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Current Issue
Volume 2,
Issue 1,
15 December 2025

About the Journal

The United Nations have highlighted that we have under ten years to achieve the sustainable development goals, a shared call to action to improve prospects of all people and the planet. Journal of Responsible Production and Consumption provides a home for research that focuses on all aspects of responsible production and consumption highlighting how we can do more with less.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Paper — up to 10000 words
  • Case Study — up to 10000 words
  • Practitioner Paper — up to 8000 words
  • Opinion Piece — up to 1200 words
  • Technical Paper — up to 8000 words
  • Literature Review — up to 8000 words
  • Editorial — up to 8000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is an open access journal. If you choose to publish in this journal, you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Read more about our open access options.

ORCiD

All authors, including co‑authors, must have a valid ORCiD. Visit the ORCiD website to register.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

View author guidelines

Calls for papers

Closes: 30th November 2026

This special issue explores regenerative and net-positive operations and supply chains, moving beyond efficiency toward restorative, resilient, and socially inclusive sustainability systems.

Guest editor(s): Ricardo Zimmermann, Gustavo Dalmarco, António Baptista, Eugenia Rosca, Albachiara Boffelli