Journal profile · Energy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Energy Sustainability and Society
ISSN 2192-0567 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · United States · Founded 2011
Energy Sustainability and Society: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.68; fully open access; APC about USD 2,290; median 389 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Energy Sustainability and Society is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy and Environment Impacts, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, together about 35.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ensuring universal access to affordable and clean energy is one of the goals of the UN agenda for sustainable development. Progress towards these SDG targets is therefore a priority need, demanding not only techno-economic efforts for energy provisioning but also societal engagement for its implementing. Transformation towards sustainable energy systems requires systemic and holistic innovations that include a sustainable supply of resources, the development of highly efficient technical solutions and the adaptation of energy systems to the environmental, economic and cultural context as well as the social and political framework. The aim of the journal is to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the discourse between natural scientists, engineers, social & political scientists as well as experts from industry who drive the innovation of sustainable energy systems. It is the particular aim of this journal to publish papers extending across different disciplines and providing a substantial contribution to the holistic innovation of these energy systems. The scope of the journal encompasses the whole innovation process ranging from scientific research to both innovative approaches for technology implementation and the analysis of economic, social and environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems. Main emphasis will therefore be placed on papers addressing complex issues with innovation potential at the interface between technical solutions, their implementation and their social, environmental and economic impacts and indicating both novelty and potential for practical application. Hence, the journal covers papers in complex topics dealing with research, development and implementation of sustainable energy sources and systems, including for instance bio-refineries, carbon capture, reuse systems; from start to finish the efficient supply of resources by means of their technological cascading conversion, via their storage and distribution through to their end-use; the development of regionally adapted sustainable energy and material supply systems and discourse on how to transform urban settlements into smart cities; systemic approaches to link information technologies with energy technologies that meet the social and environmental criteria for sustainable development; political and economic frameworks to improve the environmental, economic and social performance of energy systems; concepts for discovering novel energy sources, energy m
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Editor-in-chief Daniela ThraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Germany 16, United States 4, Mainland China 3, Italy 3, Sweden 3 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science13.7%
- Social Acceptance of Renewable EnergySocial Sciences11.9%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science9.9%
- Hybrid Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy6.9%
- Integrated Energy Systems OptimizationEngineering6.7%
- Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy3.7%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 5.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 424OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 680 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 19 |
| 2025 | 59 | 59 | 258 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | 983 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 945 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 1,577 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 1,589 |
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
389 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 318 days – 474 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 411 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (122 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 | EUR 2,090 / USD 2,290 / GBP 1,790 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,190 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,690 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,590 / USD 2,090 / EUR 1,890 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,790 / USD 2,290 / EUR 2,090 | — | — |
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 accepted4
- forum articlesResearch Short Communication Review Forum ArticlesLength not stated
- researchResearch Short Communication Review Forum ArticlesLength not stated
- reviewResearch Short Communication Review Forum ArticlesLength not stated
- short communicationResearch Short Communication Review Forum ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access articles published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Energy, Sustainability and Society articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2192-0567
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 Sustainability and Society
What CAS zone is Energy Sustainability and Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Energy Sustainability and Society is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Energy & Fuels / Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Energy Sustainability and Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.68; CiteScore 10.3, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Energy Sustainability and Society?
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 389 days (interquartile range 318–474 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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 Sustainability and Society based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (16), United States (4) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Energy Sustainability and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Energy Sustainability and Society is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Energy Sustainability and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Energy Sustainability and Society is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,290.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .