Journal profile · Energy & Fuels
ENERGY JOURNAL
ISSN 0195-6574 · eISSN 1944-9089 · International Association for Energy Economics · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
ENERGY JOURNAL: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.75; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 191 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 71 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ENERGY JOURNAL is published by International Association for Energy Economics and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Global Energy and Sustainability Research, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Energy Journal is the official bi-monthly journal of the IAEE. It was founded in 1980 to promote the advancement and dissemination of new knowledge concerning energy and related topics. The editors strive to publish a blend of theoretical, empirical and policy related papers in energy economics. Articles published in the Energy Journal provide rigorous and innovative analyses of interest to academics, energy industry professionals, civil servants and regulators, and the financial community such as Wall Street analysts. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy & Fuels
Editor-in-chief Pedro LinaresPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 12, United Kingdom 5, Germany 5, Mainland China 4, India 4 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy15.2%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
- Global Energy and Sustainability ResearchEnergy10.3%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.2%
- Electric Power System OptimizationEngineering7.5%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Global Energy Security and PolicyEnergy5.4%
- Energy Efficiency and ManagementEnergy4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | 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 | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.75LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,416OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,039 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 16 | 12 |
| 2025 | 71 | 38 | 121 |
| 2024 | 74 | 32 | 306 |
| 2023 | 39 | 14 | 399 |
| 2022 | 107 | 39 | 1,145 |
| 2021 | 69 | 31 | 753 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 191 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 64 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 150 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 30
- Submission fee
- USD 150
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
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted7
- book reviewResearch Articles that deal with theoretical or applied problems of continuing interest in energy economics. An 'Energy Perspectives' section which contains ref…Length not stated
- energy perspectivesAn 'Energy Perspectives' section which contains refereed papers that review or analyse important current issues from a broader vantage point, and which contribu…Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch Articles that deal with theoretical or applied problems of continuing interest in energy economics. An 'Energy Perspectives' section which contains ref…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Articles that deal with theoretical or applied problems of continuing interest in energy economics. An 'Energy Perspectives' section which contains ref…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles that deal with theoretical or applied problems of continuing interest in energy economics.Length not stated
- reviewResearch Articles that deal with theoretical or applied problems of continuing interest in energy economics. An 'Energy Perspectives' section which contains ref…Length not stated
- special issuesSpecial Issues of the Energy Journal are by invitation only.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use 3.1. Use of AI tools
The use of AI tools that can produce content such as generating references, text, images or any other form of content must be disclosed when used by authors or reviewers. Authors should cite original sources, rather than Generative AI tools as primary sources within the references. If your submission was primarily or partially generated using AI, this must be disclosed upon submission so the Edito…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 3.2 Authorship
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 3.7 Publication ethics
Member of Committee on Publication Ethics Model summary
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors, and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 3.8 Open access and author archiving
Optional open access via Sage Choice and Read and Publish agreements Model summary
The Energy Journal offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice program and Read and Publish agreements, where authors at participating institutions can publish open access with fees paid by the institution. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2.1 Peer review policy
Peer review: two expert reviewers, single-anonymized Model summary
The Journal’s policy is to have manuscripts reviewed by two expert reviewers. The Energy Journal utilizes a single-anonymized peer review process in which the reviewer’s name and information are withheld from the author. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, while maintaining rigor. Reviewers make comments to the author and recommendations to the Editor who then makes the final deci…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 3.7.1 Plagiarism
The Energy Journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the Journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint submissions considered; DOI required; no updates during review Model summary
Note that The Energy Journal will consider submissions of papers that have been posted on preprint servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system.
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
- International Association for Energy Economics
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0195-6574
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-9089
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ENERGY JOURNAL
What CAS zone is ENERGY JOURNAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ENERGY JOURNAL is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Energy & Fuels / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ENERGY JOURNAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.75; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 141.
How long does peer review take at ENERGY JOURNAL?
The publisher reports about 191 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23.6%. 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 JOURNAL based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), United Kingdom (5) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ENERGY JOURNAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ENERGY JOURNAL is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is ENERGY JOURNAL open access, and what is the APC?
ENERGY JOURNAL is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .