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).
- 1Nano-Micro Letters29.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4National Science Review8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Batteries7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and Energy6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 10Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Materials Advances5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Cell Reports Physical Science5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14IEEE Access5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Communications SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 19International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 21Sensors4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23Energies4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27International Journal of Energy Research4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Energy Conversion and Management X4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 29Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 30High Voltage3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institution of Engineering and TechnologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 31CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · China Electric Power Research InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 32Optics Express3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing GroupOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Physical Review Accelerators and Beams1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 37Frontiers in Chemistry5.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Electrochemistry Communications4.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
“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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