A home for ground-breaking energy research, Joule, launching in 2017, is a forward-looking journal that bridges scales and disciplines.

Like other Cell Press journals, Joule is led by an experienced editor-in-chief, Phillip Earis, and guided by an illustrious advisory board of leaders in the field.

Joule gives authors unparalleled visibility and a connecting point for insights that stimulate new thinking and sparks new ideas for the benefit of society.

What is Joule?

• Joule, a sister journal to Cell, is a home for outstanding and insightful research, analysis and ideas addressing a key global challenge: the need for more sustainable energy.
• Joule is a distinctive and forward-looking journal, bridging disciplines and scales of energy research. Joule connects all who are researching and analyzing the challenges - scientific, technical, economic, policy and social - of providing sustainable energy solutions.
• Joule spans scales of energy research, from fundamental laboratory research into energy conversion and storage up to impactful analysis at the global level.
• Joule purposefully highlights and amplifies the implications, challenges and opportunities of novel energy research for different groups working across the entire spectrum of the field.

Research areas will include but not be limited to:

• Batteries and supercapacitors
• Biofuels and biotechnology
• Carbon capture and storage
• Energy access, security, and behavior
• Energy grids and networks
• Energy-harvesting devices
• Energy policy and economics
• Fuel cells
• Geothermal energy
• Hydrogen storage and energy
• Materials for energy systems
• Nuclear power
• Solar energy
• Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment
• Transportation fuels
• Wave energy, wind energy, and hydroelectricity