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This page contains a list of full open access journals in which energy research and energy modeling software can be published. The information here (including publication fees and article lengths) refers to full-length articles based on original research.

Most journals require a publication fee (also known as an article processing charge or APC) to be paid by the submitter on acceptance. The fee can be as high as €1800, but some journals have a waiver policy for non-funded authors. To apply for a partial or full exemption, you will need to submit the institutional affiliations of the authors, the details of your project, and any sources of funding you receive. You also need to apply prior to or at the time of submission.

Some conventional journals allow authors to buy out their restricted access. These are known as hybrid open access journals and their APCs tends to be higher, in line with their better impact factors.

Only two journals, the Journal of Open Research Software and the Journal of Open Source Software, are dedicated to software and cover all areas of science. Only two support energy economics. The remainder are either oriented towards engineering topics or broad in scope.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) maintains a directory of open access journals.

Note: Feel free to shift journals between the established and less known categories or remove them altogether, particularly if you know something of their reputation.

Overview

List of established full open access journals
Journal	License	Fee	Coverage	DOAJ Seal¹	IF²
Energies	CC BY	€1500	engineering oriented	Yes	2.702 (2019)
Energy and Policy Research *	CC BY-NC	† €1400	broad coverage	No	none
Energy Reports	CC BY	€1300	broad coverage	No	3.595 (2019)
Energy Science & Engineering	CC BY	€1429	engineering oriented	?	none
Energy Strategy Reviews	CC BY	€1100	energy system analysis	No	3.895 (2019)
Energy, Sustainability and Society	CC BY	€1180	complex issues	Yes	1.961 (2019)
Frontiers in Energy Research	CC BY	† €1800	energy systems and policy	Yes	2.746 (2019)
Int J of Energy and Environmental Engineering	CC BY	none	engineering oriented	Yes	none
Int J of Energy Economics and Policy	CC BY	€280	energy economics	No	none
Int J of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management	CC BY-NC-ND	none	energy system analysis	No	none
Journal of Open Research Software	CC BY	† €360	software oriented	Yes	none
Journal of Open Source Software	CC BY	none	software oriented	No	none
Sustainability	CC BY	€1200	broad coverage	Yes	2.576 (2019)
Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy	CC BY	none	power systems	Yes	3.090 (2019)
Only the least restrictive license is recorded. See elsewhere for alternative options and for details of the license version in use. The publication fees are indicative. Consult the text here, the journal website, and/or an exchange rate calculator for better information. Waiver policies for non-funded authors and for authors from developing countries may apply. The † indicates that the publication fee may be partially or fully waived for non-funded authors. The * indicates that the journal has ceased. ¹ The DOAJ Seal is an indicator for high quality of an open access journal in terms of best-practice. ² Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters) Impact Factor

Established journals

Energies

Overview: Energies is an open access journal of related scientific research, technology development, and policy and management studies. Its aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. The publisher's keywords comprise: energy sources, energy saving, and energy efficiency.
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies
Summary: established in 2008; engineering oriented
Length: no restrictions; LaTeX and MS Word templates available
Based: Switzerland
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energies (journal)
License: CC BY 4.0
Publication fee: CHF1800 / ~€1500 (as of February 2019)

Energy and Policy Research

Overview: This journal has ceased (2018).; Energy and Policy Research publishes articles on engineering, science, technology, policy, and management related to energy systems. Topics include: advanced power cycles, governmental policies on energy, carbon mitigation technologies including clean coal and carbon capture, hydrogen and fuel cells, energy generation, conversion, storage, and transmission, market-based energy planning, economic, social, and environmental aspects of energy policies, micro- and nano-energy systems, energy supply security, nuclear energy, renewable energy including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biomass, and thermal and fluid design of energy systems.
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uetp21/current
Summary: broad coverage, including public energy policy and market-based energy planning
Length: 8000 words (inclusive recommended length); LaTeX and MS Word support
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Based: USA
ISSN: 2381-5639
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2381-5639
License: CC BY-NC
Notes: previously known as Energy Technology & Policy: An Open Access Journal
Publication fee: US$1500 / €1400 (in 2016); membership and offset discounts can apply; fee may be partially or fully waived for non-funded authors

Energy Reports

Overview: Energy Reports is an online multidisciplinary open access journal which focuses on publishing new research in the area of energy with a rapid review and publication time. Energy Reports will be open to direct submissions and also to submissions from other Elsevier energy journals, whose editors have determined that Energy Reports would be a better fit.; Direct submissions to the journal can be on any aspect of energy research, either from a technical engineering viewpoint or from a social research aspect. All energy subject areas will be considered (for example, renewables, fossil, nuclear).
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-reports/
Summary: first published in November 2015; energy research including engineering and social aspects
Length: 4000 words (excluding references)
Publisher: Elsevier
Based: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2352-4847
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2352-4847
License: CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND (author's choice)
Publication fee: US$1500 / ~€1300 (as of February 2019); waiver policy for developing countries

Energy Science & Engineering

Overview

Energy Science & Engineering is a peer reviewed, open access journal dedicated to fundamental and applied research on energy and supply and use. The journal is published as a co-operative venture of Wiley and SCI (Society of Chemical Industry). Topics include, but are not limited to the following areas:

general energy: impact of production of electricity, heat and fuels, efficiency: built environment, industry and transport, systems, policy, legislation and planning, and cycle analysis
fossil fuels: carbon capture and storage (CCS) and reduction of other pollutants (NOx, SOx, etc)
energy storage: thermal energy storage and chemical energy storage
nuclear energy: nuclear reprocessing and breeder reactors, subcritical reactors, waste reduction/management, safety
renewable energy: solar energy and photovoltaics, hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells, wind energy, marine energy and hydropower, geothermal energy, and other renewables
power engineering: electric power systems, electric power electronics, cogeneration and combined heat and power, distributed power generation, microgeneration, power distribution and grid modernisation, and power management and modelling

Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0505
Summary: first published in April 2013; engineering oriented
Length: no restriction; preferred formats are MS Word and RTF, limited support for LaTeX
Publisher: Wiley
Based: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2050-0505
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-0505
License: CC BY 3.0
Publication fee: €1429 / US$1900 / £1216 (as of February 2019)

Energy Strategy Reviews

Overview: Energy Strategy Reviews is a peer-reviewed platform for publishing research related to the planning and implementation of energy strategies, ideally through quantitative studies that advance the use of energy systems models. The types of papers published by this journal include analyses, methodologies, case studies and reviews. Report reviews and viewpoints are published only by invitation.
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-strategy-reviews/
Summary: the first volume was published in March 2012; became a gold open access journal in January 2019
Length: 10-12 pp for analysis and methodology articles; 4 pp for case study articles; 1-5 pp for short reviews or report reviews; 2-4 pp for viewpoint or energy vision; LaTeX template available
Publisher: Elsevier
Based: Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISSN: 2211-467X
DOAJ listing: none
License: CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND (author's choice)
Publication fee: US$1250 /~€1100 for articles submitted before 31 December 2019; US$2500 /~€2200 for articles submitted after 31 December 2019

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Overview: This journal offers a forum for discourse on systemic challenges at the intersection of energy, sustainability and society for natural scientists, engineers, social and political scientists and industry experts. It is the particular aim of this journal to publish inter‐ and cross‐disciplinary papers that provide a substantial contribution to the holistic innovation of sustainable energy systems.; The scope of the journal encompasses the whole innovation process, ranging from scientific research to both innovative approaches for technology implementation and the analysis of economic, social and environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems. Papers that integrate at least two dimensions of the energy, sustainability and society nexus and contribute to new holistic system solutions for the development of novel future energy are welcomed. The journal strives to publish early scientific opinions on issues, which are just emerging and require crosscutting and creative thinking.
Website: https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/
Summary: publication opened up in 2011; interdisciplinary focus on complex issues concerning science, environment, technology, and society
Length: no restriction
Publisher: Springer
Based: Germany
ISSN: 2192-0567
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2192-0567
License: CC BY 4.0
Notes: SpringerOpen Copyright and License Agreement applies
Publication fee: €1180 / US$1390 / £990 (as of February 2019)

Frontiers in Energy Research

Overview: This section of the open access journal FRONTIERS welcomes the submission of studies that examine the characteristics of new energy sources in a systemic way, such as the energy yield, the economic return, the pollution effects, and the sustainability of the system in terms of the natural resources that must be engaged.
Website: https://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/energy-research; https://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/energy-research/section/energy-systems-and-policy
Summary: energy systems and policy (one of twelve sections)
Length: 12 000 words; MS Word and LaTeX templates available
Based: Switzerland
ISSN: 2296-598X
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2296-598X
License: CC BY (version not specified)
Publication fee: US$1900 (€1800 in 2016); fee may be partially or fully waived for non-funded authors

