World Development Sustainability

Aims & Scope

World Development Sustainability is a multi-disciplinary, gold open access social sciences journal focusing on sustainable development.

It is a companion title to the prestigious World Development, its distinct focus is on publishing novel and cutting-edge research on sustainability, especially economic development, social development, natural resources, and the environment.

It covers the theory, practice, policy solutions and the latest research trends on sustainable development.

World Development Sustainability encompasses a comprehensive range of research fields and disciplinary perspectives focusing on social sciences and environmental science.

World Development Sustainability aims to publish articles that will deepen understanding of mechanisms for ensuring the sustainability of human beings; track and/or measure progress on the achievement of global objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); explore sustainable ways of improving the standards of common living and the welfare effect of common goods; encourage theoretical and empirical research on social and environmental sciences focusing on sustainability; promote scientific governance and impact assessments of global sustainable development by examining problems such as: poverty, failure of environmental public goods, hunger, disease, lack of shelter, environmental degradation, tragedy of the commons, sustainable resources, mediocre scientific and technological resources, gender and ethnic discrimination, and lack of popular participation in economic and green life.

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 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

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 Social Sciences, 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 1,400.00 USD. Learn more.

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