Sustainable Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Sustainable Development is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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The Challenge of Introducing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation—An Ethnographic Study279
Enabling transdisciplinary research collaboration for planetary health: Insights from practice at the environment‐health‐development nexus253
Space Economy and Sustainability: A Systematic Review234
Why is ecological sustainability so difficult to achieve? An in‐context discussion of conceptual barriers186
The determinants of the inequality in CO2 emissions per capita between developing countries and their implications for environmental policy183
Fostering sustainable production via the Amazon Fund collaborative platform149
Urban sustainable development: Unraveling regional land development intensity dynamics and future trends in China139
Role of social capital in agricultural diversification: Implications for sustainable development in rural regions134
Business cycle synchronization and sustainable trade development in Africa: The role of capital mobility123
Green initiatives and stakeholder engagement: Unveiling the impact of green strategies and CSR on financial performance from descriptive‐normative perspectives of stakeholder theory122
Geographical indication, agricultural development and the alleviation of rural relative poverty120
Human resource management: A link between sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles. Traditional and systematic review119
Boosting the Spanish Urban Agenda through urban living labs: The case study of Madrid117
Reading between the lines: The intersection of research attention and sustainable development goals115
Malta's low carbon transition towards sustainability97
Evaluating end‐users' digital competencies and ethical perceptions of AI systems in the context of sustainable digital banking93
The path to sustainable municipal solid waste management: Do human development, energy efficiency, and income inequality matter?84
Rural transformation and sustainable livelihood approaches under regional environmental policies: Evidence from two villages in the Yangtze River Delta metropolitan region, China84
Sustainability of Climate Change and Disaster Management Based on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Towards SDG13: Dynamic Analysis and Regional Comparison in China81
Assessing the nexus of gross national expenditure, energy consumption, and information & communications technology toward the sustainable environment: Evidence from advanced economies78
Poverty Alleviation Through Accounting and Partnerships: A Systematic Review and Future Research Directions78
Strategic evaluation of the sustainability of the Spanish primary sector within the framework of the circular economy75
Identifying disaster risk factors and hotspots in Africa from spatiotemporal decadal analyses using INFORM data for risk reduction and sustainable development75
Exploring the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the United Nations sustainable development goals: A comprehensive literature review75
Formulation of citizen science approach for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation for an Indian city71
Composite fiscal decentralisation and green innovation: Imperative strategy for institutional reforms and sustainable development in OECD countries69
Does fishery digitalization matter in the sustainable development of fisheries? Evidence from China69
Transformative social policies as an essential buffer during socio‐economic crises68
An integrated mechanism and challenges of mountainous sustainable development: A review of Hani Terraces, China68
Science with society: Challenges of early‐stage researchers engaging with transdisciplinary research in sustainability science65
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How financial performance influences investment in sustainable development initiatives in the airline industry: The moderation role of state‐ownership61
Conceptual frameworks in indicator‐based assessments of urban sustainability—An analysis based on 67 initiatives61
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Sanitation conditions and education outcomes in Brazilian municipalities59
City reputation and the role of sustainability in cities59
The monitoring and evaluation challenges of the sustainable development goals: An assessment in three European countries57
Green growth as a pathway toward sustainable development: A systems thinking on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau in China57
Inconsistency between subjective propensity and practice of sustainable consumption: Impact of the consumers' values‐in‐behavior and social participation56
Unpacking the sustainable development goals (SDGs) interlinkages: A semantic network analysis of the SDGs targets56
Connecting families, schools, and communities: A systems‐contextual approach to sustainable futures for children56
Sustainable value in the fashion industry: A case study of value construction/destruction using digital twins53
Estimating the dynamic environmental footprints of the global finance and business sector towards sustainable development goals53
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Sustainable economic development and geopolitics: The role of energy trilemma policies52
Environmental sustainable development through modeling and ranking of influential factors of reference groups on consumer behavior of green products: The case of Iran51
Sustainable development in the wine industry: The impact of the natural environment and gender‐diverse leadership51
