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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach	101
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis	79
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India	76
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration	65
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood	60
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education	55
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior	53
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)	51
Decarbonising air travel in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review	48
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?	45
Participatory science in higher education: a case study in a Mexican sustainability graduate program	42
The usual discourse of sustainable development and its impact on students of economics: a case from Czech higher education context	39
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students	38
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education	36
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology	35
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings	35
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility	33
Are LEED campus buildings universally designed? Assessments at Virginia Tech	31
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions	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
Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions	28
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?	27
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass	26
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program	26
Waste governance and campus sustainability: formal and informal waste systems at football tailgates in Michigan	26

Authentic assessment targeting sustainability outcomes: a case study exploring student perceptions	25
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development	25
Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia	25