Solar Compass
Last updated ISSN 2772-9400
Solar Compass is published by Elsevier BV in energy. It is open access. The article processing charge is $500.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Solar Compass concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- solar cell performance optimization
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2772-9400 |
| Subject area | Energy |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $500 |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 169 |
| Publishing since | 2021 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/solar-compass |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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