Journal Information

Online-only and open access, npj Urban Sustainability publishes inter-and cross-disciplinary research into how cities are reshaping and are being reshaped to meet major economic, social and environmental challenges, including how digital tools and big data are playing an increasing role in this shaping.

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Aims and Scope

Find out about the journal's aims and scope.

Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in npj Urban Sustainability in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Springer Nature supports the SDGs through a dedicated SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact.

Content types

Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Urban Sustainability considers.

About the Editors

npj Urban Sustainability international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.

Open Access

npj Urban Sustainability is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.

Article Processing Charges

To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Urban Sustainability levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information are available in this section.

Journal Impact

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About the Partner

npj Urban Sustainability is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

About the npj Series

The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high-impact open science.