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Frontiers in Energy Research
ISSN 2296-598X · Frontiers Media S.A. · SWITZERLAND · Continuous publication · Founded 2013
Frontiers in Energy Research: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.48; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 447 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Energy Research is published by Frontiers Media S.A. 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 Microgrid Control and Optimization, Smart Grid Energy Management and Energy Load and Power Forecasting, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers in Energy Research is a multidisciplinary journal that explores sustainable developments and technological advances in all fields of energy research to help produce reliable and affordable energy sources. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Uwe Schröder (University of Greifswald, Germany), Frontiers in Energy Research welcomes submissions in all areas of energy research which facilitate and support sustainable innovation and long-term solutions. Topics include, but are not limited to: • advanced clean fuel technologies • bioenergy and biofuels • carbon capture, utilization and storage • electrochemical energy storage • energy efficiency • energy storage • fuel cells, electrolyzers and membrane reactors • hydrogen storage and production • nano energy • nuclear energy • process and energy systems engineering • smart grids • solar energy • sustainable energy systems • wave and tidal energy • wind energy. In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), notably SDG 7: access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Manuscripts that focus on the development of specific technologies or engineering solutions without a relevance to energy research are not suitable for publication in this journal. Manuscripts focused on conventional fossil fuel extraction and consumption, without a clear link to decarbonization or clean energy transition, fall outside the journal scope. Studies that are purely descriptive or empirical, without a relevance to energy research, are also not appropriate. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, such as Bibliometric studies, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to Frontiers' standards for research methodology policy for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Energy Research is committed to advancing developments in the field of energy research by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future. Frontiers in Energy Research is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 18%); most named United States 5, Mainland China 3, Hong Kong, China 2, Switzerland 2, Portugal 2 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Microgrid Control and OptimizationEngineering10.8%
- Smart Grid Energy ManagementEngineering9.8%
- Energy Load and Power ForecastingEngineering6.3%
- Integrated Energy Systems OptimizationEngineering6.1%
- Optimal Power Flow DistributionEngineering5.1%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering5%
- Electric Power System OptimizationEngineering4.8%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
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 |
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: On hold in SCIE (checked 20 August 2026). CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the March 2026 Xinrui edition (Under Review) and the 2024 edition (unusually high share of authors from China); not listed in the other 4 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Astrophysics Data System, CLOCKSS, 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
- 2.48LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,307OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 782LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,849 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 310 | 310 | 120 |
| 2025 | 447 | 447 | 1,128 |
| 2024 | 1,101 | 1,101 | 6,501 |
| 2023 | 1,353 | 1,353 | 11,870 |
| 2022 | 1,821 | 1,821 | 22,361 |
| 2021 | 947 | 947 | 17,692 |
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 | CHF 2,550 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 2,550 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,795 | Yes | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Use of AI to create written or visual content
Authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript. Generative AI technologies cannot be held accountable for all aspects of a manuscript and consequently do not meet the criteria required for authorship. If the author of a submitted manuscript has used written or visual content produced by or edited using a generative AI technology, this use mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Safeguards against financial conflicts of interest
Only leading researchers acting as Associate Editors, who are not part of Frontiers' staff, can make acceptance decisions based on reviews performed by external experts acting as Community Reviewers or Reviewers. None have a financial incentive to accept articles, i.e. they are not paid for their role as Associate Editor or community Reviewer, and any award scheme is not linked to acceptances of m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
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
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2296-598X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Frontiers in Energy Research
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Energy Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Energy Research is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Energy & Fuels. 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 Frontiers in Energy Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.48; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Energy Research?
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 Frontiers in Energy Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5–8; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX and Word. 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 Frontiers in Energy Research based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 18%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Mainland China (3) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers in Energy Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Energy Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers in Energy Research open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Energy Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .