Journal History
| 2021 | The inaugural issue was released. Solar was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2022 | Solar was indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). |
| 2023 | Solar announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
| 2025 |
Solar was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1. Solar received its first CiteScore (2024) of 4.3, ranked Q2 in “Environmental Science (miscellaneous)”, “Materials Science (miscellaneous)” and “Energy”. |
| 2025 | Solar was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1. |
| 2026 |
Solar adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Solar received its CiteScore (2025) of 7.2, ranked Q1 in "Environmental Science (miscellaneous)". Solar received its first Impact Factor (2025) of 5.1, ranked Q2 in "Energy and Fuels". |
Editors-in-Chief
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinz Werner |
