Submitting manuscript to Sustainable Energy and Artificial Intelligence is totally online. You can submit your papers through the “Submit Manuscript” link in the main menu of the journal website. It is necessary to create an account using the register link on the page, if this is the first time submitting a paper to this journal. To ensure the authenticity and originality of submitted manuscripts, this journal uses Ithenticate software and all submitted papers are subject to a single-blind peer-reviewing procedure. Submission, processing, and publication of the papers in SEAI is free of charge.

The journal scope comprise smart energy systems; AI applications in control of energy systems; AI, energy and environment; data analysis,  digital twinning; big data analytics; complex energy process; complex energy systems; internet of things; cyber-physical energy systems; virtual reality; energy efficiency; energy storage; AI applications in the oil and gas industry.

Types of paper

Sustainable Energy and Artificial Intelligence (SEAI) is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of following types of papers reporting on major advances in Energy and AI areas.

• Original Research
• Review Articles
• Case study
• Short Reports or Letters

Contact details for submission

• Website: https://enai.hut.ac.ir/
• Phone: +98 81 38411577
• e-mail: pub@hut.ac.ir

Submission declaration and verification

Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All communications (notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision) take place by e-mail and via the author's homepage.

Authors are requested to provide the names and e-mail addresses of at least 2 reviewers.

Submission checklist

You can use this list to make sure your paper meets all the requirements before sending it to the journal.

Ensure that the following items are present

1. One author has been appointed as the corresponding author with contact details:

• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• ORCID researcher ID code

To get the ORCID code, refer to the link below.

                                                                            https://orcid.org

2. The following files must be uploaded through the manuscript submission system:

• The main file of the manuscript
• Title page 
• Author's Commitment and Copyright Transfer Form (must include the title of the article and the name and surname of all authors and be signed by the Corresponding Author and uploaded to the journal site)
• Conflicts of Interest form (must be signed by the Corresponding Author and uploaded with the article file)
• Cover Letter

3. Make sure that Manuscript includes:

• Keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figures and tables citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print

Further considerations

• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements.

Ethics in publishing

Please see the relevant section on publication ethics.

Copyright

The corresponding author should sign the journal Author’s commitment and copyright form on behalf of all co-authors and upload it to the Journal’s Submission System when submitting the manuscript.

Language (usage and editing services)

All papers must be written in in the proper English language. If English is not your native language, you should ask a native English speaker to carefully proofread your paper. All the submissions with inaccurate English are likely to be rejected without any review. To avoid any mistakes, it is strongly recommended to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of the Microsoft Word processor.  

Submission

Our online submission system guides you step by step through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.

Referees

Please submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of at least 2 potential referees. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

Review Process

A peer review system involving two or three reviewers is used to ensure high quality of manuscripts accepted for publication. If the manuscript topic is outside the scope of the Journal, it is lacking technical merit, or is poorly written, The Editor-in-Chief has the right to decline formal review of the manuscript.

Manuscript Preparation

Use of word processing software

• It is important to save the file in the native format of the word processor used. (*.doc or *.docx).
• The layout of the text should be as simple as possible. (Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article).
• You can use bold formatting, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc.
• To avoid unwanted errors using the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor is strongly recommended.
• Papers must be typed using 10 pts standardized Times New Roman font in double-column and single-spacing format on standard A4 paper size
• Your manuscript should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files—whichever you prefer, and must include the following essential items: Title, List of authors, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Foot notes, Appendices, Acknowledgements, and References. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files.
• Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. If the figures are not of sufficiently high quality your manuscript may be delayed.

Essential title page information

Title should be Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Authors and their affiliations: List of the full names of all authors, should be placed below the title. Check that all names are accurately spelled.

Author information

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country (where the actual work has been done)
• A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
• If available, the 16-digit ORCIDof the author(s)

If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.

Corresponding author. Use an asterisk (*) to distinguish the "corresponding author" to clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication. Ensure that up to date contact details including phone number (with country and area code), fax number, full postal address, and email address are provided.  

*    Title Page, including Titles and Authors and their addresses, should be submitted as a separate file.

Abstract: A concise and factual abstract (consist of 150 - 250 words) is required to state briefly the purpose of the research, the significant new results and major conclusions. Figure numbers, table numbers, and references should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, a list of 5 to 10 keywords should be provided, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Article structure

Subdivision - numbered sections

Your article must be divided into numbered sections such as Introduction, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, References, …. Each section can include Subsections. All the Subsections should also be numbered using a multi-level numbering style:  1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering).

Introduction

Presents the topic and the objectives of the work and provides the necessary background context. It also addresses the methodology, describes the research problem and current research for that topic, and States the principle results of the experiment, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Material and methods

Explain the methods used in your research in detail. In case of using the previously published methods, Cite the relevant reference.

Tables and Figures 

Should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals (Table 1. and Figure 1.). Tables must have a brief descriptive title. Figures should have figure captions. The content of figures and tables should not be duplicated. Figures and tables must be put in related location in the manuscript.

Conclusions

In this section, the issues raised in the paper and the main results must be presented in a concise and clear manner.

Appendices

Any material that may disrupt the argument flow of your paper, such as tables, figures, photos, etc., can be provided in the attachment section. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified with letters (Appendix A, Appendix B, ...).

Acknowledgements

Present acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.

References

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990).
• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references at the end of the manuscript. References should be in numerical order according to their order of appearance in the text. It is recommended to use EndNote software and “IEEE” referencing style for this journal. Examples of citations are given below:

Journal article

• Kannan, P. Renuga, and A. R. G. Monica, "Optimal capacitor placement and sizing using combined fuzzy-HPSO method, " Int. J. Eng. Sci. Technol., vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 75–84, 2011. DOI: 10.4314/ijest.v2i6.63700
• Zhang, A. Y. Lam, A. D. Domínguez-García, and D. Tse, "An optimal and distributed method for voltage regulation in power distribution systems," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1714-1726, 2015.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2347281.

Conference Paper

• Bibi, A. Ahmad, F. Aadil, M. Kim and K. Muhammad, "A Solution to Combined Economic Emission Dispatch (CEED) problem using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA)," 2020 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 712-718, doi: 10.1109/CSCI51800.2020.00131.

Book

• Radovanovich, S. Popov, and S. Dodic, Sustainable Energy Management, First ed., New York: Elsevier, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/C2011-0-05403-0

Chapter in an edited book

• W. Franklin, "Management of the problem," in S. M. Smith, The maltreatment of children, Lancaster: MTP, 2012, pp. 83-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6162-6_4.

Website

• Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. (2 July, 2021) Renewable Energy vs Sustainable Energy: What’s the Difference?

         https://energy.sais.jhu.edu/articles/renewable-energy-vs-sustainable-energy/

 Thesis

• Smith, E. R. C. (2019). Conduits of invasive species into the UK: the angling route? D. Thesis. University College London. Available at: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072700(Accessed: 20 May 2021).

Standard

• IEEE Guide for Application of Power Apparatus Bushings, IEEE Standard C57.19.100-1995, Aug. 1995. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEESTD.2013.6469143.