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Best Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment journals

328 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 86 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Energy 78.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 eScience 63.4 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Sustainable Operations and Computers 50.7 99th Q1 – – Yes
4 Nature Sustainability 44.1 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 Energy and Environmental Science 42.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Advanced Energy Materials 39.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36.8 98th Q1 SCIE A No
8 Carbon Energy 32.7 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Energy Storage Materials 30.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Nano Energy 29.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
11 ACS Energy Letters 27.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Advances in Applied Energy 26.6 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Green Energy and Environment 26.5 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Energy Reviews 26.4 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Polymer Reviews 25.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Biofuel Research Journal 23.5 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
18 Innovation and Green Development 22.8 94th Q1 – B Yes
19 Sustainable Cities and Society 22.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Applied Energy 22.1 94th Q1 SCIE A No
21 Energy Conversion and Management 22.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Energy Material Advances 21.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Journal of Cleaner Production 21.3 93rd Q1 SCIE C No
24 Sustainable Production and Consumption 21.1 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
25 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 21.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
26 Bioresource Technology 20.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
27 Energy and Built Environment 20.1 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 18.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Carbon Neutralization 18.2 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Renewable Energy 18.1 91st Q1 SCIE – No
31 Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 18 91st Q1 SCIE – No
32 Circular Economy 17.5 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Materials Science for Energy Technologies 17.4 90th Q1 – – Yes
34 Energy 17.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Renewable Energy Focus 16.9 90th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Journal of Energy Storage 16.6 89th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 16.2 89th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Green Carbon 15.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
39 Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 15.7 88th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Energy Reports 15.3 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Energy Storage and Saving 15.3 88th Q1 – – Yes
42 Battery Energy 15.1 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Materials Today Sustainability 14.6 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 14.5 87th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Green Energy and Resources 14.4 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
46 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 86th Q1 ESCI C No
47 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 14.3 86th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Green Technologies and Sustainability 14.2 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
49 Materials Today Energy 13.9 85th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Sustainable Development 13.6 85th Q1 SSCI C No
51 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology 13.6 85th Q1 SCIE – No
52 IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking 13.4 85th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 13.3 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
54 Solar Energy 13 84th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Energy and Environment 12.7 84th Q1 SSCI C No
56 Energy Research and Social Science 12.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
57 Sustainable Materials and Technologies 12.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
58 Journal of Power Sources 12.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
59 Geoenergy Science and Engineering 12.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
60 Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments 12.1 82nd Q1 – – No
61 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 12.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
62 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 12 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
63 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition 11.9 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
64 Horticultural Plant Journal 11.8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
65 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
66 International Journal of Energy Research 11.4 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
67 Energy Conversion and Management: X 11.4 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
68 Water-Energy Nexus 11 80th Q1 – – Yes
69 Sustainable Environment Research 10.9 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
70 Cleaner Energy Systems 10.7 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
71 International Journal of Photoenergy 10.6 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
