Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability
ISSN 2179-3565 · Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo · Brazil
RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability is published by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business and Management Studies, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Environmental Sustainability and Education, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences14.1%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting8.4%
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Business and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 673 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 2 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 22 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 51 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 66 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | 149 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 192 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
No simultaneous submission Model summary
The article should not be submitted to simultaneous evaluation in another journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivers 4.0 International license. 1.The author (s) authorize the publication of the article in the journal; 2.The author (s) warrant that the contribution is original and unpublished and is not in the process of being evaluated in other journal (s); 3. The journal is not responsible for the opinions, ideas and concep…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review Model summary
The Editor may or may not accept an article after it has been evaluated by the Double Blind Review system, which guarantees anonymity and confidentiality of both the author (s) and the reviewers
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
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2179-3565
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability
What CAS zone is RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability open access, and what is the APC?
RISUS-Journal on Innovation and Sustainability is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .