Journals in Renewable energy and alternative technologies

Applied Energy

ISSN: 0306-2619
5 Year impact factor: 10.4
Impact factor: 10.1

Applied Energy provides a forum for information on research, innovation, development, and demonstration in the areas of energy conversion and conservation, the optimal use of energy resources, analysis and optimization of energy processes, multi-energy systems, mitigation of environmental pollutants through sustainable, secure, efficient energy systems, and fair and efficient transition to a Net Zero future. The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, technology assessment, bibliographical studies, and perspective papers. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts which bridge the gaps between research, development, and implementation. The breadth of coverage ranges from innovative technologies and systems of both low-carbon and renewable energy to the economic industrial, commercial, and domestic use of energy with no or minor impact on the environment. Applied Energy is also concerned with the energy related modelling, forecasting, and decision-making problems, energy market design and operation, energy conservation strategies, power system planning and operation, energy users modelling, and the environmental, social and economic impacts of energy policies and usage, including climate change mitigation and other environmental pollution reduction.Key topics covered in the journal include, but not limited to (the focus must be on applied aspects of energy):Renewable energy resources and technologiesEnergy networks and Smart GridMicrogrids and local energy systems Energy systems for Carbon Neutrality (climate mitigation and adaptation)Integrated multi-energy systems and sector coupling Energy in buildings Energy storage Hydrogen and sustainable fuels Energy conservation and energy efficiency Flexibility, demand response, and forecasting models Carbon capture, utilization and storage for energy systemsApplications of Artificial Intelligence in energyOptimization and decision-making methods for energy systems problemsData analytics for energy problemsDecarbonization of transport (including EVs and hydrogen vehicles)Decarbonization of heatProcess systems and decarbonization of industry Energy materials and emerging energy technologies Urban energy and smart city Cyberphysical systems for energy applicationsEnergy markets and economics Energy communities Virtual Power Plants and other energy/power related aggregators Energy policy and societal challenges Applied Energy is the companion title to the open access journal Advances in Applied EnergyThis journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy)

Biomass & Bioenergy

ISSN: 0961-9534
5 Year impact factor: 5.2
Impact factor: 5.8

Biomass & Bioenergy is an international journal publishing original research papers and short communications, review articles and case studies on biological resources, chemical and biological processes, and biomass products for new renewable sources of energy and materials. The scope of the journal extends to the environmental, management and economic aspects of biomass and bioenergy.Key areas covered by the journal: • Biomass: sources, energy crop production processes, genetic improvements, composition. Please note that research on these biomass subjects must be linked directly to bioenergy generation. • Biological Residues: residues/rests from agricultural production, forestry and plantations (palm, sugar etc), processing industries, and municipal sources (MSW). Papers on the use of biomass residues through innovative processes/technological novelty and/or consideration of feedstock/system sustainability (or unsustainability) are welcomed. However waste treatment processes and pollution control or mitigation which are only tangentially related to bioenergy are not in the scope of the journal, as they are more suited to publications in the environmental arena. Papers that describe conventional waste streams (ie well described in existing literature) that do not empirically address 'new' added value from the process are not suitable for submission to the journal. • Bioenergy Processes: fermentations, thermochemical conversions, liquid and gaseous fuels, and petrochemical substitutes. • Bioenergy Utilization: direct combustion, gasification, electricity production, chemical processes, and by-product remediation. • Biomass and the Environment: carbon cycle, the net energy efficiency of bioenergy systems, assessment of sustainability, and biodiversity issues.The journal does not consider papers on the following subjects: • Performance of fuel combustion in engines. • Technical aspects of first generation biofuels. • Soil science papers with no direct linking to bioenergy generation. • Isolation of yeast/bacterial strains. • Purely analytical biochemistry derived studies that have no direct linking to bioenergy generation.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).

Bioresource Technology

ISSN: 0960-8524
5 Year impact factor: 9.4
Impact factor: 9.7

Bioresource Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology.The journal's aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all the related areas of biomass, biological waste treatment, bioenergy, biotransformations and bioresource systems analysis, and technologies associated with conversion or production.Topics include:• Biofuels: liquid and gaseous biofuels production, modeling and economics • Bioprocesses and bioproducts: biocatalysis and fermentations • Biomass and feedstocks utilization: bioconversion of agro-industrial residues • Environmental protection: biological waste treatment • Thermochemical conversion of biomass: combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, catalysisFor more details, authors should consult the Subject Classifications in the Guide for Authors.The journal does not consider articles dealing with crop cultivation, breeding and agronomy, plant extracts and enzymes, composites, marine organisms (except microorganisms and algae for bioprocesses), soil and air pollution, and performance of fuel combustion in engines. Bioresource Technology does not consider part papers. Submissions focusing on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology can be submitted to the online-only, rapid-publication journal Bioresource Technology Reports.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy)

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.

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.

