Submissions

Author Guidelines

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on cross-section topics related to IT and Energy. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, commentaries, editorials, technical articles, and short communications with a monthly frequency (12 issues per year). 

Requirements for publishing in EAI Transactions:

• The article must be written by the correct EAI Endorsed Transactions template zip.
• Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere.
• The abstract should be between 200 and 1000 characters long. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract.​
• Three to eight keywords representing the main content of the article are required.
• Please ensure that the used reference style is Vancouver; if the references are not in the correct style, they may need to be retyped and carefully proofread. You can find it in the EAI Transactions templates.
• The articles have to be written in formal English, 'spell-checked' and 'grammar checked'.
• Only articles and abstracts that have been published or are in press or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited.
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa.
• Figures and tables need to be of readable quality.
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet).

Article types

• Research article: Articles (4000-8000 words) that report original research and which present objective, questions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusions.
• Review article: In-depth review articles (4000-8000 words) of topics that build upon comprehensive references to the published literature. These articles are meant to offer relevant concepts, frameworks, theoretical proposals, and limitations in the topic covered.
• Commentary: Commentary pieces and columns are short articles (typically up to 1000 words) that reflect the opinion of the author(s) on a topic of interest, written for a broad audience. These may be stand-alone pieces or part of a regular series.
• Editorial: These are written by the editor(s) or invited researchers (1000-2000 words) to discuss broader issues related to the articles published in the issue, the journal or certain topics relevant to the journal.
• Technical Article: Technical articles are original reports on specialist technical work, written for a professional audience. There are no minimum or maximum length constraints, but articles should be long enough to clearly explain the work carried out, while not of an excessive length that distorts rather than increases understanding.
• Short communications: Short articles (1000-2500 words) containing original research pieces. They should not be preliminary reports or contain purely incremental data and should be of significance and broad interest to the journal's research community.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Starting May 1, 2026, authors of all articles will be required to pay an APC of $800. Submissions made prior to May 1, 2026 will be charged $400. The APC was established to cover editorial production expenses.

APC Waiver and Discount Policy

EAI offers discounts or waivers from Article Processing Charges to early-career scholars lacking institutional resources and scholars based in locations classified by the World Bank as low-income and lower-middle income economies.

To apply for an APC waiver or discount, authors should contact the EAI Publications Department by sending an email to publications@eai.eu, stating their manuscript ID, name of the journal to which their manuscript was submitted to, and their reasoning. Requests will be considered by the Publications Department on a case-by-case basis only after the manuscript has been accepted for publication in the journal. Manuscripts which have not yet passed the peer review process will not be considered.