Special Issue "Accelerating Innovation"
A special issue of Smart Cities (ISSN 2624-6511).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 6078
Special Issue Editors

Interests: e-government; smart cities; internet of things; artificial intelligence; big data; computer and society

Interests: public decision modelling; market failure; adaptive economic policies; economic analysis.

Interests: international development; public administration reform; local government; good governance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Faculty of Public Administration within the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania, cordially invites you to submit a paper for the Special Issue of the MDPI journal Smart Cities entitled “Accelerating Innovation”—which is an anniversary issue celebrating the tenth edition of the Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC) and aims to focus more on longitudinal studies of digital reforms, locally and globally. Successful applications may also broach one or more of the following: e-government, e-democracy, social innovation, urban planning, and development.
This special issue is open to academics, policy makers, early-stage researchers and students in social sciences and other related fields. Experts in comparative public administration and elected officials of local governments are strongly encouraged to engage and submit their contributions.
Special Issue topics
- Smart governance
- Smart environment
- Smart technology
- Smart economy
- Smart people
- Smart mobility
- Smart living
- Smart education
- Young leaders for smart cities
- Future trends—smart(er) state
Dr. Catalin Vrabie
Dr. Teodora I. Bițoiu
Dr. Diana-Camelia Iancu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Smart Cities is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.