OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 25. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach	106
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis	83
Decarbonising air travel in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review	81
Participatory science in higher education: a case study in a Mexican sustainability graduate program	72
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students	63
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)	56
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings	56
The usual discourse of sustainable development and its impact on students of economics: a case from Czech higher education context	54
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration	48
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology	44
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility	41
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior	40
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood	40
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education	36
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India	33
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education	32
Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state	30
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?	30
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?	28
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program	28
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards	28
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana	27
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review	27
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions	26
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass	26

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