Best Paper Award

5.5
Impact Factor
14.7
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26 days
Time to First Decision

The Smart Cities Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of April.

The Prize:
– 1 research article and 1 review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

Smart Cities Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 30 April 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in the Smart Cities will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner

Feature Paper
Article
28 Citations
4,548 Views
23 Pages
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A Comparative Analysis of Multi-Label Deep Learning Classifiers for Real-Time Vehicle Detection to Support Intelligent Transportation Systems
Danesh Shokri,
Christian Larouche and
Saeid Homayouni
Smart Cities2023, 6(5), 2982-3004;https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities6050134
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23 October 2023
An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is a vital component of smart cities due to the growing number of vehicles year after year. In the last decade, vehicle detection, as a primary component of ITS, has attracted scientific attention because by...
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Review
38 Citations
16,628 Views
34 Pages
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Multivariate Time-Series Forecasting: A Review of Deep Learning Methods in Internet of Things Applications to Smart Cities
Vasilis Papastefanopoulos,
Pantelis Linardatos,
Theodor Panagiotakopoulos and
Sotiris Kotsiantis
Smart Cities2023, 6(5), 2519-2552;https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities6050114
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23 September 2023
Smart cities are urban areas that utilize digital solutions to enhance the efficiency of conventional networks and services for sustainable growth, optimized resource management, and the well-being of its residents. Today, with the increase in urban...
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Award Committee

PSPierluigi Siano
Pierluigi Siano
Chairman
Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno
Bin Jiang
Bin Jiang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Shichao Liu
Shichao Liu
Carleton University
Luigi Pariota
Luigi Pariota
University of Naples
Michela Longo
Michela Longo
Politecnico di Milano
DWDavid Wilson
David Wilson
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign