Journal Guide
Publishing in EnergyChem: Fit, Timeline & Submission Guide
Energy chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science for energy applications
Should you submit here?
Submit if research articles must name a new concept or strategy in one sentence after the abstract. Be careful if a high result must be tied to a stated chemical design, process, mechanism, or materials strategy.
Best fit if
Research articles must name a new concept or strategy in one sentence after the abstract
Not ideal if
A high result must be tied to a stated chemical design, process, mechanism, or materials strategy
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23.8 (publisher-displayed)
Impact Factor
Not publicly disclosed
Acceptance Rate
Not publicly verified
Time to First Decision
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What EnergyChem Publishes
EnergyChem publishes chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials-science research and reviews for energy applications in a chemistry context.
- Solar energy and energy harvesting
- Fuel cells and hydrogen energy
- Batteries and supercapacitors
- Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis
- Energy storage, conversion, and carbon capture
Editor Insight
“EnergyChem fit depends on a chemistry-centered strategy, a breakthrough supported by comparable evidence, and the correct research or review route.”
What EnergyChem Editors Look For
A chemistry-centered Concept/strategy
Research articles must name a new concept or strategy in one sentence after the abstract.
A supported Breakthrough
Research articles must state the breakthrough in one sentence and support it with a meaningful comparison.
The correct review route
Reviews need either an approved proposal or an editor invitation; each route requires recommendations for at least five experts.
A complete editable package
Prepare editable source files, figures, tables, declarations, and applicable research-data materials.
Why Papers Get Rejected
These patterns appear repeatedly in manuscripts that don't make it past EnergyChem's editorial review:
A performance claim without a chemistry strategy
A high result must be tied to a stated chemical design, process, mechanism, or materials strategy.
A breakthrough without a comparable baseline
Different operating conditions or measurement protocols can prevent a performance comparison from carrying the claim.
An unsolicited review uploaded as a regular manuscript
The publisher will not consider a review without an approved proposal or invitation.
Does your manuscript avoid these patterns?
The Free Readiness Scan reads your full manuscript against EnergyChem's criteria and flags the specific issues most likely to cause rejection.
Insider Tips from EnergyChem Authors
Draft the two required sentences before finalizing the abstract
They reveal whether the package identifies one bounded chemistry contribution and the evidence that supports it.
Inspect the generated review PDF
Verify schemes, labels, equations, captions, and the required statements after Elsevier converts the uploaded files.
The EnergyChem Submission Process
Select the article route
Before uploadChoose original research, approved review proposal, or invited review before preparing the final package.
State the concept and breakthrough
Initial manuscriptFor research, add the two required one-sentence statements after the abstract and before the introduction.
Prepare editable source files
Initial submissionSupply editable Word or LaTeX text, figures, tables, text graphics, declarations, and applicable data materials.
Check the converted PDF
Before final submissionInspect the single PDF used for peer review before completing the submission.
EnergyChem by the Numbers
| Publisher-displayed Impact Factor(Current ScienceDirect journal page) | 23.8 |
| CiteScore(Current ScienceDirect journal page) | 40.1 |
| Online ISSN | 2589-7780 |
| Review model(Publisher Guide for Authors) | Single anonymized |
| Research statements(Concept/strategy and Breakthrough) | 2 required |
| Review proposal limit(Publisher Guide for Authors) | 5 pages |
Before you submit
EnergyChem accepts a small fraction of submissions. Make your attempt count.
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Article Types
Research article
Original energy-chemistry research with required Concept/strategy and Breakthrough statements.
Review article by proposal
Review proposed through the required template and an approved route.
Invited review
Review submitted with an editor invitation in the cover letter.
Landmark EnergyChem Papers
Papers that defined fields and changed science:
- Energy conversion research
- Battery and supercapacitor studies
- Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis research
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