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Energies

Energies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1996-1073Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Scopus · Q1WoS · SCIEOpen Access

8.3

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 10 of 198 · 95th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2008–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

8.3

SJR · SCImago

0.748

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

201

Best quartile

Q1 · 95th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Control and Optimization	10 / 198	95th	Q1
Engineering (miscellaneous)	41 / 300	86th	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	160 / 1030	84th	Q1
Energy Engineering and Power Technology	68 / 347	80th	Q1
Fuel Technology	37 / 138	73rd	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	107 / 345	69th	Q2
Energy (miscellaneous)	35 / 106	67th	Q2

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Quick answers

Is Energies indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.3.

What quartile is Energies in Scopus?

Energies is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 10 of 198), Q1 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 41 of 300) and Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 160 of 1030), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Energies?

Energies is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.748, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 201.

How much does it cost to publish in Energies?

The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,137 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.

Who publishes Energies and what is its ISSN?

Energies is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 1996-1073.

Is Energies in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Is Energies open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is Energies? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Energies has an h-index of 231 and a 2-year mean of 5.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.

231

h-index

5.05

2-yr mean citations

31,582

i10-index

64,785

works indexed

1,157,658

total citations

Publication fee · open access list price, US$

US$3,137

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#12 of 129 Top 10% Control and Optimization

#39 of 268 Top 15% Engineering (miscellaneous)

#108 of 744 Top 15% Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Papers published per year

Energies published 6,760 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 9,881. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Microgrid Control and OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.

Who publishes in Energies? — latest 98 articles, 2026

In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (47.1%), Poland (8.8%) and Malaysia (4.6%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Energies? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. 42 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 34 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers 42 · 0.6 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags 34 · 0.5 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and suspect text

Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 1996-1073 ↗

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