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Energy Research and Social Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.6), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2214-6296Verify ISSN ↗2214-6326Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,450 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 11 / 744 | 98th | Q1 |
| Nuclear Energy and Engineering | 4 / 85 | 95th | Q1 |
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | 32 / 347 | 90th | Q1 |
| Fuel Technology | 19 / 138 | 86th | Q1 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 56 / 345 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.6.
Energy Research and Social Science is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 11 of 744), Q1 in Nuclear Energy and Engineering (rank 4 of 85) and Q1 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 32 of 347), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Energy Research and Social Science is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, 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 12.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.432, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 145.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,450 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.
Energy Research and Social Science is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2214-6296 and its online ISSN is 2214-6326.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Energy Research and Social Science has an h-index of 173 and a 2-year mean of 7.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Energy Research and Social Science published 602 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
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.
In its latest 86 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (13.6%), United Kingdom (12.4%) and Australia (6.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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