Highlights of Science is an academic open-access publisher established in Barcelona, Spain. Founded by Cathy Wang, together with an experienced editorial team passionate about scholarly publishing, Highlights of Science launched its first title in late 2021, Highlights of Sustainability (ISSN 2696-628X), with the aim of disseminating research on sustainability and sustainable development to help achieve the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Highlights of Science always strives to keep open-access publication fees at an affordable level, to prevent the emergence of new barriers to scientific communication.

All articles published in Highlights of Science journals will be open access and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This ensures that individuals from around the world can freely read, use, download, and share the contents, while authors retain the copyright to their work

Highlights of Science currently publishes the following peer-reviewed open access journals: Highlights of Sustainability and Highlights of Vehicles, and continuously launches new journal titles to provide service for researchers in all scientific disciplines.

All journals published by Highlights of Science are fully open access. This publishing model ensures that all contents are immediately available to everyone free of charge. To support long-term and sustainable open access publishing, we fund our publication activities and infrastructure by charging authors Article Processing Charges (APCs), which are typically covered by their affiliated institutes.

All articles submitted to Highlights of Science journals will undergo rigorous peer-review by external independent experts in the field. At Highlights of Science, we uphold the responsibility to ensure the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the publishing activities, including authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher, must adhere to ethical standards outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Any instances of plagiarism, such as copying without acknowledgement, paraphrasing, or inaccurate citation, will not be tolerated.

The statements, opinions and data contained in all the publications are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and are not of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Highlights of Science stays neutral in regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.