Editorial independence
Who decides what Energy Catalyst publishes, and what has no bearing on that decision.
Independence and transparency
Who decides, and who pays.
Who decides, and who pays.
Who decides what Energy Catalyst publishes, and what has no bearing on that decision.
The editor-in-chief of Energy Catalyst has final responsibility for what it publishes. Caravel Press does not intervene in editorial decisions, and no commercial relationship, institutional interest or personal connection has any bearing on one.
Energy Catalyst is published by Caravel Press, which owns the title, provides the platform and the production, and appoints the editor-in-chief. It does not accept, reject or amend a paper.
Neither the ability to pay a charge nor the availability of a waiver has any bearing on an editorial decision. Charges are raised only after acceptance, and a waiver is settled by the editorial office, independently of the assessment of the paper.
No advertiser, society or institution has any part in what is published. Energy Catalyst carries no advertising, and publication is funded by article processing charges and by Caravel Press.
An editor who has any interest in a submission takes no part in handling it, and the submission is reassigned to a different editor. Editors are assigned by the editorial office, which does not assign one to a paper they have an interest in, and reassigns where an interest appears later.
If you believe a decision on your paper was reached on anything other than its merits, the complaints and appeals policy sets out how to say so and who considers it.
Where the money comes from, and why it has no bearing on what is published.
Publication is funded by article processing charges and by Caravel Press. The charge, and who is exempt from it, is set out in full on the charges page.
Energy Catalyst carries no advertising of any kind. No advertisement appears on any article page, and no advertising is interleaved with content.
We do not send unsolicited invitations to submit. Where we write to a researcher directly, it is because they have published with us, reviewed for us, agreed to serve on a board, or asked us to. We do not buy mailing lists.
We are guided by DORA and do not use journal-level metrics to represent the quality of an individual article or researcher. Any metric shown on this site names the index it comes from and links to it.
These policies apply to every journal we publish. Last revised 28 August 2026.
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