Oxford Open Energy

Oxford Open Energy is published by Oxford University Press and is classed under Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy and Environment Impacts, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, together about 26.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Oxford Open Energy is a fully open access journal that publishes broad-scope research across the entire spectrum of the energy field, ranging from the physical to the social sciences. The main aims of Oxford Open Energy are to identify key topical challenges, help to provide relevant solutions for decarbonizing energy systems as part of the global energy transition, and to deliver content with wide societal impact. Interdisciplinary submissions that span more than one energy discipline are therefore strongly encouraged. The journal welcomes research from fundamental to applied, covering energy science and technology, energy economics and markets, social aspects and socio-economics, policies and transition, and sustainability. Examples of areas of contemporary interest include: Clean energy technologies and storage Energy systems Social and policy aspects Economics and markets Oxford Open Energy endorses the UN Sustainable Development Goals; in particular Goal 7, “Affordable and Clean Energy”, but also indirectly to Goals 9, 11, 12 and 13 which have close links to energy. The journal welcomes SDG-linked contributions. Abstracting and Indexing Articles published in Oxford Open Energy are indexed in the following databases: DOAJ Scopus Emerging Sources Citation Index COPE This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 3.4 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 6.8 Nuclear Energy And Engineering (Rank by CiteScore) 12/85 Energy Engineering And Power Technology (Rank by CiteScore) 88/347 Renewable Energy, Sustainability And The Environment (Rank by CiteScore) 125/345 Energy (Miscellaneous) (Rank by CiteScore) 42/106 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.045 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 37,878 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Oxford Open Energy are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal or Oxford University Press. Neither Oxford University Press nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Energy-Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Editor-in-chief Peter D. LundPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 8, Mainland China 3, Finland 3, United States 2, India 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

6.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

6.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.86LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.05LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

14OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

25OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

13LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

37,878Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 8 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2752-5082

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• 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
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