Announcements

To reward the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073) is offering an award to encourage young researchers in the field of energy.

Energies is currently accepting nominations for the Energies 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a Ph.D. student or doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic thesis.

The prize includes:

• CHF 500;
• An electronic certificate;
• An offer to publish a featured paper in Energies with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2024.

For more information about the award and how to nominate candidates, please click here.

For further information, please contact the Energies Editorial Office (energies@mdpi.com).

In order to recognize exceptional contributions and maintain the high international standards of Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073), we are pleased to announce the establishment of the Energies 2023 Editor of Distinction Award. This award will be granted to six Editorial Board Members in recognition of their outstanding dedication and efforts toward advancing the mission of Energies.

Eligibility for the award:

• All Editorial Board Members (EBMs), excluding the Evaluation Committee;
• Contributions in 2023 qualify EBMs for the award.

List of documents for nomination:

• Nominee’s CV (Word/PDF);
• Letter of nomination (Word/PDF), for applicants recommended by other EBMs;
• The nomination form.

Prizes:

• One first prize: CHF 1500 and an electronic certificate;
• Two second prizes: CHF 1000 and an electronic certificate each;
• Three third prizes: CHF 500 and an electronic certificate each.

Important dates:
Nomination deadline: 31 January 2024
Winner announcement: 30 April 2024

How to submit nominations?
Please download the nomination form by clicking here, and then send the required materials by email to energies@mdpi.com and cc aimie.li@mdpi.com.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact aimie.li@mdpi.com.

We are pleased to share that Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073) was awarded an updated Impact Factor of 3.2 in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2023. Energies ranks in Q3 (78 among 115 titles) in the “Energy & Fuels” category.

For further statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/stats.

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

The International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials: Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications (THERMEC’2023) is the twelfth international conference on the advanced materials series built upon the proven concept and continues the tradition of its eleven predecessors: Japan (1988), Australia (1997), USA (2000), Spain (2003), Vancouver, Canada (2006), Berlin, Germany (2009), Quebec City, Canada (2011), Las Vegas, USA (2013), Graz, Austria (2016), Paris, France (2018) and Virtual Conference in June 2021.

MDPI will be attending the event as an exhibitor, and we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

We are looking forward to meeting you at our booth #35, where you can find more information about the MDPI journals attending the conference:

• Metals;
• Materials;
• Coatings;
• Nanomaterials;
• Energies;
• Micromachines.

Our representatives Igor Matic and Teodora Stepanov are eager to answer your questions and address any inquiries you may have.

The editorial team of Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073) would like to congratulate the winners of the Energies 2021 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, ten review papers were selected as winners. The recipients are as follows:

1. “Recent Progress of Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 17%”
   by Xuelin Wang, Qianqian Sun, Jinhua Gao, Jian Wang, Chunyu Xu, Xiaoling Ma and Fujun Zhang
   Energies 2021, 14(14), 4200; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144200
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/14/4200

2. “Critical Review of Flywheel Energy Storage System”
   by Abdul Ghani Olabi, Tabbi Wilberforce, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem and Mohamad Ramadan
   Energies 2021, 14(8), 2159; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082159
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/8/2159

3. “Review of Multilevel Inverters for PV Energy System Applications”
   by Ali Bughneda, Mohamed Salem, Anna Richelli, Dahaman Ishak and Salah Alatai
   Energies 2021, 14(6), 1585; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061585
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1585

4. “Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production: A Review of Catalytic and Molten Media Pyrolysis”
   by Malek Msheik,Sylvain Rodat and Stéphane Abanades
   Energies 2021, 14(11), 3107; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14113107
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/11/3107

5. “A Review of DC Microgrid Energy Management Systems Dedicated to Residential Applications”
   by Sadaqat Ali, Zhixue Zheng, Michel Aillerie, Jean-Paul Sawicki, Marie-Cécile Péra and Daniel Hissel
   Energies 2021, 14(14), 4308; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144308
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/14/4308

6. “Review on Deep Neural Networks Applied to Low-Frequency NILM”
   by Patrick Huber, Alberto Calatroni, Andreas Rumsch and Andrew Paice
   Energies 2021, 14(9), 2390; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092390
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2390

7. “CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future”
   by Alessandro Romeo and Elisa Artegiani
   Energies 2021, 14(6), 1684; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061684
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1684

8. “Bifacial Photovoltaics 2021: Status, Opportunities and Challenges”
   by Radovan Kopecek and Joris Libal
   Energies 2021, 14(8), 2076; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082076
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/8/2076

