For Authors

The Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics), published by SOBRAEP, is an Open Access journal with single-blinded peer review process to publish original and unpublished articles. Since january of 2024 is published continuously.

By sending the article to the journal, the author agrees not to forward it to other publication vehicles for a period of six months, counting from the submission date, which is the time allotted for the article's evaluation.

The time for evaluating submissions will be a maximum of up to 6 (six) months. This interval will vary depending on the availability and agility of the referees.

 

1. Types of Publications

Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible.

Manuscripts submitted to Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) should not be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are listed below and a comprehensive list of article types can be found here—please note that not all article types are available for all disciplines.

Orinal paper: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information. The article should include the most recent and relevant references in the field.

Review paper: Reviews offer a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature within a field of study, identifying current gaps or problems. They should be critical and constructive and provide recommendations for future research. No new, unpublished data should be presented.

Special section: Researchs can propose for the Editorial Board Special Sections in topics that are in the vanguard of the knolegment. It is necessary at least two Guest Editors to submitt a propose for the Editor-in-Chief (editor@sobraep.org.br) describing the Title of the Special Issue, the main topics that will accepted and the deadlines to submission. Contributions to the Special Section are subject to peer review and benefit from comments and editorial guidance from the guest editors. 

Papers already presented at conferences will be accepted if they are extended with additional results or new findings. These articles will be subject to the peer review process.

Letters: Should be concise, focusing on a specific, noteworthy aspect of power electronics. They can discuss recent advancements, and introduce new ideas briefly. Letters are shorter than full papers, limited to 4 pages (including the final version).

2. Submission System

The manuscripts are submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts system, using the link SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT. It is not necessary to be a SOBRAEP member to submit a manuscript to the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics).

Manuscripts submitted to the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) must present unpublished contribution, including research results demonstrating its technical and scientific quality. In case the paper, or part of it, has been presented or published in any national or international journal or conference, authors must declare to the Editor the new contribution of the manuscript to the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) and the name of conference or journal of the previous publication. Before submitting a manuscript, verify the Editorial Policy and Guidelines for Publication.

3. Guidelines for Publication

Guidelines for Publication are important and authors must use these guidelines for preparing both the initial and final versions of their papers. It should be noted that manuscripts must be submitted as a PDF document. Quality of figures and type sizes specified in the guidelines must be verified by authors. Moreover, verify if the manuscript is related to the Topics of Interest of the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics).

a. Templates

Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare the manuscripts using the templates, access the Journal Templates, besides can check additional instructions provided in https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/revistaep - Instructions & Forms. For consistency, we recommend using units, symbols, and abbreviations in accordance with the IEEE Standard.

b. ORCID

As a way of standardizing authorship, the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) recommends to include the ORCID iD of all authors at the time of submission.

The ORCID identifier can be obtained free of charge at: https://orcid.org/register

c. Reviewer Suggestions
During the submission process, the authors can suggest potential reviewers with the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript. The editors will not necessarily approach these referees. Please provide detailed contact information (address, homepage, phone, e-mail address). The proposed referees should neither be current collaborators of the co-authors nor have published with any of the co-authors of the manuscript within the last three years. Proposed reviewers should be from different institutions to the authors. You may identify appropriate Editorial Board members of the journal as potential reviewers. You may suggest reviewers from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.

d. English Editing
It is the authors’ responsibility to submit their work in correct English. The APC includes only minor English editing, conducted by native English speakers.

e. Fees

Papers submitted for publication to the Eletrônica de Potência (Open Journal of Power Electronics) should have, preferably, eight pages. Papers with a higher number of pages (more than eigth) must pay an overlength page charge before its publication.  Publication and overlength page charges are shown in the following table:

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR PUBLICATION FEE EXTRA PAGE
SOBRAEP effective member (no late payment) Free R$ 250,00
SOBRAEP student member (no late paymente) Free R$ 250,00
Non-member / SOBRAEP member (late payment) R$ 300,00 R$ 250,00

 

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4. 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 has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in PDF format. Only in the accepted papers will be required the word or latex files.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in template.
  • The author must inform if it is a preprint and if so, the Name of the Preprint server, and Preprint DOI;  whether the contents underlying the manuscript text are already available in their entirety and without restrictions or will they be so at the time of publication.
  • The author agrees to interact directly with reviewers responsible for evaluating the manuscript.
  • The author formally specified whether there are possible conflicts of interest in conducting and communicating research.
  • The authors are aware of Article Processing Charge for accepted manuscripts.