Journal profile · Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Biofuels-UK
ISSN 1759-7269 · eISSN 1759-7277 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom
Biofuels-UK: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.83; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 124 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 127 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biofuels-UK is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Biodiesel Production and Applications, Biofuel production and bioconversion and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Current energy systems need a vast transformation to meet the key demands of the 21st century: reduced environmental impact, economic viability and efficiency. An essential part of this energy revolution is bioenergy. The movement towards widespread implementation of first generation biofuels is still in its infancy, requiring continued evaluation and improvement to be fully realised. Problems with current bioenergy strategies, for example competition over land use for food crops, do not yet have satisfactory solutions. The second generation of biofuels, based around cellulosic ethanol, are now in development and are opening up new possibilities for future energy generation. Recent advances in genetics have pioneered research into designer fuels and sources such as algae have been revealed as untapped bioenergy resources. As global energy requirements change and grow, it is crucial that all aspects of the bioenergy production process are streamlined and improved, from the design of more efficient biorefineries to research into biohydrogen as an energy carrier. Current energy infrastructures need to be adapted and changed to fulfil the promises of biomass for power generation. Biofuels provides a forum for all stakeholders in the bioenergy sector, featuring review articles, original research, commentaries, news, research and development spotlights, interviews with key opinion leaders and much more, with a view to establishing an international community of bioenergy communication. As biofuel research continues at an unprecedented rate, the development of new feedstocks and improvements in bioenergy production processes provide the key to the transformation of biomass into a global energy resource. With the twin threats of climate change and depleted fossil fuel reserves looming, it is vitally important that research communities are mobilized to fully realize the potential of bioenergy. Biofuels accepts the following types of article: original articles. Articles published in Biofuels cover key areas in the development of bioenergy, such as: Sustainable production of annual, perennial and wood feedstocks from agriculture Creation of new biomass feedstocks in laboratories Biochemical conversion techniques Fermentation, anaerobic digestion and enzyme development Thermochemical conversion techniques Biocatalyst development, gasification and pyrolysis plants Bioenergy systems and plant engineering Conversion of biomass into heat, electricity and biohydrogen Storag
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Editor-in-chief Marc A. RosenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 1, Canada 1, Australia 1, Malaysia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biodiesel Production and ApplicationsEngineering18.6%
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering14.4%
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesEngineering7%
- Advanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesChemical Engineering6.7%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Algal biology and biofuel productionEnergy5.4%
- Lubricants and Their AdditivesEngineering4.3%
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.64Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 738OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 128LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 104,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 104,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,743 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 7 | 36 |
| 2025 | 127 | 15 | 376 |
| 2024 | 122 | 12 | 611 |
| 2023 | 130 | 8 | 1,247 |
| 2022 | 74 | 11 | 808 |
| 2021 | 31 | 9 | 366 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
124 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 104 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (221 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted1
- original articlesBiofuels accepts the following types of article: original articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Biofuels is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees after editor suitability assessment. Model summary
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1759-7269
- Electronic ISSN
- 1759-7277
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biofuels-UK
What CAS zone is Biofuels-UK in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biofuels-UK is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Energy & Fuels. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Biofuels-UK?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.83; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 67.
How long does peer review take at Biofuels-UK?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 124 days (interquartile range 104–156 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Biofuels-UK based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (1), Canada (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Biofuels-UK?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biofuels-UK is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Biofuels-UK open access, and what is the APC?
Biofuels-UK is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .