About this journal

Aims and scope

Smart Science (ISSN 2308-0477) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes significant original scientific researches, and reviews and analyses of current research and science policy. We welcome submissions of high quality papers from all fields of science and from any source. Articles of an interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcomed.

Smart Science aims to be among the top multidisciplinary journals covering a broad spectrum of smart topics in the fields of materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, medicine, and biology.

Smart Science is currently focusing on the topics of Smart Manufacturing (CPS, IoT and AI) for Industry 4.0, Smart Energy and Smart Chemistry and Materials.

Other specific research areas covered by the journal include, but are not limited to:

1. Smart Science in the Future

2. Smart Manufacturing

  • Cyber-Physical System (CPS)
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Brain (IoB)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Smart Computing
  • Smart Design/Machine
  • Smart Sensing
  • Smart Information and Networks

3. Smart Energy and Thermal/Fluidic Science

4. Smart Chemistry and Materials

Peer review policy
All manuscripts are pre-checked by editors, and if appropriate, sent for single anonymized peer review. Contributions must be original, not previously or simultaneously published elsewhere, also are critically reviewed before they are published. For in-depth review, at least two outside referees are consulted. Reviewers are contacted before being sent a paper and are asked to return comments within 3 weeks for most papers. Reviewers may be selected to evaluate separate components of a manuscript. We greatly appreciate the time spent in preparing a review, and will consult you on a revision of a manuscript only if we believe the paper has been significantly improved but still requires input. The responsibility of final decisions on acceptance or rejection of a submitted manuscript lies with the editors. Editors reserve the right to reject papers without sending them out for review.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 16K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.925 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.569 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 66 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 93 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 21% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief:

Associate Editors-in-Chief

Honorary Editorial Board Members:

Section Editorial Board Members:

Section:

Smart Science in the Future

Section:

Smart Manufacturing

Section:

Smart Energy and Thermal/Fluidic Science

Section:

Smart Chemistry and Materials

Abstracting and indexing

Smart Science is abstracted/indexed in:


  • Ei Compendex
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index
  • Scopus
  • EBSCO

  • Research Bible
  • Google Scholar
  • OCLC WorldCat
  • airiti library
  • Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry



Open access

Smart Science is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.

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News, offers and calls for papers

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Society information

Smart Science is now sponsored by Taiwan Society of Intelligent Instrument Inventions and Smart Digital Tech Co., Ltd.

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