Submissions

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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 author's original and has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines and written according the REB&S Paper Template.
  • When available, URLs for the references have been provide (preferably DOI).

Author Guidelines

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.

REB&S JOURNAL PUBLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. The paper should be written in English according to the following template: REB&S Paper Template V4 N2.dotx (click here to download). Note that the references must follow the APA format.
2. Upload your paper to the platform for peer review by selecting the Make a new submission  option in the Submissions section.
3. Complete each of the 5 steps to Submit an Article.
3.1 In step 2. Upload Submission, in addition to your paper you must upload a Cover Letter (check " COVER LETTER" section). When your paper has been peer-reviewed, if revisions are required, you must upload your corrected manuscript with a Cover Letter that responds to the recommendations made by the reviewers.
3.2 In step 3. Enter Metadata, in the Rights section, you must write the following legend "Authors retain full copyright" according to the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, under which the papers are published. In the Contributors section, be sure to include the ORCID of each author if available. As required by some indexes such as "Clase" and "Periódica" of UNAM, you must fill in the metadata in both English and Spanish. If you are a non-Spanish speaker and need assistance in filling out this section, please let us know (secretariat@cidser.org).
4. The ALDESER team will contact the corresponding author through the journal platform to follow-up the review and publication process in the REB&S journal.
5. Once the paper is accepted and prior to publication, authors must cover the Article Processing Charge (APC).
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All papers submitted must be written in english, must be authors' own original work, and must not have been previously submitted to another journal for publication.

​Article Processing Charge (APC):
$ 210 USD ($ 3,800 MXN)
$ 105 USD ($ 1,900  MXN) (ALDESER Active Members)

The Article Processing Charge is per accepted paper (each one) prior to its publication.

If you do NOT require an invoice, to register your payment it is necessary to send your receipt to admin@aldeser.org. If you require a Receipt (Invoice), you must request it no later than the day after your payment, by filling out the Billing Form / Formulario de Facturación REB&S. 

ALDESER provides minor English editing for all accepted papers, included in the APC. The APC does not cover extensive English editing. Your paper could be returned to you at the English editing stage of the publication process if extensive editing is required.

RB&S THEMATIC AREAS

The application field of the contributions is based on the following areas, but they are not limitative:
 
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
Others 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
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. OTHERS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR RENEWABLE ENERGIES

REB&S COVER LETTER

For the submission

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

All cover letters are required to include the statements:
We confirm that neither the article nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in another journal.
All authors (include the complete name of all authors) have approved the article and agree with its submission to Renewable Energy Biomass & Sustainability journal.

The cover letter should include the full name, position and signature of the article's corresponding author.

For revised manuscripts

When your paper has been peer-reviewed, if revisions are required, you must upload your corrected manuscript with a Cover Letter that responds to the recommendations made by the reviewers. 

Original Articles

Original Articles are written by the person or people that conducted the experiment or observations.

They offer a detailed report of the techniques and methods used to conduct original research and their results. The results obtained are often through analytical and experimental studies with defined research questions and hypotheses. The findings of the study are mentioned in the discussion section with implications whether the findings have proved or disproved the hypothesis.

Review Articles

Review Articles provide a comprehensive summary of research on a certain topic, and a perspective on the state of the field and where it is heading.

They offer an important evaluation of published literature through comparison, analysis, pointing issues, or offering tips for future studies. Review articles are a vital part of academic writing as it identifies gaps in research, thereby providing explanation for new possible studies.

Copyright Notice

Copyright

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.

Reproducing published material from other publishers

It is necessary for authors to obtain permission in the event that their paper includes material from sources that are not in the public domain; such permission must be requested by the authors. Some specific cases for which permission must be requested are: photographs taken by a third party; previous work by the authors for which they have granted copyright; use of graphic material such as figures and tables with minimal modifications; among others.

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