International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 2. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach96
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education90
Development and implementation of a cross-course collaborative project on cotton sustainability: a self-determination theory perspective66
Decarbonising air travel in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review61
Participatory science in higher education: a case study in a Mexican sustainability graduate program53
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis42
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology42
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students42
Higher education institutions catalyzing climate action: bibliometric review and future perspectives39
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India38
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood37
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration35
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility30
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?30
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education30
Waste governance and campus sustainability: formal and informal waste systems at football tailgates in Michigan29
Integration of sustainability in the curricula of public higher education institutions in Portugal: do strategic plans and self-report align?29
Are LEED campus buildings universally designed? Assessments at Virginia Tech29
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards27
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass27
Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions26
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?26
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions26
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana26
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review26
Teaching sustainability in design: assessing the usability of the design for amelioration tool24
Authentic assessment targeting sustainability outcomes: a case study exploring student perceptions24
Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state24
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development23
The implementation of sustainability in Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology23
A critical review of sustainability assessment tools for higher education institutions23
Developing systems thinking to address climate change22
Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach22
How sustainable is the governance for sustainability in higher education? Insights from an Italian case study22
Integrating behavioral insights into the UI GreenMetric framework: applying the theory of planned behavior at Yazd University22
Addressing climate change education: relevant contributions from universities22
Game-based learning about the circular economy in building sustainable communities: a case of international and interdisciplinary university collaboration21
Reinforcing infrastructure equity through leveraging Envision rating system within construction education20
Change agents under tensions: a paradox approach to strategies for transforming higher education toward sustainability20
Empowering undergraduate students to take action: an empathetic mindset toward education for sustainable development20
Food choices and sustainability considerations and their association with food consumption patterns in East Asian students in the USA20
Measurement of sustainable attitudes: a scale for business students19
What transforms? – Transformative learning in a sustainability leadership master’s program19
SDG4 academic research productivity in the EU27: economic factors and COVID-19 impacts19
Bottled vs tap water perceptions, choices and recommendations in a US Midwest university community19
Food waste factors in university restaurants: evidence from Brazilian students19
“Connect the circle” systems thinking tool for postgraduate sustainability education: case study18
Changing the world one engineer at a time – unmaking the traditional engineering education when introducing sustainability subjects18
Business professors’ behavior toward incorporating sustainability in the classroom – a theory of planned behavior perspective18
Do professional courses prepare hospitality students for efficient surplus food management? A self-evaluation of professional competence in food waste prevention18
Effect of sustainability measures on student satisfaction regarding accommodation services: practical study from the University of Northampton in the UK18
The sustainability integration framework: a new model for embedding sustainability in UK universities18
Structural drivers and barriers to the strategic integration of sustainability in US B-schools18
Environmental, social, governance and sustainable development goals: promoting sustainability in universities17
Biodiversity preservation in German higher education institutions: existing approaches, challenges and future developments17
Interdisciplinary mobility: an approach to measuring interdisciplinary learning outcomes by using curricular checkpoints17
The influence of sustainability education on students’ entrepreneurial intentions16
Assessment of sustainability consciousness among pre-service teachers in China under the “Double Carbon” goal16
Green absorptive capacity, green dynamic capabilities and green service innovation: a study in Brazilian universities16
Circular economy education: student feedback from five higher education institutions in the Asia Pacific16
A novel and comprehensive approach to mapping university research onto the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the case of University College Cork, Ireland15
University air travel and greenhouse gas mitigation: an analysis of higher education climate policies15
Sustainability transformation processes as a driving force to promote female participation in STEM-oriented higher education institutions: a Chilean case study15
Visual images of sustainability in higher education: the hidden curriculum of climate change on campus15
Obstacles to the sustainability of Arabic language education in Indian universities14
Current themes and future directions of the sustainable development goals in higher education14
The integration of SDGs and biodiversity in HEIs curricula and practices: a systematic literature review14
A comparison on the evaluation standards of sustainable campus between China and America14
What do medical students know about sustainable development?14
A 5 pillars approach to the sustainable development goals performance and reporting in Portuguese higher education institutions. Proposal for an applied framework14
Invisible inequities in higher education: faculty EDI disclosures in university sustainability reports13
