Journal History
| 2008 | Inaugural issue released, initially published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2009 | Published “Global Assessment of High-Altitude Wind Power” (http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en20200307) in June, which received worldwide media attention, including coverage in Wired Magazine, CNN, and the New York Times. |
| 2010 | Changed to a monthly publication schedule. 100th paper published. Indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). |
| 2011 | First Impact Factor (1.130) released. |
| 2012 | 500th paper published. 2011 Impact Factor released (1.865). |
| 2013 | 2012 Impact Factor released (1.844). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.087). Indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). |
| 2014 | 2013 Impact Factor released (1.602). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.026). |
| 2015 | 2014 Impact Factor released (2.072). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.436). |
| 2016 | 2015 Impact Factor released (2.077). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.468). |
| 2017 | 5000th paper published. 2016 Impact Factor released (2.262). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.707). 2016 CiteScore released (3.5). Journal is divided into five topical sections: Electrical Power and Energy System; Energy Fundamentals and Conversion; Energy Sources; Energy Storage and Application; Sustainable Energy. |
| 2018 | 2017 Impact Factor released (2.676). 5-Year Impact Factor released (3.045). 2017 CiteScore released (3.1). Energies establishes two new sections: Thermal Management; Energy Economics and Policy. |
| 2019 | Changed to a semi-monthly publication schedule. 10,000th paper published. 2018 Impact Factor released (2.707). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.990). 2018 CiteScore released (3.3). Energies establishes eleven new sections: Hydrogen Energy; Energy and Buildings; Geo-Energy; Energy and Environment; Bio-Energy; Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems; Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy; Smart Grids and Microgrids; Advanced Energy Materials; Electric Vehicles; State-of-the-Art Energy-Related Technologies. Energies becomes an affiliated journal of the European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA). |
| 2020 | 20,000th paper published. 2019 Impact Factor released (2.702). 5-Year Impact Factor released (2.822). 2019 CiteScore released (3.8). The First World Energies Forum—Current and Future Energy Issues held online (https://wef.sciforum.net/). Energies becomes an affiliated journal of the Polish Society of Applied Electromagnetics (PTZE), Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres (EUREC), and Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal (IChPW). |
Editors-in-Chief
| 2008-2009 | Founding Editor-in-Chief Dr. Edwin Kessler |
| 2009- | Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba |
| 2017- | Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Amidon Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Paul Stewart Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Josep M. Guerrero for Section “Electrical Power and Energy System” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Tapas Mallick for Section “Energy Fundamentals and Conversion” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Frede Blaabjerg for Section “Energy Sources” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. K.T. Chau for Section “Energy Storage and Application” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Abdul-Ghani Olabi for Section “Sustainable Energy” |
| 2018- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Marco Marengo for Section “Thermal Management” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Peter V. Schaeffer for Section “Energy Economics and Policy” |
| 2019- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Craig M. Jensen for Section “Hydrogen Energy” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Ruud Weijermars for Section “Geo-Energy” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Vasilis Fthenakis for Section “Energy and Environment” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Fernando Rubiera González for Section “Bio-Energy” Section Editor-in-Chief Dr. Antonio Abate for Section “Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. John Ringwood for Section “Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. José Matas for Section “Smart Grids and Microgrids” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Bryce S. Richards for Section “Advanced Energy Materials” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Rui Xiong for Section “Electric Vehicles” |
| 2020- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Patrick Phelan for Section “Energy and Buildings” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Giovanni Spagnuolo for Section “Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems” Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. João Carlos de Campos Henriques for Section “Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy” Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Rui Xiong |
| 2021- | Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Marco Marengo |
