Discover Sustainability

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Discover Sustainability is an open access journal publishing research across all fields relevant to sustainability.

Indexed in Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS with a CiteScore 2023 of 4.0, and DOAJ.
Topics include food security, biodiversity conservation, circular economy, and more.
A Discover journal focused on speed of submission and review, service, and integrity.

Editor-in-Chief

Walter Leal Filho PhD, DSc, DPhil

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Journal Impact Factor: 2.4 (2023)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.3 (2023)

Submission to first decision (median): 16 days

Downloads: 838.8k (2024)

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Artificial Intelligence in Hydro-environmental Engineering and Research

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of hydro-environmental engineering by offering innovative solutions to complex challenges...

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Weather and Climate Extremes: A Special Reference to Multidisciplinary Research and Policy Developments

This Collection, titled "Weather and Climate Extremes: A Special Reference to Multidisciplinary Research and Policy Developments," focuses on the...

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Transforming Education for Innovation, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility

Education plays a key role in addressing today’s global challenges, including climate change, social inequalities, and technological changes.

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Latest articles

Smart sustainable cyber security: modelling an interpretable and transparent threat detection with explainable artificial intelligence
Saif Jasim Almheiri
Asghar Ali Shah
Muhammad Adnan Khan
Research Open access 24 May 2025 Article: 442
Does climate finance achieve its goals in developing countries? An econometric assessment of mitigation and adaptation outcomes
Bolin Wei
Research Open access 24 May 2025 Article: 441
Enhancing access to rainwater harvesting in regions with saline groundwater
Harish Puppala
Manoj Kumar Arora
Kousik Das
Research Open access 23 May 2025 Article: 440
Modeling the impact of conflicts and socioeconomic factors on mortality rate in Somalia
Abdimalik Ali Warsame
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi
Hassan Abdikadir Hussein
Research Open access 23 May 2025 Article: 439
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Harmonizing Landscapes: Strategies for Sustainable Land-Use Management
Enhancing potato growth and quality through macronutrient and zinc fertilization: a field-based study on osmolyte responses and quality trait
Yan Yang
Hongyang Wang
Gang Deng
Research Open access 23 May 2025 Article: 438

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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2024 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Electronic ISSN: 2662-9984
Abstracted and indexed in: Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

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