85 Energy journals in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Energy by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering Journal | 1385-8947 | 13,259 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of environmental chemical engineering | 2213-2929 | 5,726 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 0360-3199 | 5,635 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| RSC Advances | 2046-2069 | 3,814 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,67,704 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Applied Surface Science | 0169-4332 | 3,224 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Renewable Energy | 0960-1481 | 2,581 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Surfaces and Interfaces | 2468-0230 | 2,520 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| ACS Applied Nano Materials | 2574-0970 | 2,287 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nanomaterials | 2079-4991 | 1,914 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,34,442 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Materials Chemistry and Physics | 0254-0584 | 1,546 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Chinese Chemical Letters | 1001-8417 | 1,418 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Applied Catalysis B: Environmental | 0926-3373 | 1,230 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nano Research | 1998-0000 | 1,038 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,86,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Solar Energy | 0038-092X | 936 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ChemSusChem | 1864-5631 | 885 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Materials Today Chemistry | 2468-5194 | 831 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | 1226-086X | 691 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry | 1010-6030 | 680 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Energy Conversion and Management X | 2590-1745 | 645 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,41,785 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Algal Research | 2211-9264 | 617 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments | 2213-1388 | 578 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers | 1876-1070 | 561 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Taiwan |
| Sustainable Energy & Fuels | 2398-4902 | 541 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Advanced Sustainable Systems | 2366-7486 | 491 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Energy Policy | 0301-4215 | 479 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Applied Phycology | 0921-8971 | 337 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| ChemElectroChem | 2196-0216 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,90,912 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Chemical Engineering Journal Advances | 2666-8211 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,14,813 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Emergent Materials | 2522-5731 | 320 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Geothermics | 0375-6505 | 278 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Materials Today Sustainability | 2589-2347 | 225 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,48,528 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Applied Surface Science Advances | 2666-5239 | 224 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,78,390 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices | 2468-2179 | 223 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,25,227 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Nature Catalysis | 2520-1158 | 190 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Chem Catalysis | 2667-1093 | 183 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Materials Today Nano | 2588-8420 | 183 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Chemical Engineering | 2948-1198 | 183 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Green Energy & Environment | 2096-2797 | 154 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Global Challenges | 2056-6646 | 135 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,67,012 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| EES Catalysis | 2753-801X | 134 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,67,704 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Hydrogen | 2673-4141 | 126 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Precision Chemistry | 2771-9316 | 125 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,150 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Nano Materials Science | 2096-6482 | 124 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Clean Technologies | 2571-8797 | 115 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Energy Efficiency | 1570-646X | 112 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Reviews Chemistry | 2397-3358 | 112 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| ACS Materials Au | 2694-2461 | 109 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,150 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| BioTech | 2673-6284 | 100 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Clean Energy | 2515-396X | 99 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Surfaces | 2571-9637 | 98 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Environmental Chemistry Letters | 1610-3653 | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Industrial Chemistry and Materials | 2755-2500 | 84 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Advanced Powder Materials | 2772-834X | 80 | 1 | ≈ ₹80,916 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Chemical Synthesis | 2769-5247 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Discover Electrochemistry. | 3005-1215 | 69 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| The Innovation Materials | 2959-8737 | 68 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,88,986 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Nano Research Energy | 2790-8119 | 62 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Solar | 2673-9941 | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Sustainable Energy | 0142-5919 | 58 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,441 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materials Reports Energy | 2666-9358 | 58 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Solar Energy and Sustainable Development | 2411-9636 | 58 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Libya |
| Discover Energy | 2730-7719 | 51 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,276 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Geothermal Energy | 2195-9706 | 48 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,89,943 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Colloids and Interface Science Communications | 2215-0382 | 46 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,15,776 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Solar Compass | 2772-9400 | 46 | 1 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| EcoEnergy | 2835-9380 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,34,114 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| ChemPhysMater | 2097-0323 | 41 | 1 | ≈ ₹80,916 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Advances in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | 3059-3867 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Solar Energy Advances | 2667-1131 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,64,904 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materials Today Catalysis | 2949-754X | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,236 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| cMat | 3006-2691 | 38 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,61,197 to publish | Yes | Yes | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Transactions of Tianjin University | 1006-4982 | 34 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Artificial photosynthesis. | 2994-0974 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,150 to publish | Yes | Yes | DCU |
| EnergyChem | 2589-7780 | 31 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Blue Biotechnology | 2948-2364 | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,28,186 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Sustainable Chemistry for Energy Materials | 2950-4775 | 29 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,86,877 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Green Energy and Resources | 2949-7205 | 27 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| DeCarbon | 2949-8813 | 25 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,923 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Progress in Energy | 2516-1083 | 25 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Environmental Functional Materials | 2773-0581 | 24 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Photoenergy | 1110-662X | 22 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,29,262 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Energy Reviews | 2772-9702 | 19 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Energy and Power Engineering | 1934-8975 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| GeoEnergy Communications | 3059-3182 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Composite Functional Materials | 3083-4295 | 11 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No |