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International Journal of Sustainable Energy is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1478-6451Verify ISSN ↗1478-646XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 16 / 99 | 84th | Q1 |
| Fuel Technology | 46 / 138 | 66th | Q2 |
| Energy (all) | 27 / 79 | 66th | Q2 |
| Process Chemistry and Technology | 32 / 84 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 134 / 345 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present (also 2003), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.2.
International Journal of Sustainable Energy is Q1 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 16 of 99), Q2 in Fuel Technology (rank 46 of 138) and Q2 in Energy (all) (rank 27 of 79), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Sustainable Energy is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 6.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.656, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 48.
International Journal of Sustainable Energy is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1478-6451 and its online ISSN is 1478-646X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Sustainable Energy has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 5.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 90 Scopus journals in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.
International Journal of Sustainable Energy published 58 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 74. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (11.1%), China (7.9%) and Norway (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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.
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