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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0927-0248eISSN1879-3398

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.284

H-Index

245

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.467

Total Works

13,788

Total Citations

588,489

2yr Mean Citedness

5.98

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is an international journal devoted to photovoltaic, photothermal, and photochemical solar energy conversion. It aims to explore topics under silicon carbide, supercooling, crystal, latent heat, and temperature cycling, in addition to chemical engineering research.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwenty Times A Year, <2005->

StatusActive

Total Publications13,788

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

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6/12 · 50%

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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?

0927-0248 / 1879-3398

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Silicon and Solar Cell TechnologiesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesConducting polymers and applications