Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering is owned and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, dates from 1980, and has worked since 2026 with Wiley as its publishing partner, covering solar energy, wind energy and building energy conservation, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.4 in two Journal Citation Reports categories.《太阳能工程杂志》由美国机械工程师学会（American Society of Mechanical Engineers）拥有并出版，1980 年创刊，2026 年起与 Wiley 建立出版合作，内容覆盖太阳能、风能与建筑节能，2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，在期刊引证报告中分属两个类目。

Scope

• The purpose statement says the journal publishes research papers containing original work of permanent interest in all areas of solar energy, wind energy and energy conservation.宗旨声明写明本刊发表的研究论文须在太阳能、风能与节能的全部领域内具有持久的原创价值。
• Policy and regulatory questions are named in the same breath as technical ones, so work on the rules that govern renewable technologies and their implementation falls inside the remit.政策与监管议题与技术议题一并列出，凡讨论可再生能源技术及其落地规则的稿件都在收稿范围之内。
• Fourteen headings make up the formal scope list, and the first is fundamentals, which keeps basic heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in view.正式的范围清单由 14 个条目组成，排在首位的是基础研究，传热、热力学与流体力学的基础工作因此常驻其中。
• Solar optics and solar collectors come next, covering the optical design of concentrators along with the development, testing and rating of flat plate and evacuated receivers.太阳能光学与集热器紧随其后，覆盖聚光器的光学设计，也覆盖平板集热器与真空管接收器的研制、测试与评级。
• Solar thermal power is a heading of its own, taking in central receiver, dish and trough plants along with the thermal cycles and storage that make them dispatchable.太阳能热发电单独成项，塔式、碟式与槽式装置连同使其可调度的热力循环与储热一并收入。
• Photovoltaic applications are listed under that name, a wording that keeps the emphasis on systems and deployment rather than on device physics.光伏应用同样收录，重心落在系统与部署一侧，器件物理的细节让位于应用层面的问题。
• Solar chemistry and bioconversion share one heading, a pairing that reaches from thermochemical fuel production to biological routes for capturing and storing solar energy.太阳能化学与生物转化合为一个方向，范围从热化学制燃料延伸到以生物途径捕获并储存太阳能。
• Solar space applications appear on the list as well, a heading that covers the use of solar energy in orbit and the design of spacecraft power systems.空间太阳能应用也列在清单之内，这一方向涉及在轨的太阳能利用与航天器电源系统的设计。
• Wind energy has a heading and two associate editors of its own, a breadth that the title itself acknowledged from 2005 onward when the subtitle changed.风能设有独立方向与两位副编辑，2005 年副题改动之后，这一领域在刊名上得到正式确认。
• Heating and cooling sit next to energy storage on the list, since the two meet in building services and in the dispatch of thermal plants.清单把供暖与制冷列在储能旁边，两者在建筑设备与热力装置的调度中直接相遇。
• Testing and measurement round out the applied side, a heading aimed at the instrumentation, calibration and field data on which experimental work in solar and wind systems depends.测试与计量补足应用一侧，指向太阳能与风能实验所依赖的仪器、标定与现场数据。
• Conservation and solar buildings form a line of their own, covering envelope performance, passive design and the integration of active solar systems into the built stock.节能与太阳能建筑自成一线，涵盖围护结构性能、被动式设计，以及主动式太阳能系统与既有建筑的结合。
• Emerging technologies and energy policy close the fourteen headings, and the pairing is deliberate, since new devices and the rules around them tend to arrive together.新兴技术与能源政策收束这 14 个方向，两者并列是有意为之，新装置与其配套规则往往同时出现。
• Technical Briefs carry work that lacks original research yet still offers sound analysis or an incremental improvement on earlier results, a route for shorter contributions.技术简报（Technical Briefs）刊登不含原创研究却有扎实分析或对既有结果作出渐进改进的稿件，为较短的贡献留出通道。
• Solar Scenery is a standing section of photographs and graphical displays devoted to significant new installations or to research facilities that a reader would otherwise never see.太阳能景观（Solar Scenery）是常设栏目，用照片与图示展示重要的新装置或研究设施。
• Review papers are accepted but must be raised with the Editor before submission, and the product page adds ocean energy conversion, solar ponds and industrial process systems to the topic list.综述稿件可以投，但须在投稿前与主编沟通，商品页另把海洋能转换、太阳池与工业过程系统列入主题清单。

