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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SDEWES.
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Publisher: International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SDEWES
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Science and Technology | 73 / 279 | 74th | Q2 |
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | 102 / 347 | 70th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 91 / 307 | 70th | Q2 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 140 / 345 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.8.
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems is Q2 in Water Science and Technology (rank 73 of 279), Q2 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 102 of 347) and Q2 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 91 of 307), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.471, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$521 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.
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems is published by International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SDEWES. Its ISSN is 1848-9257.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 2.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #129 of 263 Scopus journals in Water Science and Technology.
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems published 91 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.
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.
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