Batteries-Basel

Batteries is a monthly open-access journal launched by MDPI in 2015, publishing peer-reviewed work on battery technology, battery materials and electrochemical energy storage, and it recorded a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.3.《电池（巴塞尔）》（Batteries）由（MDPI）于 2015 年创办，为月刊、金色开放获取期刊，发表电池技术、电池材料与电化学储能领域的同行评审成果，2025 年影响因子为 6.3。

Scope

• All electrochemical storage systems are in scope, among them lithium-ion, lead-acid, nickel metal hydride, metal-air, post-lithium and next-generation chemistries.各类电化学储能体系均在范围内，包括锂离子、铅酸、镍氢、金属空气、后锂离子与下一代化学体系。
• Electrode materials, cell components and advanced characterisation of materials and interfaces form one of the journal's ten sections.电极材料、电芯部件以及材料与界面的先进表征，构成本刊十个栏目之一。
• Electrolytes and interfacial engineering are covered, including liquid, polymer and solid-state electrolytes for lithium and sodium systems.电解液与界面工程在覆盖范围内，包括用于锂系与钠系的液态、聚合物与固态电解质。
• Electric vehicles and mobile energy storage, and stationary or grid-scale storage with hybrid and integrated systems, are treated in separate sections.电动汽车与移动储能，以及含混合与集成系统的固定式或电网级储能，分设栏目处理。
• Battery modelling, simulation, management, performance testing, ageing, reliability and safety are core engineering topics.电池建模、仿真、管理、性能测试、老化、可靠性与安全是核心工程主题。
• Supercapacitors and fuel cells are covered as adjacent electrochemical technologies, together with energy storage for extreme environments.超级电容器与燃料电池作为相邻电化学技术一并覆盖，并包括极端环境下的储能。
• Sustainable manufacturing, recycling and the circular economy of battery materials are an explicit and growing strand.可持续制造、回收与电池材料的循环经济，是明确且不断扩展的板块。

History

• The journal was launched by MDPI in Basel with its first volume in 2015, as a specialist battery title within the publisher's energy portfolio.本刊由（MDPI）在巴塞尔创办，2015 年出版第 1 卷，是出版方能源类期刊群中的电池专业刊。
• It was accepted into the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index in 2017, into Scopus in 2019 and into the Science Citation Index Expanded in 2021.本刊于 2017 年进入（Web of Science）的新兴来源引文索引，2019 年进入（Scopus），2021 年进入科学引文索引扩展版。
• In 2021 the journal also became affiliated with the International Society for Porous Media, whose members receive discounts on article processing charges.2021 年本刊还与（International Society for Porous Media）建立隶属关系，该会会员可享受文章处理费折扣。
• Andreas Jossen led the journal as founding editor-in-chief from 2015 to 2024, when Karim Zaghib succeeded him.2015 至 2024 年由创始主编 Andreas Jossen 主持，2024 年起由 Karim Zaghib 接任。
• The first impact factor, 5.9, arrived in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports, and the 2025 figure is 6.3, placing the journal 11th of 44 in Electrochemistry.首个影响因子 5.9 见于 2022 年期刊引证报告，2025 年为 6.3，在电化学类排名 11/44。
• Publication is fast, with a median of 16.4 days from submission to first decision and 3.5 days from acceptance to publication in the first half of 2026.出版速度较快，2026 年上半年投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 16.4 天，录用到出版为 3.5 天。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Karim Zaghib, a professor of chemical and materials engineering at Concordia University in Canada who has led the journal since 2024.主编为 Karim Zaghib，任（Concordia University）化学与材料工程教授，2024 年起主持本刊。
• His research covers electrochemistry, rechargeable batteries and carbon materials, following 28 years as a director of research at Hydro-Quebec.其研究覆盖电化学、可充电电池与碳材料，此前在（Hydro-Quebec）担任研究主管达 28 年。
• Section editors lead the ten topical sections, which run from aqueous storage and electrode characterisation to recycling and circular economy.各栏目由栏目编辑负责，十个栏目从水系储能、电极表征一直延伸到回收与循环经济。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed by external experts under a single-blind model, and reviewers filing timely, high-quality reports receive vouchers against future charges.稿件由外部专家以单盲方式评审，及时提交高质量评审意见的审稿人可获得抵扣未来费用的代金券。
• Readers pay nothing, authors or their institutions pay the article processing charge and retain copyright, and special issues plus annual awards support the community.读者免费阅读，文章处理费由作者或其机构支付且作者保留版权，另以专题特刊与年度奖项支持学术社群。