History

• The journal began in 1980 under Frank Kreith, who edited it for the first decade and whose name opens the list of past editors on the masthead.本刊 1980 年在 Frank Kreith 主持下创办，他担任主编达十年，刊头历任主编名单也以他居首。
• It was set up as one title in the Transactions of the ASME, the society's long running series of engineering journals, and it still carries that designation on the masthead.它自创办起就是 Transactions of the ASME 丛书中的一种，这套丛书是学会历史悠久的工程期刊系列，刊头至今仍保留这一称谓。
• Volume numbers follow the society wide sequence rather than a count that starts in 1980, so the December 2026 issue is marked Volume 148, a figure unrelated to the founding year.卷号沿用全社连续编号，并不从 1980 年重新起算，2026 年 12 月号标作第 148 卷，这个数字与创刊年份无关。
• The original title ran from 1980 to 2005 with the print ISSN 0199-6231 attached to it, while the electronic edition carries 1528-8986, the pair that library catalogues use.原名一直用到 2005 年，印刷版 ISSN 0199-6231 随之登记，电子版则使用 eISSN 1528-8986，图书馆目录按这两个号区分纸本与电子本。
• In 2005 the subtitle Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conservation was added, and the longer form has stayed on the cover ever since.2005 年加入副题 Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conservation，此后的封面一直沿用这一完整名称。
• The editors who followed Kreith were Robert L. Reid from 1990 to 1999, Jane Davidson from 2000 to 2005 and Aldo Steinfeld from 2005 to 2009.继任者是 Robert L. Reid（1990 至 1999 年）、Jane Davidson（2000 至 2005 年）与 Aldo Steinfeld（2005 至 2009 年）。
• Gilles Flamant held the post from 2010 to 2015 and Robert Boehm from 2015 to 2020, after whom the current editor took over without a gap in the chain.Gilles Flamant 于 2010 至 2015 年接任，Robert Boehm 的任期为 2015 至 2020 年，此后由现任主编接手，交接没有留下空档。
• Six issues appear each year in February, April, June, August, October and December, a bimonthly rhythm that the masthead states and the product page confirms.每年出版 6 期，双月刊的节奏写在刊头与商品页上，出刊月份为 2 月与 4 月，接下来是 6 月和 8 月，年末为 10 月与 12 月。
• The National Library of Medicine still records the frequency as quarterly, an entry that predates the bimonthly schedule and is not followed by the publisher.美国国家医学图书馆至今把刊期记为季刊，这条记录早于现行的双月刊安排，出版方并不采用。
• The 2025 Journal Citation Reports place the journal in two subject categories at once, engineering and energy, and the two rankings sit far apart.2025 年的期刊引证报告把它同时归入机械工程与能源燃料两个类目，两处的排名相距很远。
• Mechanical engineering puts it 85th of 184 titles in the second quartile, while energy and fuels places it 156th of 191 in the fourth.机械工程类目把它排在第 85 位（共 184 种），属第二四分位，能源燃料类目则排在第 156 位（共 191 种），落在第四四分位。
• The impact factor moved from 2.376 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2023 and 1.9 in 2024, then recovered to 2.4 in 2025, the value printed on the journal page.影响因子从 2022 年的 2.376 降到 2023 年的 2.1，2024 年见底于 1.9，2025 年回升至 2.4，这也是期刊页面标出的数值。
• From 2026 the society's journals run on Wiley's Research Exchange for submission and peer review and are hosted on Wiley Online Library, a change of platform that leaves ownership and editorial control with ASME.2026 年起，学会旗下期刊的投稿与审稿转到 Wiley 的 Research Exchange 平台，正式版本托管在 Wiley Online Library，平台更换之后所有权与编务控制仍留在 ASME。

