Guidelines on Publishing and Research Ethics in Journal Articles
Copyright and Licensing
After Acceptance
Editorial Office Contact Details
1. Open Access
All Article Processing Charges for Electrical Materials and Applications are sponsored by State Grid Smart Grid Research Institute Co., Ltd.; authors do not need to pay.
All IET journals are Gold Open Access titles. Submissions will be subject to an APC if accepted and published in the journal. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver.
There is no charge for submitting to IET journals.
2. Special Issues
Special issues of Electrical Materials and Applications highlight emerging topics within the field of engineering or pose interesting questions and offer new perspectives on an existing area of research.
View our special issue calls for papers to submit your research or, if you are interested in submitting a special issue proposal, read our guidelines here.
3. Article Types
The following article types are included in Electrical Materials and Applications:
Original Research Paper
Report of original research findings and data.
Review
Critically examines the body of research on a particular subject and give insights/informed opinions on the direction and future of the research field.
Short Communication
Brief presentations of new technical concepts and developments, often just making a single point which can be done succinctly and clearly in this format.
Perspective
By invitation only. Perspectives discuss one or a cluster of recently published papers, or a specific technique or application relevant to the journal’s scope. It should include a discussion of the outlook, challenges, and opportunities.
Perspectives are not like research articles – research articles describe novel findings that have been found as a result of research. A perspective is more like a review paper, however, it differs from a review paper because reviews look widely at the current state of knowledge, how it has changed and what the challenges are whereas a perspective takes a narrower focus, e.g. on a single paper or technique.
4. Preparing Your Submission
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/EMA3.
You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. For editorial enquiries, please contact sgri_ema@geiri.sgcc.com.cn.