Nature Sustainability
Last updated ISSN 2398-9629
Nature Sustainability is published by Nature Portfolio in environmental science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $12,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Nature Sustainability concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2398-9629 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $12,690 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,939 |
| Publishing since | 2008 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/natsustain/ |
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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