Building a sustainable future: Closing the gap in radiotherapy and brachytherapy resources to achieve the sustainable development agenda 2030 goals for cervical cancer control in Africa51
Categories of actors involved in tree planting by multinational corporations based in France, Switzerland and the UK50
Sustainability as fairness: A Rawlsian framework linking intergenerational equity and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) with business practices50
A framework for the assessment of qualitative and quantitative sustainable development of groundwater system49
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The link between gender inequality, financial development, and economic growth in Nigeria: A spectral Granger causality approach46
Current research trends in child poverty and psychological resilience research: A bibliometric analysis approach46
Material demand and material efficiency for sustainable development in the European Union countries: A stochastic frontier analysis45
Economic assessment of ecosystem services with a novel concept of elevation: An application of the discrete choice experiment method45
Contested circular economy and mixed social implications from practice: A scoping review43
Circular economy at the company level: An empirical study based on sustainability reports43
Growth, emissions, and climate finance nexus for sustainable development: Revisiting the environmental Kuznets curve42
Does the firms' digital transformation drive environmental innovation in China?40
Dismantling linear lock‐ins in the Australian AEC industry: A pathway to a circular economy40
The future of baby cosmetics packaging and sustainable development: A look at sustainable materials and packaging innovations – A systematic review39
Exploring the causal relationship between PM 2.5 air pollution and urban areas economic welfare and social‐wellbeing: Evidence form 15 European capitals39
Effects of climate change on health and wellbeing: A systematic review38
Does industry 5.0 model optimize sustainable performance of Agri‐enterprises? Real‐time investigation from the realm of stakeholder theory and domain37
Environmental sustainability in developing countries: Understanding the criticality of financial inclusion and globalization37
Assessment on sustainable development of three major urban agglomerations in China based on sustainability‐differentiation‐combined weighting method37
Sustainable investing and financing for sustainable development: A hybrid review37
Deconstructing corporate environmental, social, and governance performance: Heterogeneous stakeholder preferences in the food industry37
How does financial openness affect pollution emission of industrial enterprises?—Empirical evidence from the entry of foreign banks in China36
Sustainable urban development: Can the balanced scorecard contribute to the strategic management of sustainable cities?35
After the Johannesburg II Declaration, What Next for Ecological Sustainability in BRICS? Perspectives on Green Innovations and Green Transitions34
The Impact of Social Investment and Green Finance on Sustainable Development: Evidence From Emerging Market Economies34
Trends in Market‐Based Blue Carbon Projects34
Modeling the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak on environment, health sector and energy market34
Public–Private Networks for Green Innovation: Insights From an Energy Sector Supply‐Chain Partnership34
Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid‐19 in Mathare, Nairobi34
Advancing green education in MENA region: Challenges, opportunities and best practices33
Female economic participation and sustainable development in African countries: The moderating role of governance33
Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: Rüza—A traditional water management practice in Phek district, Nagaland33
Decentralization policies and sustainable rural development: A path to eradicating poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2)33
The role of green finance to achieve sustainability through green supply chain management and innovative technologies33
Unleashing digital transformation to achieve the sustainable development goals across multiple sectors33
Links between the sustainable development goals: An analysis for Italy32
Who will be prosocial consumers? The relationship between environmental value and sustainable consumption32
Simulation of policies to promote pro‐environmental behavior in a dynamic learning model of social networks: Cases of Brazil, the United States, Japan, Germany, China, and India31
An evaluation methodological approach to support the definition of effective urban projects: A case study in the city of Rome (Italy)31
Alignment of the 2030 Agenda to the port industry31
Can Africa–China cooperation influence African green growth to truly alleviate undernourishment? Evidence of the quadruple mediating effect31
Corporate board diversity, environmental compliance, and occupational health and safety disclosure for achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy30
Global perspectives on club convergence: Unraveling the nexus of human and sustainable development in the face of corruption30
Extended producer responsibility in e‐waste recycling: A secure path to a sustainable future for UAE30
Beyond environmental sustainability: Low‐carbon land use policies can contribute to the realization of comprehensive sustainable development30
Explaining compliance with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from Colombia's coffee belt30
Empirical Exploration of the Drivers of Human Development in Central and West Asian Countries: How Effective Are Control of Corruption, Political Stability and the Rule of Law?29
How Uncertain is the Emergence of Knowledge Related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? An Analysis of Scientific Knowledge Diversification at Utrecht University29
