Publication Policy

EPE'25: Conference papers publication

In the past editions, EPE conferences were associated to the traditional and well-known IEEE Xplore® digital library. In this edition, EPE’25, for its 40^th anniversary, is evolving and for the first time, would be fully associated with the Open Science! Thus, conference papers will be published in Open Access and will appear as an online available papers (with DOI). The conference papers will be sent for indexing to the scientific databases, such as Google Scholar.

What is Open Science ?

Open science is a new approach that matches to the digital revolution in relation to the sharing of scientific data and content. It includes open access (free access to articles) and open data (free access to research data).

The main goal is to open up scientific content as much as possible but also as closed as necessary and according to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles which supervises the improvement of the re-use of relevant scientific research data. Whether on a European (https://openscience.eu/) or international scale (https://www.unesco.org/en/open-science), open science is a subject of interest that encourages collaborative work between researchers in order to accelerate scientific innovation while guaranteeing data security. Therefore, open science leads to an access to information, regarding research, training and also society. Indeed, “Citizen Science” is one of the main elements that makes the promotion of exchanges between citizens and the scientific community possible so that they are more confident in science and can feel concerned by scientific innovation projects.

In addition, a special issue of “Power Electronic Devices and Components”, Elsevier’s Open Access Journal, will collect a selection of accepted full papers but fully in the scope of the journal. Authors will be invited to submit the full paper (suitable for journal publication) before 31st December 2024 (article publishing free of charge for all authors who submit their article by 31 December 2024). The papers will undergo a successive peer-review process. Note that this does not guarantee any sort of special treatment for the submitted manuscripts. Information for authors may be found by going to the journal web page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/power-electronic-devices-and-components

If you have any questions concerning the technical content of your submission or the editorial process contact Manuela SECHILARIU <manuela.sechilariu@utc.fr>. If you have questions concerning manuscript central or the manuscript processing please contact Freya Feng <y.feng@elsevier.com>.

Very important: If you choose to take advantage of this opportunity only the abstract of your paper will be published in the conference proceedings. Nevertheless, if your paper, after reviewing, is not accepted for publication in the special issue “EPE Conference Selected Papers”, you can ask the publication of your full paper in the EPE 2025 Conference Proceedings. For this, please contact Fabrice LOCMENT <fabrice.locment@utc.fr>.

Power Electronic Devices and Components (PEDC) is an open-access journal specifically focusing on power-electronic devices and components, including materials, fabrication, design, characterization, and applications. The journal is indexed by SCOPUS and WOS. More information about the journal topics is available on PEDC web page.