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World Development Sustainability Template

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World Development Sustainability is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Energy and Environment Impacts.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, World Development Sustainability 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth Agricultural Innovations and Practices Energy and Environment Impacts Agricultural risk and resilience Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
ISSN2772-655X
Citation impact (2-yr)5.31
h-index30
i10-index109
Total citations3,739
Article processing charge$1,400
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity for Development Studies
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Papers published in World Development Sustainability per year

39
2022
75
2023
79
2024
64
2025

Citation impact of World Development Sustainability by publication year

1.1K
2022
1.4K
2023
794
2024
272
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in World Development Sustainability

The drivers of environmental sustainability in BRICS economies: Do green finance and fintech matter?

Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha, Nicholas Ngepah · 19 Aug 2023

The BRICS nations have made environmental sustainability a top priority in their policies due to concerns about the negative impact of fossil fuel reliance on the environment. Their dependence on fossil fuels, both for energy production and imports, has led to a steady increase in greenhouse gas emissions over time. However, the BRICS nations also…

Dynamic impacts of economic growth, energy use, urbanization, agricultural productivity, and forested area on carbon emissions: New insights from Kazakhstan

Asif Raihan, Almagul Tuspekova · 1 Jan 2022

The study aims to investigate the dynamic impacts of economic growth, energy use, urbanization, agricultural productivity, and forested area on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Kazakhstan. Time series data from 1996 to 2020 were utilized by employing the Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) approach. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds test revealed evidence of cointegration…

Agricultural credit constraints in smallholder farming in developing countries: Evidence from Nigeria

Bedru Balana, Motunrayo Oyeyemi · 1 Jan 2022

The agricultural sector in developing countries like Nigeria is characterized by low productivity, driven partly by low use of modern agricultural technologies. Poor access to credit is seen as a key barrier to adoption of these technologies. Policy discourses and literature often associate credit constraints by smallholders with supply-side factors such as inadequate access to…

Dynamic impacts of economic growth, energy use, tourism, and agricultural productivity on carbon dioxide emissions in Egypt

Asif Raihan, Said Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim, Dewan Ahmed Muhtasim · 2 Apr 2023

Global climate change, exacerbated by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, notably carbon dioxide (CO2), provides a huge danger to lives, the global environment, and development. The current study explored the dynamic effects of economic growth, fossil fuel energy consumption, renewable energy consumption, tourism, and agricultural productivity on CO2 emissions in Egypt. The Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares…

How do sources of carbon dioxide emissions affect life expectancy? Insights from 68 developing and emerging economies

Mantu Kumar Mahalik, Thai‐Ha Le, Ha-Chi Le et al. · 1 Jan 2022

This study is possibly the first to investigate the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on life expectancy for 68 low- and middle-income countries for the 1990–2017 period. The analysis was carried out on a disaggregated basis on two dimensions: (1) the sources of CO2 emissions (i.e., consumption-based or production-based CO2 emissions) and (2) the…

World Development Sustainability template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does World Development Sustainability use?
World Development Sustainability uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, World Development Sustainability 12 (2023) 45–58.
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