Energy Exploration & Exploitation

ISSN 0144-5987 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom · active 1981–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
4.5
SJR
0.481
h-index
58

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Energy Exploration & Exploitation is Q2 in 2 of its 4 subject categories and Q3 in the other 2. Its best category quartile is Q2.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Energy Exploration & Exploitation in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Nuclear Energy and EngineeringQ2#33 of 81
Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2#136 of 289
Fuel TechnologyQ3#66 of 130
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3#179 of 305
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
3.18
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
143

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Energy Exploration & Exploitation is Q2 in 2 of its 4 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Nuclear Energy and Engineering: Q2, #33 of 81), with SJR 0.481 (Scimago) and an h-index of 58 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~7 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of Science
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): $2,000 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

hydrocarbonexplorationreservoirmechanicsmaterialsglobalenergysustainabilityrenewableenvironmentcoalproperties

Frequently asked

Is Energy Exploration & Exploitation a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Energy Exploration & Exploitation. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is Energy Exploration & Exploitation indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Energy Exploration & Exploitation appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Energy Exploration & Exploitation?

Papers in Energy Exploration & Exploitation are cited about 4.5 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 58. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Energy Exploration & Exploitation (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Energy Exploration & Exploitation is Q2 in 2 of its 4 subject categories and Q3 in the other 2. By category: Nuclear Energy and Engineering: Q2, #33 of 81; Energy Engineering and Power Technology: Q2, #136 of 289; Fuel Technology: Q3, #66 of 130; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: Q3, #179 of 305. Its best category quartile is Q2. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Energy Exploration & Exploitation is cited about 4.5 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 58.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Energy Exploration & Exploitation?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Energy Exploration & Exploitation. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Nuclear Energy and Engineering and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Energy Exploration & Exploitation open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Energy Exploration & Exploitation?

Article processing charge (APC): $2,000 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Energy Exploration & Exploitation take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Energy Exploration & Exploitation takes about ~7 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Energy Exploration & Exploitation.

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