Sustainable Horizons

Sustainable Horizons is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, gold open access journal published by Elsevier as an official journal of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, in cooperation with the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences since 2021, covering sustainability science, technology, management and health, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.8 and a CiteScore of 14.6.《可持续视野》（Sustainable Horizons）是（Elsevier）出版的多学科金色开放获取季刊，为（Eastern Institute of Technology Ningbo）的官方期刊，并与中国环境科学学会合作办刊，2021 年创刊，覆盖可持续科学、技术、管理与健康，2025 年影响因子为 7.8，（CiteScore）为 14.6。

Scope

• Sustainable environment is the first pillar, covering global environmental change, environmental and sustainability assessment, and sustainable and green chemistry.可持续环境是首要板块，涵盖全球环境变化、环境与可持续性评估以及可持续化学与绿色化学。
• Sustainable technology covers water and sanitation technology, affordable and clean energy technology, and innovative technology for sustainable development.可持续技术涵盖水与卫生技术、可负担的清洁能源技术以及面向可持续发展的创新技术。
• Sustainable management spans sustainable cities and communities, sustainable production and consumption, and corporate innovation with social responsibility.可持续管理涉及可持续城市与社区、可持续生产与消费，以及承担社会责任的企业创新。
• Governance, legislation and policy for sustainability sit alongside education for sustainable development and work on equality and gender equality.可持续治理、立法与政策，与可持续发展教育以及平等和性别平等研究并列。
• Sustainable health addresses public health and impact assessment, occupational safety and health, and environmental toxicology with health risk assessment.可持续健康关注公共卫生与影响评估、职业安全与健康，以及环境毒理学与健康风险评估。
• The journal maps its sections onto the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and asks authors to state which goals their work serves.该刊把各栏目对应到联合国十七项可持续发展目标，并要求作者说明其研究服务于哪些目标。
• Article types are research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, comments, and commissioned news and views pieces.文章类型包括研究论文、综述、特约观点、评论，以及约稿的新闻与观点短文。

History

• The journal was launched in 2021 as the first international English-language journal of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, with an inauguration ceremony held on 31 October 2021.该刊于 2021 年创办，是（Eastern Institute of Technology Ningbo）的首本国际英文学术期刊，2021 年 10 月 31 日举行创刊仪式。
• It was established as a gold open access title from the outset, with article publishing charges set at 2,500 US dollars and no subscription barrier.该刊自创刊起即为金色开放获取期刊，文章出版费为 2500 美元，不设订阅门槛。
• Publication began with volume 1 in 2021, and by the end of 2025 the journal had released 16 issues carrying more than 140 papers and drawing over 90,000 downloads.该刊自 2021 年第 1 卷开始出版，到 2025 年底已出 16 期、发表论文 140 余篇，总下载量超过 9 万次。
• The title is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Ei Compendex, Scopus, GeoRef, CNKI and Dimensions.该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Ei Compendex）、（Scopus）、（GeoRef）、（CNKI）与（Dimensions）收录。
• It received its first Journal Impact Factor of 7.7 in the 2025 release, placing it in the first quartile of environmental sciences, and the 2025 figure now stands at 7.8 with a percentile of 85.9 and a rank of 56 of 395.该刊在 2025 年发布的期刊引证报告中获得首个影响因子 7.7，进入环境科学类第一四分位；2025 年影响因子为 7.8，百分位 85.9，在 395 种期刊中列第 56 位。
• The editorial office reports a submission-to-first-decision time of 3 days, 79 days to acceptance and an acceptance rate of 12 percent.编辑部公布的数据为：投稿到首次决定 3 天，投稿到录用 79 天，录用率 12%。

Editors

• Chunmiao Zheng of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, is editor-in-chief and founding editor, working on the sustainable environment and groundwater.（Chunmiao Zheng）为创刊主编，任职于（Eastern Institute of Technology Ningbo），研究方向为可持续环境与地下水。
• Denise Mauzerall of Princeton University and Michael R. Hoffmann of the California Institute of Technology serve as co-editors-in-chief for sustainable management and sustainable technology.（Denise Mauzerall）（Princeton University）与（Michael R. Hoffmann）（California Institute of Technology）分别担任可持续管理与可持续技术方向的共同主编。
• Yankai Xia of Nanjing Medical University and Bing-Jie Ni of the University of New South Wales are executive editors-in-chief.（Yankai Xia）（Nanjing Medical University）与（Bing-Jie Ni）（University of New South Wales）任执行主编。
• Eighteen associate editors cover environmental chemistry, energy, water treatment, climate, public health and sustainability assessment, drawn from China, the United States, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.18 位副主编来自中国、美国、欧洲、澳大利亚与中东，覆盖环境化学、能源、水处理、气候、公共卫生与可持续性评估。
• The journal runs a single anonymized review process, sending suitable manuscripts to at least two independent reviewers, with editors barred from deciding on their own work.该刊采用单盲评审，合适稿件至少送两位独立审稿人，编辑不得处理本人稿件。
• Perspectives are invited only and news and views pieces are commissioned, while research articles and reviews may be submitted directly.观点文章仅限特约，新闻与观点短文为约稿，研究论文与综述可直接投稿。