Sustainability

Cover of Sustainability, Volume 18, Issue 18, September-2 2026: dark blue top with the white headline "Optimizing Rooftop Utilization for Sustainable Solar Energy System" above diagrams of three solar systems over faded solar panels.
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An international, cross-disciplinary open access journal published online by MDPI twice a month. It publishes reviews, research papers, communications and short notes on technical, environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability, from the natural and applied sciences, engineering, economics, social sciences and humanities. It is peer-reviewed, and publishing an article has an article processing charge (APC) of CHF 2400.
Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) is an international and cross-disciplinary, scholarly, open access journal of technical, environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development. As a peer-reviewed and semimonthly journal, Sustainability publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications, and short notes, with no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage researchers to publish their experimental, computational, and theoretical research relating to natural and applied sciences, engineering, economics, social sciences, and humanities in detail to promote scientific and other understanding and to permit predictions and impact assessments of global change and development related to sustainability. Knowing the importance of sustainability and achieving sustainable development for humanity, Sustainability strives to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by United Nations. […]

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