The Digital Engineering journal is an international, transdisciplinary platform dedicated to the advancement of digital engineering in a wide range of sectors. Our scope covers the theoretical, methodological, technological, and practical advances related to digitalization and digital technologies in the engineering domain. We welcome submissions of research and review papers exploring a range of topics in digital engineering, including but not limited to the following areas:
Smart manufacturing, robotics, and machines
Digital transformation in healthcare and biomedicine
Smart cities and urban planning
Digitalization in the economy, society, and governance
Sustainable agriculture and rural development
Innovations in transportation and logistics
Integration of digital technologies in industry and management
Aircraft design, avionics, and flight control technologies
Digitalization in architecture, construction, and civil engineering
Advancements in energy, power systems, and environmental management
Automation, control systems, and AI applications in engineering
Emerging trends and interdisciplinary applications in digital engineering
The Digital Engineering journal aims to serve as an international platform for sharing groundbreaking research results and propelling digital engineering innovations in different research areas. We invite contributions that not only maintain high academic standards but also promise to influence the future at different scales and sectors. We actively encourage papers addressing emerging topics, and we will also consider publishing special issues dedicated to these emerging areas.
Peer review
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors to determine suitability for publication in this journal. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to a minimum of two reviewers to assess the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected will be taken by our editors. Authors who wish to appeal the editorial decision for their manuscript may submit a formal appeal request in accordance with the procedure outlined in Elsevier’s Appeal Policy. Only one appeal per submission will be considered and the appeal decision will be final.
Read more about peer review.
Our editors are not involved in making decisions about papers which:
they have written themselves.
have been written by family members or colleagues.
relate to products or services in which they have an interest.
Any such submissions will be subject to the journal's usual procedures and peer review will be handled independently of the editor involved and their research group. Read more about editor duties.
Special issues and article collections
The peer review process for special issues and article collections follows the same process as outlined above for regular submissions, except, a guest editor will send the submissions out to the reviewers and recommend a decision to the journal editor. The journal editor oversees the peer review process of all special issues and article collections to ensure the high standards of publishing ethics and responsiveness are respected and is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles.