Smart Cities

Smart Cities is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI AG of Basel, Switzerland, covering the science and technology of smart cities, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.6《智慧城市》（Smart Cities）是瑞士巴塞尔（MDPI AG）每月在线出版的国际同行评议开放获取期刊，聚焦智慧城市的科学与技术，2025 年影响因子为 6.6。

Scope

• Core technologies and methods include artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Internet of Things and sensor networks, big data analytics and urban informatics, digital twins and urban modeling, blockchain, 5G and 6G networks, cloud and edge computing, and cyber-physical systems核心技术与方法涵盖人工智能与机器学习、物联网与传感器网络、大数据分析与城市信息学、数字孪生与城市建模、区块链、5G 与 6G 网络、云与边缘计算以及信息物理系统。
• Key application areas span smart mobility and transportation such as mobility as a service, smart energy systems and grids, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, urban governance and citizen engagement, smart buildings and urban planning, social sustainability and quality of life, connected and autonomous vehicles, water and waste management, and logistics and supply chains主要应用方向包括智慧出行与交通（如出行即服务）、智慧能源系统与电网、可持续与韧性基础设施、城市治理与公民参与、智慧建筑与城市规划、社会可持续性与生活质量、网联自动驾驶车辆、水务与废弃物管理以及物流与供应链。
• Cross-cutting themes comprise the metaverse for smart cities, human-centric design and inclusivity, cybersecurity and privacy, policy, AI ethics and governance, citizen engagement and public participation交叉主题包括智慧城市元宇宙、以人为本的设计与包容性、网络安全与隐私、政策、AI 伦理与治理、公民参与和公众参与。
• Sustainability, resilience and environment topics cover urban sustainability, urban resilience, urban environmental monitoring, urban climate change adaptation, the urban circular economy, urban green infrastructure and urban disaster management可持续、韧性与环境方向覆盖城市可持续性、城市韧性、城市环境监测、城市气候变化适应、城市循环经济、城市绿色基础设施与城市灾害管理。
• The journal publishes reviews, regular research papers and communications, places no restriction on the maximum length of papers, and encourages articles that combine modeling or simulation with experimentation for idea validation该刊发表综述、常规研究论文与短讯，对论文篇幅不设上限，并鼓励结合建模或仿真与实验验证的稿件。
• It also seeks contributions on the analysis and assessment of smart city development and management concerning city design, governance and policy implementation, which should rest on solid theoretical foundations and go beyond specific city profiles该刊亦征集关于城市设计、治理与政策实施中智慧城市发展与管理的分析与评估稿件，此类研究应立足扎实的理论基础，并超越对特定城市个案的简单描述。
• As a transdisciplinary forum, the journal brings together engineering, computer science, urban planning, environmental science and social science perspectives on smart cities and their territories作为跨学科交流平台，该刊汇聚工程、计算机科学、城市规划、环境科学及社会科学视角，探讨智慧城市及其所在区域的发展。

History

• The journal was founded in 2018 by MDPI AG, and its first volume carried an editorial by Pierluigi Siano, Isam Shahrour and Silvano Vergura introducing the new transdisciplinary title该刊于 2018 年由（MDPI AG）创办，第 1 卷刊载了由（Pierluigi Siano）、（Isam Shahrour）与（Silvano Vergura）撰写的创刊社论，介绍这本新的跨学科期刊。^[1]
• The ISSN record dates the journal from 2018, with Basel-based MDPI AG as publisher, English as the publication language and monthly as the publication frequencyISSN 记录显示该刊自 2018 年开始出版，出版方为巴塞尔的（MDPI AG），出版语言为英文，出版频率为月刊。
• In 2021 the journal was accepted for coverage in Scopus and in the Emerging Sources Citation Index of the Web of Science, and it is also indexed in Inspec, AGRIS and DOAJ2021 年该刊被 Scopus 与 Web of Science 的（ESCI）收录，此外还被 Inspec、AGRIS 与 DOAJ 收录。
• The journal is published online only in a continuous manner, and it is affiliated with the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, whose members receive an APC discount该刊仅以在线形式连续出版，并与国际建筑与建设研究创新理事会（CIB）建立附属合作，其会员可享文章处理费折扣。
• It is a fully gold open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license with an article processing charge of CHF 2000, and authors from institutions in the Institutional Open Access Program can obtain discounts该刊为完全开放获取期刊，采用（CC BY 4.0）许可，文章处理费为 2000 瑞士法郎，参加机构开放获取计划（IOAP）的作者可享折扣。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 5.5 in 2024 and 6.6 in 2025, and the journal now ranks in the first quartile of the Urban Studies category of the Journal Citation Reports其影响因子 2024 年达 5.5，2025 年升至 6.6，目前在期刊引证报告的城市研究类别列第一四分位。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Pierluigi Siano of the Department of Management and Innovation Systems at the University of Salerno in Italy, a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for 2022, 2023 and 2024 whose interests include smart grids, renewable planning, energy management and electric vehicles主编为意大利（University of Salerno）管理与创新系统系的（Pierluigi Siano）教授，他是（Clarivate）2022 至 2024 年度高被引科学家，研究方向涵盖智能电网、可再生能源规划、能源管理与电动汽车。
• Four Section Editors-in-Chief cover the main domains: Javier Prieto of the University of Salamanca in Spain for Internet of Things, computing and communications, Hao Sheng of Beihang University in China for artificial intelligence and LLM agents in data-driven decisions, Silvano Vergura of the Polytechnic University of Bari in Italy for smart urban energies and integrated systems, and Frank Witlox of Ghent University in Belgium for smart urban mobility, transport and logistics四位栏目主编分管主要领域：西班牙（University of Salamanca）的（Javier Prieto）负责物联网、计算与通信技术，中国北京航空航天大学的（Hao Sheng）负责智慧城市数据驱动决策中的人工智能与 LLM 智能体，意大利（Polytechnic University of Bari）的（Silvano Vergura）负责智慧城市能源与集成系统，比利时（Ghent University）的（Frank Witlox）负责智慧城市出行、交通与物流。
• Isam Shahrour of the Civil and Geo-Environmental Laboratory at Lille University in France serves as Associate Editor法国里尔大学土木与地质环境实验室的（Isam Shahrour）担任副主编。
• The editorial board numbers 44 members drawn from about 15 countries and regions, with the largest groups in the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and mainland China编委会由来自约 15 个国家和地区的 44 名成员组成，以美国、意大利、英国、西班牙和中国大陆的编委人数最多。
• The journal applies single-blind peer review, screens submissions with iThenticate, and reports a median time to first decision of about 25 days with roughly 4.5 days from acceptance to publication该刊实行单盲同行评议，使用（iThenticate）检测稿件原创性；据其公布的数据，投稿至首次决定的中位时间约 25 天，接受到出版约 4.5 天。
• Reviewers who return timely and high-quality reports receive APC discount vouchers for future MDPI publications, and the journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics审稿及时且报告质量高的审稿人可获得今后在 MDPI 期刊发表文章的（APC）折扣券；该刊为国际出版伦理委员会（COPE）成员。