Featured articles in Discover Sustainability
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This post is part of the “Celebrating Five Years of the Discover Journals” series, highlighting Discover journals and the people who have played a key role in shaping their development. The series aims to spotlight the leadership, values, and vibrant communities behind the journals.
As part of this commitment, the journal is pleased to highlight a selection of its highly cited and widely discussed articles published between 2020 and 2025. These publications demonstrate the relevance and scientific influence of the research featured in the journal and reflect the growing recognition of Discover Sustainability within the global research community.
2025
- A global study on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the modern cow leather industry
- A scoping review on challenges and measures for climate change in arid and semi-arid agri-food systems
- Analysing the global workforce dynamics of the energy transition: main findings from the World Energy Employment report 2023
2024
- A comprehensive review on the impact of Industry 4.0 on the development of a sustainable environment
- Urban climate resilience in Africa: a review of nature-based solution in African cities' adaptation plans
- The hidden reasons behind generation Z's green choices
2023
- Allergenic tree pollen in Johannesburg and Cape Town as a public health risk: towards a sustainable implementation framework for South African cities
- Exploration of urban sustainability in India through the lens of sustainable development goals
- Analysing of the sustainable development goals in Damascus University during Syrian crisis using the strategy in the university and the bibliometrics data from SciVal
2020, 2021 & 2022
- Heading towards an unsustainable world: some of the implications of not achieving the SDGs
- Exploring the potentials, barriers and option for support in the Nigeria renewable energy industry
- Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of evidence
The selection of articles is available on the journal homepage:
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