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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • The manuscript is prepared using the official REB&S template and complies with the journal’s editorial, ethical, and bibliographic standards.
  • All authors meet authorship criteria, approve the submitted version, and agree to its submission.
  • All required disclosures have been provided, including conflicts of interest and permissions for copyrighted material.
  • The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, if any, has been transparently disclosed in accordance with the journal’s AI policy.
  • The data supporting the findings of the manuscript are available, properly cited, or their availability is clearly stated in accordance with the journal’s data availability and transparency requirements.
  • The manuscript is properly prepared for peer review, with all figures, tables, and references correctly formatted and cited.
  • All required metadata, including title, abstract, keywords, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs, will be accurately entered in the submission system.
  • The authors acknowledge that REB&S does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, peer review fees, publication fees, or reading fees.

Author Guidelines

REB&S receives submissions throughout the year and operates under a continuous publication model. Once a manuscript is submitted through the journal platform, it will undergo the editorial evaluation and peer-review process. If accepted, the article will be published online and assigned to the corresponding journal issue.

REB&S Thematic Areas

The scope of Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S) includes, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:

1. Sustainable Development

  • Sustainable process development
  • Climate change
  • Bioprocesses
  • Sustainable materials
  • Bioconstruction
  • Energy process optimization
  • Resource savings in industrial processes
  • Natural and constructed wetlands
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Circular economy
  • Ecosystem preservation
  • Management and reuse of solid waste
  • Ecotourism
  • Society, health, and safety
  • Agenda 2030
  • Other topics related to sustainable development

2. Renewable Energies

  • Solar energy
  • Wind energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Nuclear energy
  • Biomass
  • Biofuels
  • Fuel cells
  • Cogeneration
  • Waste-to-energy processes
  • Bioenergy generation process development
  • Other renewable or clean energies

3. Water, Soil, and Air Pollution

  • Pollutant monitoring
  • Biological treatments
  • Physicochemical processes

4. Bioinformatics Applied to Sustainable Development or Renewable Energies

  • Biological data management and analysis
  • Computational biology
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Modeling

5. Sustainable Process Design

  • Process control
  • Simulation and system dynamics
  • Life cycle analysis

6. Other Related Topics

REB&S also welcomes manuscripts addressing other topics related to sustainable development, renewable energy, biomass, bioenergy, environmental technologies, and sustainability.

Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Publication Fees

Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S) is an open access, non-commercial journal. The journal does not charge authors any fees for manuscript submission, editorial processing, peer review, publication, or access to published articles.

There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, publication fees, or reading fees. All published content is freely available to readers without subscription or payment.

REB&S is promoted by the AsociaciĂłn Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Sustentable y EnergĂ­as Renovables (ALDESER), and its editorial operation is supported as part of its academic and scientific dissemination activities.

REB&S Journal Publication Instructions

Authors must submit their manuscripts through the REB&S online platform. Before starting a submission, authors should ensure that the manuscript complies with the journal template, scope, editorial policies, and ethical requirements.

1. Manuscript Language and Format

The manuscript must be written in English and prepared according to the official journal template: REB&S Paper Template.dotx (click here to download).

References must follow APA format and must be complete, consistent, and cited in the text.

All submitted manuscripts must be the authors’ own original work and must not have been previously published or be under consideration by another journal.

2. Online Submission

To submit a manuscript, authors must upload it to the journal platform by selecting the “Make a New Submission”option in the Submissions section.

Authors must complete the five submission steps required by the OJS platform.

3. Uploading Submission Files

In Step 2: Upload Submission, authors must upload:

  • The manuscript prepared according to the REB&S template.
  • A Cover Letter, following the instructions provided in the REB&S Cover Letter section.

If revisions are requested after peer review, authors must upload the corrected manuscript together with a revised Cover Letter responding point by point to the reviewers’ recommendations.

4. Entering Metadata

In Step 3: Enter Metadata, authors must carefully complete all required metadata.

In the Rights section, authors must include the following statement:

“Authors retain full copyright.”

This statement must be included in accordance with the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license under which the articles are published.

In the Contributors section, authors must include the ORCID iD of each author.

Authors must provide the metadata in both English and Spanish, including:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Keywords

If authors are non-Spanish speakers and need assistance completing this section, they may contact the editorial team at: secretariat@aldeser.org.

5. Editorial Follow-Up

Once the manuscript has been submitted, the ALDESER editorial team will contact the corresponding author through the journal platform to follow up on the review and publication process in REB&S.

6. English Editing

ALDESER provides minor English editing for accepted manuscripts. However, if extensive language editing is required, the manuscript may be returned to the authors during the English editing stage of the publication process.

REB&S Cover Letter

For Initial Submission

A cover letter must be included with each article submission. It should be concise and explain why the content of the manuscript is significant, placing the findings in the context of existing work. It should also explain why the article fits the scope of the journal.

All cover letters must include the following statements:

“We confirm that neither the article nor any part of its content is currently under consideration or published in another journal.”

