Sustainable Production and Consumption

Sustainable Production and Consumption is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal founded in 2015 by the Institution of Chemical Engineers and published by Elsevier, dedicated to sustainable development through improved production and consumption systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.2《可持续生产与消费》（Sustainable Production and Consumption）是由英国化学工程师学会（IChemE）于 2015 年创办、由（Elsevier）出版的跨学科同行评审期刊，致力于通过改善生产与消费体系推进可持续发展，2025 年影响因子为 9.2。

Scope

• The journal focuses on life cycle based sustainability assessment, spanning life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and material flow analysis该刊聚焦基于生命周期的可持续性评估，涵盖生命周期评价、生命周期成本与物质流分析。
• It also covers sustainability indicators, techno-economic analysis, scenario analysis and prospective and dynamic sustainability assessment其还涵盖可持续性指标、技术经济分析、情景分析以及前瞻性与动态可持续性评估。
• It examines sustainable production systems and the circular economy, including clean technology, industrial ecology, supply chain sustainability and resource management该刊研究可持续生产体系与循环经济，包括清洁技术、工业生态、供应链可持续与资源管理。
• It addresses sustainable consumption, lifestyles and social dimensions such as consumer behaviour, social life cycle assessment and rebound effects该刊关注可持续消费、生活方式与社会维度，例如消费者行为、社会生命周期评估与回弹效应。
• It covers policy, governance and sectoral transitions for sustainability in energy, food, bioeconomy, transport, water, waste, chemicals and tourism其涵盖政策、治理与行业可持续转型，涉及能源、食品、生物经济、交通、水、废弃物、化学品与旅游等领域。
• The journal encourages interdisciplinary approaches that combine engineering, social sciences, economics and policy studies该刊鼓励融合工程、社会科学、经济学与政策研究的跨学科方法。
• It invites original research and review articles that advance sustainable production and consumption该刊征稿原创研究与综述论文，以推动可持续生产与消费。

History

• The journal was founded in 2015 as Part E of the Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers该刊于 2015 年创办，是（IChemE）会刊系列（Transactions）的 E 辑。^[1]
• It is published by Elsevier, and its editorial office is based at the IChemE headquarters in Rugby该刊由（Elsevier）出版，其编辑部设于（IChemE）总部所在地（Rugby）。
• The founding editor-in-chief is Adisa Azapagic of the University of Manchester, now listed as founding editor-in-chief emerita创刊主编为（The University of Manchester）的（Adisa Azapagic），现为荣休创始主编。
• Kuishuang Feng of The University of Hong Kong is the current editor-in-chief现任主编为（The University of Hong Kong）的（Kuishuang Feng）。
• It is a hybrid journal: the subscription route charges no fee to authors, while gold open access carries an article publishing charge of USD 4340该刊为混合期刊：订阅路线不向作者收费，金色开放获取的文章处理费为 4340 美元。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 5.032 in 2021 and 8.921 in 2022 to 9.6 in 2024, and reached 9.2 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 5.032、2022 年的 8.921 升至 2024 年的 9.6，2025 年为 9.2。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index and Scopus, with an acceptance rate of about 4 per cent and a median submission-to-acceptance time of about 124 days该刊被（SCIE）、（SSCI）与（Scopus）收录，录用率约为 4%，投稿到接受的中位时间约为 124 天。

Editors

• Kuishuang Feng is a professor in the Department of Geography at The University of Hong Kong and works on the human dimensions of global change and coupled human and natural systems主编（Kuishuang Feng）为（The University of Hong Kong）地理系教授，研究全球变化的人文维度与耦合人地系统。
• Adisa Azapagic of The University of Manchester founded the journal and works on life cycle sustainability assessment, circular economy and cleaner production创刊主编（Adisa Azapagic）来自（The University of Manchester），方向为生命周期可持续性评估、循环经济与清洁生产。
• The executive editors are Pasquale Marcello Falcone of the University of Naples Parthenope, Chengjiang Li of Guizhou University and Rodrigo Salvador of the Technical University of Denmark执行编辑包括（University of Naples Parthenope）的（Pasquale Marcello Falcone）、（Guizhou University）的（Chengjiang Li）与（Technical University of Denmark）的（Rodrigo Salvador）。
• Editors include Idiano D'Adamo of Sapienza University of Rome, Jingzheng Ren of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Yue-Jun Zhang of Hunan University编辑还包括（Sapienza University of Rome）的（Idiano D'Adamo）、（The Hong Kong Polytechnic University）的（Jingzheng Ren）与（Hunan University）的（Yue-Jun Zhang）。
• The editorial board draws on researchers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Denmark, China, Brazil, the United States, Germany and Norway编辑委员会成员来自意大利、英国、丹麦、中国、巴西、美国、德国与挪威等国。
• The managing editor Colin Smith and the editorial assistants are based at the IChemE in Rugby and handle manuscript administration责任编辑（Colin Smith）与编辑部助理设于（IChemE）总部（Rugby），负责稿件管理事务。
• The journal is peer reviewed, and authors submit manuscripts through the online Editorial Manager system该刊实行同行评审，作者经在线投稿系统（Editorial Manager）提交稿件。