Resources Environment and Sustainability

Resources, Environment and Sustainability is a peer-reviewed, fully open access transdisciplinary journal founded in 2020 by the Lishui Institute of Ecology and Environment of Nanjing University and published by Elsevier, covering sustainable resource use and environmental sustainability, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.2《资源、环境与可持续性》（Resources, Environment and Sustainability）是由南京大学（溧水）生态环境研究院于 2020 年创办、由（Elsevier）出版的同行评审全开放获取跨学科期刊，聚焦可持续资源利用与环境可持续性，2025 年影响因子为 9.2。

Scope

• The journal focuses on sustainable resource utilization, mitigation of associated environmental impacts and potential solutions for resource and environmental sustainability该刊聚焦可持续资源利用、相关环境影响的减缓以及实现资源与环境可持续性的潜在方案。
• It covers sustainable agriculture and food production其覆盖可持续农业与食品生产。
• It covers sustainable production and cleaner production其覆盖可持续生产与清洁生产。
• It covers the circular economy and waste management, as well as life cycle assessment其覆盖循环经济与废物管理，以及生命周期评价。
• It covers sustainable development and sustainability, as well as sustainable consumption其覆盖可持续发展与可持续性，以及可持续消费。
• It covers environmental quality improvement and remediation其覆盖环境质量提升与修复。
• Besides original research and analyses, the journal also publishes reviews, viewpoints, comments and editorials除原创研究与分析外，该刊还发表综述、观点、评论与社论。

History

• The journal was founded in 2020 by the Lishui Institute of Ecology and Environment of Nanjing University, which published its first volume in that year该刊于 2020 年由南京大学（溧水）生态环境研究院创办，并于同年出版首卷。^[1]
• It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the institute, and its editorial office is based at Nanjing University该刊由（Elsevier）代表该研究院出版发行，编辑部设于南京大学。
• It is fully open access, and its article publishing charge is USD 3000该刊为全开放获取期刊，文章处理费为 3000 美元。
• Its 2024 Journal Impact Factor was 7.8 with a CiteScore of 18.5, placing it in the first quartile of environmental sciences其 2024 年影响因子为 7.8、CiteScore 为 18.5，在环境科学领域位居第一四分位。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 9.2 in 2025其影响因子在 2025 年达到 9.2。
• In 2025 it was placed in the first tier of the environmental science and ecology category of the Chinese Academy of Sciences journal partition table, and it is indexed in ESCI, Scopus, Ei Compendex and GEOBASE该刊入选 2025 年中科院分区环境科学与生态学大类 1 区，并被（ESCI）、（Scopus）、（EI Compendex）与（GEOBASE）等数据库收录。

Editors

• Jun Chen of the Nanjing University School of Earth Sciences and Engineering is a co-editor-in-chief and works on geobiochemistry, urban mining and sustainability主编（Jun Chen）来自（Nanjing University School of Earth Sciences and Engineering），方向为地球生物化学、城市矿产与可持续性。
• Zengwei Yuan of the Nanjing University School of Environment is the other co-editor-in-chief and works on material cycling and the circular economy另一位主编（Zengwei Yuan）来自（Nanjing University School of Environment），方向为物质循环与循环经济。
• The associate editors include Elza Bontempi of the University of Brescia, Dario Caro of the University of Siena and Jun-Ki Choi of the University of Dayton副编辑包括（University of Brescia）的（Elza Bontempi）、（University of Siena）的（Dario Caro）与（University of Dayton）的（Jun-Ki Choi）。
• Further editors are Hui Huang of Nanjing University, Xin Liu of Hohai University and Christopher E. Ndehedehe of Griffith University编辑还包括（Nanjing University）的（Hui Huang）、（Hohai University）的（Xin Liu）与（Griffith University）的（Christopher E. Ndehedehe）。
• The editorial board draws on researchers from China, Italy, the United States, Australia, Japan, Denmark, Norway and Spain编辑委员会成员来自中国、意大利、美国、澳大利亚、日本、丹麦、挪威与西班牙等国。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the online Editorial Manager system, and the editorial office organizes peer review稿件经在线投稿系统（Editorial Manager）提交，并由编辑部组织同行评审。