Best open-access journals for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. 1
   Nano-Micro Letters

   26.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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2. 2
   Energy Strategy Reviews

   10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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3. 3
   Energy Reports

   7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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4. 4
   National Science Review

   7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press

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5. 5
   Advanced Science

   7.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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6. 6
   Batteries

   6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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7. 7
   Green Energy & Environment

   6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi

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8. 8
   Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

   5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature

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9. 9
   CCS Chemistry

   5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Chinese Chemical Society

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10. 10
    e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and Energy

    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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11. 11
    Cell Reports Physical Science

    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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12. 12
    IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Communications Society

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13. 13
    Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research

    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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14. 14
    Materials Advances

    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry

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15. 15
    IEEE Access

    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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16. 16
    APL Photonics

    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · AIP Publishing

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17. 17
    Small Science

    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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18. 18
    Energy Conversion and Management X

    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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19. 19
    Fundamental Research

    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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20. 20
    International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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21. 21
    Small Structures

    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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22. 22
    Sensors

    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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23. 23
    ICT Express

    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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24. 24
    Advanced Electronic Materials

    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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25. 25
    Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal

    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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26. 26
    Energies

    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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27. 27
    International Journal of Energy Research

    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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28. 28
    CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems

    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · China Electric Power Research Institute

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29. 29
    Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices

    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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30. 30
    Optics Express

    2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing Group

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31. 31
    Advanced Materials Interfaces

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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32. 32
    Next Materials

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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33. 33
    Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Society

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34. 34
    Frontiers in Chemistry

    5.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media

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35. 35
    ChemElectroChem

    4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley

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36. 36
    Chemosensors

    4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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37. 37
    IET Renewable Power Generation

    3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Institution of Engineering and Technology

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38. 38
    Electrochemistry Communications

    3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV

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39. 39
    Applied Physics Express

    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Physics

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40. 40
    Electronics

    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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.