Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal focusing on fundamental and applied research aimed at designing, understanding, and promoting environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities.
We encourage submission of cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in the areas of,
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Smart cities and resilient environments;
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Alternative/clean energy sources, energy distribution, distributed energy generation, and energy demand reduction/management;
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Monitoring and improving air quality in built environment and cities (e.g., healthy built environment and air quality management);
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Energy efficient, low/zero carbon, and green buildings/communities;
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Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments;
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Green infrastructure and BMPs;
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Environmental Footprint accounting and management;
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Urban agriculture and forestry;
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ICT, smart grid and intelligent infrastructure;
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Urban design/planning, regulations, legislation, certification, economics, and policy;
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Social aspects, impacts and resiliency of cities;
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Behavior monitoring, analysis and change within urban communities;
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Health monitoring and improvement;
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Nexus issues related to sustainable cities and societies;
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Smart city governance;
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Decision Support Systems for trade-off and uncertainty analysis for improved management of cities and society;
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Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications and case studies;
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Critical infrastructure protection, including security, privacy, forensics, and reliability issues of cyber-physical systems.
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Water footprint reduction and urban water distribution, harvesting, treatment, reuse and management;
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Waste reduction and recycling;
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Wastewater collection, treatment and recycling;
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Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure
Abstracting & Indexing
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Detailed Metrics
Total Docs. (latest)
1,016
Total Docs. (3 years)
2,473
Total Refs.
80,294
Total Citations (3 years)
36,340
Citable Docs. (3 years)
2,469
Citations / Doc. (2 years)
14.50
Ref. / Doc.
79.03
% Female
37.0%
Metrics Visualization
Latest year data vs 3-year cumulative figures
Female: 37.0% |
Male: 63.0%
Citations / Doc. (2yr)14.50
High impact
References / Doc.79.03
High refs
Citable / Total Docs (3yr)99.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the impact factor of Sustainable Cities and Society?
The official Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is published by Clarivate in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and is not listed on this page. Based on SCImago data, Sustainable Cities and Society has an SJR of 2.982 and is ranked Q1.
What is the SJR and quartile of Sustainable Cities and Society?
Sustainable Cities and Society has an SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) of 2.982 and its best quartile is Q1.
What is the H-index of Sustainable Cities and Society?
The H-index of Sustainable Cities and Society is 184, meaning 184 of its articles have each been cited at least 184 times.
Is Sustainable Cities and Society indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Sustainable Cities and Society is active in Scopus (Scopus Source List, August 2026).