Journal profile · ENERGY & FUELS
Progress in Energy
ISSN 2516-1083 · Institute of Physics Publishing
Progress in Energy: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,680; median 165 days to acceptance (62 articles, last 24 months); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Progress in Energy is published by Institute of Physics Publishing and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization and Energy and Environment Impacts, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENERGY & FUELS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hybrid Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy9.1%
- Integrated Energy Systems OptimizationEngineering7.3%
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering7%
- Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureEngineering6.6%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering4.9%
- Photovoltaic System Optimization TechniquesEnergy4.9%
- Photovoltaic Systems and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 15.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 68.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 189 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 28 | 21 |
| 2025 | 25 | 17 | 216 |
| 2024 | 39 | 28 | 490 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 | 215 |
| 2022 | 36 | 33 | 1,837 |
| 2021 | 15 | 13 | 2,052 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
165 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (62 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 189 days
- Sample
- 62 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,680 / EUR 3,940 / GBP 3,425 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- ISSN
- 2516-1083
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Progress in Energy
What CAS zone is Progress in Energy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Progress in Energy is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Energy & Fuels. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Progress in Energy?
Based on the dates recorded on 62 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 165 days (interquartile range 117–243 days). 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.
Which databases index Progress in Energy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Progress in Energy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Progress in Energy open access, and what is the APC?
Progress in Energy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,680.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .