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".. |
| 2025 | Smart Cities established the following sections:
Smart Urban Infrastructures was renamed as Physical Infrastructures and Networks in Smart Cities. Smart Transportation was renamed as Smart Urban Mobility, Transport, and Logistics. Energy and ICT was renamed as Smart Urban Energies and Integrated Systems. Internet of Things was renamed as Internet of Things, Computing, and Communications Technologies in Smart Cities. Smart Grids, Smart Data, Cloud Computing, Applied Science and Humanities for Smart Cities, Smart Positioning and Timing, Smart Health, Smart Sensors, Smart Business were discontinued. |
| 2026 | Smart Cities adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
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 |
| 2019–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ilaria De Munari for the section on Smart Buildings 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. Silvano Vergura for the section on Energy and ICT Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Fabio Dovis for the section on Smart Positioning and Timing |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Frank Witlox for the section on Smart Urban Mobility, Transport, and Logistics Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Javier Prieto for the section on Internet of Things, Computing, and Communications Technologies in Smart Cities Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Silvano Vergura for the section on Smart Urban Energies and Integrated Systems |
