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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
Q2
Impact factor
4.9
SJR
0.754
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Electrochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Areas
Chemistry
Years of issue
2023-2026
journal names
RSC Sustainability
Publications
954
Citations
6 117
h-index
29
Publications
900
Citations
5 322

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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RSC Sustainability
246 citations, 4.02%
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
98 citations, 1.6%
Chemical Engineering Journal
93 citations, 1.52%
Green Chemistry
91 citations, 1.49%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
80 citations, 1.31%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
79 citations, 1.29%
Polymers
75 citations, 1.23%
RSC Advances
67 citations, 1.1%
ChemSusChem
60 citations, 0.98%
ACS Omega
53 citations, 0.87%
Separation and Purification Technology
51 citations, 0.83%
Scientific Reports
49 citations, 0.8%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
42 citations, 0.69%
Journal of Molecular Liquids
41 citations, 0.67%
Energy & Fuels
39 citations, 0.64%
Processes
39 citations, 0.64%
Molecules
38 citations, 0.62%
ChemistrySelect
38 citations, 0.62%
Materials
37 citations, 0.6%
Chemical Communications
36 citations, 0.59%
Bioresource Technology
33 citations, 0.54%
Catalysts
32 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
32 citations, 0.52%
Biomass and Bioenergy
31 citations, 0.51%
Inorganic Chemistry Communication
31 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
30 citations, 0.49%
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
30 citations, 0.49%
Sustainability
28 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
28 citations, 0.46%
Industrial Crops and Products
27 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Energy Storage
27 citations, 0.44%
New Journal of Chemistry
26 citations, 0.43%
Polymer
24 citations, 0.39%
Fuel
24 citations, 0.39%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
23 citations, 0.38%
ACS Sustainable Resource Management
22 citations, 0.36%
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
21 citations, 0.34%
ChemCatChem
20 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Power Sources
20 citations, 0.33%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
20 citations, 0.33%
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
20 citations, 0.33%
Angewandte Chemie
20 citations, 0.33%
Nanoscale
19 citations, 0.31%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
19 citations, 0.31%
Small
19 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
19 citations, 0.31%
Energies
19 citations, 0.31%
Next Materials
19 citations, 0.31%
Sustainable Energy and Fuels
18 citations, 0.29%
Bioresource Technology Reports
18 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Environmental Management
18 citations, 0.29%
Advanced Materials
18 citations, 0.29%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
18 citations, 0.29%
European Polymer Journal
17 citations, 0.28%
Materials Advances
17 citations, 0.28%
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
17 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
16 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Cleaner Production
16 citations, 0.26%
Advanced Functional Materials
16 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Molecular Structure
16 citations, 0.26%
Microchemical Journal
16 citations, 0.26%
Catalysis Science and Technology
15 citations, 0.25%
ACS Applied Energy Materials
15 citations, 0.25%
Polymer Degradation and Stability
15 citations, 0.25%
Materials Today Sustainability
15 citations, 0.25%
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
15 citations, 0.25%
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
15 citations, 0.25%
Sustainable Materials and Technologies
14 citations, 0.23%
Nanomaterials
14 citations, 0.23%
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
14 citations, 0.23%
Results in Engineering
14 citations, 0.23%
Polymer Chemistry
14 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
14 citations, 0.23%
Electrochimica Acta
14 citations, 0.23%
Cellulose
14 citations, 0.23%
Langmuir
14 citations, 0.23%
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
14 citations, 0.23%
Macromolecules
14 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Science: Nano
14 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
13 citations, 0.21%
Advanced Sustainable Systems
13 citations, 0.21%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
13 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Polymers and the Environment
13 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Science & Technology
13 citations, 0.21%
Heliyon
13 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
13 citations, 0.21%
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
12 citations, 0.2%
Foods
12 citations, 0.2%
Applied Surface Science
12 citations, 0.2%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
12 citations, 0.2%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
12 citations, 0.2%
Progress in Organic Coatings
12 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Polymer Science
12 citations, 0.2%
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
11 citations, 0.18%
Science of the Total Environment
11 citations, 0.18%
Renewable Energy
11 citations, 0.18%
Carbohydrate Polymers
11 citations, 0.18%
Materials Chemistry and Physics
11 citations, 0.18%
Materials Today Communications
11 citations, 0.18%
Catalysis Today
11 citations, 0.18%
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Elsevier
2186 citations, 35.74%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
766 citations, 12.52%
Springer Nature
636 citations, 10.4%
Wiley
600 citations, 9.81%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
555 citations, 9.07%
MDPI
554 citations, 9.06%
Taylor & Francis
92 citations, 1.5%
IOP Publishing
38 citations, 0.62%
Frontiers Media S.A.
