Green Carbon

Green Carbon is a peer-reviewed fully open access journal founded by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and published with KeAi on the Elsevier platform, launched in 2023, covering green carbon resources and low-carbon conversion, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.2（Green Carbon）是由（Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology）、（Chinese Academy of Sciences）创办并与（KeAi）联合出版的同行评审完全开放获取期刊，2023 年创刊，聚焦绿色碳资源与低碳转化，2025 年影响因子为 14.2。

Scope

• It focuses on the utilization of green carbon resources, green conversion technologies and carbon life-cycle management聚焦绿色碳资源的利用、绿色转化技术与碳全生命周期管理。
• It covers renewable carbon in resources, environment, energy, chemicals and materials涵盖资源、环境、能源、化学品与材料领域的可再生碳。
• It covers green carbon utilization technologies such as electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, chemical catalysis and biocatalysis涵盖电催化、光催化、化学催化与生物催化等绿色碳利用技术。^[1]
• It treats synthetic biology for carbon fixation and conversion and electrochemical energy conversion and storage涉及用于碳固定与转化的合成生物学以及电化学能量转换与储存。^[2]
• It also covers net-zero and negative carbon technology and carbon footprint and life cycle assessment还涵盖净零与负碳技术以及碳足迹与生命周期评价。
• It publishes research on artificial intelligence and data science in green carbon study刊载绿色碳研究中的人工智能与数据科学成果。

History

• It was founded by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and launched with KeAi in 2023由（Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology）、（Chinese Academy of Sciences）创办，2023 年与（KeAi）联合推出。
• Its inaugural issue appeared on 30 September 2023创刊号于 2023 年 9 月 30 日发布。
• It was selected for the 2023 high-starting-point new journal project of the China STM journals excellence action plan2023 年入选中国科技期刊卓越行动计划高起点新刊项目。
• It was indexed in DOAJ in 2025 and in the Emerging Sources Citation Index in 20262025 年被 DOAJ 收录，2026 年被 ESCI 收录。
• It received its first Journal Impact Factor of 14.2 in 20252025 年获得首个影响因子 14.2。

Editors

• The Editors-in-Chief are Valentin Valtchev of the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Xuefeng Lu of the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology主编为（French National Centre for Scientific Research）的（Valentin Valtchev）与（Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology）的（Xuefeng Lu）。
• Tianwei Tan of Beijing University of Chemical Technology serves as Honorary Editor-in-Chief（Beijing University of Chemical Technology）的（Tianwei Tan）任荣誉主编。
• Associate editors include Edward Bayer, Isaac Cann, Heqing Jiang, Yin Li and Liangcai Peng副编辑包括（Edward Bayer）、（Isaac Cann）、（Heqing Jiang）、（Yin Li）与（Liangcai Peng）。
• Further associate editors are Glaucia Mendes Souza, Lubomira Tosheva, Bai Yang and Yongfa Zhu其他副编辑有（Glaucia Mendes Souza）、（Lubomira Tosheva）、（Bai Yang）与（Yongfa Zhu）。
• Its editorial office is based at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology in Qingdao, China编辑部设在中国青岛的（Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology）。