Solar Energy

Solar Energy is the official journal of the International Solar Energy Society, published since 1957 and now issued by Elsevier, devoted exclusively to the science and technology of solar energy applications, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.9 and a rank of 50 of 191 in energy and fuels《太阳能》（Solar Energy）是（International Solar Energy Society）的官方期刊，自 1957 年起出版（现由 Elsevier 发行），专门刊载太阳能应用的科学与技术，2025 年影响因子为 7.9，在能源与燃料类 191 种期刊中列第 50 位。

Scope

• The journal covers research, development, application, measurement and policy across solar energy, and does not confine itself to device physics该刊覆盖太阳能的研究、开发、应用、测量与政策，并不局限于器件物理。
• Solar energy is interpreted broadly to include indirect uses such as wind energy and biomass该刊对太阳能作广义理解，包含风能与生物质能等间接利用方式。
• Photovoltaics, from cell physics and perovskite devices to module reliability and field performance, form a large part of the content光伏构成内容的很大部分，从电池物理、钙钛矿器件到组件可靠性与现场性能。
• Concentrating solar power and high-temperature solar chemistry are treated as a distinct area, including receivers, heat transfer fluids and solar reactors聚光太阳能热发电与高温太阳能化学构成独立方向，包括吸热器、传热流体与太阳能反应器。
• Solar heating and cooling, solar ponds, desalination, heat pumps and building-integrated applications are covered太阳能供热与制冷、太阳能池、海水淡化、热泵以及建筑一体化应用均在覆盖之内。
• Solar resource assessment and forecasting, including satellite remote sensing, numerical weather prediction and machine learning, are explicit topics太阳能资源评估与预报是明确选题，包括卫星遥感、数值天气预报与机器学习。
• Systems integration, thermal and electrical storage, grid integration and the energy economics of solar technologies complete the scope系统集成、热与电储能、电网接入以及太阳能技术的能源经济学构成范围的其余部分。

History

• The journal was founded in 1957 and its first volume appeared in January 1957该刊创办于 1957 年，首卷于 1957 年 1 月出版。
• It was launched by Pergamon Press and is now published by Elsevier, with the original Pergamon imprint retained in its citation records该刊由（Pergamon Press）创办，现由（Elsevier）出版，其引文记录中仍保留原（Pergamon）印记。
• It is the official journal of the International Solar Energy Society, a United Nations-accredited membership organisation founded in 1954 whose members come from more than 100 countries该刊是（International Solar Energy Society）的官方期刊，该学会成立于 1954 年，是经联合国认可、成员来自 100 多个国家的会员制组织。
• Studies that deal only with the solar radiation or wind database of a single country are normally not considered suitable, reflecting the journal's international readership仅处理某一国家太阳辐射或风能数据库的研究通常不被认为适合该刊，这体现其国际读者定位。
• Impact factors were 5.742 in 2021, 7.188 in 2022, 6.6 in 2024 and 7.9 in 2025影响因子为 2021 年 5.742、2022 年 7.188、2024 年 6.6、2025 年 7.9。
• In 2025 it sat in the second quartile of energy and fuels, ranking 50th of 191 at the 74.1st percentile2025 年该刊居于能源与燃料类第二四分位，在 191 种期刊中列第 50 位，百分位 74.1。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Ranga Pitchumani of Virginia Tech, whose own area is concentrating solar thermal power主编为（Virginia Tech）的 Ranga Pitchumani，其研究方向为聚光太阳能热发电。
• Yogi Goswami of the University of South Florida is emeritus editor-in-chief and serves as executive editor（University of South Florida）的 Yogi Goswami 为荣休主编，并担任执行编辑。
• Yanjun Dai of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is subject editor for solar heating and cooling, buildings and other applications（Shanghai Jiao Tong University）的 Yanjun Dai 担任太阳能供热与制冷、建筑及其他应用方向的主题编辑。
• Associate editors are grouped by field, with Robert Pitz-Paal of the German Aerospace Center and Clifford Ho of Sandia National Laboratories covering concentrating solar power副编辑按领域分组，其中（German Aerospace Center）的 Robert Pitz-Paal 与（Sandia National Laboratories）的 Clifford Ho 负责聚光太阳能热发电。
• Photovoltaics is handled by editors including Thomas M. Brown of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Wilfried van Sark of Utrecht University, while Dazhi Yang and Manajit Sengupta cover solar resources and forecasting光伏方向由（University of Rome Tor Vergata）的 Thomas M. Brown 与（Utrecht University）的（Wilfried van Sark）等编辑负责，Dazhi Yang 与 Manajit Sengupta 负责太阳能资源与预报。
• The editorial team spans Italy, Germany, the United States, China, India, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Israel, Türkiye, Korea and Mexico编辑团队来自意大利、德国、美国、中国、印度、荷兰、新加坡、澳大利亚、西班牙、以色列、土耳其、韩国与墨西哥。