10th Anniversary

The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Batteries, a peer-reviewed open access journal on battery technology and materials published monthly online by MDPI. With a current Impact Factor of 4.6 and a CiteScore of 4.0, the journal is indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, Ei Compendex, CAPlus/SciFinder, and other databases. The journal has published more than 1796 papers from more than 7057 authors. More than 2612 reviewers have reviewed the journal at least once. We equally value the contributions made by our editors, authors, and reviewers.

In honor of the journal’s 10th anniversary, we are reflecting on our past accomplishments and embarking on an exciting new chapter. We invite you to join us in celebrating this milestone for our journal and to explore the content we have prepared for you below.

10th Anniversary

Journal History


The inaugural issue was released. Batteries was published as a quarterly journal.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Jossen was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Batteries.

Batteries was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier).



Batteries received its first CiteScore (2019) of 4.8.

Batteries was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Batteries announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award.



Batteries received its first Impact Factor (5.938).
Batteries adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Batteries established the following sections:
Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others
Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects
Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling
Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application
Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety.
Batteries announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award.
Batteries announced the first edition of the Travel Award.

Batteries announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award.

Batteries was indexed in Ei Compendex.



Batteries received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.6).
Batteries received its 2023 CiteScore (4.0).



Prof. Dr. Karim Zaghib was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Batteries.
Batteries 
established the following sections:
Aqueous Batteries
Supercapacitors.

The year 2025 marks the 10th Anniversary of Batteries.

Key Figures

77
Author Distribution
6,776
Authors
4
Cite Score
34
Highly Cited Academic Editors
4.6
Impact Factor
8,356,644
Page Views
17,148
Total Citations
3,621,711
Total Downloads

Testimonials

The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Batteries, a peer-reviewed open-access journal on battery technology and materials. Starting from scratch, the Batteries has emerged as a dynamic force in the field of batteries and electrical energy storage systems and accepted into Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, Ei Compendex, CAPlus/SciFinder, and other databases. The success is inseparable from the contribution of our outstanding editors, reviewers, and authors. To celebrate the anniversary, we are honored to invite some of them to share their experience for collaboration with Batteries. Let’s read more about their stories.

Congratulations with the 10th anniversary of Batteries. I am very proud to be on the editorial board, because we provide a journal service that is open and unbiased to

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As a EBM and also a reviewer for Batteries, I have witnessed its unique and impactful contributions to the field of battery technologies. Unlike conventional scientific journals, Batteries emphasizes

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I am truly honored to share my experience with Batteries, a journal that has consistently exceeded my expectations, both as a researcher and as an editor. I was privileged to

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Top 10 Cited Papers

A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective
by Omar Velázquez-Martínez, Johanna Valio, Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Markus Reuter and Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero
Life Cycle Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Automotive Applications
by Qiang Dai, Jarod C. Kelly, Linda Gaines and Michael Wang
Pre-Lithiation Strategies for Rechargeable Energy Storage Technologies: Concepts, Promises and Challenges
by Florian Holtstiege, Peer Bärmann, Roman Nölle, Martin Winter and Tobias Placke
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Anniversary Special Issues

Batteries: 10th Anniversary
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; solid-state batteries; next-generation batteries; sodium-ion batteries; lithium– sulfur batteries; metal– air batteries; supercapacitors; electrode materials; solid electrolytes; battery safety; battery diagnostics and prognostics; battery modeling and simulation; battery degradation mechanisms; battery lifespan optimization; battery management systems; thermal management systems; advanced characterization techniques; AI and machine learning in battery research; high-energy-density batteries; renewable energy integration; electric vehicle batteries; grid-scale energy storage; low-cost battery technologies; fast charging technologies; sustainable battery production; recycling of critical materials; battery recycling and second-life applications
10th Anniversary of Batteries: Second-Life Applications and Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery management systems; thermal management; aging and degradation; characterization; testing; standards; and certification; cell and pack design; recycling and reuse; digital twin; optimization; circular economy and lifecycle assessment; advanced manufacturing techniques; safety and environmental impacts; economic and regulatory barriers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Enhancement of Lithium-Ion and Post-lithium Batteries Safety: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications
edited by Hans Jürgen Seifert and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5347 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium and post-lithium batteries safety; electrochemical and thermal characterization; battery calorimetry and safety testing; ageing studies; gas analysis; thermodynamic modelling; modelling of cell venting; thermal runaway and thermal propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
10th Anniversary of Batteries: Battery Diagnostics and Prognostics submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical– thermal– mechanical coupling for battery state estimation; multi-physics modeling and degradation-aware digital twins; embedded sensing and EIS for real-time diagnostics; AI-driven battery health assessment: interpretable and physics-informed approaches; stochastic modeling and uncertainty quantification in battery prognostics; cloud-integrated and edge computing architectures for predictive BMS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
10th Anniversary of Batteries: Interface Science in Batteries submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrified interface; electrode– electrolyte interface; metal– electrolyte interface

Special Issue Collection

News

Batteries | Invitation to Explore the Editor’s Choice Articles (Issues 1–3, 2024)



Editor’s Choice Articles are selected based on suggestions from the Academic Editors of Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105). The editors select a small number of recently published articles that they consider particularly interesting to our readers or important in their respective fields of research. You are therefore kindly invited to read the Editor’s Choice Articles, a curated list of high-quality articles published in Batteries.

Recruiting Early Career Editorial Board Members for Batteries



In order to improve the journal’s academic vitality and cultivate a new generation of academic leaders for Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105), we are now recruiting Early Career Editorial Board Members. These target members should be young scholars in their early careers who have sufficient academic experience and, therefore, will be able to contribute toward the long-term development of the journal.

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