Innovation and Green Development

Aims & Scope

The Article Publishing Charge (APC) fee will be covered by Business School, Zhengzhou University for articles submitted by 31st December 2026.

Given the increasingly severe issues of environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, etc., the world must move towards a sustainable development approach, and issues including technological innovation, green governance and environmental protection are the keys to achieving this ambition.

The demand, supply and power generation of fossil energy have led to various environmental challenges, which makes it necessary for us to update processes and products to realize innovation.

The improvement of innovation for green development requires the support of relative policies.

Innovation and Green Development attempts to publish both theoretical and empirical papers to advance our understanding and provide novel insights into environmental policies and green innovation broadly defined for achieving sustainable goals.

Therefore, this journal will mainly focus on the following areas: Innovation, such as the improvements of environment-related technologies and climate change adaptation technologies.

Environment Policies include government policies and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies.

Green marketing and green finance, such as green financing policies; energy market financialization; government green subsidies; green investment, etc.

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), for example regulatory reforms and policy changes; green financial instruments and investment strategies; and climate-related financial disclosure.

Topics related to carbon emissions, carbon neutrality, carbon negative, etc.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences and Energy, 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

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

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 Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences and Energy, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,900.00 USD. Learn more.

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