72 Carbon Letters 10.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
73 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 10.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
74 Energy, Sustainability and Society 10.3 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
75 ES Energy and Environment 10.3 78th Q1 – – No
76 Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences 10.2 78th Q1 – – Yes
77 Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 10.1 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
78 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 10 77th Q1 SCIE – No
79 Smart Energy 10 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
80 Energy for Sustainable Development 9.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
81 International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 9.7 76th Q1 SSCI B No
82 Bioresources and Bioprocessing 9.7 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
83 EES Catalysis 9.6 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
84 Journal of the Energy Institute 9.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
85 Bioresource Technology Reports 9.3 75th Q1 ESCI – No
86 Environmental Research Letters 9.3 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
87 Solar Compass 9.2 74th Q2 – – Yes
88 Clean Energy 9.1 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
89 Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks 9.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
90 GCB Bioenergy 9 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
91 Biomass and Bioenergy 8.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
92 Regional Sustainability 8.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
93 Sustainability (Switzerland) 8.9 73rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
94 Energy and Climate Change 8.7 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
95 Food and Energy Security 8.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
96 Green and Low-Carbon Economy 8.7 72nd Q2 – – No
97 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing 8.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
98 Global Environmental Politics 8.6 71st Q2 SSCI B No
99 Bioenergy Research 8.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
100 Cleaner Production Letters 8.6 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
101 Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy 8.6 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
102 Advanced Sustainable Systems 8.5 70th Q2 SCIE – No
103 Circular Economy and Sustainability 8.5 70th Q2 – – No
104 Energy Advances 8.5 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
106 Energies 8.3 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
107 Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 8.3 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
108 Geothermics 8.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
109 International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management 8.1 68th Q2 – – Yes
110 Wind Energy 8.1 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
111 Sustainable Energy and Fuels 8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Wind Energy Science 7.8 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
113 Energy Geoscience 7.7 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
114 PRX Energy 7.5 67th Q2 – – Yes
115 MRS Energy and Sustainability - A Review Journal 7.5 66th Q2 ESCI – No
116 Waste Disposal and Sustainable Energy 7.4 66th Q2 ESCI – No
117 Cleaner Environmental Systems 7.3 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
118 IET Renewable Power Generation 7.3 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
119 International Journal of Ambient Energy 7.2 65th Q2 – – No
120 Energy Harvesting and Systems 7.1 65th Q2 – – No
121 Green Processing and Synthesis 7.1 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
122 Global Energy Interconnection 7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
123 Solar Energy Advances 6.9 64th Q2 – – Yes
124 Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects 6.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
125 Oxford Open Energy 6.8 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
126 Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 6.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
127 Biomass (Switzerland) 6.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
128 Emergent Materials 6.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
129 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 6.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
130 Geothermal Energy 6.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
131 Frontiers in Energy Research 6.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
132 Dianli Jianshe/Electric Power Construction 6.2 61st Q2 – – Yes
133 International Journal of Green Energy 6.2 61st Q2 SCIE – No
134 International Journal of Sustainable Energy 6.2 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
135 Waste and Biomass Valorization 6.2 61st Q2 SCIE – No
136 Biofuels 6.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
137 Energy Storage 6 60th Q2 ESCI – No
138 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management 6 60th Q2 – – Yes
139 Journal of the Electrochemical Society 6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 5.8 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
141 Environments - MDPI 5.7 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Advances in Aerodynamics 5.6 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
143 Advances in Bioenergy 5.6 58th Q2 – – No
144 CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications 5.6 58th Q2 ESCI – No
