Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
ISSN 0927-0248 · Elsevier BV · Netherlands · active 1992–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 7.5
- SJR
- 1.183
- h-index
- 250
“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, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | Q1 | #19 of 142 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | Q1 | #46 of 279 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | Q2 | #80 of 305 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 6.69
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 550
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).
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is Q1 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Surfaces, Coatings and Films: Q1, #19 of 142), with SJR 1.183 (Scimago) and an h-index of 250 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. 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.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 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 Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells?
Papers in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells are cited about 7.5 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 250. 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 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Surfaces, Coatings and Films: Q1, #19 of 142; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: Q1, #46 of 279; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: Q2, #80 of 305. Its best category quartile is Q1. 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; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is cited about 7.5 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 250.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells?
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 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films 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 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". 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.
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