Editors

• S.A. Sherif of the University of Florida is editor in chief through 2028, and he directs the HVAC laboratory he founded in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering.主编为佛罗里达大学（University of Florida）的 S.A. Sherif，任期至 2028 年，他还在该校机械与航空航天工程系创办并主持暖通空调实验室。
• The masthead sorts the associate editors by subject rather than listing them alphabetically, so every name sits under the heading that its editor covers, from concentrated solar power to thermochemistry.刊头按学科而非字母顺序排列副编辑，每个名字都归在本人负责的方向之下，从聚光太阳能热发电一直排到热化学。
• Concentrated solar thermal power has Peiwen (Perry) Li of the University of Arizona, whose term runs to 2028, and Guangdong Zhu of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.聚光太阳能热发电方向由亚利桑那大学（University of Arizona）的 Peiwen (Perry) Li 与美国国家可再生能源实验室（NREL）的 Guangdong Zhu 负责，前者任期至 2028 年。
• Wind energy is handled by Harish Gopalan and Michael A. Sprague, both at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, with terms running to 2028 and 2026.风能方向由 Harish Gopalan 与 Michael A. Sprague 负责，两人都任职于科罗拉多州戈尔登的 NREL，任期分别至 2028 年与 2026 年。
• Solar optics, metamaterials and scattering are covered by Shima Hajimirza of Stevens Institute of Technology, the only associate editor listed for that heading, with a term running to 2027.太阳能光学、超材料与散射方向由史蒂文斯理工学院（Stevens Institute of Technology）的 Shima Hajimirza 负责，该方向只列了这一位副编辑，任期至 2027 年。
• Thermal energy storage pairs Brian M. Fronk of the Pennsylvania State University with Aaron P. Wemhoff of Villanova University, two editors for one heading.储热方向由宾州州立大学（The Pennsylvania State University）的 Brian M. Fronk 与维拉诺瓦大学（Villanova University）的 Aaron P. Wemhoff 共同负责。
• Solar buildings rest with Abdulrahim Kalendar of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in Kuwait, one of several editors drawn from Gulf institutions.太阳能建筑方向由科威特应用教育与培训公共管理局（Public Authority for Applied Education and Training）的 Abdulrahim Kalendar 负责，他是来自海湾地区机构的几位编辑之一。
• Solar processes form the largest group, with John C. Chai of United Arab Emirates University, Mohamed S. El Genk of the University of New Mexico and Hongbin Ma of the University of Missouri.太阳能过程是人数最多的一组，成员包括阿联酋大学（United Arab Emirates University）的 John C. Chai、新墨西哥大学（University of New Mexico）的 Mohamed S. El Genk，以及密苏里大学（University of Missouri）的 Hongbin Ma。
• That group also takes in Omid Mahian of Ningbo University, Julia F. Nicodemus of Lafayette College, Wayne S. Strasser of Liberty University and Yap Yit Fatt of Khalifa University.该组还包括宁波大学的 Omid Mahian、拉法叶学院（Lafayette College）的 Julia F. Nicodemus，以及自由大学（Liberty University）的 Wayne S. Strasser 与哈利法大学（Khalifa University）的 Yap Yit Fatt。
• Photothermal conversion and solar forecasting belong to Caiyan Qin of Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, and thermochemical storage to Adam C. Gladen of North Dakota State University.光热转换与太阳能预报由哈尔滨工业大学（深圳）的 Caiyan Qin 负责，热化学储能与太阳能热化学则由北达科他州立大学（North Dakota State University）的 Adam C. Gladen 负责。
• ASME's Solar Energy Division stands behind the title, a sponsorship recorded on the masthead directly beneath the list of associate editors and their headings.本刊由 ASME 太阳能分会（Solar Energy Division）支持，这一隶属关系写在刊头副编辑名单的下方。
• Every submission is screened with CrossCheck's iThenticate software for similarity to published material before it reaches an editor, and ASME is a member of COPE.所有投稿在送达编辑之前先用 CrossCheck 的 iThenticate 软件做与已发表材料的相似度筛查，ASME 也是出版伦理委员会（COPE）的成员。
• Peer review and the decision to publish sit with ASME's volunteer editorial leadership, and direction, scope and final say remain inside the society rather than passing to the publishing partner.外审与录用决定由 ASME 的志愿编辑团队主持，编辑方向、刊物范围与终裁权都留在学会内部，不交给出版合作方。