Journal profile
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities
ISSN 2518-3893 · European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) · Belgium
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities is published by European Alliance for Innovation (EAI). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Smart Cities and Technologies, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing and Internet of Things and AI, together about 39.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Smart Cities are transforming our urban life with digital technologies, offering new citizen-centric public services, optimizing the usage of resources, and reducing the impact of service provisioning on the environment. Cities are too big to ignore, they are at the core of our work and leisure lives, hosting the majority of the World's population, and the majority of its innovation infrastructure and assets.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Hiep Xuan HuynhPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smart Cities and TechnologiesEngineering21%
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science9.8%
- Internet of Things and AIComputer Science9.1%
- Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityComputer Science4.9%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Innovation in Digital Healthcare SystemsHealth Professions4.2%
- Traffic control and managementEngineering3.5%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CrossRef, Google Scholar, ProQuest, EBSCO, CNKI, Dimensions, OCLC Discovery Services, EuroPub, JournalsInsight, Publons, SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest), Publicly Available Content Database (ProQuest), EBSCO EssentialsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.91OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,249Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 115 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 122 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 116 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 113 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 70 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–8
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- commentaryResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- opinionResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…Length not stated
- original researchResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…Length not stated
- research articleResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- review articleResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- short communicationResearch article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- short communicationsShort communications: Short articles (1000-2500 words) containing original research pieces. They should not be preliminary reports or contain purely incremental…Length not stated
- technical articleTechnical Article: Technical articles are original reports on specialist technical work, written for a professional audience. There are no minimum or maximum le…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright
- Authorship
Privacy statement: names and email addresses used exclusively for stated purposes of EAI, not shared with other parties. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of EAI and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Balancing Efficiency and Equity: Ethical Considerations for Automation in Urban Planning
Appears in: sc 25(4): Authors: Vandit Mehta, Abhishek RaisinghaniPublished: 21st Feb 2025Abstract: The integration of automation into urban planning introduces a complex dynamic where efficiency often clashes with equity, especially for marginalized communities. This necessitates a delicate balance between these two aspects. This article investigates the ethical principles and equity consideration…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors retain copyright; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors retain copyright over their materials, and they are free to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the material since all the papers are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2518-3893
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities
How long does peer review take at EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–8; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities is indexed in DOAJ.
Is EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities open access, and what is the APC?
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .