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Nature-Based Solutions

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SCImago
Q1
SJR
1.400
CiteScore
5.8
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Nature-Based Solutions
Publications
286
Citations
2 139
h-index
23
Publications
281
Citations
2 062

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Nature-Based Solutions
224 citations, 10.47%
Sustainability
85 citations, 3.97%
Land
68 citations, 3.18%
Journal of Environmental Management
52 citations, 2.43%
Water (Switzerland)
52 citations, 2.43%
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
42 citations, 1.96%
Science of the Total Environment
33 citations, 1.54%
Sustainable Cities and Society
28 citations, 1.31%
Scientific Reports
27 citations, 1.26%
Frontiers in Marine Science
24 citations, 1.12%
Agroforestry Systems
22 citations, 1.03%
Ecological Indicators
21 citations, 0.98%
Ambio
19 citations, 0.89%
Buildings
18 citations, 0.84%
Urban Science
17 citations, 0.79%
Ecosystem Services
13 citations, 0.61%
Ocean and Coastal Management
13 citations, 0.61%
Landscape and Urban Planning
13 citations, 0.61%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
13 citations, 0.61%
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health
12 citations, 0.56%
Forests
12 citations, 0.56%
Energy and Buildings
12 citations, 0.56%
Environmental Science and Policy
11 citations, 0.51%
Building and Environment
11 citations, 0.51%
Urban Ecosystems
11 citations, 0.51%
Heliyon
11 citations, 0.51%
Ecological Engineering
10 citations, 0.47%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
10 citations, 0.47%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
10 citations, 0.47%
Environmental Development
10 citations, 0.47%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
10 citations, 0.47%
npj Urban Sustainability
10 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Cleaner Production
9 citations, 0.42%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
9 citations, 0.42%
People and Nature
9 citations, 0.42%
E3S Web of Conferences
8 citations, 0.37%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
8 citations, 0.37%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
8 citations, 0.37%
Land Use Policy
8 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
8 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
7 citations, 0.33%
Results in Engineering
7 citations, 0.33%
Earth Systems and Environment
7 citations, 0.33%
Journal for Nature Conservation
7 citations, 0.33%
Sustainable Development
7 citations, 0.33%
BIO Web of Conferences
7 citations, 0.33%
Environmental Challenges
7 citations, 0.33%
Blue-Green Systems
7 citations, 0.33%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
6 citations, 0.28%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
6 citations, 0.28%
Atmosphere
6 citations, 0.28%
Environmental Research Letters
6 citations, 0.28%
Cities
6 citations, 0.28%
Hydrology
6 citations, 0.28%
PLoS ONE
6 citations, 0.28%
Communications Earth & Environment
6 citations, 0.28%
Discover Sustainability
6 citations, 0.28%
Open Research Europe
6 citations, 0.28%
City and Environment Interactions
6 citations, 0.28%
Big Data Analytics for Smart Urban Systems
6 citations, 0.28%
Global Change Biology
5 citations, 0.23%
Regional Environmental Change
5 citations, 0.23%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
5 citations, 0.23%
Environments - MDPI
5 citations, 0.23%
Water Research
5 citations, 0.23%
Plants
5 citations, 0.23%
Energies
5 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Climate
5 citations, 0.23%
PLOS Water
5 citations, 0.23%
Socio-Ecological Practice Research
5 citations, 0.23%
Trees Forests and People
5 citations, 0.23%
Disaster Risk Reduction
5 citations, 0.23%
Marine Policy
4 citations, 0.19%
Estuaries and Coasts
4 citations, 0.19%
Infrastructures
4 citations, 0.19%
Earth's Future
4 citations, 0.19%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
4 citations, 0.19%
Restoration Ecology
4 citations, 0.19%
Earth
4 citations, 0.19%
Urban Climate
4 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
4 citations, 0.19%
Anthropocene Coasts
4 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Sustainability
4 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Water
4 citations, 0.19%
Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy
4 citations, 0.19%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
3 citations, 0.14%
Conservation Biology
3 citations, 0.14%
Nature Communications
3 citations, 0.14%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
3 citations, 0.14%
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
3 citations, 0.14%
Diversity
3 citations, 0.14%
Ecological Informatics
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Flood Risk Management
3 citations, 0.14%
Nature Conservation
3 citations, 0.14%
Climate and Development
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Building Engineering
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Thermal Biology
3 citations, 0.14%
Climate Risk Management
3 citations, 0.14%
Groundwater for Sustainable Development
3 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
817 citations, 38.2%
Springer Nature
422 citations, 19.73%
MDPI
376 citations, 17.58%
Wiley
100 citations, 4.68%
Frontiers Media S.A.
85 citations, 3.97%
Taylor & Francis
50 citations, 2.34%
IOP Publishing
22 citations, 1.03%
EDP Sciences
18 citations, 0.84%
IWA Publishing
17 citations, 0.79%
SAGE
15 citations, 0.7%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
14 citations, 0.65%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
12 citations, 0.56%
Cambridge University Press
11 citations, 0.51%
American Geophysical Union
11 citations, 0.51%
Walter de Gruyter
10 citations, 0.47%
Pensoft Publishers
9 citations, 0.42%
Emerald
8 citations, 0.37%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.37%
Oxford University Press
7 citations, 0.33%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.33%
F1000 Research
7 citations, 0.33%
IntechOpen
7 citations, 0.33%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
5 citations, 0.23%
Copernicus
4 citations, 0.19%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.14%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.09%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
2 citations, 0.09%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation and China Water and Power Press
2 citations, 0.09%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.09%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
Knowledge E DMCC
2 citations, 0.09%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.09%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.05%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.05%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.05%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.05%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.05%
Duzce University
1 citation, 0.05%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
1 citation, 0.05%
Transport and Telecommunication Institute
1 citation, 0.05%
Ain Shams University
1 citation, 0.05%
Inter-Research Science Center
1 citation, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.05%
Canadian Science Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
FSBSI All-Russian Scientfic Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production
1 citation, 0.05%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.05%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.05%
Geological Society of London
1 citation, 0.05%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.05%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.05%
Russian Geographical Society
1 citation, 0.05%
Srinivas University
1 citation, 0.05%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.05%
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Utrecht University
9 publications, 3.15%
Deltares
8 publications, 2.8%
Delft University of Technology
6 publications, 2.1%
Aarhus University
6 publications, 2.1%
Auckland University of Technology
6 publications, 2.1%
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
6 publications, 2.1%
Saint Mary's University
6 publications, 2.1%
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
6 publications, 2.1%
Technical University of Munich
5 publications, 1.75%
University of Glasgow
5 publications, 1.75%
University of Melbourne
5 publications, 1.75%
University of Exeter
5 publications, 1.75%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
4 publications, 1.4%
Griffith University
4 publications, 1.4%
Dalhousie University
4 publications, 1.4%
Trinity College Dublin
4 publications, 1.4%
University of Leeds
4 publications, 1.4%
Universidade Estadual Paulista
4 publications, 1.4%
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
4 publications, 1.4%
James Hutton Institute
4 publications, 1.4%
Midlands State University
4 publications, 1.4%
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 1.4%
Tsinghua University
3 publications, 1.05%
Humboldt University of Berlin
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Helsinki
3 publications, 1.05%
Southwest University of Science and Technology
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Copenhagen
3 publications, 1.05%
Victoria University of Wellington
3 publications, 1.05%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
3 publications, 1.05%
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
3 publications, 1.05%
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
3 publications, 1.05%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
3 publications, 1.05%
Kenyatta University
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Surrey
3 publications, 1.05%
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Tehran
2 publications, 0.7%
Tarbiat Modares University
2 publications, 0.7%
Iran University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.7%
Eastern Mediterranean University
2 publications, 0.7%
Stockholm University
2 publications, 0.7%
Grenoble Alpes University
2 publications, 0.7%
Fuzhou University
2 publications, 0.7%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.7%
Polytechnic University of Milan
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 0.7%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
2 publications, 0.7%
Liverpool Hope University
2 publications, 0.7%
Technical University of Denmark
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Antwerp
2 publications, 0.7%
Tuscia University
2 publications, 0.7%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Canterbury
2 publications, 0.7%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 0.7%
Swinburne University of Technology
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Tasmania
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Canberra
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 0.7%
Asian Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.7%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.7%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of California, Santa Cruz
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Aberdeen
2 publications, 0.7%
Aegean University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Cologne
2 publications, 0.7%
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
2 publications, 0.7%
TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences
2 publications, 0.7%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.7%
Lancaster University
2 publications, 0.7%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
2 publications, 0.7%
National Institute for Environmental Studies
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Abomey-Calavi
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Porto
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Sheffield
2 publications, 0.7%
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.7%
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Girona
2 publications, 0.7%
University of the Balearic Islands
2 publications, 0.7%
AZTI (Ciencia y tecnología marina y alimentaria)
2 publications, 0.7%
William & Mary
2 publications, 0.7%
Old Dominion University
2 publications, 0.7%
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
2 publications, 0.7%
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
2 publications, 0.7%
Technological University Dublin
2 publications, 0.7%
Tehran University of Art
1 publication, 0.35%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.35%
Shiraz University
1 publication, 0.35%
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
1 publication, 0.35%
Izmir Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.35%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1 publication, 0.35%
National Institute of Technology Delhi
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Guilan
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Kashan
1 publication, 0.35%
RMIT Vietnam
1 publication, 0.35%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.35%
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United Kingdom, 30, 10.49%
United Kingdom
30 publications, 10.49%
Germany, 15, 5.24%
Germany
15 publications, 5.24%
Spain, 14, 4.9%
Spain
14 publications, 4.9%
Netherlands, 13, 4.55%
Netherlands
13 publications, 4.55%
China, 12, 4.2%
China
12 publications, 4.2%
USA, 10, 3.5%
USA
10 publications, 3.5%
Australia, 10, 3.5%
Australia
10 publications, 3.5%
France, 9, 3.15%
France
9 publications, 3.15%
Italy, 8, 2.8%
Italy
8 publications, 2.8%
Portugal, 6, 2.1%
Portugal
6 publications, 2.1%
Ireland, 6, 2.1%
Ireland
6 publications, 2.1%
Canada, 6, 2.1%
Canada
6 publications, 2.1%
Switzerland, 5, 1.75%
Switzerland
5 publications, 1.75%
Austria, 4, 1.4%
Austria
4 publications, 1.4%
Denmark, 4, 1.4%
Denmark
4 publications, 1.4%
India, 4, 1.4%
India
4 publications, 1.4%
Iran, 4, 1.4%
Iran
4 publications, 1.4%
Japan, 4, 1.4%
Japan
4 publications, 1.4%
Bangladesh, 3, 1.05%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 1.05%
Poland, 3, 1.05%
Poland
3 publications, 1.05%
Finland, 3, 1.05%
Finland
3 publications, 1.05%
Sweden, 3, 1.05%
Sweden
3 publications, 1.05%
South Africa, 3, 1.05%
South Africa
3 publications, 1.05%
Belgium, 2, 0.7%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.7%
Brazil, 2, 0.7%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.7%
Greece, 2, 0.7%
Greece
2 publications, 0.7%
Malta, 2, 0.7%
Malta
2 publications, 0.7%
Estonia, 1, 0.35%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.35%
Argentina, 1, 0.35%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.35%
Barbados, 1, 0.35%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.35%
Benin, 1, 0.35%
Benin
1 publication, 0.35%
Hungary, 1, 0.35%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.35%
Iraq, 1, 0.35%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.35%
Iceland, 1, 0.35%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.35%
Kenya, 1, 0.35%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.35%
Cyprus, 1, 0.35%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.35%
Colombia, 1, 0.35%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.35%
Costa Rica, 1, 0.35%
Costa Rica
1 publication, 0.35%
Martinique, 1, 0.35%
Martinique
1 publication, 0.35%
Nepal, 1, 0.35%
Nepal
1 publication, 0.35%
New Zealand, 1, 0.35%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.35%
Norway, 1, 0.35%
Norway
1 publication, 0.35%
Pakistan, 1, 0.35%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.35%
Peru, 1, 0.35%
Peru
1 publication, 0.35%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.35%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.35%
Romania, 1, 0.35%
Romania
1 publication, 0.35%
Slovakia, 1, 0.35%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.35%
Thailand, 1, 0.35%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.35%
Turkey, 1, 0.35%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.35%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.35%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.35%
Chile, 1, 0.35%
Chile
1 publication, 0.35%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.35%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.35%
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