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering (IJEEE)

Overview: The journal provides a focus for activities concerning the development, assessment and management of energy and environmental engineering related programs. The following topical areas are covered: input-output analyses relating to energy-consuming systems, careful resource or reserve assessments of all types, energy conservation measures and their implementations, incisive evaluation of energy- system management, environmental- impact assessments, and policy alternatives stressing economic implications, bio- reactions and bio-engineering, geothermal energy, marine and hydroelectric energy, nuclear energy, solar energy, wind energy, energy conversion, energy efficient buildings, energy storage, power distribution, and renewable energy resource assessment and transportation.
Website: https://www.springer.com/engineering/energy+technology/journal/40095
Summary: energy and environmental engineering
Length: no restriction; MS Word and LaTeX (if using mathematics) support
Publisher: Springer
Based: Germany
ISSN: 2008-9163
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2008-9163
License: CC BY 4.0
Publication fee: Publication costs are covered by Islamic Azad University, Iran

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (IJEEP)

Overview: The journal seeks articles in the areas of energy economics, energy policy and related disciplines. Topics include, but are not limited to: energy consumption, electricity consumption, economic growth and energy, energy policy, energy planning, energy forecasting, energy pricing, energy politics, energy financing, energy efficiency, energy modelling, energy use, energy and the environment, energy systems, and renewable energy.
Website: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/
Summary: energy economics and energy policy
Length: no restriction; LibreOffice, MS Word, RTF, and WordPerfect (but not LaTeX) support
Publisher: EconJournals
Based: Turkey
ISSN: 2146-4553
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2146-4553
License: CC BY 4.0
Publication fee: US$300 (€280 in 2016)

International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management

Overview

The journal 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 the following three areas:

energy system analysis including theories, methodologies, data handling and software tools as well as specific models and analyses at local, regional, country and/or global level
economics, socio-economics and feasibility studies including theories and methodologies of institutional economics as well as specific feasibility studies and analyses
public regulation and management including theories and methodologies as well as specific analyses and proposals in the light of the implementation and transition into sustainable energy systems

The journal is sponsor-financed with open access for both readers and authors.
Website: https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/sepm
Summary: sustainable energy system analysis combining engineering and social science
Length: 5000–8000 words (in total, including references)
Publisher: Aalborg University Press
Based: Denmark
ISSN: 2246-2929
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2246-2929
License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (although the license notice is absent in downloaded PDFs)
Publication fee: none (see above)

Journal of Open Research Software

Overview: The open access Journal of Open Research Software (JORS) is dedicated to publishing open source research software. It is therefore a useful outlet in which to publish software source code, and then be able to cite the software from other articles.; The journal features peer reviewed software metapapers describing research software with high reuse potential. We are working with a number of specialist and institutional repositories to ensure that the associated software is professionally archived, preserved, and is openly available. Equally importantly, the software and the papers will be citable, and reuse will be tracked.; JORS also publishes full-length research papers that cover different aspects of creating, maintaining and evaluating open source research software. The aim of the section is to promote the dissemination of best practice and experience related to the development and maintenance of reusable, sustainable research software.; JORS believes that only the CC BY license meets the requirements for true open access for books and journals, and strongly prefers CC0 for open research data.
Website: https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/
Summary: principally for short peer reviews of software and associated code, research papers are not common; reviewers will download, test, and assess the associated code
Length: software reviews are short; research papers are limited to 4000 words and few references
Based: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2049-9647
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9647
License: CC BY 4.0 (text); CC0 (public domain, strongly preferred for data)
Publication fee: £100 (€120 in 2016) for software reviews; £300 (€360 in 2016) for research papers; fee may be partially or fully waived for non-funded authors

Journal of Open Source Software

Overview: The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is dedicated to publishing open source research software. The formal peer-review process aims to 'improve the quality of the software submitted'. JOSS was established to allow researchers who have spent time and effort writing a software package to publish their work and make their package citable, without requiring them to spend additional time and effort writing a paper about the software. Each paper published by JOSS will receive a Crossref DOI and be available in the JOSS website. The submission process is characterised as being 'developer friendly', with a simple workflow and extensive documentation to aid in the process.
Website: https://joss.theoj.org/
Summary: submitted software must be open source, feature-complete, maintainable and have a clearly-defined research application with a significant contribution; minor 'utility' packages are not accepted; paper submissions (in markdown format with BiBTeX and figures) must be hosted in a Git-based repository; open peer-review takes place in GitHub; accepted papers are published immediately; authors and reviewers must adhere to the code of conduct
Based: United States
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2475-9066
License: CC BY 4.0 (text and any use of the JOSS logo); MIT License (code snippets within the paper, regardless of the license used by the software package which has been submitted for review)
Publication fee: None

