RSC Sustainability

You and your research have the power to make the world a better place. If you’re looking into developing new sustainable technologies, or finding cleaner chemical solutions, then we want to hear from you. RSC Sustainability is a dedicated forum for your quality discoveries, offering a space for research to grow and make an impact around the globe.
As an inclusive and interdisciplinary journal, RSC Sustainability welcomes research from all subject areas that are dedicated to solving sustainability challenges for a better, greener future.
ISSN: 2753-8125
Indexed in: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, Web of Science
Journal Impact factor
4.9 (2024)
First decision time (all)
25 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
40 days
Scope
RSC Sustainability welcomes all solutions-focused research dedicated to solving sustainability challenges. The journal reports advances in chemistry which also contribute to and enable one or more of the . As an inclusive journal, we celebrate multidisciplinary collaboration as well as traditional chemical science contributions. We seek contributions from the academic, industry, regulatory and government sectors.
Our journal scope covers technologies to achieve responsible consumption and production of chemical products, including:
- Efficient use of natural resources
- Elimination of hazardous substances in production and use (sustainable and green chemistry)
- Reuse and recycling of chemical products (circular economy)
- Methods to analyse these processes (techno-enviro-economics)
Research claiming the greater sustainability of chemical entities should be evidence-based and include quantitative measurements of toxicity, environmental persistence, performance comparisons with existing technologies etc. We encourage authors to follow life cycle thinking, requesting side-by-side comparisons with existing technologies to demonstrate genuine improvements in sustainability.
Papers that primarily aim to increase the economic exploitation of non-renewable resources fall outside our journal's scope. However, we welcome innovative research presenting chemical solutions for addressing legacy environmental pollutants, particularly those offering transformative approaches to environmental remediation.
Information for authors
Want to publish in this journal? Our author guidelines explain how to prepare and submit your article and provide useful information on the review and publication process including transfers, revisions and any article processing charges (APCs) that may apply.
We are covering all article processing charges until 30 June 2025, so you can publish in this journal for free. Article processing charges may apply to articles submitted to this journal from 1 July 2025.
You can read our payments and funding information for further details about APCs, which may apply for publishing open access in this journal, as well available discounts and waivers.
You may be able to publish open access in this journal, with no APC to pay, if your institution has an open access agreement with us. You can use our journal finder tool to between us and your institution.
Meet the team










Ala'a Al-Muhtaseb
Sultan Qaboos University
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
University of Bath
Jothi Kothandaraman
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Adam Lee
Griffith University
Hong Li
Institute of Physics
Chen Liao
Argonne National Laboratory
Matthew Lui
Hong Kong Baptist University
Shengzhong Liu
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
Greta Patzke
University of Zurich
Peter Styring
The University of Sheffield
Gyorgy Szekely
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Sónia Ventura
University of Aveiro
Lei Wang
Westlake University
Ben Xu
Northumbria University
Iris Yu
National University of Singapore
Jon Ferrier
Executive Editor
Laura Ghandi
Deputy Editor
Lucy Argyle
Editorial Production Manager
Alex Holiday
Editorial Assistant
Jamie Purcell
Assistant Editor
Alexander John
Assistant Editor
Emily Ellison
Assistant Editor
Clare Fitzgerald
Assistant Editor
Lauren Yarrow-Wright
Assistant Editor
Kevin Vincent
Assistant Editor
Andryj Borys
Assistant Editor
Lee Colwill
Publishing Assistant
Neil Hammond
Publisher
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