Journal profile · Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
eScience
ISSN 2667-1417 · KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. · China
eScience: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 52.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 96 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
eScience is published by KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies and Advanced battery technologies research, together about 44.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
eScience is an open access journal publishing the latest scientific and technological research emerging from interdisciplinary fields related to...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Editor-in-chief Jun ChenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 35 in mainland China (about 56%); most named Mainland China 35, United States 9, United Kingdom 3, Germany 3, South Korea 2 (63 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering17.3%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering16.3%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering10.7%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy10%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering6.6%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science5%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering3.5%
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsEnergy3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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 (publisher)
- 52.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 63.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 63.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 11.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 313OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 32.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 425 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 86 | 236 |
| 2025 | 96 | 96 | 2,487 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | 5,672 |
| 2023 | 79 | 79 | 9,728 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 8,365 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 4,325 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,000 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- articleArticle An Article is a substantial, novel research study of high quality and general interest to the energy, electrochemistry, electronics or environment commu…Length not stated
- communicationCommunication Communication presents highly influential findings of immediate interest to the broader energy, electrochemistry, electronics or environment commu…Length not stated
- full articleCovering a broad spectrum of cutting-edge research, eScience publishes original breakthroughs in the form of communications, full articles, reviews, perspective…Length not stated
- news & viewsNews & Views News & Views articles inform readers about the latest advances in the energy, electrochemistry, electronics or environment community field, as repo…Length not stated
- perspectiveA Perspective is intended to provide a forum for authors to discuss models and ideas from a personal viewpoint. They are more forward looking and/or speculative…figures and tables ≤ 4 · references ≤ 50
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication. Article An Article is a substantial, novel research study of high qualit…figures and tables ≤ 10 · references ≤ 120
- surveyContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication. Article An Article is a substantial, novel research study of high qualit…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
Maximum 6 keywords Model summary
For transparency, we encourage 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 administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
iThenticate CrossCheck 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 ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license. Author rights As an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access publication Model summary
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single blind review process Model summary
This journal operates a single blind review process. All contributions are sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor-in-chief is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The EIC's decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: https://www.elsevier.com/r…
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
- 2667-1417
- Print ISSN
- 2097-2431
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about eScience
What CAS zone is eScience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, eScience is in Zone 1 of Materials Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Electrochemistry / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of eScience?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 52.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 63.4, h-index 106.
How long does peer review take at eScience?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of eScience?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of eScience based?
Of the 63 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 35 (about 56%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (35), United States (9) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index eScience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, eScience is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is eScience open access, and what is the APC?
eScience 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: .