Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Sustainability was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Sustainability adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2011 | Sustainability was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 3). Sustainability co-organized the 1st World Sustainability Forum, virtual. |
| 2012 | Sustainability co-organized the 2nd World Sustainability Forum, virtual. |
| 2013 | Sustainability was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 3 (Issue 1). Sustainability was indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 3 (Issue 1). Sustainability established the following sections: -Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources; -Social Aspects of Sustainability; -Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability; -Sustainable Engineering and Science; -Energy Sustainability; -Sustainable Urban and Rural Development; -Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Wildlife; -Sustainability Education and Approaches; -Sustainability of Culture and Heritage; -Environmental Sustainability and Applications. Sustainability co-organized the 3rd World Sustainability Forum, virtual. |
| 2014 | Sustainability co-organized the 4th World Sustainability Forum, virtual. |
| 2015 | Sustainability received its 2015 Impact Factor (0.942). Sustainability received its 2015 CiteScore (1.6). Sustainability established the following section: -Sustainable Chemistry. Sustainability co-organized the 5th World Sustainability Forum in Basel, Switzerland. |
| 2016 | Sustainability received its 2015 Impact Factor (1.343). Sustainability received its 2015 CiteScore (1.7). |
| 2017 | Sustainability received its 2016 Impact Factor (1.789). Sustainability received its 2016 CiteScore (2.1). Sustainability became an affiliated journal of the Society for Urban Ecology (SURE). Sustainability announced the 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award. Sustainability attended and sponsored Sardinia Symposium 2017. Sustainability co-organized the 6th World Sustainability Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 2018 | Sustainability received its 2017 Impact Factor (2.075). Sustainability received its 2017 CiteScore (2.5). Sustainability established the following sections: -Sustainable Transportation; -Sustainability in Geographic Science. Sustainability announced the 2019 Travel Award. Sustainability published its 10,000th paper. Sustainability announced the 2018 Young Investigator Award. Sustainability attended and sponsored BES Annual Meeting 2018. Sustainability co-organized the 7th World Sustainability Forum in Beijing, China. |
| 2019 | Sustainability received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.592). Sustainability received its 2018 CiteScore (2.8). Sustainability adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. Sustainability announced the 2019 Best Paper Award. The year 2019 marked the 10th Anniversary of Sustainability. The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) became affiliated to Sustainability. Sustainability established the following section: -Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development. |
| 2020 | Sustainability received its 2019 Impact Factor (2.576). Sustainability received its 2019 CiteScoren (3.2). Sustainability established the following sections: -Hazards and Sustainability; -Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation; -Climate Change; -Sustainable Materials; -Health and Sustainability; -Sustainable Food; -Resources and Sustainable Utilization; -Sustainable Management. The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) became affiliated to Sustainability. Sustainability co-organized the 8th World Sustainability Forum, virtual, in Switzerland. |
| 2021 | Sustainability received its 2020 Impact Factor (3.251). Sustainability received its 2020 CiteScore (3.9). Sustainability established the following sections: -Green Building; -Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability; -Soil Conservation and Sustainability; -Sustainable Forestry; -Sustainable Oceans; -Sustainable Water Management; -Waste and Recycling; -Bioeconomy of Sustainability. Sustainability co-organized the 9th World Sustainability Forum, virtual. |
| 2022 | Sustainability received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.889). Sustainability received its 2021 CiteScore (5.0). |
| 2023 | Sustainability received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.9). Sustainability received its 2022 CiteScore (5.8). Sustainability established the following sections: -Sustainable Products and Services; -Development Goals towards Sustainability. Sustainability co-organized the 10th World Sustainability Forum, hybrid, in Singapore, Basel, CH and Toronto, CA. |
| 2024 | Sustainability received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.3). Sustainability received its 2023 CiteScore (6.8). |
| 2025 | Sustainability received its 2024 Impact Factor (3.3). Sustainability received its 2024 CiteScore (7.7). Sustainability held 11th World Sustainability Forum in Barcelona, Spain. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo for the section on Economic, Business, and Management Aspects of Sustainability |
| 2013–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tan Yigitcanlar for the section on Sustainable Urban and Rural Development |
| 2014–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helmut Haberl for the section on Social Ecology and Sustainability |
| 2014–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Torretta for the section on Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources |
| 2015–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Derek J. McPhee for the section on Sustainable Chemistry |
| 2015–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Iain J. Gordon for the section on Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation |
| 2017–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kerry Shephard for the section on Sustainable Education and Approaches |
| 2017–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manfred Max Bergman for the section on Sustainability of Culture and Heritage Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tomonobu Senjyu for the section on Energy Sustainability |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Annamaria Di Fabio for the section on Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development Section |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paolo S. Calabrò for the section on Waste and Recycling Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Idiano D’Adamo for the section on Bioeconomy of Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steve W. Lyon for the section on Sustainable Water Management |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lei Zhang for the section on Sustainable Transportation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chen-Tung Arthur Chen for the section on Sustainable Oceans Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alan Randall for the section on Resources and Sustainable Utilization Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark A. Bonn for the section on Tourism, Culture, and Heritage Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Asdrubali for the section on Green Building Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Erfu Dai for the section on Sustainability in Geographic Science Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar for the section on Sustainable Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lin Lu for the section on Energy Sustainability |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Idiano D'Adamo for the section on Development Goals towards Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Angelo Albini for the section on Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria De Nobili for the section on Soil Conservation and Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José Ignacio Alvarez for the section on Sustainable Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ronald C. Estoque for the section on Sustainable Forestry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jaspreet Singh for the section on Sustainable Food Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David González-Gómez for the section on Sustainable Education and Approaches |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Irene Petrosillo for the section on Environmental Sustainability and Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Formisano for the section on Sustainable Engineering and Science |
| 2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heinz Welsch for the section on Health, Well-Being and Sustainability |
