Journals listed in Web of Science and JCR receive many submissions and desk reject a large share. A section-by-section audit by a PhD reviewer in your area shows what to fix first.
Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Challenges in Sustainability (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Challenges in Sustainability published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q4Green & Sustainable Science & Technologyrank 85 of 104 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access; article processing charge listed at about US$323.
02Indexing
Indexing of Challenges in Sustainability
- ISSN
- 2297-6477
- Publisher
- Acadlore Publishing Services Limited
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Challenges in Sustainability publishes: real papers
Words that appear most often in the titles of the papers published here that we track. Choose one to see those papers:
04Published papers
Papers published in Challenges in Sustainability
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Urban expansion and its dual impact on biodiversity loss and thermal dynamics: A remote sensing-based assessment of Abomey-Calavi, Benin20250 citations
- Integrating economic analysis and reliability assessment for sustainable management in the Italian used car market20250 citations
- Toward sustainable energy consumption: Identifying barriers to household adoption of photovoltaic solar technology20250 citations
- A data-driven benchmarking framework for enhancing sustainability performance in UI GreenMetric rankings: Insights from Saudi Arabian higher education …20250 citations
- Assessing the role of the blue economy in strengthening food security: Evidence from lower-middle-income ASEAN countries20250 citations
- Analysis of decentralized energy systems in rural communities: A focus on accessibility and sustainability20250 citations
- Optimising energy efficiency in India: A sustainable energy transition through the adoption of district cooling systems in Pune20250 citations
- Integrated wastewater management for environmental protection and sustainable ecotourism in an Andean paramo community20250 citations
- Advancing urban building energy modeling: The role of hybrid energy modeling in enhancing energy consumption predictions20250 citations
- Renewable energy communities in Italy: A national framework for sustainable cities20250 citations
- Sustainable accounting transformation through cloud technologies: Evidence from Romania20250 citations
- Economic viability and policy imperatives of carbon capture, utilisation and storage in Indonesia's pathway to net-zero emissions20250 citations
- Dartim, & Andriyani, N.(2024). Bibliometric analysis of carbon capture and storage (CCS) research: Evolution, impact, and future directions20240 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Challenges in Sustainability
No reviewer or editor comments have been shared for this journal yet. Did you submit here? Help other researchers by sharing the comments you received, anonymously.
Share reviewer comments for this journal →Across the reviewer comments researchers have shared with us, the points raised most often are figures, tables and equations (21%), literature and references (12%) and novelty and contribution (10%). Before you submit to Challenges in Sustainability, a Manuscript Audit by a PhD reviewer in your area checks your paper against exactly these points.
Audit my paper before I submit →Not sure yet? Check if your paper is ready for this journal: free, no AI, under 5 secondsPreparing to submit here? Make sure reviewers don't stop at the issues they raise most often. A PhD reviewer in your area can audit your manuscript section by section, and we can convert it into the journal's LaTeX template.
06Similar journals
Journals similar to Challenges in Sustainability
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
- Frontiers in Energy ResearchSCIEScopusJCR 202423 similar papers
- Frontiers in Environmental ScienceSCIEScopusJCR 202419 similar papers
- SustainabilitySCIESSCIScopusJCR 202410 similar papers
- Frontiers in Public HealthSCIESSCIScopusJCR 202412 similar papers
- PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202438 similar papers
- PeerJSCIEScopusJCR 20248 similar papers
07Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
Is Challenges in Sustainability right for your paper? Compare journals
Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 156,435 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Challenges in Sustainability?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Challenges in Sustainability is 2.40: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.40 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Challenges in Sustainability?
The h-index of Challenges in Sustainability is 18 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 18 of its papers have each been cited at least 18 times. Its i10-index is 33.
What is the APC of Challenges in Sustainability?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$323 for Challenges in Sustainability, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Challenges in Sustainability a Q4 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Challenges in Sustainability ranks 85 of 104 journals in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology, which places it in Q4 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Challenges in Sustainability indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Challenges in Sustainability appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Challenges in Sustainability an SCIE journal?
Challenges in Sustainability is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Challenges in Sustainability in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Challenges in Sustainability is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Challenges in Sustainability publish?
The papers published in Challenges in Sustainability that we track most often mention sustainable, energy, community, urban, assessment, economic. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Challenges in Sustainability does ScholarsColab track?
We track 13 papers published in Challenges in Sustainability between 2024 and 2025, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Want a PhD expert to choose the journal with you?
Our Journal Selection & Submission service shortlists up to 5 journals that match your manuscript, indexing requirement and target quartile, and handles the submission. If your paper was rejected before, a Manuscript Audit shows what to fix first.
Popular journals
- The Lancet
- Nature
- Science
- PLoS ONE
- Scientific Reports
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Japanese Journal Of Applied Physics
- British Journal of Surgery
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Value in Health
- Fuel
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Biophysical Journal
- Ceramics International
- Polymer
- Sensors
- Applied Sciences
- Thin Solid Films
- Organic Letters
Browse all journals: indexing, impact factor and reviewer comments →