20 citations, 0.33%
Walter de Gruyter
19 citations, 0.31%
Pleiades Publishing
15 citations, 0.25%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
15 citations, 0.25%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
15 citations, 0.25%
SAGE
13 citations, 0.21%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
11 citations, 0.18%
Oxford University Press
10 citations, 0.16%
EDP Sciences
9 citations, 0.15%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
8 citations, 0.13%
Emerald
7 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
7 citations, 0.11%
The Electrochemical Society
7 citations, 0.11%
Beilstein-Institut
6 citations, 0.1%
AIP Publishing
5 citations, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
5 citations, 0.08%
OAE Publishing Inc.
5 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.08%
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, 0.03%
Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
2 citations, 0.03%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
2 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
2 citations, 0.03%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
2 citations, 0.03%
The Electrochemical Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
2 citations, 0.03%
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%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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%
Chinese Society of Rare Earths
1 citation, 0.02%
American Vacuum Society
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%
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, 2.2%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
12 publications, 1.26%
University of Manchester
12 publications, 1.26%
University of the Basque Country
11 publications, 1.15%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
10 publications, 1.05%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
10 publications, 1.05%
University of Leicester
9 publications, 0.94%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
8 publications, 0.84%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
8 publications, 0.84%
University of Birmingham
8 publications, 0.84%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
8 publications, 0.84%
University of Bath
8 publications, 0.84%
University of Delhi
7 publications, 0.73%
Basque Foundation for Science
7 publications, 0.73%
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
7 publications, 0.73%
University of Nottingham
7 publications, 0.73%
University of Glasgow
7 publications, 0.73%
Clemson University
7 publications, 0.73%
McGill University
7 publications, 0.73%
University of British Columbia
7 publications, 0.73%
University of Saskatchewan
7 publications, 0.73%
Heriot-Watt University
7 publications, 0.73%
University of Aveiro
7 publications, 0.73%
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
6 publications, 0.63%
University of Kerala
6 publications, 0.63%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
6 publications, 0.63%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
6 publications, 0.63%
Aalto University
6 publications, 0.63%
University College London
6 publications, 0.63%
Aarhus University
6 publications, 0.63%
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology
6 publications, 0.63%
Georgia Institute of technology
6 publications, 0.63%
Deakin University
6 publications, 0.63%
Tohoku University
6 publications, 0.63%
Queen's University Belfast
6 publications, 0.63%
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
6 publications, 0.63%
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
6 publications, 0.63%
University of Groningen
6 publications, 0.63%
University of Tokyo
6 publications, 0.63%
Instituto de Carboquímica
6 publications, 0.63%
University of York
6 publications, 0.63%
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
6 publications, 0.63%
Indian Institute of Science
5 publications, 0.52%
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
5 publications, 0.52%
Tezpur University
5 publications, 0.52%
Central Leather Research Institute
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Lisbon
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Bologna
5 publications, 0.52%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Pavia
5 publications, 0.52%
Vienna University of Technology
5 publications, 0.52%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Bristol
5 publications, 0.52%
Leibniz University Hannover
5 publications, 0.52%
University of St Andrews
5 publications, 0.52%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
5 publications, 0.52%
Hokkaido University
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Leeds
5 publications, 0.52%
Kyushu University
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Coimbra
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Sheffield
5 publications, 0.52%
Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering
5 publications, 0.52%
Texas A&M University
5 publications, 0.52%
University of Tennessee
5 publications, 0.52%
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
4 publications, 0.42%
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
4 publications, 0.42%
Chandigarh University
4 publications, 0.42%
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
4 publications, 0.42%
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
4 publications, 0.42%