Sustainability accounting education: challenges and outlook13
Empowering youth for sustainability in universities: service-learning and the willingness to act13
Teacher’s agency in education for sustainable development: an East-West collaborative Erasmus programme using Q methodology13
Education for sustainable development in higher education institutions: an approach for effective interdisciplinarity12
Pendulum effect: how formal structures and hidden curriculum act in higher education institutions’ contribution to sustainable development?12
Awareness and perception of the environmental sustainability of the UAE University campus: a case study of sustainability course12
Pro-environmental choices in Indonesia’s campus life: examining the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) for sustainable behavior in a university setting12
Can emotional intelligence and social innovation influence intention toward sustainability?12
Green building practices in higher education institutes: strategies for implementation12
Is university teaching aligned with the sustainable development goals possible? An approach through the virtual training of university professors12
Physical education teacher educators’ subjective theories about sustainability and education for sustainable development12
Sustainable community development through peer-to-peer learning in the online and in-person classroom12
Research on the influencing factors and upgrading paths for innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities under the background of sustainable development goals: a QCA empirical study on ne12
Exploring response levels to sustainability in engineering curricula: a cross-case analysis12
Hybrid method to guide sustainable initiatives in higher education: a critical analysis of Brazilian municipalities12
Perception about sustainable development goals among Erasmus students in a Spanish university11
Implementation of sustainability principles in landscape architecture education: an examination of faculty attitudes and course syllabi11
Leveraging community-engaged teaching and learning in higher education institutions for advancing sustainable development: a literature review11
Promoting sustainable food behavior among young people: evidence-based suggestions for intervention in higher education11
Investigations regarding perspectives between design education and industry practices in sustainability design11
Education for sustainable transformation: a multi-actor perspective on higher education institutions’ contribution to agrifood systems11
Service learning for sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis of research (1997–2023)11
Climate lessons from the cold edge: rethinking the university as an ethical ecology11
Publisher’s note11
Systems thinking for systems leadership: promoting competency development for graduate students in sustainability studies11
Students’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards the sustainable development goals at the University of South Africa11
Perception of sustainable construction among Nigerian university students: a case study analysis11
Problem-based learning for the development of sustainable attitudes and knowledge in engineering students: evidence from the Dominican Republic11
The carbon footprint at quality and environmental university consortium – QualEnv11
Sustainability in higher education in Ecuador- Universidad Técnica del Norte case study10
Analyzing sustainability disclosure in Portuguese universities: the role of corporate governance10
Who is taking climate action in university? Drivers of personal and professional climate action in higher education10
Innovation for environmental sustainability: longitudinal effects of an education for sustainable development intervention on university students’ pro-environmentalism10
Understanding the environmental footprint of a Swiss university – mobility, energy and material consumption before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic10
Understanding the role of nutrition literacy in sustainable nutrition10
Maintenance of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 in a Brazilian private university, seeking sustainable development10
The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale10
Perceptions of different communication strategies on proenvironmental waste disposal behavior: a case study with university students in Brazil10
Proposed mapping and evaluation model of sustainable development goals in graduate programs in environmental sciences in Brazil9
Influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the impact factor of a sample of environment/sustainability-related journals9
Innovative solutions to sustainability in higher education: an exploratory case study of virtual labs in Aotearoa New Zealand9
Factors influencing online sustainability disclosure in Spanish universities9
“Going beyond the call of duty”: academic agency and promoting transformation for sustainability in higher education9
How to boost college students’ pro-environmental behavior: the implicit theory perspective9
The sustainability literacy assessment instruments: a systematic literature review9
Establishment and implementation of behavioral observation scale for avoiding food waste for hospitality students9
Incidence of sustainability in university performance: evidence of stakeholders’ perceptions at Colombian private higher education institutions9
The importance of incorporating lived experience and identity in promoting cultural diversity and sustainability in community college and education: a case study of Community College of Allegheny Coun9
Catalyzing climate action: a case study on universities as hubs for community-engaged climate projects9
Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations8
Trends in research: carbon footprint reduction in universities as a way to achieve a green campus8
Understanding the drivers of sustainable food consumption of Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model8
Responding to urgent calls for fit-for-purpose planetary health curricula: an examination of nutrition and dietetics tertiary education8
Guest editorial: Making an impact – UN Sustainable Development Goals and university performance8
Between real change and institutional facade: unpacking operational sustainability in English universities8
An institutional framework for education for sustainable development through service-learning in universities8
University rankings and sustainable development: the state of the art8
Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?8
Sustainable food literacy in association with water footprint behavior in university students: a cross-sectional study from Turkey8
An assessment of key sustainability competencies: a review of scales and propositions for validation7
Vertically integrated project: uniting teaching, research, and community in favor of sustainability7
Envisioning the Indigenised university for sustainable development7
Investigating the role of green curriculum in shaping pro-environmental behaviors and environmental values orientation for sustainability7
Remanufactured products from university students’ perspective: a reflexive thematic analysis approach7
Spatial examination of sustainability literacy: the interplay of campus greenness and students’ values7
Enhancing urban sustainability in higher education in Chile: insights from active learning from online and in-class formats7
Study on university students’ intention to choose reusable takeaway food containers: evidence from China7
Sustainability governance toward an organizational sustainability culture at German higher education institutions7
International service-learning projects on water sustainable management in higher education: a case study on improving water quality in a needy community7
Sustainable development through service learning and community engagement in higher education: a systematic literature review7
English language teacher trainers’ capacity building in sustainable development goals through MOOCs7
Bridging the gap: participatory action research for climate change adaptation in rural India7
How university students are taught about sustainability, and how they want to be taught: the importance of the hidden curriculum7
Generating students’ loyalty towards the sustainable university during the later COVID-19 pandemic7
Sustainable practices implementation in the future careers of engineering students: an empirical study7
Teachers’ competencies in education for sustainable development in the context of Vietnam7
Understanding greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle assessment of clothing: engaging students’ hands, heads and hearts7
Reducing the environmental impact of food service in universities using life cycle assessment6
Reporting of and policy on greenhouse gas emissions from air travel at Canadian universities6
Prospective science teachers’ knowledge, awareness and understanding of climate change: a case study in Indonesian higher education institution6
Inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: promoting equitable renewable energy opportunities in vulnerable neighbourhoods in Amsterdam through participatory action research6
Exploring the imperative of education and learning for sustainable development: research gaps and pathways6
Environmental values and education in Spanish universities: a questionnaire validation6
A comprehensive review of environmental, sustainability and climate change curriculum in Taiwan’s higher education institutions6
Leveraging educational partnerships to integrate education for sustainable development into university geoscience curriculum6
ESD training for university teachers: which is more effective, the face-to-face or digital format? Results of an intervention study6
Building learning pathways to enhance education for sustainable development (ESD), quality and relevance6
Individual and interlinked SDGs: higher education institutions and metro area sustainability performance6
The role of sustainable development in the academic curriculum and prospective employment: a survey of information technology students in Bulgaria6
Sustainability education at higher education institutions: pedagogies and students’ competences6
IoT solution for energy management and efficiency on a Brazilian university campus – a case study6
Exploring how preservice science and mathematics teachers use systems dynamics tools to explain sustainable development goals6
Farm to college: community engagement, learning and addressing food security while growing local foods on a Midwest college campus6
Sustainable procurement in higher education institutions: a Fuzzy TOPSIS approach for hierarchization of barriers6
Teaching for tomorrow: a qualitative exploration of ESD in initial teacher education across five European universities6
Assessing sustainability knowledge for undergraduate students in different academic programs and settings6
Appreciation of primary preservice teachers about the potential educational use of citizen science in environmental education6
Campus sustainability, organizational learning and sustainability reporting: an empirical analysis6
Systematic exploration of sustainability in higher education: a tertiary perspective6
Boundary crossings: innovating assessment practices in higher education6
What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?6
Scale validation of the “Key Competences in Sustainability” Indicator Tool (KCiS-IT) among business and economics students in seven European HEIs5
Sustainability in education through collaborative learning using social media: an exploratory study with moderating role of “knowledge creator” and “knowledge seeker”5
Environmental behavior of university students5
Shaping pro-environmental behaviors through eco-diaries and research-based projects: an experimental study of business students at Yangzhou University5
Enhancing sustainability education in higher education through simulation-based learning: integrating sustainable development goals5
Student perceptions and interests in sustainability: differences among student groups and impact on student sustainability program participation5
Formation of sustainable development competencies in Ukrainian English for specific purposes students5
Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs5
Navigating complexity in sustainability and climate action: comparing participatory action research and developmental evaluation in higher education5
Unmasking mobility patterns: international travel behavior and emissions of scientists in a higher research institution5
Empowering future leaders: a cross-university study on integrating SDGS in university social responsibility programs in Taiwan5
The impact of corporate social responsibility on educational management: evidence from learner tendencies5
A survey of the most prevalent sustainability initiatives at universities5
University-community partnerships for sustainable health: insights from public health school’s community day of service5
Guest editorial: European perspectives on the socially responsible and engaged university5
Enabling change agents for sustainable development: a whole-institution approach to embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education5
Exploring sustainability consciousness as a psychological construct with undergraduate students in the Republic of Korea5
Education for sustainable development using participatory methodologies in Indonesian higher education: the case of Satya Terra Bhinneka University5