9. “Comprehensive Review on Fuel Cell Technology for Stationary Applications as Sustainable and Efficient Poly-Generation Energy Systems”
   by Viviana Cigolotti, Matteo Genovese and Petronilla Fragiacomo
   Energies 2021, 14(16), 4963; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164963
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/4963

10. “Integrated Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production in Microalgae Biorefineries”
    by Sanjeet Mehariya, Rahul Kumar Goswami, Pradeep Verma, Roberto Lavecchia and Antonio Zuorro
    Energies 2021, 14(8), 2282; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082282
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/8/2282

1. ”Do Environment-Related Policy Instruments and Technologies Facilitate Renewable Energy Generation? Exploring the Contextual Evidence from Developed Economies”
   by Umer Shahzad, Magdalena Radulescu, Syed Rahim, Cem Isik, Zahid Yousaf and Stefan Alexandru Ionescu
   Energies 2021, 14(3), 690; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030690
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/690

2. “Do Perceived Risk, Perception of Self-Efficacy, and Openness to Technology Matter for Solar PV Adoption? An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior”
   by Arifa Tanveer, Shihong Zeng, Muhammad Irfan and Rui Peng
   Energies 2021, 14(16), 5008; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165008
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/5008

3. “Deep-Learning Forecasting Method for Electric Power Load via Attention-Based Encoder-Decoder with Bayesian Optimization”
   by Xue-Bo Jin, Wei-Zhen Zheng, Jian-Lei Kong, Xiao-Yi Wang, Yu-Ting Bai, Ting-Li Su and Seng Lin
   Energies 2021, 14(6), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061596
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1596

4. “The Beneficial Effect of the Addition of Fly Ash on Reduction of the Size of Microcracks in the ITZ of Concrete Composites under Dynamic Loading”
   by Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski
   Energies 2021, 14(3), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030668
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/668

5. “Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda”
   by Stefan Bouzarovski, Harriet Thomson and Marine Cornelis
   Energies 2021, 14(4), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040858
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/858

6. “Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO₂ Emissions: The Case of India”
   by Muhammad Qayyum, Minhaj Ali, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Shijie Li, Yuyuan Yu and Atif Jahanger
   Energies 2021, 14(15), 4505; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14154505
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/15/4505

7. “A Scalable Real-Time Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring System for the Estimation of Household Appliance Power Consumption”
   by Christos Athanasiadis, Dimitrios Doukas, Theofilos Papadopoulos and Antonios Chrysopoulos
   Energies 2021, 14(3), 767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030767
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/767

8. “Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030”
   by Magdalena Tutak, Jarosław Brodny and Peter Bindzár
   Energies 2021, 14(6), 1767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061767
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1767

9. “Economic Considerations on Nutrient Utilization in Wastewater Management”
   by Josef Maroušek and Anna Maroušková
   Energies 2021, 14(12), 3468; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123468
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/12/3468

10. “Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users”
    by Sławomir Bielecki, Tadeusz Skoczkowski, Lidia Sobczak, Janusz Buchoski, Łukasz Maciąg and Piotr Dukat
    Energies 2021, 14(4), 980; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040980
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/980

MDPI will be attending the 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (NENS 2023), held in Beijing, China, from 17 to 19 June 2023. Starting in 2014, NENS has been organized once every two years by the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (BINN, CAS). The conference has attracted high-profile scholars from around the world to deliver plenary and invited talks. This conference will provide a platform for scientists to exchange scientific information, build relationships, and possibly establish collaborations. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views as well as research with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Energies;
• Applied Sciences;
• Nanoenergy Advances;
• Machines;
• ChemEngineering;
• Electronics;
• Technologies;
• Nanomaterials;
• Batteries.

If you are attending this conference, please stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://www.nens.cn/.

We are pleased to inform you that Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073) has received an updated CiteScore of 5.5, an increase of 10% compared with the 2021 metric. The 2022 CiteScore™ was released recently, making an assessment of the scientific influence of journals in the 2019 to 2022 period.

Energies’ CiteScore ranks as follows:

• Q1 (21 out of 121) in the "Control and Optimization" category;
• Q1 (27 out of 151) in the "Engineering (miscellaneous)" category;
• Q2 (197 out of 738) in the "Electrical and Electronic Engineering" category;
• Q2 (77 out of 252) in the "Energy Engineering and Power Technology" category;
• Q2 (18 out of 54) in the "Energy (miscellaneous)" category;
• Q2 (39 out of 117) in the "Fuel Technology" category;
• Q2 (103 out of 235) in the "Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment" category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/stats.

Excellent performance is inseparable from the support and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to the journal.