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World Development Sustainability

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SCImago
Q1
SJR
0.984
CiteScore
5.3
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
World Development Sustainability
Publications
246
Citations
1 887
h-index
19
Publications
246
Citations
1 826
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (15 publications)
United Kingdom (12 publications)
Bangladesh (10 publications)

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Citing journals

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Sustainability
83 citations, 4.4%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
42 citations, 2.23%
World Development Sustainability
41 citations, 2.17%
Resources Policy
39 citations, 2.07%
Journal of Environmental Management
25 citations, 1.32%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
25 citations, 1.32%
Energies
24 citations, 1.27%
Discover Sustainability
24 citations, 1.27%
Sustainable Development
22 citations, 1.17%
Journal of Cleaner Production
21 citations, 1.11%
Sustainable Futures
21 citations, 1.11%
Scientific Reports
19 citations, 1.01%
Innovation and Green Development
19 citations, 1.01%
Land
17 citations, 0.9%
Energy
17 citations, 0.9%
Heliyon
16 citations, 0.85%
PLoS ONE
16 citations, 0.85%
Energy Economics
14 citations, 0.74%
E3S Web of Conferences
14 citations, 0.74%
Economies
14 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
13 citations, 0.69%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
11 citations, 0.58%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
11 citations, 0.58%
Energy Policy
11 citations, 0.58%
Carbon Research
11 citations, 0.58%
Renewable Energy
10 citations, 0.53%
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
10 citations, 0.53%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
9 citations, 0.48%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
9 citations, 0.48%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
8 citations, 0.42%
Cogent Food & Agriculture
8 citations, 0.42%
Natural Resources Forum
7 citations, 0.37%
Cogent Economics and Finance
7 citations, 0.37%
Cities
7 citations, 0.37%
Utilities Policy
7 citations, 0.37%
Energy Research and Social Science
7 citations, 0.37%
BIO Web of Conferences
7 citations, 0.37%
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
7 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
6 citations, 0.32%
Energy and Environment
6 citations, 0.32%
Forests
6 citations, 0.32%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
6 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
6 citations, 0.32%
Energy Strategy Reviews
6 citations, 0.32%
Urban Climate
6 citations, 0.32%
SSRN Electronic Journal
6 citations, 0.32%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
6 citations, 0.32%
Research in Globalization
6 citations, 0.32%
Sustainable Cities and Society
5 citations, 0.26%
Review of Development Economics
5 citations, 0.26%
Finance Research Letters
5 citations, 0.26%
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
5 citations, 0.26%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
5 citations, 0.26%
Local Environment
5 citations, 0.26%
Energy Reports
5 citations, 0.26%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
5 citations, 0.26%
Water (Switzerland)
5 citations, 0.26%
Business Strategy & Development
5 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Sustainability
5 citations, 0.26%
Discover Food
5 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
5 citations, 0.26%
Energy Nexus
5 citations, 0.26%
Evolving Earth
5 citations, 0.26%
Discover Agriculture
5 citations, 0.26%
Social Indicators Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Science of the Total Environment
4 citations, 0.21%
Applied Economics
4 citations, 0.21%
Management of Environmental Quality
4 citations, 0.21%
Advances in Botanical Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Economic Analysis and Policy
4 citations, 0.21%
Agricultural Finance Review
4 citations, 0.21%
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
4 citations, 0.21%
Geoscience Frontiers
4 citations, 0.21%
Business Strategy and the Environment
4 citations, 0.21%
Outlook on Agriculture
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Public Health
4 citations, 0.21%
Economic Change and Restructuring
4 citations, 0.21%
Applied Energy
4 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
4 citations, 0.21%
Habitat International
4 citations, 0.21%
Scientific African
4 citations, 0.21%
Buildings
4 citations, 0.21%
Energy and Buildings
4 citations, 0.21%
Food Policy
4 citations, 0.21%
Geo Journal
4 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
4 citations, 0.21%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
4 citations, 0.21%
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability
4 citations, 0.21%
Future Business Journal
4 citations, 0.21%
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
4 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Research Communications
4 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Challenges
4 citations, 0.21%
Discover Environment
4 citations, 0.21%
Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities
4 citations, 0.21%
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
4 citations, 0.21%
Forest Policy and Economics
3 citations, 0.16%
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
3 citations, 0.16%
Nature Communications
3 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Educational Development
3 citations, 0.16%
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Elsevier
620 citations, 32.86%
Springer Nature
396 citations, 20.99%
MDPI
230 citations, 12.19%
Taylor & Francis
108 citations, 5.72%
Wiley
103 citations, 5.46%
Emerald
61 citations, 3.23%
Frontiers Media S.A.
