Journal profile
Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment
ISSN 2668-957X · National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea · Romania
Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment is published by National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements and Water Quality and Resources Studies, together about 26.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment is an open-access international peer-reviewed journal that offers a converging platform for original research articles and reviews articles about theoretical methods, experiments, models, design, and technologies dedicated to areas of interest such as isotopes separation for fission and fusion technology, energy storage, hydrogen technology and new sources of renewable energies, environmental protection, life quality applications, and food security, materials for energy and for environmental applications and cryogenic applications and technologies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences9%
- Radioactivity and Radon MeasurementsHealth Professions9%
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science9%
- Radioactive contamination and transferEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy5.1%
- Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsEngineering5.1%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science3.9%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Index Copernicus, Gale Academic OneFile
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 58 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
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
- Double 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted4
- letters to editorsShort communications and letters to editors are welcome if their subjects are focused on the interest topics of the journal.Length not stated
- original research articlesoffers a converging platform for original research articles and reviews articlesLength not stated
- review articlesoffers a converging platform for original research articles and reviews articlesLength not stated
- short communicationsShort communications and letters to editors are welcome if their subjects are focused on the interest topics of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement Model summary
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
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
- National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2668-957X
- Print ISSN
- 1582-2575
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment
How long does peer review take at Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment?
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.
Which databases index Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .