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Introduction

Journal of Daylighting is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of daylighting. The aim is to present cutting edge research aimed at reducing the electric lighting energy use in buildings and improving indoor environment.

Manuscript Processing and Publishing Fees

Journal of Daylighting does not have publication fees. All accepted papers are published without any page charges.

Copyright & Licensing

Journal of Daylighting offers authors to publish their research Open-Access. Articles are freely available to the wider public with permitted reuse under Creative Commons user licenses. All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. Permitted reuse is defined by author's choice of one of the following Creative Commons user licenses:

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY): lets others distribute and copy the article, to create extracts, abstracts, and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from an article (such as a translation), to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), to text or data mine the article, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author(s), do not represent the author as endorsing their adaptation of the article, and do not modify the article in such a way as to damage the author's honor or reputation.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA): for non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and copy the article, to create extracts, abstracts and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from an article (such as a translation), to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), to text and data mine the article, as long as they credit the author(s), do not represent the author as endorsing their adaptation of the article, do not modify the article in such a way as to damage the author's honor or reputation, and license their new adaptations or creations under identical terms (CC BY-NC-SA).

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND): for non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and copy the article, and to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), as long as they credit the author(s) and provided they do not alter or modify the article.

Journal of Daylighting does not charge publication fee to publish articles Open-Access. The publication choice will have no effect on the peer review process or acceptance of submitted articles.

Language

Article should be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English may wish to use the English Language Editing service.

Types of Papers

Journal of Daylighting accepts following papers:

Authors should produce a manuscript that can be reviewed on its own. Each submission will be considered on its own merits.

Submission declaration

Preparation

Please use wordprocessing software to prepare the manuscript and save the file in the native format of the wordprocessor used. (Accepted formates indlude: .doc or .docx)

Figures

Tables

Equations

Reference style

Save all material of the paper (text, figures, tables, equations, etc.) as a single file.

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.

Contributions

Auhtors should write contributions of each author in the manuscript after Acknowledgement Section.

Referees

Submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of three potential referees. Authors are obliged to participate in peer review process.

Note: The editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

File for submission

Cover letter, referees, and manuscript as a single file (.doc or .docx). PDF file is not acceptable.

Submit & track your article

To submit a manuscript, please use the online submission and tracking system. https://solarlits.com/account/login