Adopting sustainability competence‐based education in academic disciplines: Insights from 13 higher education institutions29
Snowed in? An analysis of social and transportation networks in the 2015 Boston Snowmageddon28
Corporate social responsibility model for a competitive and resilient hospitality industry28
Unveiling the linkage between hydropower growth and tourism sustainability in EU27 region: An empirical analysis28
Co‐innovation behavior and sustainable innovation in competitive environments28
A configurational analysis of firms' environmental innovation: Evidence from China's key pollutant‐discharge listed companies28
Macroeconomic Drivers of Sustainable Tourism Development in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach27
Balancing or prioritising for sustainable development? Perceptions of sustainability integration among professionals27
Assessing the Impact of Institutional Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, and Social Enterprise on Poverty Alleviation: Insights From South Asian Economies27
Moving toward carbon neutrality: Assessing natural gas import security and its impact on CO2 emissions27
Tourism development level and tourism eco‐efficiency: Exploring the role of environmental regulations in sustainable development27
Exploring Asia's Sustainable Future: A Panel Causality Analysis of Financial Growth, Technology, and Institutional Quality in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals27
Evaluating the Potential of Information and Communication Technologies to Increase Aquaculture Sustainability26
Women's empowerment and its role in household food security to achieve SDGs: Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh26
Toward a sustainability assessment framework of research impacts: Contributions of a business school26
Can Digitalization Bridge the Gap? Exploring Human Development and Inequality in Gauteng Province, South Africa?26
Does improved cooking fuel empower women? Evidence from India25
An applied framework for assessing the relative deprivation of dam‐affected communities25
On informal housing supply restrictions and livelihood in informal settlements: Implications for sustainable development25
How do technological innovation and renewables shape environmental quality advancement in emerging economies: An exploration of the E7 bloc?25
Circular economy and waste production models for sustainable development goals 12 and 14: Evidence from cruise sustainability reporting25
Unlocking the potential of responsible management education through interdisciplinary approaches25
Digital development and innovation for environmental sustainability: The role of government support and government intervention25
Sustainable redevelopment of urban areas: Assessment of key barriers for the reconstruction of old residential buildings25
Towards the development of a systematic approach for sustainability assessment of educational infrastructure: A system of priority areas and design quality indicators25
Assessing the influence of research quality on policy citations: Quantitative analysis finds non‐academic factors more likely to influence how papers get cited in SDG policy24
Microplastics in global rivers: Sustainable practices24
Sustainable development goals and corporate reporting: An empirical investigation of the oil and gas industry24
A multi‐methods approach for assessing how conserving biodiversity interacts with other sustainable development goals in Nepal24
The impact of environmental sustainability on willingness to invest in startups: A survey among private investors24
Development sustainability levels in EU countries24
Enhancing global support to address complex sustainable development policy challenges: Learning from success in cross‐sectoral nutrition policy24
Renewable realities: Charting a greener course for the world's high‐emitting nations through information technology insights24
Voluntary sustainability reporting assurance in the European Union before the advent of the corporate sustainability reporting directive: The country and firm‐level impact of Sustainable De24
Do human capital development and innovation matter in sustaining economic development? Panel data evidence from selected developing economies23
What drives sustainable climate change adaptation at the local level? Approaching three knowledge gaps23
The interplay of Christianity and Ndau African traditional religion in shaping climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe: An Afrocentric analysis23
How Do Path Dependencies in Family Farming Affect Behavioural Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Practices? Exploring the Potential of Developing Carbon Farming by Smallholders in Serbia23
Towards sustainable development: Assessing social sustainability of Australian aged care system23
Sustainable development through biomimicry: Enhancing circular economy practices for environmental sustainability23
Ecosystem services to support sustainable development: The modifiable areal unit problem in the transition between evaluation and management units23
Financial development and sustainable development: A review of literature23
Does industrial sustainable development policy act as a booster for urban economic growth? Evidence from China's eco‐industrial parks23
Analysis of green total factor productivity in China's forestry industry: Technological, organizational, and environmental framework for sustainable economic development22
Navigating the path to human well‐being amidst climate change in Asian countries22
Deficiencies of women's participation in climate governance and sustainable development challenges in Bangladesh22
