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 one journal, the Journal of Open Research Software, is dedicated to software and it covers 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.
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
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
- http://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
- CHF1500 (€1500 in 2017, includes 5% exchange fee)
Energy and Policy Research
- Overview
- 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
- http://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.
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- 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
- http://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 choice)
- Publication fee
- US$1500 (€1400 in 2016)
- 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
- http://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
- €1400
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.
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- 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
- http://energsustainsoc.springeropen.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
- €930
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
- http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/energy-research
- http://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
- http://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
- (an article processing fee exists by was not specified on the journal's website)
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
- http://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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
- http://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
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
- 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
- DOAJ listing
- https://doaj.org/toc/1848-9257
- Based
- Croatia
