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Solar Energy Advances

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2667-1131

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.843

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.149

Total Worksi

135

Total Citationsi

1,167

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications135

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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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

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2667-1131

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

225

2021

437

2022

178

2023

327

2024

211

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.

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsPhotovoltaic System Optimization TechniquesSolar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationIntegrated Energy Systems Optimizationsolar cell performance optimizationPhotovoltaic Systems and SustainabilityUrban Heat Island MitigationEnergy Load and Power ForecastingGeothermal Energy Systems and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Solar Energy Advances

Is Solar Energy Advances a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Solar Energy Advances: it is indexed in 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 Solar Energy Advances?

Solar Energy Advances is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.843.

Is Solar Energy Advances indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Solar Energy Advances is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Solar Energy Advances?