International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
- Editor in Chief
- Dr. M.A. Dorgham
- ISSN online
- 1740-8830
- ISSN print
- 1740-8822
- 6 issues per year
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2024 0.4 (5 Year Impact Factor 1)
- CiteScore 1.5 (2023)
JCI 0.08

IJISD focuses on broad aspects of innovation and sustainable development. It fosters discussion not only on technological innovation but on new ways of thinking about the complex and contested issues of sustainable development. Innovative thinking and practices in areas of economics, policy-making, legislation, health, education and the institutional barriers to sustainable development form the basis of the discourse to be fostered.
Topics covered include
- Institutional change and sustainable development
- Policy-making for sustainable development
- Health and sustainable development
- Education for sustainable development
- Legislation and sustainable development
- Alternative economic paradigms for sustainable development
- Technological change and sustainable development
- Partnerships for sustainable development
Objectives
The objectives of IJISD are to establish a discourse on innovation and sustainable development that will engage policy-makers, government agencies, academic and research institutions and people concerned about the structural and institutional changes needed to make the transition to sustainable development. An international dimension is central to the objectives of the journal.
Readership
IJISD provides a vehicle for dissemination and exchange of information between professionals, academics, researchers, policy-makers and educators and all others interested in innovative and challenging thinking about the complexities of sustainable development.
Contents
IJISD publishes papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, book reviews and commentaries. A broad approach is taken to innovation and sustainable development, although Special Issues of IJISD will focus on specific areas of innovation.
IJISD is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Compendex [formerly Ei] (Elsevier)
- Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- ADS [Astrophysics Data System](Smithsonian Institution)
- Business Economics and Theory Collection (Gale)
- CAB Abstracts - Agriculture and International Development Indexes
- CAB Animal Sciences
- CAB Abstracts - Environmental Sciences Indexes
- CAB Abstracts - Human Sciences Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts - Leisure and Tourism Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts - Plant Sciences Abstracts
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- EconLit (American Economic Association)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- Pascal (INIST-CNRS)
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- RePEc
IJISD is listed in:
- National Agency for Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR)
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Editor in Chief
- Dorgham, M.A., International Centre for Technology and Management, UK
(editorialinderscience.com)
Managing Editor
- Choi, Yong-Rok, Inha University, South Korea
Editorial Board Members
- Abiko, Alex Kenya, University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Amaro, Nelson, Universidad Galileo, Guatemala
- Asomani-Boateng, Raymond, Minnesota State University, USA
- Barbosa, Samuel Borges, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Blohmke, Julian, Deloitte Consulting, Germany
- Cachapa, Agostinho Francisco, Mandume ya Ndemufayo University, Angola
- Coscieme, Luca, Universidade Paulista, Brazil
- d'Orville, Hans, International Institute for Creativity and Sustainable Development, China
- Da Silva, Izael Pereira, Strathmore University, Kenya
- Deshmukh, Vijaya, National Institute of Fashion Technology, India
- Escobar, José, JE Center for Governance and Development Studies, Sweden
- Gopalsamy, Poyyamoli, Pondicherry University, India
- Guedes, Manuel de Arriaga Brito Correia, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Khan, Nadeem, University of Reading, UK
- Ling, Pui Kiew, The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
- Markham, Vicky, Americares, USA
- Moggi, Sara, University of Verona, Italy
- Ng, Theam Foo, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Nikolaou, Ioannis E., Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
- Owusu-Takyi, Noah, Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana
- Pandey, Umesh Chandra, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
- Rameshwar, Rudra, Thapar University, India
- Schellhorn, Carolin D., Saint Joseph's University, USA
- Sen, Salil K., National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
- Serrano, Katharina a, World Maritime University, Sweden
- Sperling, Joshua, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
- Staniskiene, Egle, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
- Thiel, Monica, Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Manila, Philippines
- Tortora, Marco, University of Florence, Italy
- von Gesseneck, Milan Jezic, OCTA Innovation, Belgium
A few essentials for publishing in this journal
- Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
- All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
- All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
- There are no charges for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be Open Access (OA). You can find more information on OA here.
- All articles for this journal must be submitted using our online submissions system.
- View Author guidelines.
Submission process
Journal news
Inderscience journals indexed by the Smithsonian Institution's Astrophysics Data System
10 October, 2024
Inderscience's Editorial Office is pleased to announce that the following journals have been newly indexed by the Smithsonian Institution's prestigious Astrophysics Data System (ADS):
- International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation
- International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
- International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy
- International Journal of Environment and Health
- International Journal of Environment and Pollution
- International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development
- International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
- International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
- International Journal of Exergy
- International Journal of Global Energy Issues
- International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
- International Journal of Global Warming
- International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology
- International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
- International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering
- International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology
- International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology
- International Journal of Sustainable Development
- International Journal of Sustainable Society
- International Journal of Water
- Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal
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