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Energy Reports

Energy Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 15.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2352-4847Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Scopus · Q1WoS · SCIEOpen Access

15.3

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 12 of 434 · 97th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2015–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

15.3

SJR · SCImago

1.197

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

132

Best quartile

Q1 · 97th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Civil and Structural Engineering	12 / 434	97th	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	22 / 740	97th	Q1
Building and Construction	10 / 258	96th	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	43 / 1030	95th	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	20 / 432	95th	Q1
Energy Engineering and Power Technology	21 / 347	94th	Q1
Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)	10 / 106	91st	Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	40 / 345	88th	Q1

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Collections

SCIE

Quick answers

Is Energy Reports indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 15.3.

What quartile is Energy Reports in Scopus?

Energy Reports is Q1 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 12 of 434), Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 22 of 740) and Q1 in Building and Construction (rank 10 of 258), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Energy Reports?

Energy Reports 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 15.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.197, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 132.

How much does it cost to publish in Energy Reports?

The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,040 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 Energy Reports and what is its ISSN?

Energy Reports is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2352-4847.

Is Energy Reports in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Is Energy Reports open access?

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

How well cited is Energy Reports? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Energy Reports has an h-index of 150 and a 2-year mean of 9.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 15.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 385 Scopus journals in Civil and Structural Engineering.

150

h-index

9.61

2-yr mean citations

5,417

i10-index

9,750

works indexed

231,640

total citations

Publication fee · open access list price, US$

US$3,040

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

#10 of 385 Top 3% Civil and Structural Engineering

#23 of 641 Top 4% Mechanical Engineering

#9 of 219 Top 5% Building and Construction

Papers published per year

Energy Reports published 798 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 2,704. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Microgrid Control and OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementIntegrated Energy Systems OptimizationEnergy Load and Power Forecasting

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 Energy Reports? — latest 77 articles, 2026

In its latest 77 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (22.3%), Iran (12.7%) and India (6.1%).

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

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

Scopus status: Active. 32 retracted papers are recorded (3.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 18 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers 32 · 3.3 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags 18 · 1.8 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 · 2352-4847 ↗

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