Challenges in Sustainability (CiS), published by Acadlore, has received a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.4 in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released by Clarivate, with multiple key indicators showing substantial improvement over the previous year. The journal has climbed from Q4 to Q3 in the GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY category.

The JCR, published annually by Clarivate, is the industry-leading source of publisher-neutral data and metrics for evaluating the world's leading academic journals. Now in its 50th anniversary year, the 2025 JCR covers 22,249 journals across 254 research categories and provides the widely recognized JIF alongside the field-normalized JCI, offering researchers, institutions, and publishers a comprehensive and transparent view of journal performance and scholarly influence.

CiS's 2025 JCR performance highlights include:

• Journal Impact Factor: 3.4, up 17.2% from 2.9 in 2024, marking the journal's highest JIF to date and a significant improvement over its five-year average of 2.9.

• Category Ranking: GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY — 81st out of 114 journals, advancing from Q4 to Q3 (29.4th percentile), a notable rise from the 5.3rd percentile in 2024.

• Journal Citation Indicator: 0.47, up 235.7% from 0.14 in 2024. This field-normalized metric (1.0 = global average) enables cross-disciplinary comparison; its growth far outpaces the JIF's 17.2% increase, signaling a rapidly rising relative influence within the field.

• Total Citations: 196, reflecting consistent year-over-year growth from 49 citations in 2021, demonstrating the journal's steadily expanding academic reach and visibility.

CiS is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to advancing sustainability research across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The journal fosters interdisciplinary scholarship that connects scientific analysis, sustainable technologies, governance frameworks, and behavioural transformation. Its scope encompasses climate resilience and adaptation, circular economy and waste reduction, renewable energy technologies, sustainable agriculture and food systems, water resources management, social sustainability and equity, environmental policy and governance, and biodiversity conservation. By bridging academic insights with practical solutions, CiS promotes rigorous research that supports evidence-based decision-making and informs sustainable development practices worldwide.

In recent years, CiS has strengthened its editorial standards and peer-review processes, ensuring methodological rigour, analytical transparency, and policy relevance. A consistent bimonthly publication schedule and a growing international author base have further contributed to the journal's rising impact across both environmental and social science domains.

The current JCR achievement represents an important milestone in CiS's development. Continued efforts will focus on advancing high-quality interdisciplinary research that supports sustainability transitions, resilience building, and long-term ecological and societal well-being.

The editors extend sincere gratitude to all authors, reviewers, and editorial board members whose dedicated contributions have been instrumental in the journal's progress.