Nature Energy

Nature Energy (commonly abbreviated as ''Nat. Energy.') is the flagship title in the energy field within the Nature Portfolio. Launched in January 2016 as an online-only monthly, it recorded a 2025 impact factor of 70.1.Nature Energy（常用缩写 Nat. Energy）是 Nature Portfolio 旗下能源领域的旗舰期刊，2016 年 1 月创刊，为纯在线出版的月刊，2025 年影响因子为 70.1。^[1]

Scope

• Disciplinary focus: the provision of energy sits at the heart of modern society, raising where we get it from, how we use it and whether there is enough of it for what we want. A growing thirst for energy must either be matched by supply or adapted to, and tackling these challenges runs through the natural, social and behavioural sciences and economics, and is the focus of multi-billion-dollar global industries.学科定位： 能源供给是现代社会的核心议题之一，关乎从哪里获得能源、如何使用以及是否有足够的能源供所需；不断增长的能源需求要么由供给匹配，要么经调整以适应，应对这些挑战贯穿自然科学、社会与行为科学以及经济学，也是全球数十亿美元规模产业的焦点。
• Particular interest: the journal has a particular interest in studies that advance our knowledge and inform the development of next-generation technologies and solutions.关注重点： 特别关注能够推进知识、并为下一代技术与解决方案的研发提供依据的研究。
• Scope of coverage: the journal explores all aspects of energy, from its generation and storage to its distribution and management, the needs and demands of the different actors involved, and the impacts that energy technologies and policies have on different societies.选题方向： 涵盖能源的生成、储存、分配与管理，不同行为主体的需求与诉求，以及能源技术与政策对各类社会产生的影响。
• Specific topics: covered topics include solar, wind, wave, geothermal and hydroelectric energy, energy-harvesting devices, nuclear power, fuel cells, hydrogen energy, transportation fuels, bioenergy and biofuels, batteries, supercapacitors, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis, carbon capture and storage, energy economics and finance, energy policy and behaviour, energy security, energy access, energy justice, and energy grids and networks.具体领域： 包括太阳能、风能、波浪能、地热与水电、能量采集器件、核能、燃料电池、氢能、交通燃料、生物燃料、电池、超级电容、电催化与光催化、碳捕集与封存，以及能源经济与金融、能源政策与行为、能源安全、能源可及性与能源正义、能源电网与网络。
• Article types and commitments: alongside original research the journal publishes Comments, Perspectives, Reviews, News and Views, Features and Correspondence. Like all Nature-branded journals it is characterized by a dedicated team of professional editors, a fair and rigorous peer-review process, high standards of copy-editing and production, swift publication and editorial independence.体裁与办刊承诺： 除原创研究外还刊发评论、展望、综述、新闻与观点、专题与通讯；作为 Nature 品牌期刊，本刊以一支专职专业编辑团队、公平严谨的同行评审、较高的文字与编校标准、快捷出版与编辑独立性作为办刊承诺。
• Open access: the journal is hybrid, offering an open-access option alongside subscription so that important discoveries are seen and used more widely across the global research community while the journal's standards and reputation are maintained.开放获取： 属混合模式，订阅之外提供开放获取发表选项，使重要发现在保持严谨标准的同时获得更广范围的阅读与引用。

History

• 2015: the publisher assembled a launch team to staff the new title, with Nicky Dean becoming founding Chief Editor in April 2015.2015年： 出版方组建创刊团队，为新刊储备编务力量，Nicky Dean 自 2015 年 4 月起出任创刊主编。
• January 2016: the first issue appeared under the title "A world in transition", an editorial by a group of experts in the energy field marking the birth of the monthly.2016年1月： 创刊号出版，首期即以转型中的世界为题，由多位能源领域专家撰写社论，标志这本月刊的诞生。
• Since launch: the journal has been an online-only monthly from the outset, with no print edition, under electronic ISSN 2058-7546.创刊以来： 本刊自创刊起即为纯在线出版的月刊，不设纸质版，电子国际标准连续出版物号为 2058-7546。
• April 2024: Changjun Zhang became Chief Editor. He joined the Nature Publishing Group in April 2013 as an editor at Nature Communications, joined the launch team of Nature Energy in August 2015 and focused on energy storage for much of the journal's first decade, also serving briefly as a Consulting Editor at Nature.2024年4月： 主编一职由Changjun Zhang 接任，他于 2013 年 4 月加入 Nature 出版集团任《Nature Communications》编辑，2015 年 8 月作为创刊团队成员加入本刊并在创刊后十年多时间里主要负责储能方向，其间还曾短暂在《Nature》任顾问编辑。
• Impact trajectory: the impact factor climbed from 46.859 in the inaugural year to 67.439 in 2021, stood at 60.1 in 2024 and rose to 70.1 in 2025, keeping the journal in the top partition of both the energy and fuels and multidisciplinary materials science categories.影响力轨迹： 影响因子自创刊年的 46.859 一路攀升，2021 年达 67.439，2024 年为 60.1，2025 年升至 70.1，稳居能源与燃料以及材料科学综合两个学科的第一分区。

Editors

• Current Chief Editor: the journal is currently led by Alex Zhang, also known as Changjun Zhang, based in the London office. He received his PhD in surface catalysis from Queen's University Belfast and later expanded into energy production and storage at the University of Cambridge.现任主编： 现任主编为Alex Zhang，即 Changjun Zhang，常驻伦敦办公室。他在贝尔法斯特女王大学取得表面催化博士学位，随后在剑桥大学把研究拓展至能源产出与储存。
• Editorial structure: like the other Nature titles the journal has no external editorial board, and all editorial decisions are made by a dedicated team of full-time professional editors with relevant research and editorial backgrounds. The team is supported by a research cross-journal editorial group handling primary manuscripts for the Nature-branded research journals.编辑部构成： 与其他 Nature 品牌期刊一样，本刊不设外部编辑委员会，全部编辑决定均由一支具备相关研究与编辑背景的专职专业编辑团队作出，团队另获跨刊编辑组支援，集中处理 Nature 品牌研究刊物的原创稿件。
• Team distribution: senior editors are based in London, Berlin and Shanghai, covering physical and chemical routes, the social science, economics and policy route, and materials and devices. They include James Gallagher, who joined the London team in September 2015, Silvana Lakeman, who moved from Berlin in November 2022, and Xinru Li and Mengjie Wei, who joined the Shanghai team in May 2025 and May 2026 respectively.团队分布： 资深编辑分别驻伦敦、柏林与上海，分管物理与化学路线、社会科学经济与政策路线以及材料与器件路线，例如自 2015 年 9 月即在伦敦任职的James Gallagher、2022 年 11 月自柏林调入的Silvana Lakeman，以及先后于 2025 年 5 月与 2026 年 5 月加入上海团队的Xinru Li 与Mengjie Wei。
• Recent additions and submission: the associate editor ranks keep expanding, with Jinjie Liu joining in July 2026 and Xinyan Huang in September of the same year, handling artificial intelligence for energy systems and energy economics and policy respectively. Manuscripts go through the online submission system, and complete manuscripts sent by email are not accepted.近年变动与投稿： 副编辑岗位持续扩充，Jinjie Liu 于 2026 年 7 月加入、Xinyan Huang 于同年 9 月加入，分别负责能源系统人工智能与能源经济政策方向；稿件通过在线投稿系统提交，编辑部明确不接受以电子邮件发送的完整稿件。^[2]