Geography, Environment, Sustainability

Aims & Scope

Journal “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” is founded by the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, The Russian Geographical Society and by the Institute of Geography of RAS.

It is the official journal of Russian Geographical Society, and a fully open access journal.

Journal “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” publishes original, innovative, interdisciplinary and timely research letter articles and concise reviews on studies of the Earth and its environment scientific field.

This goal covers a broad spectrum of scientific research areas (physical-, social-, economic-, cultural geography, environmental sciences and sustainable development) and also considers contemporary and widely used research methods, such as geoinformatics, cartography, remote sensing (including from space), geophysics, geochemistry, etc. “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” is the only original English-language journal in the field of geography and environmental sciences published in Russia.

It is supposed to be an outlet from the Russian-speaking countries to Europe and an inlet from Europe to the Russian-speaking countries regarding environmental and Earth sciences, geography and sustainability.

The main sections of the journal are the theory of geography and ecology, the theory of sustainable development, use of natural resources, natural resources assessment, global and regional changes of environment and climate, social-economical geography, ecological regional planning, sustainable regional development, applied aspects of geography and ecology, geoinformatics and ecological cartography, ecological problems of oil and gas sector, nature conservations, health and environment, and education for sustainable development.

Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Monitoring Land Use And Land Cover Changes Using Geospatial Techniques, A Case Study Of Fateh Jang, Attock, Pakistan

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Aqil, Hong, Saima, Muhammad, Muhammad

• New trends in urban environmental health research: from geography of diseases to therapeutic landscapes and healing gardens

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Diana, Maria

• Simultaneous assessment of the summer urban heat island in Moscow megacity based on <i>in situ</i> observations, thermal satellite images and mesoscale modeling

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Mikhail I., Mikhail Y., Hendrik

• GEOTECHNICAL SAFETY ISSUES IN THE CITIES OF POLAR REGIONS

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Valery, Dmitry, Nikolay

• A TOOLBOX FOR SEDIMENT BUDGET RESEARCH IN SMALL CATCHMENTS

  Citation: 32

  Authors: S., V., A., Ph., R., M., M.

• Physicochemical Properties of Road Dust in Moscow

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Nikolay S., Natalia E., Dmitry V., Ksenia S., Alexander V.

• Dynamic Analysis Of Soil Erosion-Based Watershed Health

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Zeinab, Seyed Hamidreza, Mehdi

• INDICATORS FOR DIGITALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN PEEX PROGRAM

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Sergey N., Olga Yu., Markku, Hanna K., Tuukka, Svetlana V., Vladimir S., Veli-Pekka

• AEROSOL PROPERTIES IN MOSCOW ACCORDING TO 10 YEARS OF AERONET MEASUREMENTS AT THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Natalia, Alexander, Brent

• Environmental Variability Of The Ponto-Caspian And Mediterranean Basins During The Last Climatic Macrocycle

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Tamara A.