International Journal of Sustainable Society
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. John Wang
- ISSN online
- 1756-2546
- ISSN print
- 1756-2538
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 0.9 (2023)
The impacts of society touch everyone. They may be considerable, even critical. Societal problems, especially those remaining unchecked and unmanaged, can weaken, threaten, or even destroy, society. Production produces pollution; medication generates side-effects; pesticide causes poisoning; innovation can lead to unemployment, etc. IJSSoc deals not only with whether modern society should be sustainable, but also the ways in which this could/should come about, balancing economic development/environmental protection, real aggregate demand/aggregate supply, human beings/nature, consumption/preservation, material/spiritual pleasures, civil liberty/self-restraint, hedonism/practicality, science/society.
Topics covered include
- Corporate social responsibility
- Ecological economics, sustainability accounting
- Emerging issues
- Nature-society interactions
- Sustainable agriculture, bioresource use, ecology
- Sustainable cities, communities, construction, consumption
- Sustainable corporations, organisations, development/planning
- Sustainable economy, education
- Sustainable energy, fisheries, food production, forestry
- Sustainable future, policies, innovation, investment funds
- Sustainable product design, technology, supply chain networks
- Sustainable social change, [sub]urban development
- Sustainable [strategic] management
- Sustainable tourism, transportation, waste/water management
- Sustainable workplaces
Objectives
Sustainability is usually associated with ecological and political economics, as well as social and economic development: the associated consequences on national and global levels and the related trade-off and compromises between social, environmental and economic benefits. Furthermore, "society systems science" or "society science", as we have termed it, is the interface of natural science and social science, where both natural scientists and social scientists confront the real-world problems and challenges that exist in our society, and work towards formulating effective solutions.
IJSSoc aims to provide a professional forum for formulating, discussing and disseminating these solutions, which relate to the design, development, deployment, management, measurement, and adjustment of these social networks. They should form a common ground on which a sustainable society can be built, shared and supported by professionals from different disciplines. The universal goal of achieving peace, prosperity, and harmony in our society should go beyond disciplines, and ultimately be coordinated across different nationalities, cultures, races, and religions, and be sustainable.
Readership
IJSSoc presents a forum to help policy makers, planners, researchers, educators, students, citizens, and professionals exchange their innovative ideas and thought-provoking opinions. It also creates a communication channel between practitioners and academics to discuss problems, challenges and opportunities in all aspects of our society.
Contents
IJSSoc publishes research papers, innovative ideas, reviews, surveys, debates, reports, case studies, position notes, practice comments, book reviews, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics in sustainable society management will occasionally be published.
IJSSOC is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (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)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- CAB Global Health
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- RePEc
IJSSOC is listed in:
- National Agency for Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR)
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Editor in Chief
- Wang, John, Montclair State University, USA
(prof.johnwanggmail.com)
Editor
- Shen, Zhenjiang, Kanazawa University, Japan
Managing Editor
- Teng, Xiao, Cross-Strait Tsinghua Research Institute, China
American Editor
- Huang, Zhimin, Adelphi University, USA
Assistant Editor
- Cao, Zhejing, Tsinghua University, China
Associate Editors
- Bell, Michael M., University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Desai, Anand, The Ohio State University, USA
- Evers, Mariele, Bonn University, Germany
- Pillai, Vijayan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Portnov, Boris A., University of Haifa, Israel
- Rauner, Marion S., University of Vienna, Austria
- Sajjad, Aymen, Massey University, New Zealand
European Editor
- Knights, David, University of Keele, UK
Far East Editor
- Liang, Liang, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Editorial Board Members
- Abas, Muhamad Azahar, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
- Ajayi, Adeyinka, Redemmers' University, Nigeria
- Ali, Qaisar, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, Brunei Darussalam
- Alizadeh, Reza, University of Oklahoma, USA
- Ang, Sheng, Hefei University of Technology, China
- Bagodi, Virupaxi, Government Engineering College Talakal, India
- Baker, Timothy, Washington State University, USA
- Bangur, Ruchi, Banasthali University, India
- Bazin, Damien, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
- Blengini, Gian Andrea, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Bowker, J. Michael, USDA Forest Service, USA
- Byon, Young-ji, Northwestern College, USA
- Carolan, Michael S., Colorado State University, USA
- Carvalho, Maria Leonor, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
- Chadchan, Jayprakash, Christ University, India
- Chandramouli, Arun, Fulcrum Digital Inc., USA
- Chatveera, Burachat, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Chen, Yunhao, Beijing Normal University, China
- Cheung, William W. L., University of East Anglia, UK
- Dadwal, Sumesh, London South Bank University, UK
- Delang, Claudio, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Dinica, Valentina, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Fallah Zavareh, Mohsen, Kharazmi University, Iran
- Félix, Elisabete, University of Évora, Portugal