145 International Journal of Renewable Energy Development 5.6 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
146 Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability 5.6 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
147 Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability 5.5 57th Q2 ESCI – No
148 Solar Energy and Sustainable Development 5.5 57th Q2 – – Yes
149 Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
150 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Cell Reports Sustainability 5.3 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
152 Sustainable Water Resources Management 5.3 56th Q2 ESCI – No
153 Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 5.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
154 Wind Engineering 5.2 55th Q2 ESCI – No
155 Global Transitions 5.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
156 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5.1 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
157 Fuels 5.1 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
158 Power Generation Technology 5.1 54th Q2 – – Yes
159 Egyptian Journal of Petroleum 5 54th Q2 – – Yes
160 IET Energy Systems Integration 5 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
161 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy 5 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
162 Zhongguo Dianli/Electric Power 5 53rd Q2 – – Yes
163 Energy Exploration and Exploitation 5 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
164 Environment 5 52nd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
165 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting 5 52nd Q2 – – No
166 Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4.9 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
167 Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports 4.8 51st Q2 – – No
168 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
169 International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies 4.7 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
170 China Ocean Engineering 4.6 50th Q2 SCIE – No
171 Innovation Energy 4.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
172 Journal of Photonics for Energy 4.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
173 World Patent Information 4.5 50th Q2 ESCI – No
174 AIMS Energy 4.5 49th Q3 ESCI – No
175 International Journal of Renewable Energy Research 4.5 49th Q3 ESCI – No
176 Wind 4.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
177 ChemNanoMat 4.4 48th Q3 SCIE – No
178 Environmental Economics 4.4 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
179 Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy 4.4 48th Q3 ESCI – No
180 Fuel Cells 4.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
181 Acta Innovations 4.2 47th Q3 – – Yes
182 Journal of Sustainable Forestry 4.2 47th Q3 SCIE – No
183 Renewable Energy Research and Applications 4.2 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
184 Advances in Wind Engineering 4 46th Q3 – – Yes
185 Geoenergy 4 46th Q3 – – No
186 Journal of Daylighting 4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
187 International Journal of Energy and Water Resources 3.9 45th Q3 – – No
188 Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Energy 3.9 45th Q3 SCIE – No
189 Applied Solar Energy (English translation of Geliotekhnika) 3.8 45th Q3 – – No
190 China Offshore Oil and Gas 3.8 45th Q3 – – No
191 Journal of Energy Engineering 3.8 44th Q3 SCIE – No
192 EPJ Photovoltaics 3.7 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
193 International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration 3.7 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
194 Environmental and Climate Technologies 3.6 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
195 Mechanical Engineering for Society and Industry 3.6 43rd Q3 – – No
196 Problemy Ekorozwoju 3.6 43rd Q3 SSCI – Yes
197 International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 3.4 43rd Q3 – – No
198 Future Transportation 3.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
199 Discover Sustainability 3.3 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
200 Quanqiu Nengyuan Hulianwang 3.3 42nd Q3 – – Yes
201 Archives of Automotive Engineering 3.3 41st Q3 – – No
202 Energy, Environment, and Sustainability 3.3 41st Q3 – – No
203 Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 3.3 41st Q3 SCIE – No
204 Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment 3.2 41st Q3 – – Yes
205 Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 3.2 40th Q3 – – Yes
206 Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 3.2 40th Q3 – – No
207 npj Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
208 International Journal on Energy Conversion 3.1 39th Q3 – – No
209 Journal of Asian Energy Studies 3.1 39th Q3 – – No
210 Radioprotection 3.1 39th Q3 SCIE – No
211 Journal of Energy Systems 3 38th Q3 – – No
212 Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
213 Journal of Solar Energy Research 2.9 38th Q3 – – Yes
214 Journal of Sustainable Mining 2.9 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
215 Taiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica 2.9 37th Q3 – – No
216 Clean Energy Science and Technology 2.8 37th Q3 – – No
217 Zhejiang Electric Power 2.8 37th Q3 – – Yes
218 APN Science Bulletin 2.7 36th Q3 – – Yes
219 Environmental Sustainability 2.7 36th Q3 ESCI – No
220 European Energy and Environmental Law Review 2.7 36th Q3 – – No
221 Microorganisms for Sustainability 2.7 36th Q3 – – No
222 Journal of Oil Palm Research 2.7 35th Q3 – – No
223 Journal of Applied Engineering Science 2.6 35th Q3 – – No
224 European Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2.5 35th Q3 – – No
225 Frontiers in Environmental Economics 2.5 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
