Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Field ranking · 2022
Energy journal rankings 2022
45 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Energy has 45 ranked journals in 2022. The median OJR fell 0.06 on 2021 to 0.88, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.21. The top three are Nature Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and Renewable Energy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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.
Subfields in Energy (5)
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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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Nature CatalysisNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.38Q1 | 27.38 0.12 down from 2021 | 479 | 36% | $12,690 | ||
2Applied Catalysis B: EnvironmentalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.38Q1 | 21.53 0.59 up from 2021 | 3,175 | 18% | $5,950 | ||
3Renewable EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 9.48 0.44 up from 2021 | 5,424 | 22% | $4,460 | ||
4CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)Elsevier BV · China | 1.99Q1 | 13.91 1.76 up from 2021 | 601 | 7% | $3,000 | ||
5Journal of Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.83Q1 | 9.79 0.85 up from 2021 | 5,143 | 15% | $4,470 | ||
6Materials Reports EnergyOAElsevier BV · China | 1.83Q1 | 9.23 1.03 up from 2021 | 31 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
7Materials Today SustainabilityOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 7.15 0.03 up from 2021 | 91 | 17% | $2,530 | ||
8Chem CatalysisElsevier BV · United States | 1.46Q1 | 6.66no 2021 value | 160 | 100% | $9,170 | — | |
9ChemSusChemWiley · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 7.33 0.24 down from 2021 | 1,953 | 35% | $4,550 | ||
10Solar EnergyElsevier BV · United States | 1.40Q1 | 7.40 0.43 down from 2021 | 3,177 | 20% | $3,900 | ||
11Green Energy & EnvironmentOAKeAi · China | 1.39Q1 | 7.49 1.32 up from 2021 | 357 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
12International Journal of Hydrogen EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 7.72 0.88 up from 2021 | 9,085 | 15% | $3,730 | ||
13Advanced Sustainable SystemsWiley · Germany | 1.20Q2 | 6.28 1.36 up from 2021 | 389 | 35% | $4,430 | ||
14Transactions of Tianjin UniversitySpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.18Q2 | 8.21 3.32 up from 2021 | 119 | 60% | $3,190 | ||
15Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical EngineersElsevier BV · Taiwan | 1.14Q2 | 5.80 0.02 up from 2021 | 1,146 | 6% | $2,650 | ||
16Global ChallengesOAWiley · Germany | 1.06Q2 | 4.60 0.56 down from 2021 | 209 | 100% | $3,810 | ||
17Sustainable Energy & FuelsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 5.56 0.60 down from 2021 | 1,458 | 18% | — | ||
18Geothermal EnergyOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.02Q2 | 5.00 0.86 up from 2021 | 93 | 100% | $2,090 | ||
19Algal ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.02Q2 | 5.81 0.10 up from 2021 | 1,193 | 28% | $4,190 | ||
20Frontiers of Chemical Science and EngineeringHigher Education Press · China | 0.98Q2 | 4.38 0.13 down from 2021 | 339 | 12% | $2,490 | ||
21Catalysis Science & TechnologyRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 4.83 0.62 down from 2021 | 2,173 | 18% | — | ||
22GeothermicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 4.29 0.31 down from 2021 | 561 | 36% | $3,220 | ||
23Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A ChemistryElsevier BV · Switzerland | 0.88Q2 | 4.31 0.19 down from 2021 | 1,729 | 13% | $3,470 | ||
24ChemCatChemWiley · Germany | 0.86Q3 | 4.15 0.45 down from 2021 | 2,057 | 47% | $4,500 | ||
25Journal of Applied PhycologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.86Q3 | 3.86 0.08 up from 2021 | 899 | 30% | $3,890 | ||
26PhotochemOASwitzerland | 0.85Q3 | 3.64no 2021 value | 36 | 100% | $1,207 | — | |
27International journal of energy and environmental engineeringSpringer Nature · Iran | 0.82Q3 | 2.29 2.24 down from 2021 | 164 | 39% | $3,590 | ||
28CatalystsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.82Q3 | 4.24 0.53 down from 2021 | 4,094 | 100% | $2,654 | ||
29Energy EfficiencySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.78Q3 | 3.23 0.07 down from 2021 | 234 | 51% | $2,390 | ||
30Catalysis CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.76Q3 | 3.69 0.40 up from 2021 | 650 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
31International Journal of PhotoenergyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.74Q3 | 3.72 0.31 up from 2021 | 320 | 100% | $2,160 | ||
32Acta Physico-Chimica SinicaPeking University Press · China | 0.59Q3 | 3.80 1.09 up from 2021 | 602 | 29% | $4,500 | ||
33ElectrocatalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.49Q3 | 3.08 0.36 up from 2021 | 186 | 15% | $4,090 | ||
34Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment SystemsOASDEWES Centre · Croatia | 0.49Q3 | 2.29 0.29 up from 2021 | 175 | 100% | $521 | ||
35Journal of Solar Energy EngineeringASM International · United States | 0.43Q4 | 2.46 0.35 down from 2021 | 240 | 11% | — | ||
36BULLETIN OF CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING AND CATALYSISOADiponegoro University · Indonesia | 0.41Q4 | 1.99 0.06 down from 2021 | 224 | 100% | $150 | ||
37Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2019Publisher not listed | 0.39Q4 | —no 2021 value | 265 | — | — | ||
38Current Opinion in ElectrochemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.38Q4 | 8.75 0.63 up from 2021 | 505 | 43% | $3,630 | ||
39Electrochemical Science AdvancesOAWiley · Germany | 0.38Q4 | 1.68 0.75 up from 2021 | 171 | 100% | $2,420 | ||
40International Journal of Energy Optimization and EngineeringOAIGI Global · United States | 0.28Q4 | 1.68 0.19 up from 2021 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
41The Journal of World Energy Law & BusinessOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.27Q4 | 0.57 0.36 up from 2021 | 114 | 28% | $4,533 | ||
42Zeitschrift für EnergiewirtschaftSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.16Q4 | 0.61 0.16 down from 2021 | 67 | 14% | — | ||
43Journal of PhotocatalysisNetherlands | 0.11Q4 | 0.53 0.06 down from 2021 | 39 | 0% | — | ||
44Fuel Cells BulletinElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.04Q4 | 0.17 0.04 down from 2021 | 1,543 | 3% | — | ||
45Geochemical PerspectivesOAPublisher not listed | 0.03Q4 | 0.13 0.06 up from 2021 | 63 | 100% | — |
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
28 additional Energy journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 45
- Window papers (baseline)
- 129,207 +28.0% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.88 +2.0% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7Comparison-group list (7)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.