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npj Urban Sustainability Template

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About the npj Urban Sustainability format

npj Urban Sustainability is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health, Urban Heat Island Mitigation. Over its lifetime it has published 417 papers, which have received 7,879 citations.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (Nature)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. npj Urban Sustainability 12, 45–58 (2023).

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Publishes research inLand Use and Ecosystem Services Urban Green Space and Health Urban Heat Island Mitigation Urban Transport and Accessibility Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
ISSN2661-8001
Citation impact (2-yr)6.6
h-index48
i10-index161
Article processing charge$1,990
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websitewww.nature.com
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Papers published in npj Urban Sustainability per year

1
2019
41
2021
34
2022
57
2023
52
2024
135
2025

Citation impact of npj Urban Sustainability by publication year

15
2019
2.9K
2021
1.4K
2022
1.7K
2023
1.1K
2024
713
2025

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

Most-cited papers in npj Urban Sustainability

Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth for 300+ cities

Richa Mahtta, Michail Fragkias, Burak Güneralp et al. · 11 Feb 2022

Abstract Global urban populations are projected to increase by 2.5 billion over the next 30 years. Yet, there is limited understanding of how this growth will affect urban land expansion (ULE). Here, we develop a large-scale study to test explicitly the relative importance of urban population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in affecting ULE…

Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century

Maryna Strokal, Zhaohai Bai, Wietse Franssen et al. · 27 Apr 2021

Abstract Most of the global population will live in urban areas in the 21st century. We study impacts of urbanization on future river pollution taking a multi-pollutant approach. We quantify combined point-source inputs of nutrients, microplastics, a chemical (triclosan) and a pathogen ( Cryptosporidium ) to 10,226 rivers in 2010, 2050 and 2100, and show…

Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities

Dexter H. Locke, Billy Hall, J. Morgan Grove et al. · 25 Mar 2021

Abstract Redlining was a racially discriminatory housing policy established by the federal government’s Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) during the 1930s. For decades, redlining limited access to homeownership and wealth creation among racial minorities, contributing to a host of adverse social outcomes, including high unemployment, poverty, and residential vacancy, that persist today. While the multigenerational…

Ageing and population shrinking: implications for sustainability in the urban century

Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Thomas Elmqvist, Alexandros Gasparatos et al. · 27 May 2021

Abstract Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization. This Perspective rationalizes their interface by (a) identifying the challenges and opportunities that ageing and shrinking urban populations will have for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and (b) discussing some emerging interventions…

Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene

Timon McPhearson, Christopher M. Raymond, Natalie Marie Gulsrud et al. · 23 Feb 2021

Abstract The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The steering arms of society including embedded financial, legal, political, and governance systems must be radically realigned and recognize the connectivity among social, ecological, and technological domains of…

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npj Urban Sustainability uses Superscript numbered (Nature) references, shown as superscript numerals 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. npj Urban Sustainability 12, 45–58 (2023).
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Nature Portfolio journal (Springer Nature). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Springer Nature.
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