Sustainability - Special Issue Smart Power Grid for Sustainable Energy Transition

Overview: A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2018; This Special Issue invites submissions of cross-disciplinary and empirical studies from several fields of economics, business strategy, innovations, environmental impact studies, engineering, public policy, sustainability and consumer research. Since the smart grid and its impacts on sustainable energy transition is manifested differently in different countries and on different continents, a wide range of contributions are invited from all over the globe.
Website: www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/smart_power_energy_transition
Summary: —
Length: Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Publisher: —
Based: —
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050
Wikipedia: —
License: CC BY
Publication fee: CHF1400

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

Overview

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy is dedicated to presenting top-level academic achievements in the fields of modern power systems and clean energy by international researchers and engineers, and is endeavoured to serve as a bridge between Chinese and global researchers in the power industry.

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Website

https://www.springer.com/energy/systems,+storage+and+harvesting/journal/40565

Summary

—

Length

not specified

Publisher

Springer

Based

China

ISSN

2196-5420

DOAJ listing

https://doaj.org/toc/2196-5420

Wikipedia

—

License

CC BY

Publication fee

none

Publication costs are covered by State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, China.

Co-publication with State Grid Electric Power Research Institute.

Less known journals

An appearance here does not imply an endorsement. You will need to make your own determination as to the quality of each journal listed.

International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE)

Summary: all areas of energy and the environment
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2909
Based: Iraq

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (IJRED)

Summary: renewable energy research and development
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/2252-4940
Based: Indonesia

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (JSDEWES)

Summary: methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with a knowledge-based economy
Link: https://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/index.php
DOAJ listing: https://doaj.org/toc/1848-9257
Fee: 50€-250€ +VAT(25%)
Based: Croatia

Conferences and Workshops

List of established full open access journals
Journal	License	Fee	Coverage
ACM e-Energy	ACM Agreements	ca. USD200 - USD500	broad coverage (more engineering oriented)
D-A-CH+ Conference on Energy Informatics	--	ca. €100 - €500	broad coverage
Future Technologies Conference	--	?	broad coverage

ACM e-Energy

Overview: International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) is an international conference on future energy covering topics such as monitoring and control, energy efficient computing, electric vehicle routing and topics tackling problems in the future and todays power grid.
Website: https://www.sigcomm.org/events/eenergy-conference
Summary: established in 2010; engineering oriented
Length: restrictions changing; LaTeX and MS Word templates available
ISBN: [1]

D-A-CH+ Conference on Energy Informatics

Overview: D-A-CH+ Conference on Energy Informatics is a future energy conference meant for the knowledge exchange in the German-Austrian-Swiss region. However, the conference becomes more and more international.
Summary: established in 2012; broad coverage
Length: check every year; LaTeX and MS Word templates available

Future Technologies Conference

Overview: Future Technologies Conference (FTC) is an international conference in the areas of Computing, Electronics, AI, Robotics, Security and Communications.
Summary: established in 2016 (?); broad coverage
Length: check every year; LaTeX and MS Word templates available

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Overview

Established journals

Energies

Energy and Policy Research

Energy Reports

Energy Science & Engineering

Energy Strategy Reviews

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Frontiers in Energy Research

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering (IJEEE)

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (IJEEP)

International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management

Journal of Open Research Software

Journal of Open Source Software

Sustainability - Special Issue Smart Power Grid for Sustainable Energy Transition

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

Less known journals

International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE)

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (IJRED)

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (JSDEWES)

Conferences and Workshops

ACM e-Energy

D-A-CH+ Conference on Energy Informatics

Future Technologies Conference

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Contents

Overview

Established journals

Energies

Energy and Policy Research

Energy Reports

Energy Science & Engineering

Energy Strategy Reviews

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Frontiers in Energy Research

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering (IJEEE)

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (IJEEP)

International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management

Journal of Open Research Software

Journal of Open Source Software

Sustainability - Special Issue Smart Power Grid for Sustainable Energy Transition

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

Less known journals

International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE)

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (IJRED)

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (JSDEWES)

Conferences and Workshops

ACM e-Energy

D-A-CH+ Conference on Energy Informatics

Future Technologies Conference