Earth Energy Science

ISSN: 2950-1547

Earth Energy Science is committed to providing a leading platform for the dissemination and exchange of research and innovation in the fields of earth energy exploration, low-carbon sustainable exploitation, clean utilization and storage, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Our mission is to contribute to environmentally friendly goals and promote a net-zero carbon future.The journal publishes a wide range of scholarly works, including research papers, review papers, short communications, technical notes, and book reviews. We encourage submissions that showcase fundamental and innovative research, which embody the scientific spirit, methods and philosophy in the areas of earth energy exploration, low-carbon sustainable exploitation, clean utilization and storage, and carbon sequestration.Editorial Board

Electric Power Systems Research

ISSN: 0378-7796
5 Year impact factor: 3.3
Impact factor: 3.3

An international journal devoted to research and new applications in generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electric powerElectric Power Systems Research is an international medium for the publication of original papers concerned with the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical energy. The journal aims at presenting important results of work in this field, whether in the form of applied research, development of new procedures or components, orginal application of existing knowledge or new design approaches. The scope of Electric Power Systems Research is broad, encompassing all aspects of electric power systems. The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to indicate topics that fall within the journal purview.• Generation techniques ranging from advances in conventional electromechanical methods, through nuclear power generation, to renewable energy generation. • Transmission, spanning the broad area from UHV (ac and dc) to network operation and protection, line routing and design. • Substation work: equipment design, protection and control systems. • Distribution techniques, equipment development, and smart grids. • The utilization area from energy efficiency to distributed load levelling techniques. • Systems studies including control techniques, planning, optimization methods, stability, security assessment and insulation coordination.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy)

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).

Energy Reports

ISSN: 2352-4847
5 Year impact factor: 5
Impact factor: 4.7

Energy Reports is an online multidisciplinary fully open access journal, covering a large spectrum of energy research, either from a technical engineering viewpoint or from a social research aspect. The journal focuses on energy systems and their implications. The journal does not cover research on topics related to nuclear energy and mining, as well as specific or individual equipment of a system (e.g. engines, heat exchangers, etc.), chemical processes, or applications that may have a greater content from other fields instead of energy (e.g. health, psychology, etc.). For more details on the scope of the journal, authors can refer to the description of the sections below.Renewable Energy This section welcomes submissions of research related to measuring, harvesting, and conversion of renewable energies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to all kinds of technology associated with solar energy, wind energy, bioenergy, marine energy (tidal, wave, and ocean), and desalination.Electric Systems, Power, and Controls This section welcomes submissions related to electric power systems, including power generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization. We are interested in manuscripts that address the development and application of technologies and control strategies for improving the performance, reliability, and sustainability of electric power systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to power electronics, electric vehicles, electric energy storage systems, smart grids, control, automation, and demand-side management.Energy Systems and Efficiency This section welcomes submissions that focus on systems designed to produce, convert, store, and supply useful forms of energy to meet the demand of different end users efficiently. Topics of interest include wasted/low-grade heat, thermal energy generation and use, cooling systems not associated to vapor compression refrigeration cycle, energy supply and distribution in buildings, analysis of energy-water nexus, systems energy and exergy analysis, systems maintenance and safety, and hydropower.Building's Energy and HVAC Systems This section welcomes submissions of research related to reporting novel theoretical studies, experiments, on-site measurements, numerical simulations and optimization of systems, and the equipment of building envelopes, HVAC systems, and renewable energy systems integrated with building components and construction elements. Building's energy includes thermal, visual, acoustic comfort, indoor air quality, and all technologies of the building shell (both opaque and transparent envelopes) and, energy systems, for both new constructions and retrofit of existing buildings.Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies This section welcomes submissions of research related to the development and optimization of technologies that convert and store energy for various applications, such as building, transportation, industry, and grid applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to energy generation and conversion technologies, battery technologies, fuel cells, thermal energy storage, and renewable energy integration.Environment, Energy Economics and Policies This section welcomes submissions of research that support the advancement of the sustainable energy development along one or more sustainability dimensions - environmental, economic, and social. Topics of interest include methods for comparison and measurement of sustainability, and energy policies and measures that enable low carbon development on a global scale, along with green economy and better governance. Other featured topics include intersectoral such as energy-water, and water-food-energy, and integrated assessment models, macroeconomic analyses, trends and projections, plus energy markets, investment and finance drivers, and financial and regulatory mechanisms.Hydrocarbon Mitigation Technologies This section welcomes submissions of research that support the mitigation of environmental problems associated with hydrocarbon technology that are not associated with renewable energy. Topics of interest include but are not limited to carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, hydrogen production, delivery, and infrastructure, along with clean fuels, and hydrocarbon processes optimization. Another key topic is the environmental and societal safety issues that need to be addressed in the extraction, transformation, and use of hydrocarbons.

Energy Reviews

ISSN: 2772-9702

Energy Reviews welcomes high-quality reviews at the forefront of research in a broad range of topics covering not only materials, chemistry, and engineering, but also new energy devices, applications, methods, tools, theories, policy and management. The following areas will be prioritized, but not exclusively:New theories, methods and technologies for energy researchInterdisciplinary research of materials, physics, chemistry and biology in energyLow-carbon utilization of fossil fuel and CCUSAdvanced hydrogen, renewable energy and energy storage technologiesExploration and applications of novel energy conversionApplications of AI, big data in energyThe editors believe that an all-inclusive reviews journal with a wide scope will offer an authoritative forum for researchers to communicate and provide insights, thus promoting new knowledge, ideas, and breakthroughs across the wide multidisciplinary spectrum of energy, and facilitating the beneficial collaborations among researchers that are key to building a sustainable future for all. This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals.

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