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World Development Sustainability

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SCImago
Q1
SJR
0.984
CiteScore
5.3
Years of issue
2024-2026
journal names
World Development Sustainability
Publications
251
Citations
1 984
h-index
21
Publications
250
Citations
1 899
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
89 citations, 4.49%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
43 citations, 2.17%
World Development Sustainability
43 citations, 2.17%
Resources Policy
39 citations, 1.97%
Discover Sustainability
29 citations, 1.46%
Journal of Environmental Management
25 citations, 1.26%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
25 citations, 1.26%
Journal of Cleaner Production
24 citations, 1.21%
Energies
24 citations, 1.21%
Sustainable Development
23 citations, 1.16%
Sustainable Futures
23 citations, 1.16%
Scientific Reports
21 citations, 1.06%
PLoS ONE
19 citations, 0.96%
Innovation and Green Development
19 citations, 0.96%
Land
17 citations, 0.86%
Energy
17 citations, 0.86%
Heliyon
16 citations, 0.81%
Energy Economics
14 citations, 0.71%
E3S Web of Conferences
14 citations, 0.71%
Economies
14 citations, 0.71%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
13 citations, 0.66%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
11 citations, 0.55%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
11 citations, 0.55%
Energy Policy
11 citations, 0.55%
Carbon Research
11 citations, 0.55%
Renewable Energy
10 citations, 0.5%
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
10 citations, 0.5%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
9 citations, 0.45%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
9 citations, 0.45%
Cities
8 citations, 0.4%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
8 citations, 0.4%
Cogent Food & Agriculture
8 citations, 0.4%
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
7 citations, 0.35%
Natural Resources Forum
7 citations, 0.35%
Energy and Environment
7 citations, 0.35%
Cogent Economics and Finance
7 citations, 0.35%
Review of Development Economics
7 citations, 0.35%
Utilities Policy
7 citations, 0.35%
Energy Research and Social Science
7 citations, 0.35%
Finance Research Letters
7 citations, 0.35%
SSRN Electronic Journal
7 citations, 0.35%
BIO Web of Conferences
7 citations, 0.35%
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
7 citations, 0.35%
Forests
6 citations, 0.3%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
6 citations, 0.3%
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
6 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
6 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
6 citations, 0.3%
Energy Strategy Reviews
6 citations, 0.3%
Urban Climate
6 citations, 0.3%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
6 citations, 0.3%
Research in Globalization
6 citations, 0.3%
Sustainable Cities and Society
5 citations, 0.25%
Business Strategy and the Environment
5 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Public Health
5 citations, 0.25%
Economic Change and Restructuring
5 citations, 0.25%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
5 citations, 0.25%
Local Environment
5 citations, 0.25%
Energy Reports
5 citations, 0.25%
Water (Switzerland)
5 citations, 0.25%
Business Strategy & Development
5 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Sustainability
5 citations, 0.25%
Discover Food
5 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
5 citations, 0.25%
Energy Nexus
5 citations, 0.25%
Evolving Earth
5 citations, 0.25%
Discover Agriculture
5 citations, 0.25%
Social Indicators Research
4 citations, 0.2%
Science of the Total Environment
4 citations, 0.2%
Applied Economics
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Innovation and Knowledge
4 citations, 0.2%
Management of Environmental Quality
4 citations, 0.2%
Advances in Botanical Research
4 citations, 0.2%
Economic Analysis and Policy
4 citations, 0.2%
Agricultural Finance Review
4 citations, 0.2%
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
4 citations, 0.2%
Geoscience Frontiers
4 citations, 0.2%
Outlook on Agriculture
4 citations, 0.2%
Applied Energy
4 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
4 citations, 0.2%
Habitat International
4 citations, 0.2%
Scientific African
4 citations, 0.2%
Buildings
4 citations, 0.2%
Energy and Buildings
4 citations, 0.2%
Food Policy
4 citations, 0.2%
Geo Journal
4 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
4 citations, 0.2%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
4 citations, 0.2%
Plants People Planet
4 citations, 0.2%
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability
4 citations, 0.2%
Future Business Journal
4 citations, 0.2%
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
4 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Research Communications
4 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Challenges
4 citations, 0.2%
Discover Environment
4 citations, 0.2%
Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities
4 citations, 0.2%
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
4 citations, 0.2%
Forest Policy and Economics
3 citations, 0.15%
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
3 citations, 0.15%
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Elsevier
640 citations, 32.26%
Springer Nature
419 citations, 21.12%
MDPI
237 citations, 11.95%
Taylor & Francis
114 citations, 5.75%
Wiley
112 citations, 5.65%
Emerald
68 citations, 3.43%
Frontiers Media S.A.
44 citations, 2.22%
IGI Global
43 citations, 2.17%
SAGE
36 citations, 1.81%
EDP Sciences
24 citations, 1.21%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
24 citations, 1.21%
IOP Publishing
22 citations, 1.11%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
17 citations, 0.86%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
6 citations, 0.3%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
5 citations, 0.25%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.2%
IWA Publishing
4 citations, 0.2%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
4 citations, 0.2%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.2%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.15%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.15%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
3 citations, 0.15%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.15%
Pensoft Publishers
3 citations, 0.15%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.15%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.15%
Cambridge University Press
2 citations, 0.1%
Oxford University Press
2 citations, 0.1%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.1%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.1%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.1%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.1%
Publishing House Science
2 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.1%
South Florida Publishing LLC
2 citations, 0.1%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
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%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
1 citation, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
1 citation, 0.05%
Vilnius University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.05%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.05%
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
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%
CABI Publishing
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, 1.59%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 1.59%
Hiroshima University
4 publications, 1.59%
National University of Malaysia
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Copenhagen
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Glasgow
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Johannesburg
3 publications, 1.2%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Göttingen
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Leeds
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Tokyo
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Chittagong
3 publications, 1.2%
North South University
3 publications, 1.2%
Bangladesh Agricultural University
3 publications, 1.2%
Gazipur Agricultural University
3 publications, 1.2%
Noakhali Science and Technology University
3 publications, 1.2%
University of Bamenda
3 publications, 1.2%
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
3 publications, 1.2%
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2 publications, 0.8%
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.8%
European University of Lefke
2 publications, 0.8%
Dibrugarh University
2 publications, 0.8%
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
2 publications, 0.8%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 0.8%
Stockholm School of Economics
2 publications, 0.8%
University of International Business and Economics
2 publications, 0.8%
Ã…bo Akademi University
2 publications, 0.8%
Northwest University
2 publications, 0.8%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.8%
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2 publications, 0.8%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.8%
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
2 publications, 0.8%
Obafemi Awolowo University
2 publications, 0.8%
Kyoto University
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 0.8%
University for Development Studies
2 publications, 0.8%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2 publications, 0.8%
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Dhaka
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Nairobi
2 publications, 0.8%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
2 publications, 0.8%
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
2 publications, 0.8%
Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
2 publications, 0.8%
Le Havre Normandy University
2 publications, 0.8%
University of Seychelles
2 publications, 0.8%
Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.8%
Azerbaijan State University of Economics
1 publication, 0.4%
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
1 publication, 0.4%
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Tehran
1 publication, 0.4%
Tarbiat Modares University
1 publication, 0.4%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.4%
Istanbul University
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 0.4%
Indian Institute of Science
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.4%
