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Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2398-4902eISSN2398-4902

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.834

H-Indexi

106

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.79

Total Worksi

4,538

Total Citationsi

89,201

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Physical; Energy & Fuels; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 533 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,538

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2398-4902 / 2398-4902

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

465

16k

2019

587

19k

2020

594

13k

2021

537

7.7k

2022

508

5.5k

2023

551

4.2k

2024

539

2025

225

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

Fuel TechnologyQ2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalEnergy & FuelsMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Fuel TechnologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceConducting polymers and applicationsCatalysis for Biomass Conversion

Frequently asked questions about Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Is Sustainable Energy and Fuels a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainable Energy and Fuels: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sustainable Energy and Fuels?

Sustainable Energy and Fuels 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 3.92.

Is Sustainable Energy and Fuels indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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