Journal History
| 2018 | The inaugural issue was released. Smart Cities was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2019 |
Smart Cities established the following sections:
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| 2020 | The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) became affiliated to Smart Cities. |
| 2021 | Smart Cities was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Smart Cities was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2022 | Smart Cities received its first CiteScore (2021) of 5.5. |
| 2023 | Smart Cities adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Smart Cities received its first Impact Factor (2022) of 6.4. Smart Cities received its CiteScore (2022) of 8.5. |
| 2024 | Smart Cities received its 2023 Impact Factor (7.0), ranked 3/77 in "Urban Studies" and 34/352 in "Engineering, Electrical and Electronic". Smart Cities received its 2023 CiteScore (11.2), ranked 6/279 in "Urban Studies", 74/797 in "Electrical and Electronic Engineering", and 53/350 in "Artificial Intelligence".. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Siano |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Moreno-Munoz for the section on Smart Grids |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Frank Witlox for the section on Smart Transportation Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Javier Prieto for the section on Internet of Things Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ilaria De Munari for the section on Smart Buildings Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Fabio Dovis for the section on Smart Positioning and Timing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Silvano Vergura for the section on Energy and ICT |
