Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Aims & Scope

The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date with the expanding volume of information published in their subject.

In Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner: 1.

The views of experts on current advances in environmental sustainability in a clear and readable form. 2.

Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to track the emergence of a new innovative sustainability science discipline by integrating across regional and global systems with their typical dimensions, human-environment interactions and management challenges.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability thus emphasises the actual interdisciplinary sustainability research approaches, the solutions it provides and their dissemination and application.

The subject of environmental sustainability is divided into 6 themed annual issues.

Each theme helps to identify, understand and solve sustainability problems and are not mutually exclusive.

The overlap results from the actual complexity of combining all the sustainability science dimensions and approaches.

The themes are: 1.

Environmental change issues; 2.

Environmental change assessments; 3.

System dynamics and sustainability; 4.

Sustainability governance and transformation; 5.

Sustainability challenges; 6.

Sustainability science.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.150

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	133

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1254

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2076

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

  Citation: 1852

  Authors: Sandra, Sebsebe, Julia, Carlos, Mark, Neville, Anne, Jay Ram, Salvatore, András, Ann, Ivar Andreas, Adem, Eduardo, Kai MA, Viviana Elsa, Anantha, Markus, Rosemary, Thomas, Paul, Philip, Georgina M, Berta, Michiko, Diego, Unai, Edgar Selvin, Belinda, Eva, Osamu, Robert John, Nalini, Heather, Randolph, Robert, Tetsukazu, Zakri Abdul, Callistus, Yousef, Rashad, Edward, Stanley T, Zemede, Gabor, L Anathea, Jorge, Gemedo, Dedy, Amanda, Gunay, Pablo, Pierre, Ali Moustafa Mokhtar, Bojie, Haripriya, Shizuka, Floyd, Sandra, Gabriela, William Armand, Wadzanayi, Piotr, Carmel, Mehrasa, Jean Paul, Jean Bruno, Henrik, Harold A, Peter, Harini, Carsten, Alfred Apau, György, Marie, Jennifer, Maria, Peggy, Rashid, Kazuhiko, Spencer, Madhu, Youn, Diana

• Valuing nature’s contributions to people: the IPBES approach

  Citation: 1249

  Authors: Unai, Patricia, Sandra, György, Eva, Marie, Robert T, Esra, Mine, Eszter, Virginie, Martin, Suneetha M, Heidi, Asia, SoEun, Yousef S, Edward, Stanley T, Pam, Adem, Sara J, Craig, Daniel, Hamed, Eugenio, Christopher D, Erik, David, Joël, Hans, Ritesh, Keping, Peter H, Aroha, Patrick, Ram, Walter, Ramón, Florin, Susan, Diego, Heli, Bernardo B, Marjan, Madhu, Fern, Noboyuki

• Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

  Citation: 678

  Authors: Frank, Norichika, Rakhyun E

• Transdisciplinary global change research: the co-creation of knowledge for sustainability

  Citation: 674

  Authors: Wolfram, Gernot, Martin, Bettina Susanne, Heide, Rik, Howard

• Climate change and urban resilience

  Citation: 669

  Authors: Robin

• The politics of co-production: participation, power, and transformation

  Citation: 634

  Authors: Esther, Tamara, Carina, Nicole, Elena

• Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability

  Citation: 620

  Authors: Elena M, Wolfgang, Alpina, Georgina, Sandra, Benis N, Ilse R, Cornelia B, Sandra, Elena, Louis, Berta, Patrick, Harold A, Jeanne L, Unai, Karine, Natalia Pérez, Garry D, Anne-Hélène, Belinda, Peter, Ralf, Martin, Petra, Teja, BL, Peter H, Ernesto F, Piran CL, Guy

• Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas

  Citation: 612

  Authors: T, H, SN, S, J, JN, E, DJ, J, R

• Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: a review of criticisms and elaborations of the Multi-Level Perspective

  Citation: 611

  Authors: Frank W

• Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability

  Citation: 575

  Authors: Maria, Rosemary, Pernilla, Christopher M, Marja, Finn, Thomas, Carl

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