The Electrochemical Society (ECS) is proud to announce that ECS Advances (ECSA) has received its first Journal Impact Factor™ of 1.9 in the 2026 edition of Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR).
This milestone represents an important achievement for ECS Advances, the Society’s fully open-access multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research spanning the broad fields of electrochemistry and solid state science and technology.
Since its launch, ECS Advances has provided an accessible platform for impactful scientific discoveries and technological innovation. Receiving a first Impact Factor marks a significant step in the journal’s growth and recognition within the global scholarly publishing landscape.
The achievement reflects the collective efforts of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and ECS volunteers who have contributed to the journal’s success. Through their commitment to rigorous peer review, scientific excellence, and open dissemination of knowledge, the ECS community has helped establish a strong foundation for the journal’s future.
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
“Receiving the first Impact Factor is a key milestone for ECS Advances. It reflects the rigorous work of many—the editors, authors, reviewers, and the ECS publications team—to whom I remain grateful.
Let us continue working together to establish ECS Advances as a premier journal for technological advances in electrochemistry and solid state science. Look for researchers’ impactful contributions to our first focus issue, Electrochemical Innovations (submissions accepted as of September 1, 2026).”
Rohan Akolkar
Editor-in-Chief, ECS Advances
Advancing Open Science
As an open-access journal, ECS Advances is committed to accelerating the dissemination of research that addresses some of the world’s most pressing scientific and technological challenges. The journal publishes original research, reviews, perspectives, and special collections across the full scope of ECS technical interests, providing authors with broad visibility and global accessibility.
The assignment of a first Impact Factor provides an additional measure of the journal’s growing influence while reinforcing ECS’s longstanding mission to advance theory and practice at the forefront of electrochemical and solid state science and technology.