Renewable energy and sustainable development goals: Insights from latent dirichlet allocation thematic and bibliometric analysis22
Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy22
Value‐centric analysis of user adoption for sustainable urban micro‐mobility transportation through shared e‐scooter services22
Toward sustainable development: Revealing the dynamic impacts of the belt and road initiative on energy transition22
The role of aesthetics and art in organizational sustainability: A conceptual model and exploratory study in higher education21
Toward sustainable development: Connecting systems thinking competency and carbon footprint knowledge21
Addressing institutional challenges in sustainable development goals implementation: Lessons from the Republic of Korea21
Local resilience for low‐carbon transition in Poland: Frameworks, conditions and opportunities for Central European countries21
Sustainability as a strategy base in Spanish firms: Sustainability reports and performance on the sustainable development goals21
Sustainability of local renewable energy projects: A comprehensive framework and an empirical analysis on two islands21
High‐tech industries, financial expansion, and low‐carbon energy deployment along the Belt and Road Initiative21
A Prioritization Method for Sustainable Food Waste Reduction Practices21
Environmental justice: An evolving concept in a dynamic era21
Factors driving national eco‐innovation: New routes to sustainable development21
Reconciling the micro‐ and macro‐perspective in agricultural energy efficiency analysis for sustainable development21
Emissions trading scheme and green development in China: Impact of city heterogeneity20
Quest for SDG‐13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central‐African States20
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications20
Quantification of systemic importance of SDGs in Asian‐African countries: A network hierarchy analysis20
Drivers of green consumption: Ethical ideologies and corporate social responsibility in sustainability awareness20
Epistemic Justice as a “New Normal?” Interrogating the Contributions of Communities of Practice to Decolonization of Knowledge20
Using web GIS to promote stakeholder understanding of scientific results in sustainable urban development: A case study in Bergen, Norway20
Revisiting the sustainable industrialization paradigm in Africa: Exploring the influence of digitalization20
Sustainable innovation: Case studies from product development20
Environmental sustainability and green logistics: Evidence from BRICS and Gulf countries by cross‐sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS‐ARDL) approach19
Sustainable Development in Africa: The Contribution of Chinese Investment and Trade to Environmental Goods19
Making a case for nature‐based solutions for a sustainable built environment in Africa19
Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development19
Do command‐and‐control environmental regulations realize the win‐win of “pollution reduction” and “efficiency improvement” for enterprises? Evidence from China19
Green hydrogen partnerships with the Global South. Advancing an energy justice perspective on “tomorrow's oil”18
Does sustainable corporate governance have an impact on materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting? International evidence18
Enhancing environmental, social, and governance, performance and reporting through integration of life cycle sustainability assessment framework18
Regional collaboration for the sustainable development goals: Experiences from developing a multi‐actor platform in Sweden18
Sustainable practices in hospitality pre and amid COVID‐19 pandemic: Looking back for moving forward post‐COVID‐1918
Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development18
Strategic urban design for sustainable development: A framework for studio and practice18
Natural resources abundance, economic globalization, and carbon emissions: Advancing sustainable development agenda18
Monitoring sustainable development goals and the quest for high‐quality indicators: Learning from a practical evaluation of data on corruption18
Impact of environmental policies on the profitability of greenhouse agriculture in southeastern Spain17
Financing sustainable development? The role of foreign aid in Southeast Asia's energy transition17
Dynamics between environmental taxes and ecological sustainability: Evidence from top‐seven green economies by novel quantile approaches17
Attaining sustainable business performance under resource constraints: Insights from an emerging economy17
How cultural values influence sustainable consumption behavior? An empirical investigation in a non‐Western context17
Including the social responsibility of universities and sustainable development goals in the strategic plans of universities in Europe17
Transition towards circular economy in EU countries: A composite indicator and drivers of circularity17
Failing to attain sustainable development in Bangladesh: A potential comprehensive strategy for sustainability17
Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption17
The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices17
Sustainable development with environmental, social and governance: Strategies for urban sustainability17
Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development17
Powering a sustainable future: Does economic structure influence the ecological footprint?17
Evolution, trends and future research lines in corporate social responsibility and tourism: A bibliometric analysis and science mapping17
Carbon trading practices adoption for sustainable construction: A study of the barriers in a developing country16
