Energy for Sustainable Development

Energy for Sustainable Development is a hybrid open access journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Energy Initiative, founded in 1994, and it treats energy as an instrument of sustainable development in low and middle income countries, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《可持续发展能源》（Energy for Sustainable Development）是（Elsevier）代表国际能源倡议组织（IEI）出版的混合型开放获取期刊，1994 年创刊，把能源视为中低收入国家实现可持续发展的工具，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• The journal defines its public as developing nations, meaning any country outside the World Bank high income category, and asks for applied interdisciplinary work rather than single-discipline specialism.本刊把发展中国家界定为世界银行高收入类别之外的所有国家，要求稿件为应用性跨学科研究，而非单一学科的专门化工作。
• Energy systems, clean resources, efficient technologies, end uses, policies and governance arrangements form the named pillars of the scope.能源系统、清洁资源、高效技术、终端利用、政策与治理安排构成本刊列明的收稿支柱。
• Papers should interest more than one professional group and contribute through analysis, synthesis, critical review and evaluation.稿件应能引起一个以上专业群体的兴趣，并通过分析、综合、批判性综述与评估作出贡献。
• North-South, South-South and multilateral cooperation in energy technology development, governance and training are explicitly welcomed.本刊明确欢迎南北合作、南南合作以及多边框架下能源技术开发、治理与培训方面的研究。
• Commentaries and reviews sit alongside full research papers and short communications, and book reviews are also listed as a format.除完整研究论文与短通讯外，本刊也刊发评论与综述，书评同样被列为稿件类型。
• Acceptance is judged on relevance and breadth of interest, originality, methodological robustness, quality of analysis and quality of presentation.录用标准包括选题的相关性与受众广度、原创性、方法稳健性、分析质量以及表达质量。
• The journal aligns itself with SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy and SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities.本刊与关于可负担清洁能源的可持续发展目标 7 以及关于可持续城市与社区的可持续发展目标 11 相呼应。

History

• Volume 1 appeared in May 1994 and its first issue carried a paper by Gautam S. Dutt on lighting and sustainable development.第 1 卷于 1994 年 5 月出版，第 1 期收录了 Gautam S. Dutt 关于照明与可持续发展的论文。^[1]
• The journal was created by the International Energy Initiative, whose founder Amulya K. N. Reddy (1930-2006) is listed on the masthead as the journal's founder.本刊由国际能源倡议组织创办，该组织创始人 Amulya K. N. Reddy（1930—2006）在编委名单中被列为本刊创办人。
• Elsevier has published the title throughout, and the initiative keeps regional offices in Brazil and India.本刊始终由（Elsevier）出版，国际能源倡议组织在巴西与印度设有地区办公室。
• The journal awards the Amulya K. N. Reddy Prize for its best paper, with the awards for the 2012 and 2014 volumes announced in 2015.本刊设立 Amulya K. N. Reddy 最佳论文奖，2012 年与 2014 年卷的奖项于 2015 年公布。
• By the mid 2020s it was issuing six volumes a year, and from 2024 it moved to continuous article numbers instead of page ranges.到 2020 年代中期，本刊每年出版 6 卷，并自 2024 年起改用连续论文编号取代页码区间。
• Open access is optional, with an article processing charge of 2750 US dollars, while subscription publication remains free to authors.开放获取为可选项，文章处理费为 2750 美元，选择订阅模式发表则不向作者收费。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2 against 4.9 in 2024, the CiteScore is 9.9, and the journal sits in Q2 of energy and fuels at 92 of 191.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2，2024 年为 4.9，CiteScore 为 9.9，在能源与燃料类别居 Q2（92/191）。

Editors

• Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, of the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media at De Montfort University in Leicester, leads the journal as Editor-in-Chief and works on energy access, off-grid electrification and energy economics.主编 Subhes C. Bhattacharyya 任职于英国莱斯特（De Montfort University）的计算、工程与媒体学院，研究能源获取、离网电气化与能源经济学。
• Gautam S. Dutt, based at the International Energy Initiative in Argentina, is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus.荣休主编 Gautam S. Dutt 隶属阿根廷的国际能源倡议组织。
• Twelve associate editors work from the United States, Australia, France, India, Italy, Kenya, Korea and Türkiye.12 位副编辑分别任职于美国、澳大利亚、法国、印度、意大利、肯尼亚、韩国与土耳其。
• They include Amardeep Dhanju at Johns Hopkins, Navid Goudarzi at Maryland, Mejdi Jeguirim in Mulhouse, Jung Eun Kim at Seoul National University, Selin Kocaman at Bilkent and Henry Louie at Seattle University.其中包括（Johns Hopkins）的 Amardeep Dhanju、（Maryland）的 Navid Goudarzi、（Mulhouse）的 Mejdi Jeguirim、（Seoul National University）的 Jung Eun Kim、（Bilkent）的 Selin Kocaman 与（Seattle University）的 Henry Louie。
• The group is completed by Zhenjun Ma at Wollongong, Nordica MacCarty at Oregon State, Stefano Mandelli at Eni Plenitude, Helen Osiolo at Strathmore, Debajit Palit in New Delhi and Tania Urmee at Murdoch.其余为（Wollongong）的 Zhenjun Ma、（Oregon State）的 Nordica MacCarty、（Eni Plenitude）的 Stefano Mandelli、（Strathmore）的 Helen Osiolo、新德里的 Debajit Palit 与（Murdoch）的 Tania Urmee。
• A board of directors drawn from the initiative includes José Goldemberg of São Paulo, Gilberto Jannuzzi of Campinas, Thomas B. Johansson of Lund, Stephen Karekezi of Nairobi, Eric Larson and Robert Williams of Princeton and Wim Turkenburg of Utrecht.由该组织成员组成的理事会包括（Sao Paulo）的 Jose Goldemberg、（Campinas）的 Gilberto Jannuzzi、（Lund）的 Thomas B. Johansson、内罗毕的 Stephen Karekezi、（Princeton）的 Eric Larson 与 Robert Williams，以及（Utrecht）的 Wim Turkenburg。
• Review is single anonymized, the editor screens every submission, suitable papers go to at least two independent experts, and the journal reports 2 days to first decision and 108 days to acceptance.评审采用单匿名方式，先由编辑初筛，合格稿件送至少两位独立专家，本刊公布投稿到首次决定为 2 天、投稿到录用为 108 天。
• The board states that highly specialised work in a single discipline is not appropriate for the journal and steers such papers to other outlets, while board member Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo was elected President of Mexico in 2024.编委会明确表示，单一学科的高度专门化研究不适合本刊并建议改投他刊，编委 Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo 则于 2024 年当选墨西哥总统。