Electrical and Electronic Engineering · 159 journals indexed

Best open-access journals for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The top Electrical and Electronic Engineering journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

  1. 1
    Nano-Micro Letters
    29.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Carbon Energy
    15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  3. 3
    Energy Strategy Reviews
    11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  4. 4
    National Science Review
    8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Energy Reports
    8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  6. 6
    Advanced Science
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Batteries
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Green Energy & Environment
    7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  9. 9
    e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and Energy
    6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  10. 10
    Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
    6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  11. 11
    Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  12. 12
    Materials Advances
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Cell Reports Physical Science
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    IEEE Access
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    APL Photonics
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · AIP Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Small Science
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Communications Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    ICT Express
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  19. 19
    International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  20. 20
    Fundamental Research
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Sensors
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Advanced Electronic Materials
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Energies
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Small Structures
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    ACS Omega
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    International Journal of Energy Research
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Energy Conversion and Management X
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  29. 29
    Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  30. 30
    High Voltage
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institution of Engineering and Technology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  31. 31
    CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · China Electric Power Research Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  32. 32
    Optics Express
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing Group
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Advanced Materials Interfaces
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Next Materials
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
    1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  36. 36
    Engineered Science
    1.6 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  37. 37
    Frontiers in Chemistry
    5.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    ChemElectroChem
    5.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Electrochemistry Communications
    4.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
    3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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