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Journal and Publisher Information

Journal: Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – JSDEWES

Publisher: International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems - SDEWES (short name: SDEWES Centre)

Address: Ivana Lučića 5, HR-10000 Zagreb

Country: Croatia

Publisher website: https://www.sdewes.org/

Journal website: https://sdewes.org/jsdewes

Editorial and Manuscript Enquiries

Questions concerning manuscript preparation, submission, peer review, revisions, editorial decisions, proofs, correction requests, evidence-based scholarly comments, copyright, licensing, permissions, reuse or other general journal matters should be directed to:

Primary journal contact: Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – JSDEWES, [role]

Email: jsdewes@sdewes.org

Questions about an active manuscript should normally be communicated through the COMET submission system.

APC and Payment Enquiries

Requests for application of the Reduced APC, Special Reduced APC or IC SDEWES Member APC, and questions concerning the automatic temporary waiver of the Standard APC, the APC category or amount shown in COMET, eligibility, invoices, VAT, payment methods or refunds should be sent to:

Email:payment@sdewes.org

Please include the journal name, manuscript ID, corresponding author’s name, requested APC category and any information or documentation required to demonstrate eligibility.

Full information about APC amounts, applicable submission periods, eligibility conditions, the automatic temporary waiver of the Standard APC, request-based APC categories and payment arrangements is provided on the Article Processing Charge page.

Publication Ethics and Research Integrity Concerns

Concerns involving plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship, competing interests, data or image integrity, peer-review manipulation, generative AI, confidentiality, editorial conduct or published content should be sent to:

Email:ethics@sdewes.org

The report should identify the journal, manuscript or article and include a clear description and supporting information where available.

Where the concern involves the Editor-in-Chief or the journal’s ordinary editorial contact, it should be submitted directly to this address.

Privacy and Personal Data Enquiries

Questions concerning personal data, privacy rights, data protection or suspected personal-data breaches should be sent to:

Email:privacy@sdewes.org

Appeals and Complaints

Editorial decision appeals should normally be submitted through the journal’s editorial contact in accordance with Editorial Decision Appeals and Complaints.

General procedural complaints concerning peer-review handling, communication, delay, confidentiality, policy application or publication procedures should be submitted through the journal’s editorial contact or using the Complaint Submission Form.

Questions or requests concerning APC eligibility, invoices, VAT, payment methods or refunds should first be submitted to payment@sdewes.org. A formal complaint concerning the handling of an APC category, automatic temporary waiver, invoice, payment or refund may be submitted through the journal’s editorial contact and will be handled under Editorial Decision Appeals and Complaints.

Complaints concerning editorial conduct, publication ethics, research integrity or the handling of such a concern should be submitted to ethics@sdewes.org.

Complaints concerning the Editor-in-Chief, another editor, the journal’s editorial contact or SDEWES Centre as publisher should be submitted to ethics@sdewes.org or through the Complaint Submission Form. Such complaints will be assigned for independent handling in accordance with Editorial Decision Appeals and Complaints.