“All authors [include the complete names of all authors] have approved the article and agree with its submission to Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability.”

The cover letter must include the full name, position, and signature of the corresponding author.

For Revised Manuscripts

If revisions are required after peer review, authors must upload the corrected manuscript together with a Cover Letter responding point by point to the reviewers’ recommendations.

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S) permits the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools only as supportive instruments in the preparation of manuscripts, provided that they do not replace the original intellectual contribution of the authors.

Permitted Uses

AI tools may be used for limited support tasks, such as:

  • Language editing
  • Grammar correction
  • Translation support
  • Formatting assistance
  • Improvement of readability

Non-Permitted Uses

AI tools must not be used to:

  • Generate scientific hypotheses on behalf of the authors
  • Conduct critical analysis or interpret results
  • Create, alter, or manipulate research data
  • Fabricate references, citations, or sources
  • Draw conclusions that have not been developed and verified by the authors
  • Replace the authors’ intellectual contribution

AI tools do not qualify as authors and cannot assume responsibilities inherent to scholarly authorship.

Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and scientific validity of the submitted work, including any content prepared with the assistance of AI tools.

This responsibility includes the careful verification of:

  • Data
  • References
  • Citations
  • Quotations
  • Images
  • Tables
  • Possible bias, inaccuracies, or unsupported statements introduced by AI-assisted content

Disclosure Requirement

Any use of AI tools in the preparation of a manuscript must be explicitly disclosed at the time of submission.

The disclosure must specify:

  • The AI tool used
  • The specific purpose of its use
  • The extent of its application

Authors must complete the AI Use Disclosure section included in the official REB&S manuscript template. If AI tools were used, authors must indicate the tool used and its specific purpose, such as language editing, grammar correction, translation support, formatting assistance, or readability improvement.

If no AI tools were used, authors must include the following statement:

“The authors declare that no artificial intelligence tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.”

If the section is not applicable, authors must indicate:

“Not applicable.”

This disclosure may also be included in the cover letter when relevant.

Use of AI by Reviewers

Reviewers may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as improving the clarity or organization of their own review comments.

Reviewers must not upload, share, or process unpublished manuscripts, figures, tables, data, or confidential editorial information in AI platforms, in order to protect the confidentiality of the peer-review process.

The use of AI tools must not replace the reviewer’s independent critical assessment.

Editorial Actions

Failure to disclose the use of AI tools, inappropriate use of AI-generated content, fabrication of information, manipulation of data or references, or any breach of confidentiality during peer review may be considered a violation of publication ethics.

In such cases, the editorial team may request clarification, require corrections, reject the manuscript, withdraw the review, or take other editorial actions in accordance with the journal’s ethical policies.

These guidelines may be updated as international standards in scholarly publishing continue to evolve.

Original Articles

Original Articles present original and unpublished research results within the scope of Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S). These manuscripts may include experimental, theoretical, analytical, computational, applied, or field-based studies related to renewable energy, biomass, sustainability, environmental technologies, bioenergy, circular economy, and related areas.

Original Articles should clearly state the research objective, provide a sound methodological approach, present and discuss the results in relation to the current state of knowledge, and highlight the contribution of the study to the field. Manuscripts must include sufficient methodological detail to allow the work to be evaluated, reproduced, or applied by other researchers when appropriate.

All Original Articles are subject to editorial evaluation and double-blind peer review.

Review Articles

Review Articles provide a critical, organized, and up-to-date analysis of the scientific literature on a specific topic within the scope of REB&S. These manuscripts should synthesize existing knowledge, identify trends, methodological approaches, research gaps, limitations, and future perspectives in areas related to renewable energy, biomass, sustainability, environmental technologies, bioenergy, circular economy, and related fields.

Review Articles may follow a systematic, narrative, bibliometric, or integrative approach, depending on the objective of the manuscript. Authors should clearly describe the purpose of the review, the criteria or strategy used to select the literature, and the relevance of the topic to the journal’s scope.

All Review Articles are subject to editorial evaluation and double-blind peer review.

Privacy Statement

The names, email addresses, affiliations, ORCID iDs, and any other personal data entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the editorial, publishing, communication, indexing, and administrative purposes of Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S).

This information is used to manage user registration, manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial communication, copyediting, production, publication, metadata registration, indexing, and the improvement of the journal’s editorial services.

Personal data will not be sold, rented, shared for commercial purposes, or made available to third parties unrelated to the operation of the journal. Access to this information is limited to authorized editorial staff, editors, reviewers, technical support personnel, and service providers only when necessary for the editorial and technical management of the journal.

The editorial team may use aggregated and anonymized data to evaluate and improve the journal’s management, visibility, and performance. When applicable, anonymized and aggregated data may be shared with Public Knowledge Project (PKP) or related technical services for the improvement of the publishing platform.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any personal, sensitive, or human subject data included in their manuscripts comply with applicable ethical and legal requirements.

REB&S is committed to protecting user privacy and handling personal data responsibly, while preserving the integrity, transparency, and availability of the scholarly publishing record.