National University of Sciences & Technology
1 publication, 0.4%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1 publication, 0.4%
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
1 publication, 0.4%
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
1 publication, 0.4%
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
1 publication, 0.4%
Jawaharlal Nehru University
1 publication, 0.4%
Aligarh Muslim University
1 publication, 0.4%
Erciyes University
1 publication, 0.4%
Lovely Professional University
1 publication, 0.4%
National Institute of Technology Silchar
1 publication, 0.4%
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
1 publication, 0.4%
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
1 publication, 0.4%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
1 publication, 0.4%
Urmia University
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Mumbai
1 publication, 0.4%
Christ University
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Isfahan
1 publication, 0.4%
Karadeniz Technical University
1 publication, 0.4%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.4%
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
1 publication, 0.4%
Rajiv Gandhi University
1 publication, 0.4%
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
1 publication, 0.4%
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City
1 publication, 0.4%
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
1 publication, 0.4%
Can Tho University
1 publication, 0.4%
Tsinghua University
1 publication, 0.4%
Harbin Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.4%
Kuvempu University
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Indonesia
1 publication, 0.4%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.4%
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Technology, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
1 publication, 0.4%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 0.4%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.4%
University of Kalyani
1 publication, 0.4%
Northern University of Malaysia
1 publication, 0.4%
Sultan Zainal Abidin University
1 publication, 0.4%
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USA
15 publications, 5.98%
United Kingdom, 12, 4.78%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 4.78%
Bangladesh, 10, 3.98%
Bangladesh
10 publications, 3.98%
Ghana, 10, 3.98%
Ghana
10 publications, 3.98%
Japan, 10, 3.98%
Japan
10 publications, 3.98%
India, 9, 3.59%
India
9 publications, 3.59%
Malaysia, 7, 2.79%
Malaysia
7 publications, 2.79%
China, 6, 2.39%
China
6 publications, 2.39%
Canada, 6, 2.39%
Canada
6 publications, 2.39%
Nigeria, 5, 1.99%
Nigeria
5 publications, 1.99%
France, 4, 1.59%
France
4 publications, 1.59%
Australia, 4, 1.59%
Australia
4 publications, 1.59%
Indonesia, 4, 1.59%
Indonesia
4 publications, 1.59%
Turkey, 4, 1.59%
Turkey
4 publications, 1.59%
South Africa, 4, 1.59%
South Africa
4 publications, 1.59%
Denmark, 3, 1.2%
Denmark
3 publications, 1.2%
Italy, 3, 1.2%
Italy
3 publications, 1.2%
Colombia, 3, 1.2%
Colombia
3 publications, 1.2%
Tanzania, 3, 1.2%
Tanzania
3 publications, 1.2%
Germany, 2, 0.8%
Germany
2 publications, 0.8%
Brazil, 2, 0.8%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.8%
Greece, 2, 0.8%
Greece
2 publications, 0.8%
Cameroon, 2, 0.8%
Cameroon
2 publications, 0.8%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.8%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0.8%
Seychelles, 2, 0.8%
Seychelles
2 publications, 0.8%
Switzerland, 2, 0.8%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.8%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.4%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.4%
Belgium, 1, 0.4%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.4%
Benin, 1, 0.4%
Benin
1 publication, 0.4%
Vietnam, 1, 0.4%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.4%
Jordan, 1, 0.4%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.4%
Iran, 1, 0.4%
Iran
1 publication, 0.4%
Yemen, 1, 0.4%
Yemen
1 publication, 0.4%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.4%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.4%
Laos, 1, 0.4%
Laos
1 publication, 0.4%
Malawi, 1, 0.4%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.4%
Mali, 1, 0.4%
Mali
1 publication, 0.4%
Netherlands, 1, 0.4%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.4%
New Zealand, 1, 0.4%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.4%
Norway, 1, 0.4%
Norway
1 publication, 0.4%
UAE, 1, 0.4%
UAE
1 publication, 0.4%
Oman, 1, 0.4%
Oman
1 publication, 0.4%
Rwanda, 1, 0.4%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.4%
Sudan, 1, 0.4%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.4%
Uruguay, 1, 0.4%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.4%
Chile, 1, 0.4%
Chile
1 publication, 0.4%
Sweden, 1, 0.4%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.4%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.4%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.4%
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