IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics is published by IEEE Electron Devices Society and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies, solar cell performance optimization and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics is a peer-reviewed, archival publication reporting original and significant research results that advance the field of photovoltaics (PV). The PV field is diverse in its science base ranging from semiconductor and PV device physics to optics and the materials sciences. The journal publishes articles that connect this science base to PV science and technology. The intent is to publish original research results that are of primary interest to the photovoltaic specialist. The scope of the IEEE J. Photovoltaics incorporates: fundamentals and new concepts of PV conversion, including those based on nanostructured materials, low-dimensional physics, multiple charge generation, up/down converters, thermophotovoltaics, hot-carrier effects, plasmonics, metamorphic materials, luminescent concentrators, and rectennas; Si-based PV, including new cell designs, crystalline and non-crystalline Si, passivation, characterization and Si crystal growth; polycrystalline, amorphous and crystalline thin-film solar cell materials, including PV structures and solar cells based on II-VI, chalcopyrite, Si and other thin film absorbers; III-V PV materials, heterostructures, multijunction devices and concentrator PV; optics for light trapping, reflection control and concentration; organic PV including polymer, hybrid and dye sensitized solar cells; space PV including cell materials and PV devices, defects and reliability, environmental effects and protective materials; PV modeling and characterization methods; and other aspects of PV, including modules, power conditioning, inverters, balance-of-systems components, monitoring, analyses and simulations, and supporting PV module standards and measurements. Tutorial and review papers on these subjects are also published and occasionally special issues are published to treat particular areas in more depth and breadth.

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Research area (LetPub): ENERGY & FUELS-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Editor-in-chief Tim AndersonPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.67LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

7.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

7.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.79LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

53LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

117OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,900OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.14OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

14.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

102LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

IEEE Electron Devices Society

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

ISSN

2156-3381

Electronic ISSN

2156-3403

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub