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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0927-0248eISSN1879-3398

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.183

H-Indexi

245

SNIPi

1.467

Total Worksi

13,788

Total Citationsi

588,489

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

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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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—

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?

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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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

616

26k

2019

451

17k

2020

520

17k

2021

497

13k

2022

417

7.8k

2023

599

2024

657

2025

450

410

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Is Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells: 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 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells?

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 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 5.98.

Is Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.