Microbiology
4 citations, 0.07%
The Royal Society
4 citations, 0.07%
Japan Petroleum Institute
4 citations, 0.07%
Srinivas University
4 citations, 0.07%
IWA Publishing
3 citations, 0.05%
Tsinghua University Press
3 citations, 0.05%
Canadian Science Publishing
3 citations, 0.05%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
3 citations, 0.05%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.04%
Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
2 citations, 0.04%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
2 citations, 0.04%
PeerJ
2 citations, 0.04%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
2 citations, 0.04%
The Electrochemical Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Scholar
2 citations, 0.04%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.02%
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1 citation, 0.02%
Optica Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1 citation, 0.02%
American Scientific Publishers
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 citation, 0.02%
The Company of Biologists
1 citation, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Gazi University
1 citation, 0.02%
Lviv Polytechnic National University
1 citation, 0.02%
American Vacuum Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Polymer Society of Korea
1 citation, 0.02%
Kemerovo State University
1 citation, 0.02%
Asian Journal of Chemistry
1 citation, 0.02%
Science in China Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.02%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.02%
TEST-ZL Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Knowledge E DMCC
1 citation, 0.02%
FSBEI HE Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies
1 citation, 0.02%
Japan Society of Colour Material
1 citation, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Stroymaterialy
1 citation, 0.02%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.02%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.02%
Tech Science Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Autonomous Non-profit Organization Editorial Board of the journal Uspekhi Khimii
1 citation, 0.02%
Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis
1 citation, 0.02%
The Technical Association of Photopolymers, Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.02%
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Imperial College London
21 publications, 2.28%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
12 publications, 1.3%
University of Manchester
12 publications, 1.3%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
10 publications, 1.08%
University of the Basque Country
10 publications, 1.08%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
10 publications, 1.08%
University of Leicester
9 publications, 0.98%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
8 publications, 0.87%
University of Birmingham
8 publications, 0.87%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
8 publications, 0.87%
University of Bath
8 publications, 0.87%
University of Delhi
7 publications, 0.76%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
7 publications, 0.76%
Basque Foundation for Science
7 publications, 0.76%
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
7 publications, 0.76%
University of Nottingham
7 publications, 0.76%
University of Glasgow
7 publications, 0.76%
Clemson University
7 publications, 0.76%
McGill University
7 publications, 0.76%
University of British Columbia
7 publications, 0.76%
University of Saskatchewan
7 publications, 0.76%
Heriot-Watt University
7 publications, 0.76%
University of Aveiro
7 publications, 0.76%
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
6 publications, 0.65%
University of Kerala
6 publications, 0.65%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
6 publications, 0.65%
Aalto University
6 publications, 0.65%
Aarhus University
6 publications, 0.65%
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology
6 publications, 0.65%
Georgia Institute of technology
6 publications, 0.65%
Deakin University
6 publications, 0.65%
Tohoku University
6 publications, 0.65%
Queen's University Belfast
6 publications, 0.65%
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
6 publications, 0.65%
University of Groningen
6 publications, 0.65%
University of Tokyo
6 publications, 0.65%
Instituto de Carboquímica
6 publications, 0.65%
University of York
6 publications, 0.65%
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
6 publications, 0.65%
Indian Institute of Science
5 publications, 0.54%
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
5 publications, 0.54%
Tezpur University
5 publications, 0.54%
Central Leather Research Institute
5 publications, 0.54%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Lisbon
5 publications, 0.54%
University College London
5 publications, 0.54%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Pavia
5 publications, 0.54%
Vienna University of Technology
5 publications, 0.54%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Bristol
5 publications, 0.54%
Leibniz University Hannover
5 publications, 0.54%
University of St Andrews
5 publications, 0.54%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
5 publications, 0.54%
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
5 publications, 0.54%
Hokkaido University
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Leeds
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Coimbra
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Sheffield
5 publications, 0.54%
Texas A&M University
5 publications, 0.54%
University of Tennessee
5 publications, 0.54%
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
4 publications, 0.43%
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
4 publications, 0.43%
Chandigarh University
