Journals

If you are contributing to Appropedia here are some journals to consider publishing in.

The Directory of Open Access Journals is a great place to start as well or the Open Access Journal Search

Impact Factors follow the journal's name with (year) found, Newer journals will not have an impact factor. Sustainability/Appropriate technology is a new and growing interdisciplinary field and impact factors are of lesser value to it than a conventional field like medicine.

Economics Related Journals

• Ecological Economics (2009), Elsevier, Impact factor - 2.754, citation style: Harvard. Open Access solution available.

Energy Related Journals

• Akshay Urja ( 2005 ), Renewable Energy newsletter of the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Citation style not specified
• Applied Energy (2006), impact factor - 3.888, citation style: Harvard. Open access solutions available
• Boiling Point ( 1982 ), A practitioner’s journal on household stoves, energy and poverty reduction. Started by Practical Action. Style not specified.
• Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy Journal This new journal replaces the Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Journal - Quarterly publication of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), published by Taylor & Francis, citation style: Harvard
• Energy (2007), Elsevier, 3.565, citation style: Harvard
• Energy Economics (1979), Elsevier, impact factor - 2.449, citation style: Harvard
• Energy for Sustainable Development (1994), Elsevier, impact factor - 1.043, citation style: Harvard
• Energy and the Environment Multi-Science Publishing Company, editors are climate change skeptics, see wikipedia's entry on them)
• Energy & Environmental Science,(2009), RSC Publishing, SJR- 0.61
• Energy Journal, (1980), SJR- 0.707. Published by International Association for Energy Economics, citation style: Harvard
• Energy Policy, (1973), Elsevier, impact factor - 2.614, Harvard style,
• Energy Sources, (2006), Taylor and Francis, SJR - 0.05, Chicago style
• Energy Studies Review, (1991), McMaster University, applied energy policy journal, open access. SJR - 0.025,
• Energy Sustainability and Society - new, Springer Open Journal, Interdisciplinary Forum for Research, Development & Implementation of Sustainable Energy Systems. Style - Harvard
• International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI), (1989), Inderscience Publishers, SJR - 0.033, Open Access option. Harvard style.
• International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics, (2009), NOVA Publishers, SJR- 0.071
• International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, (2007), Oxford University Press, SJR- 0.03, Open Access Option, Arabic numerals style
• The Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications, new, Ashdin Publishing. Numbered citation style, open access
• Innovative Energy Policies, (2010), Ashdin Publishing, open access, numbered citation style
• International Journal of Photoenergy, (1999), SJR - 0.04, impact factor: 1.345, open access, numbered citation style
• International Journal of Sustainable Energy, (2003), Taylor & Francis. SJR - 0.035. Harvard Style.
• International Journal of Energy Research, (2005), John Wiley & Sons Inc., Impact Factor: 1.86, Numbered style
• International Journal of Energy Science, (2011), World Academic Publishing, open access, free, numbered citations
• Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health, College Publishing, Harvard style
• International Journal of Global Energy Issues, (1989), Inderscience Publishers, SJR - 0.033, Harvard style
• Journal of Energy Conservation - open access pub - new 2012 $540, numbered citations
• Journal of Environment and Development, (1996), SAGE, Harvard style, SJR - 0.075
• Journal of Photovoltaics - IEEE, new, numbered references
• Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, (2008), American Institute of Physics. Numbered references
• Journal of Solar Energy Engineering,(1980), ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SJR - 0.056 (style not specified)
• Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy (2012) open access, Springer, free publishing - refs numbered brackets
• Proceedings of ICE, Energy, (2007), Harvard style
• Progress in Photovoltaics, (1994), Wiley & Sons Inc. Numbered style, Impact factor: 4.72, SJR - 0.40
• Renewable Energy, (1991), Elsevier, impact factor: 2.554, SJR - 0.10, Harvard Style
• Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, (2011) Open Access, numbered style citations
• Solar Energy, (1957), Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.135, Harvard Style, SJR - 0.10, open access available
• Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, (1992), Elsevier, Impact factor: 4.593, SJR - 0.30, Harvard style

Energy related journals from Elsevier listed by impact factor

• Top ten energy journals [1]
• Top ten environmental studies [2]
• Top ten materials science [3]
• Top ten all fields [4]

Photovoltaic Technical Journals

• Journal of Photovoltaics - new IEEE, no rating available, numbered style
• Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, (1980), Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SJR - 0.056, style not specified
• Mediterranean Journal of Photovoltaic Technology and Solar Thermal Applications, numbered reference style, no impact factor available
• Progress in Photovoltaics, Wiley, Impact Factor: 5.627, numbered citation style
• Solar Energy, Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.135, Harvard citation style
• Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Elsevier, Impact factor: 4.593, Harvard Style

Also JAP, APL, Thin Solid Films, JNCS, Crystal journals for the materials.

