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Energy Policy

Elsevier B.V. · United Kingdom

ISSN0301-4215eISSN1873-6777

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.516

H-Indexi

351

SNIPi

2.2

Total Worksi

17,174

Total Citationsi

1,049,899

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Energy (miscellaneous); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications17,174

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0301-4215 / 1873-6777

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

743

47k

2019

723

38k

2020

566

31k

2021

535

24k

2022

476

14k

2023

427

7.7k

2024

479

2.9k

2025

471

359

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Energy (miscellaneous)Q1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsEnergy & FuelsEnvironmental SciencesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnergy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesClimate Change Policy and EconomicsEnergy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research

Frequently asked questions about Energy Policy

Is Energy Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Energy Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Energy Policy?

Energy Policy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 6.85.

Is Energy Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Energy Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Energy Policy?