What Is the ACS Applied Energy Materials Impact Factor?
The ACS Applied Energy Materials impact factor is 6.4, based on the 2022 Journal Citation Reports from Clarivate. This figure reflects the average number of citations received by articles published in the previous two years.
What the Impact Factor Means
An impact factor of 6.4 means that, on average, articles from 2020 and 2021 earned about 6.4 citations each during 2022 Clarivate. The journal, launched in 2018 by the American Chemical Society, covers energy conversion and storage materials including fuel cells, supercapacitors, and photovoltaics Wikipedia. For context, if a researcher published a paper on thermoelectric materials in 2021, the 6.4 value suggests that similar papers in the journal have been cited roughly six to seven times in the following year.
The impact factor is a yearly metric that divides the number of citations a journal receives in a given year by the total number of citable articles it published in the two preceding years. Because the journal started in 2018, its early impact factors were based on a smaller publication history than older journals have.
The journal covers materials used in energy conversion and storage, with specific topics including fuel cells, supercapacitors, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, and photo-electrosynthesis cells ACS Publications. It accepts letters, full articles, reviews, and special “spotlight on application” pieces that highlight practical device performance. For example, a typical article might describe a new electrode material for lithium-ion batteries and then test its capacity retention over several hundred charge cycles.
Key Takeaways
- The 2022 impact factor is 6.4, a standard metric for comparing journal citation frequency within the energy materials field.
- The journal is relatively new (established 2018) and focuses on applied materials for sustainable energy technologies.
- Citation data comes from the Journal Citation Reports, which many institutions use for research evaluation.
- Impact factors change annually; check the latest Clarivate release for current figures.
