Resources, Environment and Sustainability was founded in 2020. It is an international peer review academic journal owned by Lishui Institute of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing University, China and published by Elsevier.
Resources, Environment and Sustainability focuses on the exploration of resources, environmental protection and human sustainability. It aims to provide a platform for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners worldwide to exchange and share the latest research outcomes, policy analysis, and practical experience, in order to promote scientific research and practical innovation in the fields of resources, environment, and sustainable development.
Resources, Environment and Sustainability has been indexed by more than twenty databases like China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Ei Compendex, GEOBASE, GeoRef, WorldCat, and CAB Abstracts. The impact factor is 12.4 in 2023, ranking 11 of the 358 journals in the environmental science category and the Cite Score is 15.1.
Resources, Environment and Sustainability solicits excellent manuscript sources in the multidisciplinary fields of natural, social and engineering. Scholars are welcomed to organize special issues on major scientific research projects and hot scientific issues in related field. Recently, some important articles are published in the journal, including:
- “Greenhouse Gas Removal: ‘Closing the gaps to giga-tonne deployment’”(Guest Editor: Matteo Gazzani, Simon Roussanaly, Rahul Anantharaman, Birka Wicke, Laurent Drouet)
- “Recycling and Sustainability of Strategic Metals Resource” (Guest Editor: Liming Yang, Guang Yang, Heming Wang, Wei Zhang )
- “Research trends of biomass for sustainable building energy and environment” (Guest Editor: Dang Mao Nguyen, Anh Dung Tran-Le, Mourad Rahim)
- “Emerging Pollutants: Impacts on Urban Water Environments and Governance” (Guest Editor: Tong Liu, Zhuohang Xin)
Main columns:
Research papers, reviews, viewpoints, letters to the editor, perspective (by invitation only), etc.
Key areas of focus:
- Sustainable agriculture and food security
- Design for environment
- Sustainable production and cleaner production
- Circular economy and material cycling
- Life cycle assessment
- Sustainable development and sustainability
- Sustainable consumption
International Standard Serial Number：ISSN 2666-9161
Contact Address: Lishui Institute of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing University, No. 288, Qinhuai Avenue, Lishui District, Nanjing, China
Postcode：211200
Email：res@nju.edu.cn
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/resources-environment-and-sustainability