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International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
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International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

1350-4509

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsdw20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 357 11 20 11
Environmental Sciences 574 12 17 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 77
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.279
Impact Factor: 7.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Sustainability, Environmental resource management, Sustainable development, Environmental planning and China. The studies in Sustainability featured incorporate elements of Agriculture, Environmental economics and Tourism. The research on Agriculture tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Agroforestry and Agricultural economics.

Tourism research is concerned with Ecotourism in particular. It explores topics in Environmental resource management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Natural resource, Land use, Livelihood, Ecosystem services and Natural resource economics. It focused on Sustainable development research but expanded to cover Economic growth.

More specifically, the research on Economic growth in International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is related to Developing country. China research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Urbanization and Environmental protection.

  • Sustainability (33.38%)
  • Environmental resource management (32.48%)
  • Sustainable development (29.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development (556 citations)
  • Backcasting — a framework for strategic planning (404 citations)
  • Developing the circular economy in China: Challenges and opportunities for achieving 'leapfrog development' (366 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology:

The journal publications focus on Environmental resource management, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Agroforestry and Environmental planning. Resource (biology), Environmental economics and Set (psychology) are some topics wherein Sustainability research discussed in the journal articles has an impact. While the most cited papers mainly focused on Sustainable development studies, they also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Economic growth which is related to area like China,
  • Order (exchange) and related Marketing..

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • China
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Sustainable development, Sustainability, Environmental planning, Ecology (disciplines) and Environmental economics. While Sustainable development is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Economic growth and Natural resource economics. The overlapping concepts between Higher education and Public relations are the key highlights of Sustainability study.

Topics in Environmental planning explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Natural (archaeology), Agriculture, Climate change and Ecosystem services. Ecology (disciplines) research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Environmental education and China. Multiple-criteria decision analysis and Consumption (economics) are some topics wherein Environmental economics research discussed in International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Towards nexus-based governance: defining interactions between economic activities and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (21 citations)
  • A new fuzzy BWM approach for evaluating and selecting a sustainable supplier in supply chain management (17 citations)
  • Assessing national energy sustainability using multiple criteria decision analysis (10 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lina Tang (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Guofan Shao (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jingzhu Zhao (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Rencai Dong (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Yan Yan (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (160 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Asian Institute of Technology (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Leeds (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.35% of all publications and 69.14% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Sustainable development education in the context of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • Social-ecological system approaches for water resources management

    Animesh K. Gain;Md. Sarwar Hossain;David Benson;Giuliano Di Baldassarre

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Remarks about landsenses ecology and ecosystem services

    Jingzhu Zhao;Yan Yan;Hongbing Deng;Guohua Liu

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Wastewater infrastructure for sustainable cities: assessment based on UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)

    H. M. K. Delanka-Pedige;S. P. Munasinghe-Arachchige;I. S. A. Abeysiriwardana-Arachchige;N. Nirmalakhandan

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Digital transformation and sustainable development in higher education in a post-pandemic world

    (2023)
    33 Citations
  • Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature

    W. Leal Filho;M. Will;Chris Shiel;A. Paço

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Algal pathway towards meeting United Nation’s sustainable development goal 6

    Himali M. K. Delanka-Pedige;Srimali P. Munasinghe-Arachchige;Isuru S. A. Abeysiriwardana-Arachchige;Yanyan Zhang

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Higher education and food waste: assessing current trends

    Walter Leal Filho;Amanda Lange Salvia;Brittany Davis;Markus Will

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Transient poverty in a sustainable development context

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Potentials of community-based-ecotourism to improve human wellbeing in Cambodia: an application of millennium ecosystem assessment framework

    Abu Smg Kibria;Alison Behie;Robert Costanza;Colin Groves

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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