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Energy and Climate Change

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2018

ISSN2666-2787eISSN2666-2787

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.478

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.503

Total Worksi

290

Total Citationsi

3,550

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy & Fuels; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications290

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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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?

2666-2787 / 2666-2787

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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

2018

470

2020

1.5k

2021

675

2022

555

2023

551

2024

221

2025

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & Fuels

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEnergy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityEnergy and Environment ImpactsGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchIntegrated Energy Systems OptimizationHybrid Renewable Energy SystemsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsSocial Acceptance of Renewable EnergyEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Energy and Climate Change

Is Energy and Climate Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Energy and Climate Change: 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 Energy and Climate Change?

Energy and Climate Change 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 3.74.

Is Energy and Climate Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Energy and Climate Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Energy and Climate Change?