Aims and Scope

Achieving Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems is the most important societal challenge of present and future societies. The main goal of the Journal of Sustainable Development Indicators (JSDI) is to provide a wide platform for promoting research on sustainability while assessing the sustainable development through many standardised and conventional but also unconventional and innovative matrices. The published papers in JSDI will need to show the extent to which the presented results address UN Sustainable Development Goals or other important existing and potential issues that impact the well-being of a community or society as a whole.

Target Readership

The journal is intended for researchers, academics, sustainability assessment specialists, decision-makers and policymakers working on the development and application of indicators, metrics and assessment frameworks for sustainable development, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and societal well-being.

Article Types

The journal considers the following article types:

• Original Research Article 
• Review Article 

The journal may also publish Editorials prepared or invited by the Editor-in-Chief, Guest Editors or other authorised contributors. Editorials are not normally open to unsolicited submission. They are assessed editorially and are not normally sent for external peer review. Where an Editorial undergoes external peer review or another review process, the published article will identify the process used.

Detailed submission, authorship and manuscript-preparation requirements for Original Research Articles and Review Articles are provided in the Guide for Authors and Authorship and Contributorship. These article types are subject to initial editorial assessment and external peer review in accordance with Peer Review Policy.

Journal information

Detailed information about peer review is provided in Peer Review Policy, the Guide for Authors and the Guide for Reviewers.

Information about immediate open access, copyright and licensing is provided on Open Access, Copyright and Licensing.

Current indexing, archiving and interoperability arrangements are listed on Indexing, Archiving and Discoverability.

The journal follows the SDEWES Journals Policies, which apply across all SDEWES journals.

Editorial and other enquiries should be submitted through the appropriate route identified on the Contact page.

Publisher