Environment Related Journals

• Alternatives Journal, (1971), Published by Environmental Studies Association of Canada, Environmental Ideas and Action
• Conservation and Society An interdisciplinary journal exploring linkages between society, environment and development, Open Access, Harvard style citation.
• Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability new 2010, Elsvier, impact factor: 2.100, Harvard Style
• Ecology and Society, A journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability. Open access, Harvard Style
• Energy and the Environment Multi-Science Publishing Company, 0.189 (severe delay, editors are climate change skeptics)
• Environmental Justice (2008), Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. All references must be cited as footnotes - see Chicago style Chapter 15, Open Access available, SJR: 0.269
• Environmental Technology Taylor & Francis, SJR 0.894, numbered style
• Environmental Conservation, Cambridge Journals Online, 1.739, Harvard Style
• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development new 2012 OJS (APA style)
• Environment Science and Technology, ACS Publications, 4.825 (2010), numbered style
• GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (1991), 0,894 (2010), Open access - CC 3.0. Chicago style author, date
• The Journal of Ecopedagogy: Green Theory & Praxis, Open Access, Chicago Manual Style. Also see Ecopedagogy International
• International Journal of Environment and Health (IJEnvH) (2007), InderScience Publishers, Open Access available, author, date style
• International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, (2005), Harvard Style, 3.15 (cites per doc, 2 yr)
• International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Springer, 3.148 (2011), Harvard
• International Journal of Sustainable Design (IJSDes) Inderscience,(2008), author, date style
• International Journal of Sustainable Development, (2002), Harvard Style, cites per doc 0.26
• Journal of Education for Sustainable Development(2007), Sage, Chicago Manual Style
• Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health, College Publishing, Harvard style
• Journal of Environment and Development, (1996), Sage, Chicago Manual Style, Cites per doc 0.82
• Journal of Remanufacturing- brand new 2011 Springer Open access square brackets - zotero template available
• The Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies (TES) Open access, Published by Roskilde University, Denmark, Author, date, page
• Law, Environment and Development Journal, Open Access, footnote style
• Open Environmental Engineering Journal (2007), Bentham Open, Open Access, IEEE citation style (numbered with square brackets)
• Open Environmental Sciences (2006), Bentham Open, Open Access, numerical system (Vancouver)
• Sostenible? (Sustainable?) (1999), Trilingual, Published by Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Author guidelines link = error
• Sustainability (2009), MDPI Sci Forum, Open Access, numbered style square brackets
• Urban Forestry & Urban Greening,(2000), Elsevier, Cites per doc (2 yr) - 1.731, Harvard Style

Science, Technology & Society

• Information Technology for Development, (1987), originally by Wiley, also covered by Taylor & Francis. Numbered references. Cites per doc: 0.892
• Information Technologies and International Development, USC Press, Open Access (CC), APA style (Author, date), double-blind process
• Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, (2002), Published by Brill, Cites per doc: 0.077, some free issues
• Prometheus Critical Studies in Innovation, (1996) by Taylor and Francis, Cites per doc: 0.313, reference style: author, year
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)One, (2006), Open, numbered style citations, Cites per doc: 4.08
• Science Technology & Society: An International Journal Devoted to the Developing World,(1999), Sage Publications, Cites per doc: 0.429, Harvard style.
• Society & Natural Resources, (1988), Taylor and Francis, 2010 Impact Factor: 1.117, citation style: author, date.
• World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WJSTSD), Published by Emerald, started in 2010 - very new. Citation style: Harvard

Service Learning

See Category:Service Learning Journals

• International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, Open Access, blind review. Citation style: footnotes or author, date.

