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Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Nanjing Branch · China · Est. 2013

ISSN2196-5420

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 13.3. 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

2.175

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

13.3

SNIPi

2.056

Total Worksi

1,605

Total Citationsi

42,985

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy is dedicated to presenting top-level academic achievements in the fields of modern power systems and clean energy by international researchers and engineers, and is endeavoured to serve as a bridge between Chinese and global researchers in the power industry. MPCE has an international authorship and a broad scope in modern power systems including, but are not limited to: Renewable power generation and clean energy technologies Distributed energy resources and storage Modern power system operation and planning Power system protection and automation in energy management systems Power system economics and markets Transmission technologies in modern power systems Active distribution networks and microgrid applications Modern power grid devices, sensors and wireless technologies Load management and customer participation Electric vehicles and electrification of transportation industry Cyber-physical systems and power system communication technologies Interdependency of electricity with other large Infrastructures Power system modeling and computational analyses

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Frequency6

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,605

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

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?

State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Nanjing Branch

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2196-5420

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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

2019

127

6.2k

2020

151

2021

165

4.9k

2022

177

3.8k

2023

358

3.2k

2024

2025

120

109

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 TechnologyQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microgrid Control and OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementOptimal Power Flow DistributionElectric Power System OptimizationPower System Optimization and StabilityHVDC Systems and Fault ProtectionPower Systems and Renewable EnergyEnergy Load and Power ForecastingIntegrated Energy Systems OptimizationElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

Is Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy: 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 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy?

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 13.3.

Is Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.