Utilities Policy

Journal Title：Utilities Policy

Utilities Policy is deliberately international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral. Articles address utility trends and issues in both developed and developing economies. Authors and reviewers come from various disciplines, including economics, political science, sociology, law, finance, accounting, management, and engineering. Areas of focus include the utility and network industries providing essential electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater, solid waste, communications, broadband, postal, and public transportation services.

Utilities Policy invites submissions that apply various quantitative and qualitative methods. Contributions are welcome from both established and emerging scholars as well as accomplished practitioners. Interdisciplinary, comparative, and applied works are encouraged. Submissions to the journal should have a clear focus on governance, performance, and/or analysis of public utilities with an aim toward informing the policymaking process and providing recommendations as appropriate. Relevant topics and issues include but are not limited to industry structures and ownership, market design and dynamics, economic development, resource planning, system modeling, accounting and finance, infrastructure investment, supply and demand efficiency, strategic management and productivity, network operations and integration, supply chains, adaptation and flexibility, service-quality standards, benchmarking and metrics, benefit-cost analysis, behavior and incentives, pricing and demand response, economic and environmental regulation, regulatory performance and impact, restructuring and deregulation, and policy institutions.

《公用事业政策》特意强调国际性、跨学科和跨部门性。文章探讨了发达经济体和发展中经济体的公用事业趋势和问题。作者和审稿人来自不同学科，包括经济学、政治学、社会学、法律、金融、会计、管理和工程。重点领域包括提供基本电力、天然气、水和废水、固体废物、通信、宽带、邮政和公共交通服务的公用事业和网络行业。

《公用事业政策》欢迎采用各种定量和定性方法的投稿。欢迎成熟和新兴学者以及有成就的从业者投稿。鼓励跨学科、比较和应用的作品。投稿给期刊的文章应明确关注公用事业的治理、绩效和/或分析，旨在为政策制定过程提供信息并酌情提供建议。相关主题和问题包括但不限于行业结构和所有权、市场设计和动态、经济发展、资源规划、系统建模、会计和财务、基础设施投资、供需效率、战略管理和生产力、网络运营和集成、供应链、适应性和灵活性、服务质量标准、基准测试和指标、成本效益分析、行为和激励、定价和需求响应、经济和环境监管、监管绩效和影响、重组和放松管制以及政策机构。

Utilities Policy创刊于1993年，由Elsevier BV出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖ENERGY & FUELS - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 12周，或约稿 ，影响因子指数3.8，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。