Publishing with Oxford Open Energy

Oxford Open Energy is an open access journal publishing research from across the entire spectrum of the energy field, ranging from the physical to the social sciences. The main aims of Oxford Open Energy are to identify key topical challenges, help to provide relevant solutions for decarbonizing energy systems as part of the global energy transition, and to deliver content with wide societal impact. Interdisciplinary submissions that span more than one energy discipline are therefore strongly encouraged.

The journal welcomes research from fundamental to applied, covering energy science and technology, energy economics and markets, social aspects and socio-economics, policies and transition, and sustainability. Examples of areas of contemporary interest include:

• Clean energy technologies and storage
• Energy systems
• Social and policy aspects
• Economics and markets

Oxford Open Energy endorses the UN Sustainable Development Goals; in particular Goal 7, “Affordable and Clean Energy”, but also indirectly to Goals 9, 11, 12 and 13 which have close links to energy. The journal welcomes SDG-linked contributions.

Open and Inclusive

As a fully open access journal, Oxford Open Energy is available to readers all over the world with no barriers to access or re-use, meaning your fellow researchers can easily discover, read, cite, and build on your work. Immediate public access to your publication means you can be confident that publishing with Oxford Open Energy complies with a range of funder mandates.  

OUP has Read and Publish agreements with a wide range of institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publication.  This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access and the institution will pay the charge. Check our participating institutions to see if you are eligible. 

We also offer article processing charge waivers to corresponding authors in all countries and regions that are part of our developing countries initiative.

Further information about open access charges can be found in our Instructions to Authors.

Indexed in ESCI

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a database in the Web of Science that contains high-quality, peer-reviewed journals that follow ethical publishing practices. It ensures important research is visible in the Web of Science Core Collection, making our authors’ work within Oxford Open Energy much more accessible to readers.

Special Collections

Oxford Open Energy publishes special collections bringing together curated articles on topics of broad interest. The journal recently published a collection on the theme of “Next Steps in the Energy Transition”. View the special collections published in the journal.

If you’re interested in organizing a special collection, let us know!

A Global Audience for Your Work 

Oxford Open Energy connects your ideas and findings with a wide audience to give your research the greatest possible impact. Research published in the journal attracts readers from all over the world, with high readership in North America, Europe, and China.  

Efficient and Transparent Editorial Processes 

Led by Editor-in-Chief Peter D. Lund, Oxford Open Energy's editors are an expert team representing the field. When you submit a manuscript, you can be confident that the support of our editors and our rigorous peer review process will ensure that your research findings are published at their best.   

Fuss-free formatting for streamlined submission: our submission process is designed to avoid unnecessary work and ensure your manuscript is handled efficiently. You can submit your manuscript in any common document format that can be easily opened and read by others. A single PDF file is usually reliable.

Data sharing: we strongly encourage you to make the data underlying your research freely available to others, wherever legally and ethically possible.  

Article types: in addition to research and review articles, Oxford Open Energy offers you a range of article types so you can decide how best to communicate your work. Choose from short communications, commentaries, or opinion pieces to add your voice to the literature advancing the energy field.  

Ready to submit? 

Read our author guidelines for more information on publishing with Oxford Open Energy, including how to prepare your manuscript.

We have three open Call for Papers, and more information can be found below:

• Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies
• Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment and Energy Systems Properties
• Digitalisation and Digital Twins for Low Carbon Energy Systems

When you are ready, you can submit your manuscript here. We look forward to working with you!