Challenges
Last updated ISSN 2078-1547
Challenges is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute in environmental science. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,689.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Challenges concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Public Health Policies and Education
Key facts
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2078-1547 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,689 |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 567 |
| Publishing since | 1998 |
| Journal website | www.mdpi.com/journal/challenges/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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