- Ferreyra, (Maria) Cecilia, Alberta Environment, Canada
- Friberg, Lars, Embassy of Sweden, USA
- Games, Donard, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia
- Garvin, Theresa, University of Alberta, Canada
- Getzner, Michael, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Gopakumar, Govind, Concordia University, Canada
- Graymore, Michelle, University of Ballarat, Australia
- Hamaide, Bertrand, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Belgium
- Harsanto, Budi, University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia
- Hiedanpää, Juha, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute , Finland
- Hills, Peter, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hodges, Donald G., The University of Tennessee, USA
- Huang, Gordon, University of Regina, Canada
- Jackson, Anthony (Tony) A., University of Dundee, UK
- Jamieson, Andrew C., Llenroc Research, USA
- Johansson, Maria Vredin, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Kamppinen, Matti, University of Turku, Finland
- Kanathanavanich, Chokdee, Claremont Graduate University, USA
- Kellenberg, Derek K., University of Montana, USA
- Kharazmi, Omid Ali, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
- Kumar, Pawan, Lovely Professional University, India
- Li, Hui, Eastern Illinois University, USA
- Li, Wenyue, Tsinghua University, China
- Li, Ziming, University of Florida, USA
- Lin, Yumin, Kanazawa University, Japan
- Lipschutz, Ronnie, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
- Liu, Hongrui, San Jose State University, USA
- Lybecker, Donna, Idaho State University, USA
- M. De Freitas, Debora, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Manou, Dimitra, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Massoud, May, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Mayer, Audrey, Michigan Technological University, USA
- Mehra, Anjali, Guru Nanak Dev University, India
- Molla, Alemayehu, RMIT University, Australia
- Mont, Oksana, Lund University, Sweden
- Morelli, Nicola, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Muller, Logan, AIT Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
- Navratil, Gerhard, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Neto, Belmira, Oporto University, Portugal
- Osman Salleh, Khairulmaini, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Palazzo, Maria, University of Salerno, Italy
- Papathanasiou, Jason, University of Macedonia, Greece
- Parolin, Bruno, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Patulny, Roger V., University of New South Wales, Australia
- Pei, Yu, Tsinghua University, China
- Pinheiro, António C., University of Evora, Portugal
- Prosperi, David, Florida Atlantic University, USA
- Radwan, Ahmed Farouk, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Ratamäki, Outi, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
- Söderholm, Kristina, Luleå University of Technology , Sweden
- Saarela, Jan, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
- Sakkas, Nikos, East Med Technology Transfer Unit, Greece
- Scavarda, Annibal, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Schaeffer, Peter V., West Virginia University, USA
- Semple, Bill, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada
- Shields, Deborah, Politecnico di Torino and Colorado State University, USA
- Singh, Gangaram, San Diego State University, USA
- Söderholm, Patrik, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
- Stanganelli, Marialuce, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
- Sunmola, Funlade, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Tarigan, Josua, Universitas Kristen Petra, Indonesia
- Vanloqueren, Gaetan, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- Verburg, Peter, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Vitkauskaitė-Ramanauskien, Jonė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
- Wagner, Marcus, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg and Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, Germany
- Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Noor Amila, University Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
- Weidner, Helmut, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Center Berlin), Germany
- Williams, Jeremy B., Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
- Wood, Georgina, Coventry University, UK
- Yao, Xiaobai, University of Georgia, USA
- Zhang, Zhang, Tsinghua University and Ministry of Education, China
- Zhang, Zuopeng (Justin), State University of New York at Plattsburgh, USA
- Zuo, Wei, China Territory Surveying and Planning Institute, China
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Journal news
New takeaways regarding Indian food sustainability
24 July, 2024
Researchers in India have expanded the well-known theory of planned behaviour to obtain useful marketing and policy insights concerning the sustainability choices of consumers when it comes to food. The work, published in the International Journal of Sustainable Society, analysed data from 440 Indian households via self-administered questionnaires, which were then analysed using structural equation modelling. The addition of three variables – environmental knowledge, personal norms, and product attributes – not commonly used in traditional TPB model allowed the researchers to extract implications for various stakeholders, including producers, marketers, government agencies, and policymakers. Priyanka Garg and Ashish Kumar of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in New Delhi, and Raj Kumar Mittal of the Chaudhary Bansi Lal University in Haryana, India, demonstrated that their extended model could account for much of the variance in behavioural intentions. It showed that product attributes are the strongest predictor of sustainable food consumption behaviour. By contrast, and perhaps surprisingly, social norms had far less influence on the choices made by consumers. This, the team suggests, implies that factors such as food labelling, quality, and price must play a significant role in shaping choice rather than societal and peer pressure [...]
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