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Fuel Cells

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1615-6846eISSN1615-6854

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.495

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.639

Total Worksi

2,463

Total Citationsi

57,332

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Electrochemistry; Energy & Fuels; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyBimonthly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,463

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1615-6846 / 1615-6854

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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

1.7k

2019

101

1.8k

2020

720

2021

351

2022

415

2023

230

2024

118

2025

116

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 Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ElectrochemistryEnergy & Fuels

Scopus Categories

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel CellsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMetallurgy and Material ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsMembrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Frequently asked questions about Fuel Cells

Is Fuel Cells a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fuel 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 Fuel Cells?

Fuel 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 1.58.

Is Fuel Cells indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fuel Cells is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fuel Cells?