Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects
ISSN 1556-7036 · eISSN 1556-7230 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.27; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 154 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 316 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects 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, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, together about 29.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects aims to investigate resolutions for the continuing increase in worldwide demand for energy, the growing impact of energy use on the environment and climate, and the energy transition needed to sustainably address these challenges. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects accepts the following types of article: original articles, letter to the editor. You are invited to submit manuscripts that explore the technological, scientific and environmental aspects of: Biofuels and bioenergy Coal energy Carbon capture, storage, and utilization Decarbonization of energy systems Energy from waste Energy Storage and flexible generation Energy efficiency Environmental impacts of smart technologies Environmental impacts of energy sources Energy transition Gas energy Geothermal energy Greenhouse gas removal Nuclear energy Oil shale energy Petroleum and processing industry Smart technologies in energy applications Solar energy Wind energy Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Readership:Professionals involved in energy extraction and conversion, as well as all those concerned with the relationship between energy and the environment. We operate a rigorous single-anonymized peer review process, you can visit our Instructions for Authors page for information on preparing your manuscript. Author benefits We are abstracted and indexed in several databases including the Science citation index, Scopus and more. The prestigious and experienced members of our international Editorial Board will guide you from submission to publication. Our Author Services page provides you with tips and tricks to promote your research on social media and through your network. This includes 50 free e-prints to share with anyone you wish. Quickly and easily track the impact your paper makes with the help of Authored Works.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editor-in-chief Sandro Nižetić LTEFPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biodiesel Production and ApplicationsEngineering11.8%
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesEngineering10.9%
- Advanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesChemical Engineering7.1%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering6.3%
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsEnergy5.2%
- Coal Properties and UtilizationEngineering4.7%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering4.4%
- Petroleum Processing and AnalysisChemistry4.2%
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 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
EI CompendexCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Applied Science & Technology Index, API Abstracts / Literature, Automatic Subject Index Citation, BIOSIS Previews, CSA Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts, CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database, CSA Pollution Abstracts, Directory of Industry Data Sources, Economic Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, Energy Research Abstracts, Energy Information Abstracts, Environmental Abstracts, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography (EPB), International Abstracts in Operations Research, Operations/Research/ Management Science Abstracts, Petroleum Abstracts, Physikalische Berichte
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
- 2.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.06Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,073OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 353LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 332,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,900 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 211 | 11 | 33 |
| 2025 | 316 | 7 | 492 |
| 2024 | 505 | 24 | 1,945 |
| 2023 | 631 | 25 | 4,574 |
| 2022 | 528 | 17 | 5,826 |
| 2021 | 535 | 23 | 6,780 |
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
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 110 days – 230 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (649 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1.4 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 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
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)
Article types accepted2
- letter to the editoraccepts the following types of article: original articles, letter to the editorLength not stated
- original articlesaccepts the following types of article: original articles, letter to the editorLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
publishes manuscripts in English Model summary
Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 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 cho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
single-anonymized peer review Model summary
We operate a rigorous single-anonymized peer review process
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 STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1556-7036
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-7230
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects
What CAS zone is Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Energy & Fuels / Engineering, Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.27; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects?
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 154 days (interquartile range 110–230 days); authors report an average review time of about 1.4 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12%. 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.
Which databases index Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects open access, and what is the APC?
Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .