Energy Policy

Energy Policy is an international peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that addresses the policy implications of energy supply and use from economic, social, planning and environmental aspects, first published in 1973, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.3《能源政策》（Energy Policy）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版的同行评审国际期刊，1973 年创刊，从经济、社会、规划与环境等方面探讨能源供给与使用的政策含义，2025 年影响因子为 9.3。

Scope

• The journal addresses the policy implications of energy supply and use, and every paper must explicitly address policy issues involving energy supply or use该刊探讨能源供给与使用的政策含义，所有论文均须明确涉及能源供给或使用的政策问题。
• Coverage takes in the economic, social, planning and environmental aspects of energy其覆盖面包括能源的经济、社会、规划与环境方面。
• Papers may treat global, regional, national or local topics that carry wider policy significance for agencies, governments and communities论文可涉及对机构、政府与社区具有更广泛政策意义的全球、区域、国家或地方议题。
• Topics of interest include energy and environmental regulation, energy supply security and the quality and efficiency of energy services关注主题包括能源与环境监管、能源供应安全以及能源服务的质量与效率。
• Further topics are market-based approaches and governmental interventions, technological innovation and diffusion, and voluntary initiatives其他主题还有市场化手段与政府干预、技术创新与扩散以及自愿性行动。
• Policy prescriptions must be supported by rigorous analysis and balanced appraisal, and the journal supports sustainable development goal 7政策主张须以严谨分析与均衡评估为支撑，该刊并支持联合国可持续发展目标第 7 项。

History

• The first issue of Energy Policy was published in June 1973, and its first year carried three issues with 18 research articles《能源政策》首期于 1973 年 6 月出版，第一年共出 3 期、刊载 18 篇研究论文。
• Early coverage concentrated on oil, natural gas, electricity markets and nuclear energy before environmental and climate topics grew早期内容集中于石油、天然气、电力市场与核能，其后环境与气候议题逐渐增加。
• The journal is published by Elsevier, appears monthly, and carries the print identifier 0301-4215 and the electronic identifier 1873-6777该刊由（Elsevier）出版，按月发行，印刷刊号为 0301-4215、电子刊号为 1873-6777。
• It has the CODEN ENPYAC and is registered under the publisher line of Elsevier Science Ltd in the United Kingdom其（CODEN）为（ENPYAC），登记出版方为英国的（Elsevier Science Ltd）。^[1]
• Stephen P. A. Brown served as Editor-in-Chief in the late 2010s, and the journal is now led by Stephen D. Thomas（Stephen P. A. Brown）在 2010 年代末任主编，现由（Stephen D. Thomas）主持。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.142 in 2021 and 7.576 in 2022 to 9.2 in 2024 and 9.3 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.142 与 2022 年的 7.576 升至 2024 年的 9.2 与 2025 年的 9.3。

Editors

• Stephen D. Thomas of the University of Greenwich in London is the Editor-in-Chief主编为伦敦格林威治大学（University of Greenwich）的（Stephen D. Thomas）。
• Senior Editors are Carlos Antunes of the University of Coimbra, Anne Neumann of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Peng Zhou of China University of Petroleum East China高级编辑为科英布拉大学（University of Coimbra）的（Carlos Antunes）、挪威科技大学（Norwegian University of Science and Technology）的（Anne Neumann）与中国石油大学（华东）的（Peng Zhou）。
• Rebecca Colvin of the Australian National University serves as managing editor, with Jessika Bohlmann of the University of Pretoria handling special issues（Australian National University）的（Rebecca Colvin）任执行编辑，（University of Pretoria）的（Jessika Bohlmann）负责特刊。
• The editorial board has about 54 members from 24 countries and regions, led by the United States with 10, China with 7 and the United Kingdom with 4编委会约有 54 位成员，来自 24 个国家和地区，以美国 10 位、中国 7 位、英国 4 位居前。
• Authors may publish by subscription at no charge or by open access under an article publishing charge of 4360 US dollars作者可按订阅路线免费发表，也可按开放获取发表并支付 4360 美元的文章处理费。
• Prospective guest editors submit a written special issue proposal that positions the topic in the literature拟任客座编辑须提交书面特刊方案，将主题置于既有文献脉络中。