Energies

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1998

ISSN1996-1073eISSN1996-1073

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.748

H-Indexi

218

SNIPi

1.027

Total Worksi

61,899

Total Citationsi

1,049,093

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy & Fuels; Control and Optimization; Engineering (miscellaneous); Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Energy (miscellaneous); Fuel Technology; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyMonthly, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications61,899

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1996-1073 / 1996-1073

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

4.9k

129k

2019

6.8k

159k

2020

8.8k

171k

2021

9.9k

160k

2022

7.9k

114k

2023

6.4k

54k

2024

6.8k

27k

2025

3.8k

1.7k

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.

Control and OptimizationQ1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Energy (miscellaneous)Q2

Fuel TechnologyQ2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & Fuels

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering (miscellaneous)Control and OptimizationFuel TechnologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyEnergy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microgrid Control and OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationElectric Vehicles and InfrastructureEnergy Load and Power ForecastingIntegrated Energy Systems OptimizationHybrid Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy and Environment ImpactsPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Energies

Is Energies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Energies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Energies?

Energies 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 3.78.

Is Energies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Energies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.