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Utilities Policy
Utilities Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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Quick answers
Is Utilities Policy indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present (also 1997–2001, 1990–1995), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
What quartile is Utilities Policy in Scopus?
Utilities Policy is Q1 in Law (rank 27 of 1162), Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 10 of 289) and Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 58 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Utilities Policy?
Utilities Policy is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.073, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 72.
How much does it cost to publish in Utilities Policy?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,950 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Utilities Policy and what is its ISSN?
Utilities Policy is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0957-1787 and its online ISSN is 1878-4356.
Is Utilities Policy covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Utilities Policy in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Utilities Policy?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Sector Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Utilities Policy open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Utilities Policy? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Utilities Policy has an h-index of 88 and a 2-year mean of 4.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
88
h-index
4.15
2-yr mean citations
1,109
i10-index
2,385
works indexed
46,592
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,950
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#28 of 1,057Top 3%Law
#16 of 269Top 6%Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
#57 of 1,478Top 4%Sociology and Political Science
Papers published per year
Utilities Policy published 215 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Electric Power System OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementWater resources management and optimizationEnergy and Environment Impacts
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 Utilities Policy? — latest 89 articles, 2026
In its latest 89 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (18.8%), China (13.8%) and India (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Utilities Policy? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers1 · 0.4 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
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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