Journal metric profile

APPLIED ENERGY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 11.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 11.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 12/175 Recorded category rank

APPLIED ENERGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

APPLIED ENERGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 11.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 12 out of 175 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 177,812 total citations, 2,346 total articles, 2,365 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 11.200, which is 0.200 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 9.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.630.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

APPLIED ENERGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0306-2619 and electronic ISSN 1872-9118. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameAPPLIED ENERGY
Abbreviated journalAPPL ENERG
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank474
ISSN0306-2619
eISSN1872-9118
Total cites177,812
Total articles2,346
Citable items2,365
Cited half-life5.3 years
Citing half-life4.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor11.000
5-Year Impact Factor11.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites9.800
Journal Citation Indicator1.630
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank12/175
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of APPLIED ENERGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for APPLIED ENERGY is 11.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is APPLIED ENERGY?

APPLIED ENERGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes APPLIED ENERGY?

APPLIED ENERGY is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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