Co-creating environmental and sustainability education courses: the possibilities and pitfalls of collaborative course design5
Lost in translation? Tanzanian students’ views on sustainability and language, and the implications for the pledge to leave no one behind5
Inner transitions in higher education in Sweden: incorporating intra-personal skills in education for sustainable development5
Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future5
Conceptual model for facultative symbiosis between sustainable construction and nature-based solutions in the training of engineers in Chile5
Integrating education for sustainable development in physical education: fostering critical and systemic thinking5
Teaching the “10 Rs” of circular economy in technological-level undergraduate courses offered in Brazil: an exploratory analysis via fuzzy TOPSIS class5
An overview of research trends on sustainability in higher education – an exploratory study5
Participatory research strategy in creating climate change awareness campaign to community: Malaysian undergraduates’ experiences5
Students’ perspectives of sustainable development goals in a Japanese higher education institute5
Sustainability consciousness, peer influence and sustainable consumption behaviour: the role of altruism among business students in Ghana4
Leveraging place-based resources for quality education: insights from a forest community outreach project in Japan4
Educating for the future: a value competence model for higher education professors in sustainable development and business education4
An investigation of campuses’ sustainability practices in Nigerian higher education institutions4
Investigating the relationships between student well-being and perceived environmental sustainability: student environmental attitudes as a moderator4
Brazilian federal universities and their sustainable practices based on sustainable logistics management plan4
Examining the implementation of UN sustainable development goals in Brazilian universities4
A case study on the effectiveness of cocurricular interdisciplinary sustainability programming for graduate students to create sustainability leaders4
Proposal for a model integrating sustainability and social innovation in higher education institutions4
Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings4
Stimulating boundary crossing learning in a multi-stakeholder learning environment for sustainable development4
Charting the landscape: a typology of ecological sustainability in US business education4
Assessing students’ sustainability consciousness in relation to their perceived teaching styles: an exploratory study in Pakistani context4
Social and environmental reporting within Australian universities: an accountability perspective4
The determinants of environmental knowledge sharing behaviour among accounting educators: a modified theory of planned behaviour4
Intra-organisational sustainable development policy integration processes in higher education through staff networks: a case study from the United Kingdom4
SDGs in master’s theses: a study of a Finnish University of Applied Sciences4
Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions4
An assessment model for socio-cultural sustainability of campus outdoor environments using physical and satisfaction indicators4
Exploring the development of change agents for sustainability: outcomes of the Listen, Live and Learn initiative at Stellenbosch University4
Informative initiatives as a useful tool to raise awareness of food waste. An application to higher education4
Raising pre-service English language teachers’ awareness of sustainable development goals through literary texts4
What does sustainable development goals knowledge contribute to? A longitudinal study of values and sustainable behaviour in university students4
From teachers to students: a correlational analysis of the pro-environmental behavior in a private university in the Philippines4
How and why US universities fail to impart environmental literacy to all students4
Academia’s engagement with Sustainable Development Goals: status quo and barriers at Great Zimbabwe University4
Environmental and sustainability education in teacher education research: an international scoping review of the literature4
Climate change education in China: a pioneering case of its implementation in tertiary education and its effects on students’ beliefs and attitudes4
Linking the UN sustainable development goals to life cycle impact applied to a university campus4
Empirical scale development of meta-competences for interdisciplinary teaching in the context of the SDGs4
University handprint framework: quantifying the positive impacts of university-led sustainability action research4
Hands-on sustainability: designing an engaging undergraduate sustainable business course4
Perceived interest in learning sustainability competencies among higher education students4
The possibility of a theory of change to tackle the climate crisis in a UK university4
Journey of a university research institute: transition from multi-disciplinary to inter-disciplinary research in supporting sustainable development goals (SDGS)4
Influence mechanism of undergraduate students’ green innovation behavior: AMO perspective and multilevel empirical study3
Quantifying the presence of sustainability education and climate change in higher education: a bibliometric study3
Challenges and opportunities in accelerating the green transition: a case study3
Sustainability consciousness of selected university students in South Africa3
Future engineering competencies for a sustainable world: an integral framework for engineering education in the Industry 4.0 era3
Guest editorial3
Guidelines to promote sustainable transport in higher education universities: a bibliometric and systematic review3
Climate literacy for students in higher education: a case study from the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, in the United Kingdom3
The growth of social innovation research in higher education institutions (HEIs)3
Sustainable development competencies and student-centered teaching strategies in higher education institutions: the role of professors as gatekeepers3
Testing an instrument to assess the perception of climate change policies in universities: the case of Salamanca University3
Assessing outcomes of a field-oriented course in natural infrastructure3
Faculty development program about the food–energy–water nexus: supporting faculty’s adoption of a curricular module and program evaluation3
Drama as a resource for transformative learning in sustainability education3
Growing sustainable therapeutic third spaces – a therapeutic sensory garden’s impact on university student self-reported quality of life and affect3
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