Journal profile
Journal of Innovations and Sustainability
ISSN 2367-8151 · Innovations and Sustainability Academy · Bulgaria
Journal of Innovations and Sustainability: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 49 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Innovations and Sustainability is published by Innovations and Sustainability Academy. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 46.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Innovations and Sustainability was founded in 2015. The founder of the periodical is Innovations and Sustainability Academy (Plovdiv, Republic of Bulgaria). During 2019–2020, the publication was temporarily suspended. In order to restore the functioning of the journal, its development and promotion in 2021, a partner-publisher – the Institute of Eastern European Research and Consulting – was involved. The owner of the journal is the Institute of Eastern European Research and Consulting. Currently, the Journal of Innovations and Sustainability is a first joint periodic scientific e-journal, which is the result of cooperation between the scientists of the Republic of Bulgaria and Ukraine. Journal of Innovations and Sustainability (ISSN 2367-8151) is an open access, cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original scientific works, theoretical and practical articles that should contribute to the sustainable development. Acceptable for publication are papers and essays passing a double-blind peer review process, as well as communications and short scientific announcements, advertisements of incoming conferences, etc. The journal also informs about the events of scientific life and education; provides reviews of scientific papers and textbooks. Aims and Scope. This journal focuses on all aspects of innovations and sustainable development from the local to the global level. The main attention is paid to papers concerned with innovation activities, economic, environmental and social sustainability. The journal publishes papers in the following basic areas: economic sciences, social sciences, environmental sciences. Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following: circular economy 4.0; conceptual approaches towards innovative development and sustainability; glocalization processes and sustainable development; innovations for sustainability and sustainable development; legal aspects of innovative development and sustainability at different levels of management; public administration of innovative development and sustainability; quantitative (scientometric) and qualitative research in the field of innovative development and sustainability; education for sustainable development; measuring, forecasting and monitoring sustainability; sustainable agriculture; sustainable cities and society; sustainable competitiveness of countries, industries, regions, enterprises; sustainable energy; sustainable entrepreneurship; sustain
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ekaterina ArabskaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ukraine 18, Romania 2, United States 1, Italy 1, Spain 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences15.4%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences15.4%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering15.4%
- Economic and Business Development StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.9%
- Business and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Science8.1%
- Economic Issues in UkraineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Labor Market and EducationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Agriculture Market Analysis UkraineAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, BASE, Electronic Journals Library, Index Copernicus, OpenAIRE, ResearchBib, Research Commons, WorldCat
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.45OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 258 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 7 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 41 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 123 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 116 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 65 | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | USD 25 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest
Authors must guarantee the absence of conflicts of interest that may affect the results of the study or their interpretation. Model summary
The author guarantees the absence of conflicts of interest that may affect the results of the study or their interpretation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licens 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles are reviewed by leading domestic and foreign experts in related branches of science before publication. Model summary
Before the publication all articles are reviewed by leading domestic and foreign experts in related branches of science.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
The manuscript must not contain excessive borrowing or plagiarism in any form, including unmarked quotations, paraphrasing or appropriating rights to the results of other people's research. Model summary
The manuscript does not contain excessive borrowing, and plagiarism in any form, including unmarked quotations, paraphrasing or appropriating rights to the results of other people's research, which are unethical and unacceptable actions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors retain copyright Model summary
Authors of articles published in this journal retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Innovations and Sustainability Academy
- Country or region
- Bulgaria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2367-8151
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Innovations and Sustainability
How long does peer review take at Journal of Innovations and Sustainability?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Innovations and Sustainability based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ukraine (18), Romania (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Innovations and Sustainability?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Innovations and Sustainability is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Innovations and Sustainability open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Innovations and Sustainability is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .