Sustainability 2023 : Sustainability Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Goals

Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050, IF 3.889) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability

Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Goals https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/4TK47YQ59J

This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality research activities/products (original research articles, reviews and case studies are welcome) on artificial intelligence and smart technology advancements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

The potential and applications of AI and smart technologies to help achieve the SDGs;
Addressing and evaluating negative impacts of AI and smart technologies on sustainable development;
Developments in AI regarding climate, renewable energies, efficient energy use, health, agriculture, smart buildings, and urban settlements;
Ethical considerations in the use of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development, and in addressing conflicting goals;
Policy making and guidelines favouring sustainable, accountable, and trustworthy usage of AI.

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for the submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page of the Sustainability journal’s website

Instructions for Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://www.mdpi.com. After registration, the submission form is at https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=sustainability. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/instructions. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semi-monthly journal published by MDPI.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Guest Editors

Pierrick Bruneau, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Laura Cirrincione, University of Palermo, Italy
Gianluca Scaccianoce, University of Palermo, Italy


Submission Deadline

October 25th, 2023