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Sustainability Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Sustainability in one click — DocuGuru applies the official MDPI template with numbered references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Sustainability format

Sustainability is a peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI, covering Environmental Sustainability in Business, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Over its lifetime it has published 107,497 papers, which have received 2,245,494 citations.

PublisherMDPI
Reference styleNumbered (MDPI)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Sustainability 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inEnvironmental Sustainability in Business Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Sustainable Supply Chain Management Land Use and Ecosystem Services Environmental Impact and Sustainability
ISSN2071-1050
Citation impact (2-yr)5.02
h-index297
i10-index55,968
Article processing charge$2,382
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websitewww.mdpi.com
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Papers published in Sustainability per year

525
2014
1K
2015
1.4K
2016
2.5K
2017
5K
2018
7.4K
2019
10.8K
2020
14.2K
2021
17.4K
2022
16.6K
2023
11.2K
2024
11.6K
2025

Citation impact of Sustainability by publication year

23.5K
2014
46.6K
2015
63.1K
2016
102.7K
2017
199.4K
2018
271.4K
2019
381.7K
2020
376K
2021
325K
2022
236K
2023
99K
2024
39.1K
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Sustainability

Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation

Rattan Lal · 13 May 2015

Feeding the world population, 7.3 billion in 2015 and projected to increase to 9.5 billion by 2050, necessitates an increase in agricultural production of ~70% between 2005 and 2050. Soil degradation, characterized by decline in quality and decrease in ecosystem goods and services, is a major constraint to achieving the required increase in agricultural production.…

1,957 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

Aleksander Aristovnik, Damijana Keržič, Dejan Ravšelj et al. · 13 Oct 2020

The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date on how students perceive the impacts of the first wave of COVID-19 crisis in early 2020 on various aspects of their lives on a global level. With a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries, the study reveals that amid the worldwide lockdown and…

1,713 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Industry 5.0—A Human-Centric Solution

Saeid Nahavandi · 13 Aug 2019

Staying at the top is getting tougher and more challenging due to the fast-growing and changing digital technologies and AI-based solutions. The world of technology, mass customization, and advanced manufacturing is experiencing a rapid transformation. Robots are becoming even more important as they can now be coupled with the human mind by means of brain–machine…

1,575 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Designing the Business Models for Circular Economy—Towards the Conceptual Framework

Mateusz Lewandowski · 18 Jan 2016

Switching from the current linear model of economy to a circular one has recently attracted increased attention from major global companies e.g., Google, Unilever, Renault, and policymakers attending the World Economic Forum. The reasons for this are the huge financial, social and environmental benefits. However, the global shift from one model of economy to another…

1,559 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review

Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, Prashant Kaushik · 27 Jan 2021

Climate change is a global threat to the food and nutritional security of the world. As greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere are increasing, the temperature is also rising due to the greenhouse effect. The average global temperature is increasing continuously and is predicted to rise by 2 °C until 2100, which would cause substantial economic…

1,476 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Sustainability template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Sustainability format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Sustainability template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official MDPI format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Sustainability use?
Sustainability uses Numbered (MDPI) 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. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Sustainability 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Sustainability?
No. DocuGuru generates the mdpi LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a MDPI-ready Sustainability document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Sustainability template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Sustainability format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Sustainability?
Sustainability - MDPI Journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by MDPI.
Can I export a submission-ready Sustainability PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Sustainability template (the mdpi class) that is ready to submit to MDPI, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Sustainability template cost?
You can start writing in the Sustainability template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Sustainability PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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