IETSCJ2020: IET Smart Cities Journal |
Journal website | https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/iet-smc |
IET SMART CITIES JOURNAL
- a new journal of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) UK
- all author processing charges are waived till December 2020
- accepted papers are accessible online at https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/iet-smc
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
Smart City Standards and Frameworks
- International Standards for smart sustainable cities
- Standard development efforts by working groups
- Interoperability frameworks of smart cities
Smart City Design, Technologies, and Implementation
DESIGN
- Smart city ICT system design, models, requirements, specifications
- Smart city ICT system architectures, and services
- Roadmaps, blueprints and future directions
TECHNOLOGIES
- Smart city operating systems and software platforms
- Smart city “brain”, operations, management and control Platforms
- 5G/NG/NB-IoT/C-IoT Wireless and optical connectivity
- Radio spectrum and backbone networks Networks
- Mobile ad hoc, mesh, LPWAN networks Telecoms,
- IoT, IoX and sensor technologies for smart cities
- V2X, EV, and AV technologies for smart cities
- Cloud and edge computing for smart cities
- Distributed storage and computing for smart cities
- Data centers design for smart cities
- Security protocols, AAA, blockchain, etc. for smart cities
- Data Analytics and Geospatial for smart cities
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for smart cities
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning for smart cities
- Urban-social Computing
IMPLEMENTATION
- Implementation issues and challenges
- Trials, pilots, proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Integration, testing and deployment issues
Smart City Measurement, Comparisons, and Ranking
- Maturity models and benchmarking metrics
- Rankings and indexes of smart cities
- Performance comparisons of smart cities, etc.
Smart City Verticals and Applications
- Smart Transport
- Smart Homes
- Smart Living
- Smart Health
- Smart Energy & Smart Utilities
- Smart Environment
- Smart Campus
- Smart Banking, Retail and e-commerce
- Smart City mobile applications
- Society impact and issues
- Smart City Citizens' Engagement
Smart City Governance, Planning and Policy
- City planning, governance, regulations, and frameworks
- City data harvesting and sharing policies
All Article Processing Charges (APCs) are waived for submissions received before the end of 2020.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chiefs
- Professor William Webb, FREng, FIEEE, FIET
- Professor Chai K. Toh, FREng, FIEEE, FAAAS, FIET, BCS
Advisory Board Members
- Dr. Vinton Cerf, FRS NAE Turing Medal (father of Internet)
- Dr. John Cioffi, FREng, NAE, Marconi Prize (father of DSL)
- Dr. Vincent Poor, FREng, FRS, NAE, Bell Medal
Subject & Associate Editors
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Professor Chai K. Toh, FREng at ck_away@hotmail.com