Utilities Policy

Utilities Policy is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1990 and devoted to the policy, regulation and governance of networked utilities and essential services, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《公用事业政策》（Utilities Policy）由（Elsevier）出版，1990 年创刊，双月刊，同行评审，专注网络型公用事业与基础性服务的政策、监管与治理，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The journal is international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral, and seeks to bridge theory and practice in utility policy.刊物具有国际性、跨学科与跨部门特征，力求在公用事业政策的理论与实践之间建立联系。
• It covers electricity, natural and renewable gas, water and wastewater, solid waste, postal service, communications and broadband, public transport, toll roads and ports.涵盖电力、天然气与可再生燃气、供水与污水、固体废物、邮政、通信与宽带、公共交通、收费公路与港口。
• Regulatory institutions and their performance, economic and environmental regulation, and alternative governance models are central themes.监管机构及其绩效、经济与环境监管以及替代性治理模式是核心议题。
• Ownership, industry structure, restructuring, deregulation, monopolies, market power and competition are analysed.刊物分析所有权、产业结构、重组、放松监管、垄断、市场势力与竞争。
• Infrastructure financing, risk, the cost of capital, ratemaking and rate design, and pricing incentives receive sustained attention.基础设施融资、风险、资本成本、费率制定与费率设计以及定价激励受到持续关注。
• Integrated resource and resilience planning, clean energy and water transitions, climate adaptation, carbon markets and energy or water poverty are covered.综合资源与韧性规划、清洁能源与清洁水转型、气候适应、碳市场以及能源贫困与水贫困均在范围内。
• It does not cover resource utilisation and management, technical and operational models, non-utility sectors, or macroeconomic and socioeconomic trends.刊物不涉及资源利用与管理、技术与运营模型、非公用事业部门以及宏观经济与社会经济趋势。

History

• The first issue, volume 1, issue 1, was published in October 1990.第 1 卷第 1 期于 1990 年 10 月出版。
• The journal publishes full-length articles, short policy notes and thematic special issues, with guest editors handling special issues under editorial oversight.刊物发表全文论文、政策简报与专题特刊，特刊由客座编辑负责、期刊编辑监督。
• The journal appears bimonthly, with six volumes a year, volumes 86 to 91 in 2024, 92 to 97 in 2025 and 98 to 103 in 2026.刊物为双月刊，每年 6 卷，2024 年为第 86 至 91 卷，2025 年为第 92 至 97 卷，2026 年为第 98 至 103 卷。
• It is indexed in both the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index, with Journal Citation Reports categories in energy and fuels, environmental sciences and environmental studies.刊物同时收录于（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Sciences Citation Index），在（Journal Citation Reports）中分属能源与燃料、环境科学、环境研究三个类别。
• It is a hybrid journal, with an article publishing charge of USD 3,210 for open access.刊物为混合出版模式，开放获取的文章处理费为 3210 美元。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 2.812 in 2021 to 3.247 in 2022 and 4.4 in 2024, reaching 4.9 in 2025.期刊影响因子由 2021 年的 2.812 升至 2022 年的 3.247，2024 年为 4.4，2025 年达到 4.9。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Seth Blumsack of The Pennsylvania State University.主编为（The Pennsylvania State University）的（Seth Blumsack）。
• Janice Beecher of Michigan State University is Senior Advisory Editor.高级顾问编辑为（Michigan State University）的（Janice Beecher）。
• Jiahai Yuan of North China Electric Power University handles energy, and Antonio Massarutto of the University of Udine handles water.能源领域由（North China Electric Power University）的（Jiahai Yuan）负责，水务领域由（University of Udine）的（Antonio Massarutto）负责。
• Jason Kalmbach of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars serves as Editorial Assistant.编辑助理为（National Coalition of Independent Scholars）的（Jason Kalmbach）。
• There are 22 editors and board members from 12 countries, including Michael Pollitt and Stephen Littlechild of the University of Cambridge, Massimo Florio of the University of Milan, Rui Cunha Marques of the University of Lisbon and Anne Neumann of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.编委会与编辑团队共 22 人，来自 12 个国家，包括（University of Cambridge）的（Michael Pollitt）与（Stephen Littlechild）、（University of Milan）的（Massimo Florio）、（University of Lisbon）的（Rui Cunha Marques）以及（Norwegian University of Science and Technology）的（Anne Neumann）。
• Manuscripts undergo single-anonymized review, normally with at least two independent reviewers.稿件采用单盲评审，通常由至少两名独立审稿人评审。
• Elsevier reports a median of one day to first decision, 65 days to a decision after review and 168 days to acceptance.（Elsevier）公布的中位周期为首次决定 1 天、送审后决定 65 天、投稿至录用 168 天。