4 publications, 0.43%
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
4 publications, 0.43%
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
4 publications, 0.43%
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
4 publications, 0.43%
Utkal University
4 publications, 0.43%
Sunway University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of New South Wales
4 publications, 0.43%
Shihezi University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Bologna
4 publications, 0.43%
Aston University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 0.43%
National University of Singapore
4 publications, 0.43%
Loughborough University
4 publications, 0.43%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Messina
4 publications, 0.43%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.43%
North Carolina State University
4 publications, 0.43%
Gyeongsang National University
4 publications, 0.43%
Kyoto University
4 publications, 0.43%
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
4 publications, 0.43%
Saarland University
4 publications, 0.43%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
4 publications, 0.43%
Kyushu University
4 publications, 0.43%
NOVA University Lisbon
4 publications, 0.43%
Universidade Estadual Paulista
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Alicante
4 publications, 0.43%
Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Córdoba
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Oviedo
4 publications, 0.43%
Sandia National Laboratories California
4 publications, 0.43%
National Research Council Canada
4 publications, 0.43%
Vellore Institute of Technology University
3 publications, 0.33%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
3 publications, 0.33%
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India, 128, 13.88%
India
128 publications, 13.88%
USA, 98, 10.63%
USA
98 publications, 10.63%
United Kingdom, 96, 10.41%
United Kingdom
96 publications, 10.41%
China, 79, 8.57%
China
79 publications, 8.57%
Germany, 50, 5.42%
Germany
50 publications, 5.42%
Canada, 50, 5.42%
Canada
50 publications, 5.42%
Japan, 46, 4.99%
Japan
46 publications, 4.99%
Spain, 39, 4.23%
Spain
39 publications, 4.23%
Italy, 28, 3.04%
Italy
28 publications, 3.04%
France, 22, 2.39%
France
22 publications, 2.39%
Australia, 20, 2.17%
Australia
20 publications, 2.17%
Sweden, 19, 2.06%
Sweden
19 publications, 2.06%
Netherlands, 18, 1.95%
Netherlands
18 publications, 1.95%
Belgium, 13, 1.41%
Belgium
13 publications, 1.41%
Brazil, 13, 1.41%
Brazil
13 publications, 1.41%
Portugal, 12, 1.3%
Portugal
12 publications, 1.3%
Austria, 12, 1.3%
Austria
12 publications, 1.3%
Thailand, 12, 1.3%
Thailand
12 publications, 1.3%
Finland, 10, 1.08%
Finland
10 publications, 1.08%
Ireland, 9, 0.98%
Ireland
9 publications, 0.98%
Switzerland, 9, 0.98%
Switzerland
9 publications, 0.98%
Denmark, 8, 0.87%
Denmark
8 publications, 0.87%
Egypt, 6, 0.65%
Egypt
6 publications, 0.65%
Malaysia, 6, 0.65%
Malaysia
6 publications, 0.65%
Mexico, 6, 0.65%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.65%
South Africa, 6, 0.65%
South Africa
6 publications, 0.65%
New Zealand, 5, 0.54%
New Zealand
5 publications, 0.54%
Republic of Korea, 5, 0.54%
Republic of Korea
5 publications, 0.54%
Singapore, 5, 0.54%
Singapore
5 publications, 0.54%
Indonesia, 4, 0.43%
Indonesia
4 publications, 0.43%
Nigeria, 4, 0.43%
Nigeria
4 publications, 0.43%
Pakistan, 4, 0.43%
Pakistan
4 publications, 0.43%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 0.43%
Saudi Arabia
4 publications, 0.43%
Ecuador, 4, 0.43%
Ecuador
4 publications, 0.43%
Argentina, 3, 0.33%
Argentina
3 publications, 0.33%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.33%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.33%
Bulgaria, 3, 0.33%
Bulgaria
3 publications, 0.33%
Greece, 3, 0.33%
Greece
3 publications, 0.33%
Poland, 3, 0.33%
Poland
3 publications, 0.33%
Chile, 3, 0.33%
Chile
3 publications, 0.33%
Estonia, 2, 0.22%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.22%
Botswana, 2, 0.22%
Botswana
2 publications, 0.22%
Iraq, 2, 0.22%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.22%
Iran, 2, 0.22%
Iran
2 publications, 0.22%
Morocco, 2, 0.22%
Morocco
2 publications, 0.22%
Romania, 2, 0.22%
Romania
2 publications, 0.22%
Serbia, 2, 0.22%
Serbia
2 publications, 0.22%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.22%
Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.22%
Russia, 1, 0.11%
Russia
1 publication, 0.11%
Belarus, 1, 0.11%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.11%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.11%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.11%
Armenia, 1, 0.11%
Armenia
1 publication, 0.11%
Hungary, 1, 0.11%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.11%
Venezuela, 1, 0.11%
Venezuela
1 publication, 0.11%
Vietnam, 1, 0.11%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.11%
Qatar, 1, 0.11%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.11%
Cyprus, 1, 0.11%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.11%
Mauritius, 1, 0.11%
Mauritius
1 publication, 0.11%
Mozambique, 1, 0.11%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.11%
Myanmar, 1, 0.11%
Myanmar
1 publication, 0.11%
Norway, 1, 0.11%
Norway
1 publication, 0.11%
UAE, 1, 0.11%
UAE
1 publication, 0.11%
Slovenia, 1, 0.11%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.11%
Tunisia, 1, 0.11%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.11%
Philippines, 1, 0.11%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.11%
Croatia, 1, 0.11%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.11%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.11%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.11%
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