About the Journal

Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S) is a non-profit, Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that publishes original research articles related to the development and use of renewable energies, biomass conversion and studies related to sustainability and sustainable development with a multidisciplinary scope.

This journal counts with the Certificate of Reservation of Exclusive Use Rights No.: 04-2020-032015303300-102 and ISSN: 2683-2658, both are granted by the Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor (INDAUTOR, Mexico). The REB&S journal is indexed in Latindex, Google Scholar, CrossRef and Dialnet.

The journal covers research in sustainable development in the areas of bioprocesses, development of sustainable processes, climate change, sustainable materials, bioconstruction, optimization of energy processes, resource savings in industrial processes, natural and constructed wetlands, sustainable agriculture, circular economy, preservation of ecosystems, management and reuse of solid waste, ecotourism, society, health and safety, Agenda 2030, design of sustainable processes. Renewable energies in the areas of solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, nuclear, biomass, biofuels, fuel cells, cogeneration, waste to energy, development of bioenergy generation processes. Water, soil and air pollution, including pollutant monitoring, physicochemical and biological treatments, pretreatments. Bioinformatics applied to sustainable development or renewable energies.

REB&S journal provides a forum with an Open Access model for academics, researchers and technologists from the public and private sectors to present and discuss research results for better development and utilization of renewable energies, biomass conversion and sustainable development issues.

Peer review process

Papers submitted to REB&S are processed through a ‘single-blind’ peer review system in which the reviewers are aware of the author's names and affiliations and the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers during the paper review process.

Reviewers are selected for their expertise in the specific areas of the submitted paper and their opinion is related to scientific aspects, originality, contribution and relevance.

The reviewers’ opinions are forwarded to the authors and the decision has 4 possible options: Accepted, minor revision, major revision or rejected.

In addition, papers may be rejected directly by the Editor if judged to be out of scope or if scientifically or formally sub-standard.

To privilege rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 2 months for revision. After 2 months, revised manuscripts will be considered new submissions.

Publication Frequency

The publication is biannual, however, accepted and processed articles are posted online immediately. A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number will be assigned to all published papers once they are included in an journal issue.

REB&S journal works through the continuous publication model, which means that the submission of manuscripts to the journal is always open. Once your paper is uploaded to the platform, it will go through the evaluation process, and once accepted, it will be published online and assigned to the corresponding journal issue.

Open Access Policy

REB&S is published Open Access under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. In which, authors retain full copyright.

Authors contributing to REB&S agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, for any purpose, even commercially, under the condition that appropriate credit is given, that a link to the license is provided, and that you indicate if changes were made. The user may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests that the licensor endorses him or his use.

Articles are published once the authors proofread the manuscript stating that it does not require further changes before publication.

The papers published in the journal are subject to arbitration and their content is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the point of view of the Association or the editor.

Privacy policy

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that makes communication possible for the editorial process; it is used to inform readers about the authorship and editing of content; it enables collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication. This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here. The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data that figures in the research reported here. Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.