Development Goals towards Sustainability

Sustainability’s growth, year after year, continues to be staggering, becoming a reference point for those working on these issues. There are 65,433 papers in the Scopus database, of which 61,016 (93%) are articles. The year 2022 proposes 16,996 papers, 21% more than the previous year (14,053 papers). The comparison is even more significant compared to five (2372 papers in 2017) or ten years (167 papers in 2012) ago. In addition, the value for 2023 is already significant (5638 papers). These data are extrapolated from the Scopus database (up to 12 May 2023). The most involved subject areas are energy, environmental science, and social science. Concerning the keywords, the most proposed terms in published papers are sustainability (16,328), China (11,051), and sustainable development (8475). In particular, the country of reference of authors shows that China leads with 18,849 papers, followed by the United States (5685), Spain (5197), South Korea (5012), and Italy (4716). The international nature of the journal is highlighted by the other countries completing the Top 10: United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. The journal aims to provide answers to current problems [1,2] and, for that reason, has more than thirty sections.