Procedia Engineering (ISSN: 1877-7058)

Description

What is Procedia Engineering?
Launched in January 2009, Procedia Engineering is an e-only product focusing entirely on publishing high quality conference proceedings. Procedia Engineering enables fast dissemination so conference delegates can publish their papers in a dedicated online issue on ScienceDirect, which is then made freely available worldwide.

Conference proceedings are accepted for publication in Procedia Engineering based on suitability and are required to meet certain criteria, including relevance to an international audience and covering highly cited or timely topics. Procedia Engineering will cover proceedings in all topics in Engineering.

What does Procedia Engineering offer authors and conferences organizers?
Procedia Engineering offers a single, highly recognized platform where conference papers can be hosted and accessed by millions of researchers. Authors then know where to go to keep abreast of the latest developments in their field. All proceedings appear online, on Science Direct, within 6 weeks of acceptance of the final manuscripts via the conference organizer and are freely available to all users. Procedia Engineering offers authors and conference organizers a fast and cost effective way to provide maximum exposure for their papers.

Templates (both Latex and Word) are provided to assist in the publication and the final online papers contain linked references, XML versions and DOI numbers. All papers published in Procedia Engineering are also be covered by Scopus.

Why should conference organizers choose Procedia Engineering?
Unlike regular journals, there is no limit to the amount of papers a Procedia Engineering issue can contain and pricing is affordable, clear and transparent. Procedia Engineering offers immediate access for all, with papers online within 6 weeks of acceptance, and free access providing maximum exposure for individual papers and the related conference. Organizers are being credited on the actual issue and are fully responsible for quality control, the review process and the content of individual conference papers.

What is the process for submitting conference proceedings to Procedia Engineering?
Proposals, including a synopsis of why such a Procedia Engineering issue will have an impact on its community, a list of agreed contributors and an outline of the related conference (including a link to the conference website) should be sent to:

Dan Lovegrove
Engineering
D.Lovegrove-AT-elsevier.com

What are the costs associated with Procedia Engineering?
There is an agreed fee, based on the size of the proceedings, which includes online publication on ScienceDirect and free access after acceptance. In addition to the online version there is the possibility to purchase paper copies, CD-ROMs and USB sticks. Moreover, interactive media possibilities such as webcasts and web seminars can be acquired for extra exposure both before and after the conference.

Can Procedia Engineering be sponsored?
We are open to discussing sponsoring possibilities at all times. Sponsors can include funding bodies, government agencies and/or industry. Benefits to sponsors include visibility amongst a scientific audience and the opportunity to communicate messages via a peer-reviewed platform. Benefits to authors and conference organizers are the further dissemination of material to an international audience and reduced costs to the overall conference budget.