Plenary Session 3Transfer of Knowledge: a Guide to Publish Your Research

University of Bologna – DEI

Milan IEEE PES PowerTech 2019, June 26th

Carlo Alberto NucciEditor in Chief

Electric Power Systems ResearchElsevier

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EPSR – Electric Power Systems Research

The main focus of EPSR is the electric power system from a systems point of view. The scope of EPSR covers the planning, analysis, reliability, operation, and economics of electric power systems for industrial, public, and home consumption. EPSR welcomes papers in the area of Power System Planning and Implementation, Power System Analysis and Computation, Electric Energy Production also from Renewables, Power Systems Operation, Power System Dynamic and Transient Performance, Power Systems Protections, Electric Transportation Systems, Insulation coordination, Power System Economics, and Power Engineering Education. The mission of EPSR is to publish and disseminate important research results of lasting value in order to serve the Power System community at large, from scientific researchers, to application engineers, educators and students.

The journal is published monthly.

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EPSR – Most common technical areas (Keywords in published articles)

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EPSR – Most downloaded articlesBattery energy storage technology for power systems—An overviewApril 2009K.C. Divya | Jacob ØstergaardA Virtual Synchronous Machine implementation for distributed control of power converters in SmartGrids - Open accessMay 2015Salvatore D’Arco | Jon Are Suul | Olav B. FossoStatistical characterisation of the real transaction data gathered from electric vehicle charging stations - Open accessJanuary 2019Marco Giacomo Flammini | Giuseppe Prettico | Andreea Julea | Gianluca Fulli | Andrea Mazza | Gianfranco ChiccoA summary of demand response in electricity marketsNovember 2008M.H. Albadi | E.F. El-SaadanyDistributed generation: a definition 120 April 2001Thomas Ackermann | Göran Andersson | Lennart SöderControl technique for the operation of grid-tied converters with high penetration of RESJanuary 2019Majid Mehrasa | Edris Pouresmaeil | Amir Sepehr | Bahram Pournazarian | Mousa Marzband| João P.S. Catalão

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EPSR – Most downloaded articlesGeneral approach for accurate resonance analysis in transformer windings - Open accessAugust 2018M. Popov

Implementation of autonomous distributed V2G to electric vehicle and DC charging system -Open accessMarch 2015Yutaka Ota | Haruhito Taniguchi | Jumpei Baba | Akihiko Yokoyama

Optimal location-allocation of storage devices and renewable-based DG in distribution systemsJuly 2019Juan M. Home-Ortiz | Mahdi Pourakbari-Kasmaei | Matti Lehtonen | José Roberto SanchesMantovan

Influence of extreme weather and climate change on the resilience of power systems: Impacts and possible mitigation strategiesOctober 2015Mathaios Panteli | Pierluigi Mancarella

Integrating distributed generation into electric power systems: A review of drivers, challenges and opportunitiesJuly 2007J.A. Peças Lopes | N. Hatziargyriou | J. Mutale | P. Djapic | N. Jenkins

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EPSR – Impact Factor3,022

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EPSR – Workflow

EIC and AE decide whether paper is - within scope- good quality

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Electric Power Systems Research offers authors a choice in publishing their research:

Subscription• Articles are made available to subscribers as well as developing countries and patient

groups through our universal access programs.

• No open access publication fee payable by authors.

• The Author is entitled to post the accepted manuscript in their institution's repository and

make this public after an embargo period (known as green Open Access). The published

journal article cannot be shared publicly, for example on ResearchGate or Academia.edu, to

ensure the sustainability of peer-reviewed research in journal publications. The embargo

period for this journal can be found below.

Gold open access• Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse.

• A gold open access publication fee is payable by authors or on their behalf, e.g. by their

research funder or institution.

Regardless of how you choose to publish your article, the journal will apply the same peer review criteria and acceptance standards.

EPSR – Open Access

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EPSR – Editorial Structre

Editor in Chief

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EPSR – Editorial Board

Rachid CherkaouiSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Antonio Simoes CostaUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Federica FoiadelliPolitecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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EPSR – Editorial Board cont’d

Lalit GoelNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Lars NordstromKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Costas VournasNational Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

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EPSR – Editorial Board selectionPossible candidates are selected on the base of - CV (experience with journals must be highlighted)- Geographic and gender diversity

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Emeritus Editor in ChiefB.Don RussellTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Emeritus EditorDr. J.D. MorganJ. Derald Morgan & Associates, Branson West, MO, USA

Assistant EditorFabio TossaniUniversity of Bologna, DEI, Bologna, Italy

Editor in ChiefCarlo Alberto NucciUniversity of Bologna, DEI, Bologna, Italy

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Authors My paper has been submitted two months ago, no news !My paper has been rejected (unfairly) !My paper has been copied !…Editors Too much workload !What to do with this case?

PublisherReason for low number of accepted papers?

EPSR – Issues of concern for authors, editors, publishers

Kethleen Ahmed-Broadhurst

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EPSR – Issues of concern for authors, editors, publishers

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EPSR – Three Suggestions for Authors

1. When writing your paper start from theConclusions

2. Explain clearly what is the advancement withrespect of the state of the art

2. Use references appropriately

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EPSR – Editor in Chief conclusions

Thank you so much!