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
4 publications, 0.42%
Utkal University
4 publications, 0.42%
Sunway University
4 publications, 0.42%
University of New South Wales
4 publications, 0.42%
Shihezi University
4 publications, 0.42%
Aston University
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 0.42%
National University of Singapore
4 publications, 0.42%
Loughborough University
4 publications, 0.42%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Messina
4 publications, 0.42%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.42%
North Carolina State University
4 publications, 0.42%
Gyeongsang National University
4 publications, 0.42%
Kyoto University
4 publications, 0.42%
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
4 publications, 0.42%
Saarland University
4 publications, 0.42%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
4 publications, 0.42%
Bielefeld University
4 publications, 0.42%
NOVA University Lisbon
4 publications, 0.42%
Universidade Estadual Paulista
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Alicante
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Córdoba
4 publications, 0.42%
University of Oviedo
4 publications, 0.42%
Sandia National Laboratories California
4 publications, 0.42%
University College Dublin
4 publications, 0.42%
National Research Council Canada
4 publications, 0.42%
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India, 130, 13.63%
India
130 publications, 13.63%
USA, 101, 10.59%
USA
101 publications, 10.59%
United Kingdom, 96, 10.06%
United Kingdom
96 publications, 10.06%
China, 79, 8.28%
China
79 publications, 8.28%
Germany, 52, 5.45%
Germany
52 publications, 5.45%
Canada, 50, 5.24%
Canada
50 publications, 5.24%
Japan, 46, 4.82%
Japan
46 publications, 4.82%
Spain, 40, 4.19%
Spain
40 publications, 4.19%
Italy, 30, 3.14%
Italy
30 publications, 3.14%
France, 22, 2.31%
France
22 publications, 2.31%
Australia, 20, 2.1%
Australia
20 publications, 2.1%
Sweden, 19, 1.99%
Sweden
19 publications, 1.99%
Netherlands, 18, 1.89%
Netherlands
18 publications, 1.89%
Belgium, 13, 1.36%
Belgium
13 publications, 1.36%
Brazil, 13, 1.36%
Brazil
13 publications, 1.36%
Portugal, 12, 1.26%
Portugal
12 publications, 1.26%
Austria, 12, 1.26%
Austria
12 publications, 1.26%
Thailand, 12, 1.26%
Thailand
12 publications, 1.26%
Finland, 10, 1.05%
Finland
10 publications, 1.05%
Ireland, 9, 0.94%
Ireland
9 publications, 0.94%
Switzerland, 9, 0.94%
Switzerland
9 publications, 0.94%
Denmark, 8, 0.84%
Denmark
8 publications, 0.84%
Egypt, 6, 0.63%
Egypt
6 publications, 0.63%
Malaysia, 6, 0.63%
Malaysia
6 publications, 0.63%
Mexico, 6, 0.63%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.63%
South Africa, 6, 0.63%
South Africa
6 publications, 0.63%
New Zealand, 5, 0.52%
New Zealand
5 publications, 0.52%
Republic of Korea, 5, 0.52%
Republic of Korea
5 publications, 0.52%
Singapore, 5, 0.52%
Singapore
5 publications, 0.52%
Indonesia, 4, 0.42%
Indonesia
4 publications, 0.42%
Nigeria, 4, 0.42%
Nigeria
4 publications, 0.42%
Pakistan, 4, 0.42%
Pakistan
4 publications, 0.42%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 0.42%
Saudi Arabia
4 publications, 0.42%
Ecuador, 4, 0.42%
Ecuador
4 publications, 0.42%
Argentina, 3, 0.31%
Argentina
3 publications, 0.31%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.31%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.31%
Bulgaria, 3, 0.31%
Bulgaria
3 publications, 0.31%
Greece, 3, 0.31%
Greece
3 publications, 0.31%
Poland, 3, 0.31%
Poland
3 publications, 0.31%
Chile, 3, 0.31%
Chile
3 publications, 0.31%
Estonia, 2, 0.21%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.21%
Botswana, 2, 0.21%
Botswana
2 publications, 0.21%
Iraq, 2, 0.21%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.21%
Iran, 2, 0.21%
Iran
2 publications, 0.21%
Morocco, 2, 0.21%
Morocco
2 publications, 0.21%
Romania, 2, 0.21%
Romania
2 publications, 0.21%
Serbia, 2, 0.21%
Serbia
2 publications, 0.21%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.21%
Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.21%
Russia, 1, 0.1%
Russia
1 publication, 0.1%
Belarus, 1, 0.1%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.1%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.1%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.1%
Armenia, 1, 0.1%
Armenia
1 publication, 0.1%
Hungary, 1, 0.1%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.1%
Venezuela, 1, 0.1%
Venezuela
1 publication, 0.1%
Vietnam, 1, 0.1%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.1%
Qatar, 1, 0.1%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.1%
Cyprus, 1, 0.1%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.1%
Mauritius, 1, 0.1%
Mauritius
1 publication, 0.1%
Mozambique, 1, 0.1%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.1%
Myanmar, 1, 0.1%
Myanmar
1 publication, 0.1%
Norway, 1, 0.1%
Norway
1 publication, 0.1%
UAE, 1, 0.1%
UAE
1 publication, 0.1%
Slovenia, 1, 0.1%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.1%
Tunisia, 1, 0.1%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.1%
Philippines, 1, 0.1%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.1%
Croatia, 1, 0.1%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.1%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.1%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.1%
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