43 citations, 2.28%
IGI Global
43 citations, 2.28%
SAGE
35 citations, 1.85%
EDP Sciences
24 citations, 1.27%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
21 citations, 1.11%
IOP Publishing
21 citations, 1.11%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
17 citations, 0.9%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
6 citations, 0.32%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
5 citations, 0.26%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.21%
IWA Publishing
4 citations, 0.21%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
4 citations, 0.21%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.16%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.16%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
3 citations, 0.16%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.16%
Pensoft Publishers
3 citations, 0.16%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.16%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.16%
Cambridge University Press
2 citations, 0.11%
Oxford University Press
2 citations, 0.11%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.11%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.11%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.11%
Publishing House Science
2 citations, 0.11%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.11%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.11%
South Florida Publishing LLC
2 citations, 0.11%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.11%
Walter de Gruyter
1 citation, 0.05%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Brill
1 citation, 0.05%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.05%
Ural Federal University
1 citation, 0.05%
Crop Science Society of America
1 citation, 0.05%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
1 citation, 0.05%
Editura Economica
1 citation, 0.05%
Copernicus
1 citation, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
1 citation, 0.05%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.05%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.05%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.05%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.05%
Knowledge E DMCC
1 citation, 0.05%
The Gorbatov's All-Russian Meat Research Institute
1 citation, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Southwest State University
1 citation, 0.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.05%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.05%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.05%
The City Planning Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.05%
Environmental Health Perspectives
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.05%
Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association
1 citation, 0.05%
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
1 citation, 0.05%
Turan University
1 citation, 0.05%
Srinivas University
1 citation, 0.05%
Afyon Kocatepe University
1 citation, 0.05%
Turk Tarim ve Doga Bilimleri Dergisi
1 citation, 0.05%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.05%
Namik Kemal University
1 citation, 0.05%
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University College London
4 publications, 1.63%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 1.63%
Hiroshima University
4 publications, 1.63%
National University of Malaysia
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Copenhagen
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Glasgow
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Johannesburg
3 publications, 1.22%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Göttingen
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Leeds
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Tokyo
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Chittagong
3 publications, 1.22%
North South University
3 publications, 1.22%
Bangladesh Agricultural University
3 publications, 1.22%
Gazipur Agricultural University
3 publications, 1.22%
Noakhali Science and Technology University
3 publications, 1.22%
University of Bamenda
3 publications, 1.22%
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
3 publications, 1.22%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2 publications, 0.81%
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.81%
European University of Lefke
2 publications, 0.81%
Dibrugarh University
2 publications, 0.81%
Stockholm School of Economics
2 publications, 0.81%
University of International Business and Economics
2 publications, 0.81%
Ã…bo Akademi University
2 publications, 0.81%
Northwest University
2 publications, 0.81%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.81%
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2 publications, 0.81%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.81%
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
2 publications, 0.81%
Obafemi Awolowo University
2 publications, 0.81%
Kyoto University
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 0.81%
University for Development Studies
2 publications, 0.81%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2 publications, 0.81%
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Dhaka
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Nairobi
2 publications, 0.81%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
2 publications, 0.81%
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
2 publications, 0.81%
Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
2 publications, 0.81%
Le Havre Normandy University
2 publications, 0.81%
University of Seychelles
2 publications, 0.81%
Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.81%
Azerbaijan State University of Economics
1 publication, 0.41%
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
1 publication, 0.41%
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Tehran
1 publication, 0.41%
Tarbiat Modares University
1 publication, 0.41%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.41%
Istanbul University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Science
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.41%
National University of Sciences & Technology
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1 publication, 0.41%
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
1 publication, 0.41%
Jawaharlal Nehru University
1 publication, 0.41%
Aligarh Muslim University
1 publication, 0.41%
Erciyes University
1 publication, 0.41%
Lovely Professional University
1 publication, 0.41%
National Institute of Technology Silchar
1 publication, 0.41%
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
1 publication, 0.41%
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
1 publication, 0.41%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
1 publication, 0.41%
Urmia University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Mumbai
1 publication, 0.41%
Christ University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Isfahan
1 publication, 0.41%
Karadeniz Technical University
1 publication, 0.41%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
1 publication, 0.41%
Rajiv Gandhi University
1 publication, 0.41%
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
1 publication, 0.41%
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
1 publication, 0.41%
Can Tho University
1 publication, 0.41%
Tsinghua University
1 publication, 0.41%
Harbin Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.41%
Kuvempu University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Indonesia
1 publication, 0.41%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.41%
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Technology, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Lorraine
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
1 publication, 0.41%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 0.41%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Kalyani
1 publication, 0.41%
Northern University of Malaysia
1 publication, 0.41%
Sultan Zainal Abidin University
1 publication, 0.41%
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
1 publication, 0.41%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.41%
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USA
15 publications, 6.1%
United Kingdom, 12, 4.88%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 4.88%
Bangladesh, 10, 4.07%
Bangladesh
10 publications, 4.07%
Ghana, 10, 4.07%
Ghana
10 publications, 4.07%
Japan, 10, 4.07%
Japan
10 publications, 4.07%
India, 9, 3.66%
India
9 publications, 3.66%
Malaysia, 7, 2.85%
Malaysia
7 publications, 2.85%
China, 6, 2.44%
China
6 publications, 2.44%
Canada, 6, 2.44%
Canada
6 publications, 2.44%
Nigeria, 5, 2.03%
Nigeria
5 publications, 2.03%
France, 4, 1.63%
France
4 publications, 1.63%
Australia, 4, 1.63%
Australia
4 publications, 1.63%
Indonesia, 4, 1.63%
Indonesia
4 publications, 1.63%
Turkey, 4, 1.63%
Turkey
4 publications, 1.63%
South Africa, 4, 1.63%
South Africa
4 publications, 1.63%
Denmark, 3, 1.22%
Denmark
3 publications, 1.22%
Italy, 3, 1.22%
Italy
3 publications, 1.22%
Colombia, 3, 1.22%
Colombia
3 publications, 1.22%
Tanzania, 3, 1.22%
Tanzania
3 publications, 1.22%
Germany, 2, 0.81%
Germany
2 publications, 0.81%
Brazil, 2, 0.81%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.81%
Greece, 2, 0.81%
Greece
2 publications, 0.81%
Cameroon, 2, 0.81%
Cameroon
2 publications, 0.81%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.81%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0.81%
Seychelles, 2, 0.81%
Seychelles
2 publications, 0.81%
Switzerland, 2, 0.81%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.81%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.41%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.41%
Belgium, 1, 0.41%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.41%
Benin, 1, 0.41%
Benin
1 publication, 0.41%
Vietnam, 1, 0.41%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.41%
Jordan, 1, 0.41%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.41%
Iran, 1, 0.41%
Iran
1 publication, 0.41%
Yemen, 1, 0.41%
Yemen
1 publication, 0.41%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.41%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.41%
Laos, 1, 0.41%
Laos
1 publication, 0.41%
Malawi, 1, 0.41%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.41%
Mali, 1, 0.41%
Mali
1 publication, 0.41%
Netherlands, 1, 0.41%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.41%
New Zealand, 1, 0.41%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.41%
Norway, 1, 0.41%
Norway
1 publication, 0.41%
UAE, 1, 0.41%
UAE
1 publication, 0.41%
Oman, 1, 0.41%
Oman
1 publication, 0.41%
Rwanda, 1, 0.41%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.41%
Sudan, 1, 0.41%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.41%
Uruguay, 1, 0.41%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.41%
Chile, 1, 0.41%
Chile
1 publication, 0.41%
Sweden, 1, 0.41%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.41%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.41%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.41%
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