Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Field ranking · 2020
Energy journal rankings 2020
44 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Energy has 44 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.86, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.32. The top three are Nature Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and Renewable Energy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Nature CatalysisNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.04Q1 | 25.98 5.36 up from 2019 | 378 | 31% | $12,690 | ||
2Applied Catalysis B: EnvironmentalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.28Q1 | 18.89 1.41 up from 2019 | 3,146 | 19% | $5,950 | ||
3Renewable EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 8.26 0.97 up from 2019 | 4,423 | 25% | $4,460 | ||
4Green Energy & EnvironmentOAKeAi · China | 1.83Q1 | 8.02 1.98 up from 2019 | 144 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
5Journal of Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.80Q1 | 8.06 0.10 up from 2019 | 4,003 | 20% | $4,470 | ||
6ChemSusChemWiley · Germany | 1.66Q1 | 7.54 0.19 up from 2019 | 1,829 | 39% | $4,550 | ||
7CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)Elsevier BV · China | 1.43Q1 | 8.64 2.59 up from 2019 | 722 | 8% | $3,000 | ||
8Global ChallengesOAWiley · Germany | 1.39Q1 | 3.65 0.02 up from 2019 | 222 | 100% | $3,810 | ||
9Solar EnergyElsevier BV · United States | 1.34Q1 | 6.67 0.86 up from 2019 | 3,039 | 19% | $3,900 | ||
10Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical EngineersElsevier BV · Taiwan | 1.33Q1 | 5.83 0.68 up from 2019 | 1,286 | 5% | $2,650 | ||
11Sustainable Energy & FuelsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 6.21 0.22 up from 2019 | 958 | 20% | — | ||
12Catalysis Science & TechnologyRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 6.12 0.94 up from 2019 | 2,067 | 21% | — | ||
13Advanced Sustainable SystemsWiley · Germany | 1.17Q2 | 4.84 0.29 up from 2019 | 275 | 36% | $4,430 | ||
14International journal of energy and environmental engineeringSpringer Nature · Iran | 1.11Q2 | 3.86 1.82 up from 2019 | 101 | 34% | $3,590 | ||
15ChemCatChemWiley · Germany | 1.10Q2 | 5.12 0.51 up from 2019 | 2,211 | 39% | $4,500 | ||
16International Journal of Hydrogen EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 6.38 0.97 up from 2019 | 8,144 | 13% | $3,730 | ||
17GeothermicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 4.14 0.17 up from 2019 | 411 | 35% | $3,220 | ||
18CatalystsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.01Q2 | 4.67 0.48 up from 2019 | 2,167 | 100% | $2,654 | ||
19Algal ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.95Q2 | 4.97 0.04 up from 2019 | 1,002 | 30% | $4,190 | ||
20Frontiers of Chemical Science and EngineeringHigher Education Press · China | 0.92Q2 | 3.85 0.32 up from 2019 | 262 | 18% | $2,490 | ||
21Catalysis CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.89Q2 | 3.69 0.11 up from 2019 | 960 | 91% | $2,000 | ||
22Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A ChemistryElsevier BV · Switzerland | 0.89Q2 | 4.42 0.81 up from 2019 | 1,765 | 13% | $3,470 | ||
23Journal of Applied PhycologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.83Q3 | 3.24 0.34 up from 2019 | 916 | 25% | $3,890 | ||
24Geothermal EnergyOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.79Q3 | 3.13 0.27 up from 2019 | 95 | 100% | $2,090 | ||
25Energy EfficiencySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.78Q3 | 2.96 0.55 up from 2019 | 310 | 34% | $2,390 | ||
26Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment SystemsOASDEWES Centre · Croatia | 0.64Q3 | 2.36 0.05 up from 2019 | 159 | 100% | $521 | ||
27BioPhysical Economics and Resource QualitySpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.64Q3 | 2.86 0.47 up from 2019 | 46 | — | $1,990 | ||
28International Journal of PhotoenergyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.59Q3 | 2.59 0.13 up from 2019 | 293 | 100% | $2,160 | ||
29Journal of Solar Energy EngineeringASM International · United States | 0.57Q3 | 2.51 0.69 up from 2019 | 296 | 9% | — | ||
30ElectrocatalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.50Q3 | 2.84 0.17 up from 2019 | 219 | 47% | $4,090 | ||
31Proceedings of EuroSun 2018Publisher not listed | 0.45Q3 | 0.27 0.13 up from 2019 | 184 | — | — | ||
32BULLETIN OF CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING AND CATALYSISOADiponegoro University · Indonesia | 0.45Q3 | 1.82 0.51 up from 2019 | 214 | 100% | $150 | ||
33Journal of Advanced Oxidation TechnologiesDe Gruyter · United States | 0.41Q3 | 1.70 0.56 up from 2019 | 72 | — | — | ||
34Current Opinion in ElectrochemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.34Q4 | 7.98 1.78 up from 2019 | 446 | 43% | $3,630 | ||
35International Journal of Energy Optimization and EngineeringOAIGI Global · United States | 0.32Q4 | 1.00 0.22 up from 2019 | 62 | 0% | — | ||
36Acta Physico-Chimica SinicaPeking University Press · China | 0.31Q4 | 1.61 0.62 up from 2019 | 514 | 42% | $4,500 | ||
37Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2019Publisher not listed | 0.31Q4 | 0.17no 2019 value | 265 | — | — | — | |
38The Journal of World Energy Law & BusinessOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.29Q4 | 0.28 0.73 down from 2019 | 113 | 17% | $4,533 | ||
39Transactions of Tianjin UniversitySpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.27Q4 | 1.22 0.55 up from 2019 | 198 | 52% | $3,190 | ||
40Zeitschrift für EnergiewirtschaftSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.23Q4 | 0.73 0.37 up from 2019 | 71 | 68% | — | ||
41Geochemical PerspectivesOAPublisher not listed | 0.22Q4 | 0.26 0.54 down from 2019 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
42Journal of Advances in NanomaterialsOAHong Kong SAR China | 0.20Q4 | 1.44 0.27 up from 2019 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
43Renewable Energy and Sustainable DevelopmentOAAcademy Publishing Center · Egypt | 0.13Q4 | 0.32no change | 61 | 100% | — | ||
44Fuel Cells BulletinElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.05Q4 | 0.19 0.06 up from 2019 | 1,205 | 4% | — |
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
23 additional Energy journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 44
- Window papers (baseline)
- 109,823 +18.7% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.856 +14.9% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7Comparison-group list (7)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 58 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 15,137 | 17,187 | 19,006 | 21,447 | 24,127 | 27,323 | 30,403 | 33,905 | 38,233 | 43,381 | 48,798 | 54,272 | 61,905 | 69,488 | 77,886 | 84,852 | 89,706 | 92,507 | 95,102 | 100,982 | 109,823 | 119,796 | 129,207 | 137,588 | 145,743 | 156,610 | |
| Median OJR | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.784 | 0.93 | 0.748 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 1.027 | 1.25 | 1.06 | 1.033 | 0.999 | 0.85 | 0.785 | 0.745 | 0.72 | 0.861 | 0.856 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.863 | 0.90 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.5% | 53 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.414 per 1,000 | 39 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +7.3% | 41 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 60.2% | 58 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $2,750 | 47 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 26.8% | 56 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 58 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.93 | 56 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 15.9% | 58 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 40.0% | 58 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.