226 Meteorology (Switzerland) 2.5 34th Q3 – – Yes
227 Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes 2.4 34th Q3 – – No
228 Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing and Chemistry 2.4 34th Q3 – – No
229 Environmental Research, Engineering and Management 2.4 33rd Q3 – – No
230 Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineering 2.3 33rd Q3 – – No
231 Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering 2.3 33rd Q3 – – Yes
232 Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment 2.3 32nd Q3 – – No
233 Thermal Science 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
234 International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 2.2 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
235 International Marine Energy Journal 2.2 32nd Q3 – – Yes
236 Advances in Environmental Technology 2.1 31st Q3 – – Yes
237 International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 2.1 31st Q3 ESCI – No
238 Next Sustainability 2.1 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
239 Green and Smart Mining Engineering 2.1 30th Q3 ESCI – No
240 Highlights of Sustainability 2.1 30th Q3 ESCI – No
241 Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 2.1 30th Q3 – – Yes
242 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development 2 30th Q3 – – Yes
243 Energy Storage Science and Technology 1.9 29th Q3 – – No
244 Greening of Industry Networks Studies 1.9 29th Q3 – – No
245 Advances in Technology Innovation 1.8 28th Q3 – – No
246 Journal of Safety and Sustainability 1.8 28th Q3 – – Yes
247 Journal of Sustainability Research 1.8 28th Q3 – – No
248 GMSARN International Journal 1.8 27th Q3 – – No
249 InterPore Journal 1.8 27th Q3 – – Yes
250 International Journal of Applied Power Engineering 1.7 27th Q3 – – No
251 Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology 1.7 27th Q3 – – Yes
252 Buletin Ilmiah Sarjana Teknik Elektro 1.6 26th Q3 – – No
253 EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web 1.6 26th Q3 – – Yes
254 Sustainability and Climate Change 1.6 26th Q3 ESCI – No
255 Energetika. Proceedings of CIS Higher Education Institutions and Power Engineering Associations 1.6 25th Q3 – – Yes
256 Sustainable Social Development 1.5 25th Q3 – – No
257 Transactions on Energy Systems and Engineering Applications 1.5 25th Q3 – – Yes
258 Case Studies in the Environment 1.5 24th Q4 ESCI – No
259 World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 1.5 24th Q4 – – No
260 Visions for Sustainability 1.4 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
261 Energy Environmental Protection 1.3 23rd Q4 – – Yes
262 International Journal of Environmental Sustainability 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
263 Energy Storage and Conversion 1.2 23rd Q4 – – No
264 International Journal of Global Energy Issues 1.2 22nd Q4 ESCI C No
265 Energotehnologii i Resursosberezenie 1.2 22nd Q4 – – No
266 CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro 1.1 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
267 Green Energy and Technology 1.1 21st Q4 – – No
268 Habitat Sustentable 1.1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
269 Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology 1.1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
270 Revista de Derecho Ambiental (Chile) 1.1 21st Q4 – – Yes
271 Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part A: Sustainable and Renewable Energy 1.1 20th Q4 SCIE – No
272 Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 1.1 20th Q4 – – No
273 Water Resources Development and Management 1.1 20th Q4 – – No
274 International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice 1 19th Q4 – – No
275 Jurnal Nasional Teknik Elektro 1 19th Q4 – – Yes
276 Management of Sustainable Development 1 19th Q4 – – Yes
277 International Computer Science and Engineering Conference 1 18th Q4 – – No
278 Journal of Renewable Energies 1 18th Q4 – – Yes
279 Journal of Wind Engineering 1 18th Q4 – – No
280 Paliva 1 18th Q4 – – No
281 AI Thermal Fluids 1 17th Q4 – – No
282 International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 1 17th Q4 ESCI – No
283 CIGRE Science and Engineering 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
284 Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
285 Natural Resource Management and Policy 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
286 Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment 0.8 16th Q4 – C No
287 Hydrogen, Fuel Cell and Energy Storage 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
288 Journal of Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technology 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
289 Cities and Nature 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
290 Problems of the Regional Energetics 0.7 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
291 Vidnovluvana Energetika 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
292 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
293 Asia in Transition 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
294 Spool 0.6 13th Q4 – – Yes
295 Sustainable Aviation 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
296 Water and Energy International 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
297 Advances in Food Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Agroindustrial Engineering 0.6 11th Q4 – – Yes
298 Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
299 Proceedings - International Seminar on Intelligent Technology and its Applications, ISITIA 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
300 Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part B: Subsurface Energy and Carbon Capture 0.5 10th Q4 SCIE – No

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