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Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2352-4677eISSN2352-4677

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.385

Total Worksi

1,970

Total Citationsi

28,382

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks publishes theoretical and applied research on energy, information grids, and power networks, including smart grids. It explores topics such as fault in power engineering, distributed generation, and energy management, and welcomes contributions supporting UN sustainable development goals, particularly SDG 7 and SDG 11. The journal also covers computer science and renewable energy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 371 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,970

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-4677 / 2352-4677

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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

2.3k

2019

3.1k

2020

154

4.2k

2021

228

4.7k

2022

274

5.2k

2023

342

3.3k

2024

498

1.5k

2025

389

119

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 Systems EngineeringQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Smart Grid Energy ManagementMicrogrid Control and OptimizationOptimal Power Flow DistributionElectric Vehicles and InfrastructureElectric Power System OptimizationIntegrated Energy Systems OptimizationAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchEnergy Load and Power ForecastingPower System Optimization and StabilitySmart Grid Security and Resilience

Frequently asked questions about Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks

Is Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks: 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 Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks?

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks 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 3.64.

Is Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.