Journals in Energy conservation and environment

Cleaner Energy Systems

ISSN: 2772-7831

Cleaner Energy Systems - a platform to debate issues of delivering sufficient energy in a clean way. In this light, CLEANER energy is a significant issue as, for instance, renewable energy can be clean but can also contribute to the increased environmental footprints at various levels. Instead of focusing on a specific technology or the origin of the supplied energy, the proposed journal focuses on the issues of minimising the footprints of energy technologies over the entire life cycle - from sourcing to use and counteracting to the effects of released emissions.Cleaner Energy Systems An international, transdisciplinary journal focusing on cleaner ways of sourcing, transforming, transporting, delivering and using energy. Embedded in the scope is also the concept of Circular Economy - in terms of energy efficiency of systems with circular material flows as well as the energy recovery and reuse in industrial and processes within supply chains, urban and regional process networks. The Cleaner Energy Systems journal serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical issues concerning energy systems related to the reduction and elimination of negative impacts on the environment and human health, as well as the potential increase of natural and human capital.The scope includes (but is not limited to) the following topics, where the cleaner and sustainability dimensions are explicitly treated:Sustainable energy use and consumptionEfficient and clean energy transportation and conversionEnergy efficiency of industrial and business processesNexuses of energy and other resources and their potential use as synergy mechanismsIntegration of renewable energy sources into product and energy supply systemsEnergy storage enabling renewables and environmental footprint minimisationReduction of environmental and health footprints of transportation, product or energy supply networksEnergy-related metrics for sustainability performance and their relation to other sustainability indicatorsSustainable practices and footprint minimisation in upstream operations and primary energy sourcingEnergy- and footprint-aware regional developmentCleaner energy systems promoting policiesPromoting cleaner energy systemsWe encourage those interested in organizing a special issue or a virtual special issue within the scope of the journal to fill out this form and contact the editors-in-chief for more information.

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

ISSN: 1877-3435
5 Year impact factor: 8.7
Impact factor: 6.6

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (COSUST) builds on Elsevier's reputation for excellence in scientific publishing and long-standing commitment to communicating high quality reproducible research. Established in 2010 as part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals, COSUST focuses on peer reviewed polished, concise and timely short reviews of recent literature and synthesis of emerging topics, innovations and perspectives. Since 2019, COSUST has a new companion Gold Open Access journal, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, which focuses on empirically-based research articles. All CO+RE journals leverage the Current Opinion legacy - of editorial excellence, high-impact, and global reach - to ensure they are a widely read resource that is integral to scientists' workflow.Expertise - Editors and Editorial Board bring depth and breadth of expertise and experience to the journal.Discoverability - Articles get high visibility and maximum exposure on an industry-leading scientific publishing platform that reaches a vast global audience.Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to define the new innovative sustainability science discipline by integrating perspectives from the natural and the social sciences on human-environment interactions and management challenges across regional and global systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability thus emphasizes interdisciplinary sustainability research approaches, the solutions it provides and their dissemination and application.Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to stimulate scientifically grounded, interdisciplinary, multi-faceted debate, synthesis and exchange of ideas. Additionally, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability will continue to publish papers on strategic research plans and key findings of leading global-change research networks, it thus serves as an invaluable source of current peer-reviewed and synthesized information for researchers, lecturers, teachers, practitioners, policy makers and students.Most of the issues published by the journal are invited Special Issues addressing current themes around major global-change systems and problems, the emerging new transdisciplinary sustainability science, sustainability governance and transformation, environmental change assessments, international initiatives, as well as more philosophical reflection on approaches to sustainability challenges. Once a year, we publish an Open Issue, which offers an opportunity for authors working on diverse topics to submit an abstract for consideration. In collaboration with the International Science Council (ISC), COSUST also includes a section dedicated to the 'State of Knowledge on Social Transformations to Sustainability', which consist of original or existing peer-reviewed papers, reviewing knowledge on various dimensions of social transformations to sustainability and drawing out implications for research, practice or policy (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/current-opinion-in-environmental-sustainability/news/introducing-the-state-of-knowledge-on-social-transformations).Selection of Special Issues and Guest Editors: We welcome proposals for Special Issues consisting of (1) an overview of the theme, and a motivation why it is timely and innovative, and justifies publication in the journal; (2) a list of proposed topics and names of selected authors. As the journal is international, we aim to commission a mixture of nationalities and disciplines with consideration to gender and regions less covered, but obviously the quality of authors and their review is paramount. Proposals that where possible have the first and second choices of authors (with contact details where possible); (3) a short, two-line, description of the intended scope of each review.Working with the Editors of the journal, Guest Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are responsible for inviting authors, reviewing and organizing themes within a special issue.Please contact your Editorial Manager by email if you have any questions, Ms. Alison Langestraat [email protected] articles: Authors write short review and/or synthesis articles supported by recent literature in which they present recent developments in their subject and emerging topics, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.

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Energy Conversion and Management

ISSN: 0196-8904
5 Year impact factor: 9.8
Impact factor: 9.9

The journal Energy Conversion and Management provides a forum for publishing original contributions and comprehensive technical review articles of interdisciplinary and original research on all important energy topics.The topics considered include energy generation, utilization, conversion, storage, transmission, conservation, management and sustainability. These topics typically involve various types of energy such as mechanical, thermal, nuclear, chemical, electromagnetic, magnetic and electric. These energy types cover all known energy resources, including renewable resources (e.g., solar, bio, hydro, wind, geothermal and ocean energy), fossil fuels and nuclear resources.Papers are welcome that investigate or consider the prospects of energy technologies, devices, systems, materials, processes, operation, performance, maintenance and control.Priority may be given to interdisciplinary energy subjects that deal with advanced technologies and that consider more than one of these methodologies: modeling, experimental, analysis and optimization, with appropriate verifications of the findings.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy).

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Energy Policy

ISSN: 0301-4215
5 Year impact factor: 8.4
Impact factor: 9.3

The International Journal of the Political, Economic, Planning, Environmental and Social Aspects of EnergyEnergy Policy is an international peer-reviewed journal addressing the policy implications of energy supply and use from their economic, social, planning and environmental aspects. Papers may cover global, regional, national, or even local topics that are of wider policy significance, and of interest to international agencies, governments, public and private sector entities, local communities and non-governmental organisations. Within this broad spectrum, topics of particular interest include energy and environmental regulation, energy supply security, the quality and efficiency of energy services, the effectiveness of market-based approaches and/or governmental interventions, technological innovation and diffusion, and voluntary initiatives where the broader policy implications can be recognised. Policy prescriptions are required to be supported by rigorous analysis and balanced appraisal.Given the aims and scope of Energy Policy, all submitted papers should explicitly address policy issues involving energy supply or use.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy).Special issue proposals Prospective guest editor(s) should submit written proposals that incorporate the rationale for the special issue topic, positions it in the literature, and include some illustrative topics and proposed contributors. Guest Editors should complete and submit this Special Issue Proposal template to be considered for publication in the Journal.

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Energy and Buildings

ISSN: 0378-7788
5 Year impact factor: 6.7
Impact factor: 6.6

An international journal devoted to investigations of energy use and efficiency in buildingsEnergy and Buildings is an international journal publishing articles with explicit links to energy use in buildings. The aim is to present new research results, and new proven practice aimed at reducing the energy needs of a building and improving indoor environment quality. Energy and Buildings considers and publishes articles considerably advancing Building Science. Preference is given to practical and experimental research articles reporting considerable innovations. Articles reporting advances in theoretical and simulation methods are welcome once results are fully validated using appropriate experimental data, and so are the articles reporting application of numerical or theoretical methods for the analysis of new technology and materials and innovative designs.Topics covered include: Energy demands and consumption in existing and future buildings - prediction and validationIndoor environment quality, including health and thermal comfort vis-à-vis energyNatural, mechanical and mixed ventilationAir distribution in buildingsApplication of solar and other renewable energy sources in buildingsEnergy balances in building complexes (residential, commercial, industrial, public and other buildings)Energy efficiency improvement measures of HVAC&R and other technical systems in residential, commercial, public and industrial buildings, and semi open built spacesHeat recovery systems in buildingsBuildings and district heating and coolingEnergy conservation in built environmentEnergy efficient buildingsBuilding physicsEnergy sustainability, resilience and climate adaptability of buildingsEvaluation and control of indoor thermal and lighting systemsBuilding's total performance and intelligent buildingsLinks between architectural design, mechanical and lighting systemsNew materials in buildings and their impact on energy demandsExternal and internal design conditions for energy efficient buildingsBuilding envelope materials and structure energy performanceThermal energy storage and thermally active building systems - TABSEnergy performance of buildings and modeling predictive controlZero CO2 emission - zero energy and energy plus buildings and their smart grid harmonized operationResidential/municipal energy refurbishment and renovationLife cycle energy efficiency of buildings and embodied energyArchitectural structure - construction energy efficiencyEnergy related aspects of buildings after catastrophic events Papers with results based on simulations are welcome but those with clear links to laboratory or field measurements are preferred. These links may include calibration, benchmarking, or comparisons of results. Replication Studies: This journal encourages the submission of replication studies. When submitting your manuscript ensure the original study is clearly referenced, and provide a link to the original study. Replication studies should include [brief] introduction and discussion sections that succinctly report the goal of the original paper. The original paper should be the work of a different author or group of authors. For replication studies please also deposit your data in Mendeley data or another trusted repository and ensure your data is properly cited. Please refer to the section on Research data for further guidance on data deposition and citation.Please follow and tag the journal on one of our Social media accounts if you are sharing a link to your paper on ScienceDirect: Twitter (@ENBJournal) and LinkedIn.

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Energy and Climate Change

ISSN: 2666-2787
5 Year impact factor: 5.1
Impact factor: 5.8

Energy and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary journal that aims to provide accessible, decision-relevant research on energy sector strategies to address climate change. It covers the intersection of energy and climate-related fields, spanning the social and physical sciences, with the aim of identifying real solutions and strategies to reduce emissions and to respond to a changing climate. The challenges around energy and climate change are too big for any single discipline – it will only be possible to overcome the challenges around energy and climate change if people from different backgrounds can work together to find solutions. As a multidisciplinary journal, Energy and Climate Change aims to promote rapid communication and dialogue among the social scientists, physical scientists, engineering, and both public and private decision makers that must work together to meet the challenges around energy and climate change. Energy and Climate Change seeks articles with a strategic focus that are not already covered in disciplinary journals. The journal seeks high-quality writing that can be understood by researchers from different disciplines.

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Energy for Sustainable Development

ISSN: 0973-0826
5 Year impact factor: 4.7
Impact factor: 4.4

Published on behalf of the International Energy Initiative, Energy for Sustainable Development is a journal to promote – initiate, strengthen and advance – the efficient and clean production and use of energy for sustainable development of developing nations (i.e. any country outside the high income category as per the World Bank definition). It publishes original, applied, interdisciplinary research, commentaries and reviews about energy as an instrument of sustainable development and focuses on energy systems, clean resources, efficient technologies, end uses, policies and governance arrangements. It is the journal for decision makers, managers, consultants, policy makers, planners and researchers in both government and non-government organizations. Accordingly, the Editorial Board does not consider highly specialized works in a specific discipline appropriate for this journal.The Editorial Board of ESD views energy, not as an end, but as an instrument of sustainable development. The Editorial Board particularly wishes to encourage papers that are (1) in line with the scope outlined above, (2) likely to be of interest to more than one professional group, and (3) contributing significantly to knowledge through analysis, synthesis and critical review and evaluation. The board also welcomes papers on North-South, South-South or multilateral cooperation in energy technology development, governance, training and applications. The Board considers the publication of highly specialized work more appropriate to other professional journals. The criteria for acceptance of the papers in Energy for Sustainable Development are 1) relevance of the work and breadth of interest; 2) originality and contribution to knowledge; 3) methodological robustness; 4) quality of analysis and 5) the quality of presentation, irrespective of the type of paper (full length research papers, short communications or review articles).Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support CenterThis journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities)

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

ISSN: 0360-3199
5 Year impact factor: 7.3
Impact factor: 8.1

Official Journal of the International Association for Hydrogen EnergyThe International Journal of Hydrogen Energy aims to provide a central vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, technology developments and research results in the field of Hydrogen Energy between scientists and engineers throughout the world. The emphasis is placed on original research, both analytical and experimental, covering all aspects of Hydrogen Energy, including production, storage, transmission, utilization, enabling technologies, environmental impact, economic and international aspects of hydrogen and hydrogen carriers such as NH3, CH4, alcohols, etc.The utilization includes thermochemical (combustion), photochemical, electrochemical (fuel cells) and nuclear conversion of hydrogen, hydrogen isotopes and/or hydrogen carriers to thermal, mechanical and electrical energies, and their applications in transportation (including aerospace), industrial, commercial and residential sectors.When outstanding new advances are made, or when new areas have been developed to a definitive stage, special review articles will be considered. Shorter communications are also welcome.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy)

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Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

ISSN: 1364-0321
5 Year impact factor: 16.8
Impact factor: 16.3

The mission of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is to communicate the most interesting and relevant critical thinking in renewable and sustainable energy in order to bring together the research community, the private sector and policy and decision makers. The aim of the journal is to share problems, solutions, novel ideas and technologies to support sustainable development, the transition to a low carbon future and achieve the emissions targets as established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews publishes review papers, new technology analyses with respect to existing literature and original research studies that have a significant review element, which may take the form of a critique, comparison, or analysis. A bibliographic literature review, as well as country specific reviews are not considered suitable.The journal considers articles on the following themes, provided the link to renewable and sustainable energy is clear and thoroughly examined:Energy resources - bioresources (e.g. biomass, waste), fossil fuels (including natural gas) related to sustainability of systems, geothermal, hydrogen, hydropower, marine and ocean energy, solar and windApplications - buildings, industry and transport including information communication systems related to the improvement of system performanceUtilization - batteries, conversion technologies, fuel cells, storage technologies, technical developments and technology scalingEnvironment - atmosphere, climate issues, meteorology, mitigation technologies (e.g. carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and utilization (CCU), and solar radiation management)Techno-socio-economic aspects - health, industry, policy, regulatory, social (e.g. access, education, equality, equity)Systems - carbon accounting, energy-food-water nexus, energy modelling, life cycle assessment (LCA), nutrient-energy-water (NEW) nexus, smart infrastructureSustainability - the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)Ocean systems - ocean technology, ocean exploration, environmental protection of the oceans.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action)

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition

ISSN: 2667-095X

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition has a mission to share the most interesting and relevant problems, solutions, applications, novel ideas and technologies to support the transition to a low carbon future and achieve our global emissions targets as established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.Continuing the mission of the partner journal, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, the journal will address key challenges in the global energy transition, and the wider sustainable development and environmental issues related to it, and act as a forum for the best research to come together and provide solutions and pathways for us to establish a world based on low-carbon energy.The journal considers articles on the following themes, provided the link to renewable and sustainable energy is clear and thoroughly examined:Energy system transitions, including but not limited to sector interactions, whole systems analysis at scales from local to global, socio-technical and socio-economic aspects, feasibility, policy and regulatory and market arrangements.Energy resources, including fossil fuels, in the context of renewable and sustainable energy transitions.Sector-specific energy transitions research - industry, buildings, transport, agriculture.Key transition technologies, including but not limited to energy storage, electrification technologies (e.g. EVs, heat pumps), hybrid systems, renewables, synthetic fuels, hydrogen, industrial decarbonisation technologies, demand side management, etc.-where their role in a broader energy transition is thoroughly explored.Interdisciplinary transitions research, encompassing combinations of engineering, science, environment, economic, social, human/economic geography, equality aspects.Consideration and development of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in energy transitions.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action)

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Journals in Energy conservation and environment

Cleaner Energy Systems

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Energy Conversion and Management

Energy Policy

Energy and Buildings

Energy and Climate Change

Energy for Sustainable Development

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition