Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Energy Geoscience
ISSN 2666-7592 · KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. · China
Energy Geoscience: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 17 weeks (community reports); 100 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Energy Geoscience is published by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, together about 42.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Energy Geoscience is a quarterly, international, open access journal with a multidisciplinary focus, particularly on energy transition and achieving...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Editor-in-chief Lu YunPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 30 in mainland China (about 52%); most named Mainland China 30, United States 17, India 2, Italy 1, Spain 1 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering23.2%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering13.1%
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering6.2%
- Geological and Geophysical StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering5.3%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences5%
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 182OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 500 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 86 | 77 |
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | 528 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 782 |
| 2023 | 95 | 95 | 1,265 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 961 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 755 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX
Article types accepted5
- letterContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full-length article, Review article, Short communication, Discussion. [e…Length not stated
- original research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full-length article, Review article, Short communication, Discussion. [e…Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full-length article, Review article, Short communication, Discussion. [e…Length not stated
- review articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full-length article, Review article, Short communication, Discussion. [e…Length not stated
- short communicationContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full-length article, Review article, Short communication, Discussion. [e…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Generative AI use in writing must be declared Model summary
Authors are encouraged to declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
CRediT author contributions required Model summary
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence their work. For transparency, for manuscripts submitted after December 30, 2023, all authors are requested to also disclose any potential conflict of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright transfer to SINOPEC and KeAi Model summary
This journal is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal owned by Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute Corporation, SINOPEC, who retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For the single article, Authors will transfer copyright to Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute Corporation, SINOPEC, and KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Fully open access Model summary
Please visit our Open Access page from the Journal Homepage for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
iThenticate CrossCheck plagiarism screening Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-7592
- Print ISSN
- 2097-499X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Energy Geoscience
What CAS zone is Energy Geoscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Energy Geoscience is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Energy Geoscience?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.7, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Energy Geoscience?
Authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks. 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 Energy Geoscience based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 30 (about 52%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (30), United States (17) and India (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Energy Geoscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Energy Geoscience is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Energy Geoscience open access, and what is the APC?
Energy Geoscience is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .