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Publishing in Journal of Energy Storage: Fit, Timeline & Submission Guide

Journal of Energy Storage fits manuscripts where storage performance changes a real system decision.

Should you submit here?

Submit if the paper should improve a storage decision, not only characterize a material. Be careful if storage claims usually require cycling or stability evidence.

IF 9.8 · Selective Elsevier energy-storage journal accepted · Elsevier insights report first decision and review timelines at journal level

Best fit if

The paper should improve a storage decision, not only characterize a material

Not ideal if

Storage claims usually require cycling or stability evidence

9.8

Impact Factor (2024)

Selective Elsevier energy-storage journal

Acceptance Rate

Elsevier insights report first decision and review timelines at journal level

Time to First Decision

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What Journal of Energy Storage Publishes

Journal of Energy Storage publishes work on energy-storage systems, technologies, modeling, integration, sizing, management, markets, and storage applications.

  • Electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, electrical, and chemical storage research
  • Storage integration, modeling, sizing, management, and application studies
  • Manuscripts with cycling, stability, benchmarking, and system relevance

Editor Insight

Journal of Energy Storage readiness depends on storage-system consequence, cycling evidence, and fair benchmarking.

What Journal of Energy Storage Editors Look For

Storage-system contribution

The paper should improve a storage decision, not only characterize a material.

Durability evidence

Cycling, stability, impedance, degradation, or reliability data should match the claim.

Fair benchmarking

Comparison tables should use recent and comparable storage systems.

Why Papers Get Rejected

These patterns appear repeatedly in manuscripts that don't make it past Journal of Energy Storage's editorial review:

Initial performance only

Storage claims usually require cycling or stability evidence.

Convenient benchmark set

Editors expect state-of-the-art comparisons under fair conditions.

Materials novelty without storage consequence

The storage-system decision must be explicit.

Does your manuscript avoid these patterns?

The Free Readiness Scan reads your full manuscript against Journal of Energy Storage's criteria and flags the specific issues most likely to cause rejection.

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Insider Tips from Journal of Energy Storage Authors

Make raw cycling data reusable

Data availability strengthens trust in practical storage claims.

Normalize comparisons

Rate, temperature, cycle count, and loading determine whether the benchmark is fair.

The Journal of Energy Storage Submission Process

1

Scope fit

Before upload

Confirm the manuscript owns an energy-storage system, material, model, or integration contribution.

2

Prepare Elsevier package

Pre-submission

Finalize manuscript, figures, highlights, declarations, data availability, and supplementary cycling evidence.

3

Submit online

Day 0

Upload through Elsevier Editorial Manager.

4

Editorial assessment

Initial screen

Editors screen storage relevance, benchmark quality, durability evidence, and reviewer fit.

5

Peer review

After editor invitation

Reviewers assess cycling, stability, methodology, benchmarking, and system relevance.

Journal of Energy Storage by the Numbers

PublisherElsevier
Impact Factor9.8
Core scopeEnergy-storage systems and technologies

Before you submit

Journal of Energy Storage accepts a small fraction of submissions. Make your attempt count.

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Article Types

Research Paper

Original energy-storage research article

Review

Synthesis of storage technology or system evidence

Short Communication

Concise storage contribution

Landmark Journal of Energy Storage Papers

Papers that defined fields and changed science:

  • Battery cycling studies
  • Thermal energy storage papers
  • Grid storage modeling analyses