This month, our Journal Spotlight is shining on Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). Batteries is an international, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal on battery technology and materials. The journal covers all topics related to batteries and electrical energy storage systems.

In this article, we discuss the journal’s impressive achievements, charting its growth into a leading platform for high-quality research on battery technologies.

Editor in Chief: Prof. Dr. Karim Zaghib

Current Impact Factor: 4.8

Current CiteScore: 6.6

Statistics as of March 2026.

A Batteries MDPI timeline

• 2015 – Inaugural issue was released
• 2017 – Batteries was indexed in ESCI (Web of Science)
• 2019 – Batteries was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier)
• 2021 – Batteries was indexed in SCIE (Web of Science) and became affiliated with the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore)
• 2025 – 10^th anniversary, Batteries received its 2024 Impact Factor (4.8) and CiteScore (6.6)

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of the Batteries journal since 2024, Dr. Karim Zaghib is a Professor at the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering for Concordia University, starting his career at the Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, where he obtained his PhD in electrochemistry. With 28 years as the Director of Research at Hydro-Quebec, Prof. Dr. Zaghib has played an important role in researching lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Zaghib has numerous awards and distinctions for his research, including being the only person to receive both the Research Award and Technology Award of the International Battery Association. He will also be chairing the 23^rd International Meeting on Lithium Batteries in June 2026.

He is also co-author of 420 scientific publications and co-inventor on 973 patents for over 200 inventions associated with 63 licences.

Prof. Dr. Karim Zaghib hopes to establish Batteries as a leading energy storage and battery technology publication, increasing its Impact Factor and prioritising high standards of scientific rigor, innovative methodologies and rapid dissemination of significant findings.

Aims & scope

In the journal’s first editorial piece, previous EiC Prof. Andreas Jossen talks about the importance of battery technology in the 21^st century and the possibilities of achieving safer and more sustainable batteries through research and development.

“Batteries focusses on all battery research topics, from small to huge systems, from mobile and vehicle to stationary applications, from aqueous to organic battery technologies, and from material and cell level to battery systems […] the battery journal is open for fundamental science as well as for engineering science topics. It is a platform for battery research.” – Prof. Andreas Jossen, EiC (2015–2024)

The journal has a wide scope that includes, but is not limited to, fundamental aspects of electrochemistry, battery applications, and fuel cells. A full list of topics in the journal’s scope can be found here.

Journal metrics

Most cited and viewed

The Batteries publication that holds the accolade of most cited and viewed paper, as of March 2026, is an article titled “A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective”.

Impact Factor

Batteries received its first Impact Factor of 5.9 in 2022 and currently holds an Impact Factor rating of 4.8.

The journal is placed in Q2 for the “Electrochemistry”, “Materials Science, Multidisciplinary” and “Energy and Fuels” Journal Citation Report (JCR) categories.

CiteScore

The Batteries journal’s CiteScore sits at 6.6 as of 2026. Batteries is positioned in Q1 for the “Electrical and Electronic Engineering” CiteScore category and is in Q2 for the “Energy Engineering and Power Technology” and “Electrochemistry” categories.

Indexing

Batteries is indexed within a large range of databases and archives, including:

• BibCnrs
• CNPIEC
• Dimensions
• DOAJ
• Inspec
• OSTI
• Scopus (Elsevier)
• SCIE (Web of Science)

Access the complete list of associated indexing services here.

Altmetrics

As of March 2026, Batteries has received 45 mentions in policy documents, 274 mentions in patents and 177 mentions across various news outlets and blogs.

The Batteries community

MDPI’s Batteries journal is enthusiastic about fostering positive relationships with the academic community it serves, and does this through various awards, affiliations and conferences.

Awards

Batteries does not currently have any awards that are open for nominations; winners are to be announced for the following awards:

• Young Investigator Award (announced 31 March 2026)
• Outstanding Reviewer Award (announced 31 March 2026)
• Best Paper Award (announced 30 June 2026)

The journal also offers the Travel Award – applications are open from April to October each year.

Learn more about Batteries awards here, and read our blog article on MDPI’s award programme here.

Affiliations

Batteries became affiliated with the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) in 2021. It is a non-profit independent scientific organisation that aims to advance and disseminate knowledge for the understanding, description and modelling of natural and industrial porous media systems.

Learn more about the affiliation here, along with any future affiliations of the Batteries journal.

Conferences

Conferences present a valuable opportunity to connect wider academic communities, particularly for journals such as Batteries. Alongside its own initiatives, the journal also engages with partner conferences such as the ones detailed below.

The 43^rd Annual International Battery Seminar and Exhibit took place from 23 to 26 March 2026. It is the longest-running annual battery industry event in the world and showcases the state of the art of worldwide energy storage developments.

There will also be the International Conference on Energy Storage and Sustainable Circularity (ESSC 2026) from 1 to 2 July 2026. It will be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey, and is a forum dedicated to advances in energy storage technologies, integrated energy systems, and the water–energy nexus.

See more information regarding upcoming events related to the Batteries journal.

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Submitting a manuscript

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If you’d like to find out more about Batteries and its publication process, please visit the journal website.