Nature Sustainability

Nature Sustainability is an online-only monthly journal launched in January 2018 by Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature), publishing research on sustainability across the natural, social and engineering sciences, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 32.1《自然·可持续性》是由（Springer Nature）旗下（Nature Portfolio）于 2018 年 1 月创办的纯在线月刊，刊载自然科学、社会科学与工程领域的可持续性研究，2025 年影响因子为 32.1。

Scope

• It publishes significant original research and analyses about sustainability, its policy dimensions and possible solutions, centred on the well-being of current and future generations within the limits of the natural world该刊刊载有关可持续性、其政策维度与可行解决方案的重要原创研究与分析，核心关切是在自然界限度内保障当代与后代的福祉。
• Its subjects span agriculture and food security, biodiversity conservation, the circular economy, cities and urbanisation, climate change, environmental law and natural resource management其主题涵盖农业与粮食安全、生物多样性保护、循环经济、城市与城市化、气候变化、环境法与自然资源管理。^[1]
• It also covers water-energy-food connections, pollution, waste, poverty, health and environment, and green infrastructure, all as related to sustainability该刊还涵盖水—能源—粮食关联、污染、废弃物、贫困、健康与环境以及绿色基础设施，均与可持续性相关。
• Content types include Article, Analysis, Resource, Brief Communication, Review, Perspective, Comment, News & Views and Correspondence文章类型包括（Article）、（Analysis）、（Resource）、（Brief Communication）、（Review）、（Perspective）、（Comment）、（News & Views）与（Correspondence）。
• One mission of the journal is to facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogue around sustainability and to narrow the gap between research and policy making该刊的使命之一是促进围绕可持续性的跨学科对话，并缩小研究与决策之间的差距。
• Like other Nature-branded journals, it relies on a dedicated professional editorial team, a rigorous peer-review process and high production standards与（Nature）品牌旗下其他期刊一样，该刊依托专职专业编辑团队、严谨的同行评审流程与高标准的生产制作。
• It is published online only and monthly, and more than half of the articles it published in 2025 related to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals该刊仅在线出版、按月发行，其 2025 年发表的文章中逾半数与（UN）17 项可持续发展目标中的一项或多项相关。

History

• It was launched in January 2018 as an online-only monthly journal, and its first volume appeared in the same year该刊于 2018 年 1 月作为纯在线月刊创刊，其首卷于同年问世。
• It was conceived to build integrated knowledge about the Earth, social and technological systems and their interfaces, in step with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals agenda该刊的创办旨在构建关于地球、社会与技术系统及其界面的整合性知识，与（United Nations）可持续发展目标议程同步。
• Its launching Chief Editor was Monica Contestabile, appointed in 2016 to develop the journal before its first issue其创刊主编为 Monica Contestabile，她于 2016 年获任命负责该刊筹建，直至首期问世。
• It belongs to Nature Portfolio and follows the editorial model of Nature-branded journals, including editorial independence and swift publication该刊隶属（Nature Portfolio），沿用（Nature）品牌期刊的编辑模式，包括编辑独立与快速出版。
• Springer Nature supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals through its SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact（Springer Nature）通过其（SDG）项目支持（UN）可持续发展目标，并已签署（SDG Publishers Compact）。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 32.1, up from 27.1 in 2024, and it ranks first among 202 environmental studies journals该刊 2025 年影响因子为 32.1，高于 2024 年的 27.1，在 202 种环境研究期刊中排名第一。

Editors

• The Chief Editor is Monica Contestabile, who is based in the Berlin office and holds a doctorate in environmental and development economics现任主编为 Monica Contestabile，常驻柏林办公室，拥有环境与发展经济学博士学位。
• She was the first social science editor in the Nature family, having joined in 2011 as a Senior Editor at Nature Climate Change她是（Nature）系首位社会科学编辑，2011 年以（Nature Climate Change）高级编辑身份加入。
• Yaoqing Zhang is a Senior Editor and team leader for technology, handling research and opinion in energy, materials and chemistryYaoqing Zhang 任负责技术的高级编辑与团队主管，处理能源、材料与化学领域的研究与观点文章。
• The senior editors include Angelos Alamanos for civil engineering and environmental economics, Yamini Kashimshetty for life and conservation science, Stephanie M. Olen for Earth and climate science, and Yin Ye for environmental science and engineering高级编辑包括负责土木工程与环境经济学的 Angelos Alamanos、负责生命与保护科学的 Yamini Kashimshetty、负责地球与气候科学的 Stephanie M. Olen，以及负责环境科学与工程的 Yin Ye。
• Associate editors cover electrochemical technologies, chemical engineering and materials science, urban studies, industrial ecology and environmental social sciences副编辑覆盖电化学技术、化学工程与材料科学、城市研究、产业生态学以及环境社会科学。
• All editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors, and research articles undergo peer review所有编辑决定均由一支专职职业编辑团队作出，研究论文须经同行评审。
• Its editors work from Nature Portfolio offices in Berlin, Shanghai, Heidelberg and Milan其编辑分布于（Nature Portfolio）位于柏林、上海、海德堡与米兰的办公室。