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Energy Strategy Reviews Perspective and Ambition PDF
Energy Strategy Reviews Perspective and Ambition PDF
EDITORIAL
This maiden issue contains peer-reviewed articles on energy strategy, planning, decision making, modeling and analysis related to
societys energy needs. The lead article, authored by a representative team of experts on the Editorial Board, reviews the models
and actors relevant for the future optimization of Energy Mix solutions. The challenge is to improve, not only the energy system models,
but also the alignment of leading decision-makers who must use these models to effectuate optimum strategy choices for our future
energy systems. Our journals vision is that the sharing of energy visions and strategy plans by organizations, corporations and states
will contribute to establish a common knowledge base for optimizing our future energy choices. Optimists bet on Human ingenuity
to spring the Malthusian trap, as it has done so before - the Economist. Energy Strategy Reviews captures and disseminates that
ingenuity.
2211-467X/$ e see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
doi:10.1016/j.esr.2011.11.001
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Challenges Fig. 1. China versus US world share of total article output (1996-2008) extrapolated with a linear best-fit trend.
Selected country shares of global output are also included. Source: Scopus Country Data, October 2010; Elsevier Editors
Energy strategy and its impact on energy Update Issue 33 September 2011 volume 3.
market dynamics play a central role in solving
the worlds energy needs. The global energy and when necessary, (2) suggesting and edit- the journals profile and impact right from
market is considerably impacted by the mete- ing special issues, and (3) mobilizing an ever the start. ScienceDirect is Elseviers leading
oric rise of China, which has overtaken the US expanding network of reviewers to get the full-text scientific database offering journal
as worlds largest energy consumer in 2009. job done. The profiles of our Editors are out- articles and book chapters from more than
China will also overtake the US role as the lined at the journals web portal (www. 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than
worlds largest scientific output generator elsevier.com/locate/esr). 11,000 books. ScienceDirect is a vital daily
by 2013 (Fig. 1) - and it is set to become The Editor-in-Chief screens and makes an source of information for more than 16 million
the worlds largest economy by 2016 (on initial assessment on the suitability of all manu- researchers, scientists and professionals
purchasing-power-parity basis; and in 2019 scripts submitted for potential publication in around the globe. The ScienceDirect Energy
using real growth and exchange rates). The Energy Strategy Reviews. We only send manu- area alone has close to 500,000 unique visi-
explosive growth in article output of China is scripts out for review if these meet the scope tors each month and more than 3 million
unique. While India is catching up, output of the journal, with an emphasis on originality page views per month. In addition the journal
numbers are still modest but the growth and significance in the broad development of will be automatically listed in Scopus (http://
percentage is impressive (Fig. 1). The the energy strategy field. www.scopus.com/home.url), the worlds
geographical shift in the energy balance is The Associate Editors advise the Editor-in- largest abstract and citation database of
reflected in the worlds scientific output. A Chief on the decision categories (rejection, peer-reviewed literature and quality web
gradual adaptation of journals authors and minor revision, major revision, acceptance) sources. ESR will be promoted at the World
editorial boards takes place to mirror the based on the detailed reports of the Future Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi,
rise of Asia. ESR will follow that trend. reviewers commissioned by them. The work- January 2012 (http://www.worldfutureener
flow between the Editor-in-Chief, Associate gysummit.com/).
Editorial board Editors and Reviewers is assisted by the Elsev-
ier on-line journal management system. Ruud Weijermars, Editor-in-Chief
Our Editorial Board taps into a network of Delft University of Technology,
the worlds premier energy system modelers Freely available and webcast The Netherlands
and covers the entire field of energy strategy. Henri van Dorssen, Executive Publisher
We exercise the following tasks and responsi- Energy Strategy Reviews, in its first year, Elsevier Limited, UK
bilities: (1) Re-adjusting, influencing and will be made freely available to ScienceDirect
safe-guarding the strategic direction for and users (http://www.sciencedirect.com/) to Available online 7 November 2011
positioning of the journal from time to time maximize awareness worldwide and to build