Aims and scope
SN Applied Sciences is a fully open access (OA) journal. All content published in the journal is published under an open access license, and freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse.
SN Applied Sciences is joining the Discover journal series!
We are excited to announce that SN Applied Sciences will move into our fully OA Discover journal series as Discover Applied Sciences in January 2024.
We will now only accept new submissions that will be published in Discover Applied Sciences.
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SN Applied Sciences is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal for the disciplines of Applied Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science and Physics. It fosters sound scientific discovery to solve practical problems. The journal encourages quality, scientifically valid, original articles which present a good understanding of scientific knowledge, experiments and theories, methods and techniques, as well as interdisciplinary linkages. It welcomes research articles, review papers, case studies, and short communications.
All papers are evaluated on the basis of scientific content. Submissions are first screened for research and publication ethics prior to peer review. In addition to direct submissions, SN Applied Sciences also considers papers that have been referred from Springer Nature’s prestigious journal portfolio.
SN Applied Sciences offers Topical Collections designed to consolidate publications of a specific research topic. Articles can be either released as direct papers or within a Topical Collection.
The Journal encourages the submission of videos, letters to the Editors (opinions and commentaries), interviews, observations on timely topics, and other supplementary electronic materials designed to enhance reader engagement. In its commitment to promoting education, the journal welcomes submission of articles from students and their mentors.
- Open Access means widest possible dissemination
- More downloads, more exposure, more citations for your work
- No colour charges
- International interdisciplinary applied science content for a wide readership
- Sound science discovery to solve practical problems in an innovative way
- Rapid publication of articles with high visibility
- Article-level metrics to track the impact of your work
Opportunities for you or your organization to partner with the Journal and enjoy planning and publishing Topical Collections in hot areas of research.
The Applied Life Sciences section of SN Applied Sciences aims to publish relevant articles that focus on modern applications of life sciences research in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Health Sciences, Physics, Engineering and Environmental Sciences. We are particularly interested in applied research that makes significant scientific and societal contributions across the broad spectrum of life sciences.
The topics covered in this section include but are not limited to:
Agriculture and Agronomy
Aquatic and Marine Biology
Behavioral Sciences
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biomaterials
Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Environmental Life Science
Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
Food Science
Forestry
Genetics and Genomics
Microbiology
Plant Sciences
Population dynamics
Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoology and Veterinary Sciences
The Engineering section provides a forum for various sub-disciplines of Engineering Technology, e.g., Bioengineering, Applied Engineering, Robotics and Control, Signal Processing, Data Analysis, Experiments, Computational Mechanics, and Fluid Mechanics. We are looking for contributions covering theoretical and practical problems associated with:
Aerospace Engineering
Big Data, Data Science and Data Analysis
Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Communication Systems
Complex Structures
Computer Engineering
Computing Systems
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electromagnetics
Energy, Power and Industrial Applications
Fluid Mechanics
Image Processing and Signal Processing
Industrial Technology and Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
Multiscale Modelling and Multiscale Analysis
Optics
Structural Integrity and Technologies in Construction
Sustainable Inventive Systems
The Interdisciplinary section provides a forum for multi-disciplinary projects that cover the expertise of experiments, numerical modelling, and theory to provide a better understanding of key processes. It welcomes manuscripts combining or link disciplines of applied sciences and explore theoretical or practical problems.
The Chemistry and Materials Science section deals with the key research fields of chemistry and material science. Among many topics that our section covers, we promote the topics relating to the catalysis, activation of small molecules, electrochemistry and energy materials. The following keywords are only few of the key topics in our section:
Electrocatalysis
Click chemistry
Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis
Biochemistry
Green synthesis of nanoparticles
Energy conversion
Biomass
Construction materials
Photocatalysis
Water splitting
Fuel cells
Inorganic chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Oxygen reduction reaction
Electrolysers
Food chemistry
The Physics and Materials Science section of SN Applied Sciences targets the latest development in the Applied Physics area and its intersection with the Material Sciences. We encourage topics that generate an interest or are related to global challenges, including among others, alternative energy sources, climate change, food and water safety and innovative health. Some keywords that we are considering are:
Electronic properties of materials
Structure-Property relationship and characterization
Superconductivity and Magnetism
Spintronics
Organic electronics
Perovskite/ Silicon solar cells
Biomaterials and health applications
Bioelectronics and sensors
Applied photochemistry
Photonic materials
Mechanical properties of materials
Thermoelectric materials
Nanomaterials/nanoparticles
Energy transfer, storage and conversion
Organic materials doping
Batteries
Optical properties of materials
Alloys and ceramics
Applied Biophysics
Sustainable development in Material Sciences
The Earth and Environmental Sciences section of SN Applied Sciences aims to publish relevant articles and case studies within Earth and Environmental System Sciences. We welcome disciplinary papers from the fields of Physical Geography, Geology, Climate, Oceanography and Natural Hazards, as well as those with strong interdisciplinary connections from the fields of Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Environmental Engineering. We welcome contributions which demonstrate linkages between natural and anthropogenic processes, human-environmental interactions and environmental processes and applications.