Exploring the knowledge structure and potential research areas of sustainable tourism in sustainable development: Based on text mining and semantic network analysis16
The European (Green?) Deal: a systematic analysis of environmental sustainability16
Embracing environmental sustainability consciousness as a catalyst for slow fashion adoption16
Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals16
Green innovation and ecological footprint relationship for a sustainable development: Evidence from top 20 green innovator countries16
Tokenizing Innovation: A Blockchain‐Based Innovation System as a Step Toward Achieving Sustainable Development16
Toward a sustainable environment within the framework of carbon neutrality scenarios: Evidence from the novel Fourier‐NARDL approach16
Sustainable development policies of renewable energy and technological innovation toward climate and sustainable development goals16
Environmental Performance and SDGs: How Do Income Disparity, Urbanization, Resource Consumption, and Female Employers Affect the Ecological Footprint in Emerging Economies?16
Non‐state shareholder governance and corporate sustainability: Evidence from environmental, social and governance ratings16
Rural low‐carbon energy development in the information age: Can internet access drive the farmer to participate in personal carbon trading schemes related to bioenergy?16
Forecasting sustainable development goals scores by 2030 using machine learning models16
Circular economy and firm performance: The influence of product life cycle analysis, upcycling, and redesign16
Does digitalisation help achieve (selected) socio‐economic SDGs? Evidence from emerging economies16
Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis16
Efficiency in design and production to achieve sustainable development challenges in the automobile industry: Modular electric vehicle platforms15
Sustainable Development of Seafood Supply Chains via Blockchain Technology: Innovation Adoption and Implementation by Businesses and Entrepreneurs15
Innovation Ecosystem framework directed to Sustainable Development Goal #17 partnerships implementation15
Pathways to climate neutrality: The role of structural change15
Financing water investment for global sustainable development: Challenges, innovation, and governance strategies15
The global impact of financial development on renewable energy in a panel structural vector autoregression analysis15
Achieving Sustainable Development Through Green Finance: A Case Study of High‐Emission Industries15
A systematic review on the role of geographical information systems in monitoring and achieving sustainable development goal 6: Clean water and sanitation15
The role of permaculture in the integration of indigenous and modern agricultural knowledge: Evidence from Konso, Ethiopia15
Going Sustainability: The Impact of Free Trade Zone Establishment on Corporate Green Governance Performance15
How Far Is China From the Ideal Sustainable Development Pathway?15
Achieving Zero Hunger in Nepal: The Role of Foreign Aid in Agriculture15
Unleashing circular economy potential in agriculture: Integrating social impact assessment with the ReSOLVE framework as a tool for sustainable development15
A model for sustainable development of the ship recycling industry: Empirical evidence from China15
Informality and poverty in Africa: Which comes first?15
Energy Communities Toward Sustainable Development: The Role of Economic Factors in a Social Analysis14
Determinants of corporate climate change disclosure: Is the mediating role of corporate strategic response to environmental governance and policy matter? Evidence from emerging market14
How Does the USA Perform in the Sustainable Development Goals: A Northern Hemisphere Peer‐Based Index14
Analysing group‐ and metatechnology efficiencies and technology gap of airlines for a sustainable future14
The Impact of Sustainability Disclosure on Firm Value in the Energy Sector of BRICS Economies: The Holistic Approach of GRI Guidelines14
Trending topics and themes in environmental innovation research based on topic modeling14
Operationalizing Indivisibility—Synergies and Trade‐Offs in Six Swedish Municipalities’ Work With the 2030 Agenda14
Unveiling the shades of partnerships for the energy transition and sustainable development: Connecting public–private partnerships and emerging hybrid schemes14
Designing regional industrial symbiosis networks: The case of Apulia region14
A quantitative assessment of key drivers for environmental economic practices adoption for sustainable development14
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Sustainable development pathways: Exploring the impact of green finance on urban metabolic efficiency14
Can energy poverty be eradicated by project aid? Evidence from African countries14
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A systematic literature review: Setting a basis for smart and sustainable city performance measurement14
Does greenwashing obstruct sustainable environmental technologies and green financing from promoting environmental sustainability? Analytical evidence from the Indian economy14
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Promoting sustainable human resource management by reducing recruitment discrimination: A cross‐cultural perspective13
Re‐designing Social Impact Assessment to enhance community resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Action and Sustainable Development13
Community Social Sustainability: Unpacking the Concept for Urban Governance and Planning13
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The Impact of Voluntary Environmental Standards on Domestic and Foreign Sales Growth: Evidence From Pakistan13
Sustainable development of Socotra Archipelago. Application and reflexivity13
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