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Best Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment journals

329 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 86 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Energy 78.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 eScience 63.4 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Sustainable Operations and Computers 50.7 99th Q1 Yes
4 Nature Sustainability 44.1 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
5 Energy and Environmental Science 42.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 Advanced Energy Materials 39.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36.8 98th Q1 SCIE A No
8 Carbon Energy 32.7 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Energy Storage Materials 30.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
10 Nano Energy 29.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 ACS Energy Letters 27.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
12 Advances in Applied Energy 26.6 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
13 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 96th Q1 SCIE No
14 Green Energy and Environment 26.5 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Energy Reviews 26.4 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Polymer Reviews 25.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
17 Biofuel Research Journal 23.5 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Innovation and Green Development 22.8 94th Q1 B Yes
19 Sustainable Cities and Society 22.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
20 Applied Energy 22.1 94th Q1 SCIE A No
21 Energy Conversion and Management 22.1 94th Q1 SCIE No
22 Energy Material Advances 21.7 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Journal of Cleaner Production 21.3 93th Q1 SCIE C No
24 Sustainable Production and Consumption 21.1 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
25 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 21.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
26 Bioresource Technology 20.7 92th Q1 SCIE No
27 Energy and Built Environment 20.1 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 18.5 92th Q1 SCIE No
29 Carbon Neutralization 18.2 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
30 Renewable Energy 18.1 91th Q1 SCIE No
31 Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 18 91th Q1 SCIE No
32 Circular Economy 17.5 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Materials Science for Energy Technologies 17.4 90th Q1 Yes
34 Energy 17.1 90th Q1 SCIE No
35 Renewable Energy Focus 16.9 90th Q1 ESCI No
36 Journal of Energy Storage 16.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
37 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 16.2 89th Q1 SCIE No
38 Green Carbon 15.7 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 15.7 88th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Energy Reports 15.3 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Energy Storage and Saving 15.3 88th Q1 Yes
42 Battery Energy 15.1 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 Materials Today Sustainability 14.6 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 14.5 87th Q1 SCIE No
45 Green Energy and Resources 14.4 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
46 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 86th Q1 ESCI C No
47 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 14.3 86th Q1 SCIE No
48 Green Technologies and Sustainability 14.2 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
49 Materials Today Energy 13.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
50 Sustainable Development 13.6 85th Q1 SSCI C No
51 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology 13.6 85th Q1 SCIE No
52 IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking 13.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
53 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 13.3 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
54 Solar Energy 13 84th Q1 SCIE No
55 Energy and Environment 12.7 84th Q1 SSCI C No
56 Energy Research and Social Science 12.6 83th Q1 SSCI No
57 Sustainable Materials and Technologies 12.4 83th Q1 SCIE No
58 Journal of Power Sources 12.2 83th Q1 SCIE No
59 Geoenergy Science and Engineering 12.1 83th Q1 SCIE No
60 Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments 12.1 82th Q1 No
61 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 12.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
62 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 12 82th Q1 SCIE No
63 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition 11.9 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
64 Horticultural Plant Journal 11.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
65 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
66 International Journal of Energy Research 11.4 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
67 Energy Conversion and Management: X 11.4 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
68 Water-Energy Nexus 11 80th Q1 Yes
69 Sustainable Environment Research 10.9 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
70 Cleaner Energy Systems 10.7 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
71 International Journal of Photoenergy 10.6 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
72 Carbon Letters 10.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
73 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 10.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
74 Energy, Sustainability and Society 10.3 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
75 ES Energy and Environment 10.3 78th Q1 No
76 Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences 10.2 78th Q1 Yes
77 Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 10.1 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
78 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 10 77th Q1 SCIE No
79 Smart Energy 10 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
80 Energy for Sustainable Development 9.9 76th Q1 SCIE No
81 International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 9.7 76th Q1 SSCI B No
82 Bioresources and Bioprocessing 9.7 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
83 EES Catalysis 9.6 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
84 Journal of the Energy Institute 9.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
85 Bioresource Technology Reports 9.3 75th Q1 ESCI No
86 Environmental Research Letters 9.3 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
87 Solar Compass 9.2 74th Q2 Yes
88 Clean Energy 9.1 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
89 Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks 9.1 74th Q2 SCIE No
90 GCB Bioenergy 9 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
91 Biomass and Bioenergy 8.9 73th Q2 SCIE No
92 Regional Sustainability 8.9 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
93 Sustainability (Switzerland) 8.9 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes
94 Energy and Climate Change 8.7 72th Q2 ESCI No
95 Food and Energy Security 8.7 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
96 Green and Low-Carbon Economy 8.7 72th Q2 No
97 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing 8.7 72th Q2 SCIE No
98 Global Environmental Politics 8.6 71th Q2 SSCI B No
99 Bioenergy Research 8.6 71th Q2 SCIE No
100 Cleaner Production Letters 8.6 71th Q2 ESCI Yes

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