Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
ISSN 2246-2929 · Aalborg University Press · Denmark
International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Journal status: The journal is experiencing an increasing submission rate of out-of-scope manuscripts, which takes away precious time from in-scope articles. We therefore intermittently close for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management is published by Aalborg University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Renewable energy and sustainable power systems and Renewable Energy and Sustainability, together about 46.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IJSEPM is an international interdisciplinary journal in Sustainable Energy Planning and Management combining engineering and social science within Energy System Analysis, Feasibility Studies and Public Regulation.The journal focuses on: - Energy System analysis of the transition to sustainable energy systems. This includes specific scenarios, models and analyses at local, regional, country and global level as well as studies of theories, methodologies, and software tools used in such transition analyses. - Economics, Socio economics and Feasibility studies including theories and methodologies of institutional economics as well as specific feasibility studies and analyses of the transition to sustainable energy systems. - Public Regulation including theories and methodologies as well as specific analyses and proposals in the light of the implementation and transition into sustainable energy systems. IJSEPM is approved by the Finish bibliometric Publication Forum, the Norwegian bibliometric Kanalregister as well as the former Danish BFI. The journal is registered/indexed in/by Scopus (Press link to see all published articles in IJSEPM), Ulrichs Web, Directory of Open-Access Journals, Sherpa/Romeo and DataCite.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named Denmark 6, United Kingdom 3, Germany 2, Sweden 2, Portugal 2 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Integrated Energy Systems OptimizationEngineering24.2%
- Renewable energy and sustainable power systemsEnergy13.3%
- Renewable Energy and SustainabilityEnergy8.6%
- Hybrid Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy6.9%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering6.7%
- Electric Power System OptimizationEngineering4.4%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science3.8%
- Power Systems and Renewable EnergyEnergy3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q1 | 147/876 | 83rd |
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | Q2 | 99/347 | 71st |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | Q2 | 138/345 | 60th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Ulrichs Web, Directory of Open-Access Journals, Sherpa/Romeo, DataCitePublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 370 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 188 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 434 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 607 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 634 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 634 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 471 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship must be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. While pertinent that due credit is given to all significant contributors in the form of co-authorship, it is also pertinent that co-authorship is only given to significant contributors as co-authorship implies accountability for the work. Less …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
Editors cannot handle submissions where they themselves are among the authors. Such submission must be handled by editors from another institution. Reviewers must disclose any conflict of interest – see further in the section “Reviewer ethics” below) Authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that may be construed to influence the results or interpretation of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice statements
The IJSEPM is committed to ensuring the highest ethical standards within publishing and any publication malpractice is clearly prohibited. This section details the policy and commitment of the IJSEPM with respect to eight areas of publication ethics and definition of appropriate practise. The first two points are common points and below more specific point for Conflict of interest Editor: General …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Articles published in International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management are following the license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License: Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs (by-…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There are no Article Processing Charges for authors publishing in the journal. Articles published in International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management are following the license Creative Commons Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Commitment to peer review and editorial oversight
Review articles only accepted after prior consultation with the editor-in-chief. Model summary
All work published in the IJSEPM is subjected to peer review under full editorial oversight. The editors of the IJSEPM are fully committed to having solid and independent reviews for work published. The editors are committed to ensuring that papers are handled firmly but fair - and has confidence in the peer reviewing process as an appropriate manner for advancing science with the journal's scope.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. Any work or words of others must be appropriately cited or quoted. If plagiarism is detected in published material, the material will be retracted (see also “Retraction Policy”)
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
- Aalborg University Press
- Country or region
- Denmark
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2246-2929
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 2. 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 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Denmark (6), United Kingdom (3) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .