APL Energy

APL Energy is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by AIP Publishing, covering applied and interdisciplinary energy research for scientists at universities and industrial laboratories. Launched in 2023, it publishes continuously, is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.4《APL 能源》（APL Energy）是由 AIP Publishing 出版的同行评审开放获取期刊，面向大学与工业实验室的科研人员，覆盖应用型与跨学科能源研究，2023 年创办，采用连续出版模式，被 Emerging Sources Citation Index 与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 4.4。

Scope

• It covers applied and interdisciplinary energy research该刊涵盖应用型与跨学科的能源研究。
• Topics include solar cells, batteries and energy conversion主题包括太阳能电池、电池与能量转换。
• It also covers catalysis, fuels and energy storage materials该刊亦涵盖催化、燃料与储能材料。
• Work on device physics and characterization is included其范围包括器件物理与表征方面的研究。
• The journal publishes research, reviews and perspectives该刊发表研究、综述与观点文章。
• It spans materials, chemistry, physics and engineering其涵盖材料、化学、物理与工程。

History

• The journal was launched in 2023 by AIP Publishing as a fully open access title within the APL family该刊于 2023 年由 AIP Publishing 创办，是 APL 系列中完全开放获取的期刊。
• It publishes continuously rather than in fixed issues, so accepted articles appear as soon as they are ready该刊采用连续出版模式而非固定期次，录用文章在完成制作后即行上线。
• It sits alongside APL Materials, APL Photonics, APL Machine Learning, APL Electronic Devices, APL Quantum and APL Bioengineering它与 APL Materials、APL Photonics、APL Machine Learning、APL Electronic Devices、APL Quantum 及 APL Bioengineering 同属一个期刊系列。
• It introduced a proof-of-concept and prototype article type aimed at linking academic research with industrial needs该刊设立了概念验证与原型类文章，旨在把学术研究与产业需求相衔接。
• It is gold open access, with articles published under a Creative Commons licence and funded through article processing charges该刊为金色开放获取，文章以知识共享许可协议发布，费用通过文章处理费承担。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus该刊被 Emerging Sources Citation Index 与 Scopus 收录。
• Its first Journal Impact Factor was 4.4 in 2025, recorded in the Q3 quartile of Energy and Fuels其首个影响因子为 2025 年的 4.4，位列 Energy and Fuels 分类 Q3。

Editors

• The founding editor-in-chief is Monica Lira-Cantu of the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Barcelona, Spain创始主编为西班牙巴塞罗那加泰罗尼亚纳米科学与纳米技术研究所的 Monica Lira-Cantu。
• Lira-Cantu leads the institute's nanostructured materials for photovoltaic energy groupLira-Cantu 领导该研究所的纳米结构光伏能源材料团队。
• The editorial board is international and draws energy researchers from universities and research institutes编委会具国际性，成员为来自各大学与研究机构的能源研究者。
• Submissions undergo peer review before acceptance, and the journal publishes focused topical collections稿件在接收前须经同行评审，该刊还出版聚焦主题的专题合集。
• Editors aim to connect academic energy research with industrial application across disciplines编辑致力于在跨学科层面把学术能源研究与产业应用连接起来。
• Because the journal is fully open access, all articles are free to read and reuse under the journal's licence terms由于该刊为完全开放获取，全部文章均可免费阅读，并按期刊许可条款再利用。
• The electronic ISSN is 2770-9000该刊电子刊号为 2770-9000。