Sustainable Development

Papers
(The H4-Index of Sustainable Development is 51. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Green growth as a pathway toward sustainable development: A systems thinking on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau in China282
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Sustainable Development in Africa: The Contribution of Chinese Investment and Trade to Environmental Goods189
Quantification of systemic importance of SDGs in Asian‐African countries: A network hierarchy analysis188
The Challenge of Introducing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation—An Ethnographic Study151
Corporate board diversity, environmental compliance, and occupational health and safety disclosure for achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy144
An evaluation methodological approach to support the definition of effective urban projects: A case study in the city of Rome (Italy)137
Extended producer responsibility in e‐waste recycling: A secure path to a sustainable future for UAE127
Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development125
Macroeconomic Drivers of Sustainable Tourism Development in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach124
Fostering sustainable production via the Amazon Fund collaborative platform121
Exploring Asia's Sustainable Future: A Panel Causality Analysis of Financial Growth, Technology, and Institutional Quality in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals121
Evaluating the Potential of Information and Communication Technologies to Increase Aquaculture Sustainability119
Impact of environmental policies on the profitability of greenhouse agriculture in southeastern Spain99
Microplastics in global rivers: Sustainable practices96
Current research trends in child poverty and psychological resilience research: A bibliometric analysis approach87
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications86
Circular Economy Practices in the Hotel Industry: An Urban Destination Versus a Sun and Beach Island Destination84
Development sustainability levels in EU countries83
Assessing the influence of research quality on policy citations: Quantitative analysis finds non‐academic factors more likely to influence how papers get cited in SDG policy82
How Do Path Dependencies in Family Farming Affect Behavioural Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Practices? Exploring the Potential of Developing Carbon Farming by Smallholders in Serbia81
Does industrial sustainable development policy act as a booster for urban economic growth? Evidence from China's eco‐industrial parks80
A Leap Toward Sustainable Consciousness: SCQ‐S Validation for Spanish Adolescents78
Local resilience for low‐carbon transition in Poland: Frameworks, conditions and opportunities for Central European countries77
Environmental sustainable development through modeling and ranking of influential factors of reference groups on consumer behavior of green products: The case of Iran76
Financial development and sustainable development: A review of literature75
Biomimetic Approaches for Renewable Energy and Carbon Neutrality: Advancing Nature‐Inspired Approaches for Sustainable Development73
Environmental sustainability in developing countries: Understanding the criticality of financial inclusion and globalization73
Tourism development level and tourism eco‐efficiency: Exploring the role of environmental regulations in sustainable development72
Forecasting sustainable development goals scores by 2030 using machine learning models68
Does sustainable corporate governance have an impact on materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting? International evidence66
Green Innovation and Fiscal Spending: Decoding the Path to Sustainable Development65
Do command‐and‐control environmental regulations realize the win‐win of “pollution reduction” and “efficiency improvement” for enterprises? Evidence from China64
Exploring the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the United Nations sustainable development goals: A comprehensive literature review63
Does industry 5.0 model optimize sustainable performance of Agri‐enterprises? Real‐time investigation from the realm of stakeholder theory and domain62
Environmental Performance and SDGs: How Do Income Disparity, Urbanization, Resource Consumption, and Female Employers Affect the Ecological Footprint in Emerging Economies?62
Non‐state shareholder governance and corporate sustainability: Evidence from environmental, social and governance ratings61
Community Social Sustainability: Unpacking the Concept for Urban Governance and Planning60
Sustainable practices in hospitality pre and amid COVID‐19 pandemic: Looking back for moving forward post‐COVID‐1960
Redefining sustainable urban development: A critical analysis in the wake of COVID‐1959
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Realizing environmental sustainability development through the efficiency of Web 3.0 on supply chain resilience59
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Offshore wind energy and fisheries: Sustainable development goals, enterprise practices, and fishermen's perspectives56
Measuring regions' vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in China: An application of hybrid assessment approach56
Gold mining in Ghana and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring community perspectives on social and environmental injustices54
I feel and I invest: Social emotions and sustainable investing in Germany and Japan54
Environmental information disclosure, environmental innovation, and firms' growth performances: The moderating role of media attention54
Trending topics and themes in environmental innovation research based on topic modeling52
Factors influencing purchase intention for recycled products: A comparative analysis of Germany and South Africa51
Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals51
Determinants of corporate climate change disclosure: Is the mediating role of corporate strategic response to environmental governance and policy matter? Evidence from emerging market51
Factors Influencing Technology Adoption for Sustainability in Manufacturing Firms: An Empirical Analysis and Literature Review51
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