Research background:The realization of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 8 hinges on the sustained growth of both the economy and the global employment outlook. In order to ensure progress in fostering inclusive and equitable growth and employment opportunities, it is essential to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the SDG findings across all relevant subtargets. Purpose of the article: This study provides an in-depth analysis of the research surrounding SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), emphasizing its pivotal role in sustainable development. Methods: Utilizing the PRISMA framework and BERTopic method, it explores the intricate interconnections between SDG 8 and other goals, such as reducing inequalities (SDG 10), clean energy (SDG 7), climate action (SDG 13), poverty alleviation (SDG 1), and innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9). Findings & value added: The findings emphasize the importance of subtarget 8.1 (sustained per capita growth) and subtarget 8.5 (full employment and decent work for all). Additionally, the study underscores the need for policies supporting resource efficiency and sustainable consumption (subtarget 8.4), while green innovation and the digital economy are strongly linked to subtarget 8.2 (enhanced productivity through technological upgrading). Ensuring that economic growth is inclusive and equitable, as outlined in subtarget 8.3, is crucial for reducing inequalities. Policymakers must balance economic growth with environmental sustainability, promoting decent work conditions (subtarget 8.8) and adopting green technologies. These findings offer valuable insights for advancing SDG 8, ensuring that economic progress benefits all segments of society while safeguarding natural resources and fostering long-term prosperity.

Introduction: As ecological disasters loom, forests play a crucial role in mitigating climate change and aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study aims to systematically examine the contribution of forestry science research to the SDGs through a multidisciplinary perspective, highlighting its role in advancing global sustainability efforts. Methods: Utilizing the PRISMA protocol, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of 39,841 publications since 2015, focusing on the intersection of forestry sciences with the SDGs. Network and keyword co-occurrence analyses were performed to identify thematic clusters and interdisciplinary linkages among SDGs. Results: Our findings indicate a significant focus on SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 13 (Climate Action), emphasizing the forestry sector’s contributions to biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and ecosystem services. The analyses revealed thematic clusters centered around ecological sustainability, sustainable energy, and social development, demonstrating the diverse ways in which forestry research supports the SDGs. Discussion: This study highlights the interdisciplinary nature of forestry sciences and identifies key areas of contribution while pointing to potential research gaps. Future research should explore advanced technologies such as AI-driven analytics and remote sensing, socioeconomic impacts of forest-based livelihoods, and innovative reforestation techniques. Strengthening urban forestry, enhancing interdisciplinary cooperation, and improving governance are recommended to ensure continued contributions of forestry sciences to global sustainability and the SDGs.

Academia has faced the challenge of emerging hijacked journals, which create a fake website for a legitimate journal by copying its name, ISSN, and other metadata. Authors submitting a manuscript to a hijacked journal would not recognize that the journal website was for a hijacked journal instead of the legitimate one. There are various methods for detecting hijacked journals that are usable by information technology savvy researchers. Detected hijacked journals through use of these methods are usually then added to hijacked journals blacklists. This paper presents a new method for hijacked journals detection that uses the web domain data and list of known hijacked journals to identify new ones. By implementing this method, nine new hijacked journals were identified. This method can be used for detecting new hijacked journals and preventing additional victims–authors who submit papers to the hijacked instead of the legitimate journal.

Research background:Responsible consumption and production, articulated in Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12), has heightened global expectations for credible sustainability disclosure. Despite this, firms across sectors continue to use selective, vague, or unverifiable environmental claims that contribute to greenwashing. Although research on greenwashing has expanded, consolidated knowledge on how misrepresentation patterns vary across industries and how these practices undermine SDG 12 objectives remains limited. A clearer understanding of sector-specific disclosure behaviors is essential for strengthening accountability and supporting responsible production–consumption transitions. Purpose of the article: This study aims to provide a cross-sectoral synthesis of greenwashing mechanisms and sustainability misrepresentation, examining how disclosure tactics differ across the manufacturing, energy, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), automotive, tech-nology, and service sectors. The objective is to map these practices against SDG 12 expectations and highlight how they hinder progress toward responsible production and consump-tion. Methods: Using a PRISMA-based systematic review of Scopus-indexed studies, the analysis applies thematic coding and comparative sectoral assessment to identify patterns of misrepre-sentation. The review integrates evidence across multiple industries to highlight differences in performance-based, claim-based, symbolic, and impression-management tactics. Findings & value added: The results show that manufacturing and energy firms predomi-nantly engage in performance-related sustainability misrepresentation, whereas FMCG and service firms more frequently employ claim-based, symbolic, and impression-management approaches. Across all sectors, recurring practices include overstated certifications, selective reporting, and ambiguous SDG commitments, which collectively impede transparency and weaken the achievement of SDG 12. By offering one of the first comprehensive cross-industry evaluations of greenwashing within an SDG framework, the study advances the theoretical understanding of sustainability misrepresentation and identifies sector-specific risks relevant for regulators and policymakers. It also provides actionable insights into enhancing reporting integrity and accountability aligned with SDG 12.

Research background:Tourism accounts for a substantial share of global greenhouse gas emissions, positioning the sector at critical crossroads between remaining a climate liability and contributing meaningfully to global net-zero transitions. Although research on tourism decarbonization has expanded rapidly, existing systematic reviews remain fragmented, typically privileging isolated technological solutions, behavioral interventions, or governance mechanisms. Consequently, there is limited integrative understanding of how technological, ecological, behavioral, and institutional levers interact across contexts to enable scalable, SDGaligned net-zero tourism pathways. Purpose of the article: The objective of this article is to synthesize and systematize the netzero tourism literature by identifying dominant decarbonization themes, examining how geographic and institutional contexts shape transition outcomes, and clarifying how tourism's contribution to sustainable development goals (SDGs) can be operationalized. The study advances existing net-zero tourism reviews by offering a multidimensional, SDG-oriented synthesis rather than a single-lens or sector-specific assessment. Methods: This study adopts an integrated mixed-methods review design combining a PRISMA-guided systematic literature review of Scopus-indexed publications (2015–2024), machine learning–based topic modeling using BERTopic to identify latent thematic structures, and a comparative synthesis of empirically grounded case studies across diverse geographic and governance contexts. SDG mapping is embedded throughout the review to enhance analytical coherence and policy relevance. Findings & value added: Five thematic clusters emerge: zero-emission transport and renewable energy, consumer climate engagement, governance integration, ecosystem-based mitigation, and circular economy digitalization. Technological solutions reduce emissions but face infrastructure and institutional constraints, whereas nature-based approaches offer durable sequestration yet remain weakly embedded in policy and accounting. Behavioral initiatives are limited by trust and fairness concerns, and governance fragmentation restricts scaling. The study integrates fragmented research via the ADO lens and demonstrates methodological novelty through PRISMA, BERTopic, and comparative case synthesis, offering actionable guidance for scalable, SDG-aligned net-zero tourism transitions.