About the Journal

Frontiers in Digital Twin Urban Ecosystems (FDTUE, E-ISSN: 3120-3647) positions itself as a premier international open-access platform dedicated to advancing the theoretical frameworks and applied methodologies at the confluence of urban cyber-physical systems, ecological informatics, and computational sustainability science. This rigorously peer-reviewed journal serves as an interdisciplinary crucible for scholars, urban scientists, computational modelers, and policy architects to pioneer next-generation solutions for smart urban transitions.

FDTUE particularly welcomes submissions employing cutting-edge methodological approaches including but not limited to: urban-scale digital thread architectures, spatiotemporal knowledge graph embeddings, neuromorphic computing applications in urban simulation, and hybrid intelligence systems combining human and machine cognition:

· Multiscale Urban Morphological Modeling
· Data Fusion Architecture
· Urban Information Mapping Framework
· Intelligent Cyber-Physical Interaction Framework
· Computational Simulation and Prediction of Urban Systems
· Traffic Flow Metamodeling
· Metabolic Network Analysis for Circular Economy
· Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Design
· Healthy Urban Spatial Modeling
· Integration of Environmental Data and Public Health Analytics
· Carbon Neutrality Pathway Optimization
· Participatory Digital Twin Ecosystems
· Blockchain-Enabled Civic Empowerment and Co-Governance Platforms
· Policy Sandbox Experimentation Systems
· Value-Sensitive AI Governance Frameworks
· Spatial Justice Analytical Tools
· Smart City Deployment Strategies
· Game Theory Optimization for Public Service Supply-Demand Matching

Open Access: This journal operates under a "gold" Open Access model,  providing free access to all readers. The Article Processing Charges (APC) for all article types (research article, review, et al.) is $0, and the content will be published under a CC BY 4.0 license. To encourage submissions and support the research community, FDTUE currently levies no APC (0 APC). For specific APC policies, please refer to the Open Access section.

Processing Cycle: The manuscript processing cycle is approximately 12 weeks from submission to acceptance.

Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in FDTUE, in appreciation of the work done.

General Information

E-ISSN: 3120-3647

1st Year Published: 2025

Frequency: Semiannual

Issues Per Year: 2

Country / Region: Malaysia

Primary Language: English

Publisher information: Cultech Publishing Sdn. Bhd.

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