Sustainable Development

• Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development (2008), Columbia U. student founded, Open Access, Citation style: footnote/ endnote.
• Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, (2009), Elsevier, indexed by Thompson, Impact factor: 2.100 (2011), Citation author, date
• Development and Change, (1981), Wiley - Blackwell. Interdisciplinary journal with a social critical analysis of development, Impact Factor: 1.359 (2011), Citation: Author, date
• Environment, Development and Sustainability (1999), Springer, double-blind review, Impact factor: 0.908(2010), Author, date style.
• Field Action Reports
• International Journal of Sustainable Development, (2002), Harvard Style, cites per doc 0.26
• The International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics(2006), WIT Press, Citation style: Author and numbered citation, Cites per Doc - 0.205
• International Journal of Developing Societies(2012), OJS (author, date)
• International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning (2006), WIT Press, Cites per doc - 0.188, Numbered citations
• The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (ijEDict), (2005), Open Access, Harvard style (Author, date)
• Journal of Educational Technology & Society, Open Access, APA reference style (Author, date), double-blind review process, impact: 1.067 (2010)
• The Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development (new) College Publishing, looks stalled 2007
• Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (1999), Published by: Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Style: Author, date.
• Journal of Sustainable Development - Canadian Center of Science and Education, Open Access, Author, date style.
• Low Carbon Economy (2010), Scientific Research Publishing, Open Access, Style: numbered in square brackets
• Peace, Conflict and Development (2002), Open Access, reference style: numeric and footnotes
• Proceedings of ICE, Engineering Sustainability(2003), Harvard (author, date) style, Two-year Impact Factor: 0.522.
• The Solutions Journal - Open Access, magazine-like, Footnote numbered style.
• Sustainable Development (1994), Wiley and Sons, Impact: 1.209, Reference style: author, date
• Journal of Sustainable Society (new 2012 - OJS) Reference style: author,date
• World Development Elsevier, Open Access available, Impact factor: 1.612(2011), reference style: author, date

Sustainability Science

• The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS)- Sustainability Science Impact factor: 1.668 for 2010. Numbered citations
• Sustainability Science (2007), Springer, Cites per doc - 1.467, reference style: author, date
• Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (2005), open access, citation: author, date
• Sustainability: The Journal of Record (2007), citation: superscript Arabic numbers. Open access options.

Other

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering-(2012)
• Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action (2007), Chicago style reference, open access
• International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing (IJSM) (2008), Inderscience, citations: author and date.
• International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management (IJSSM) (2008), Inderscience, citations: author and date.
• Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (JBCA) The Berkeley electronic press, open access references style: author, date.
• Journal of Cleaner Production (1993), Esevier, Impact factor: 2.425, citation style: author, date.
• Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment (2010), Taylor & Francis, author, date citation style
• Progress in Industrial Ecology (2004), Inderscience, Cites per doc: 0.333, citation: author, date
• Journal of Industrial Ecology (1997), Wiley. Citation: author, date. Impact Factor: 2.446
• The Social Justice Journal: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order (1974), citation: author, date,
• Technovation (1981), Impact factor: 2.993, Citation: author, date
• Journal of Community Informatics Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies: (2008), open access. Citation: APA.
• Journal of World Energy Law & Business (2008), Oxford press, reference style: footnote
• Journal of Global Responsibility (2010), Emerald, Harvard style citations
• Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (2010), Emerald, Harvard style
• African Journal of Information & Communication Technology (2005), University of technology, Sydney. Numbered citations, Open Access.
• Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (2010), Elsevier, Numbered citations.
• Journal of Remanufacturing (2010), Springer, Open Access, numbered citations
• Low Carbon Economy (2010), Scientific research, numbered citations, open access.
• International Journal of Design and Innovation Research (IJODIR) new 2008 Ref: name, date; uses template

Journal rankings

• ICT4D Journal Rankings - 2010
• Dev Studies Journal rankings - 2010

Magazines and Quasi-Journals

• Sustainability Institute Journal Irish - stalled on issue 3
• EcoIQ Sustainability and Stewardship (1998), Open Access
• ECOS - Towards a Sustainable Future (1974), Australia: books, journals, multimedia.
• World Watch Magazine Programs: Climate and Energy, Food and Agriculture, Environment and Society
• Yes! - a journal of Positive Futures: Powerful Ideas, Practical Solutions (1996), magazine style
• Journal for Activist Science & Technology Education (JASTE) Community-reviewed journal. Open Access. Also contains WePASTE - online discussion forum.
• Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems (2010), Research about the ways information is generated and used in the prevailing socio-technical landscape. Reference style: APA or any of the leading IS journals.

Open Access Journals

For list of open access journals

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• Open access journals list at Wikipedia
• PLOS One