About the Journal

VOLTAREA is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal founded in 2023 by the Faculty of Technology, Universidad Técnica de Oruro, Bolivia. The journal was established to promote the dissemination, visibility, and international exchange of scientific knowledge in the field of Electrical Intelligence and Digital Energy Systems, with a particular emphasis on the digital transformation of modern electrical and energy infrastructures.

Since its establishment, VOLTAREA has progressively strengthened its editorial scope, scientific contributions, and international outreach, consolidating its role as a specialized scholarly platform at the intersection of electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, digital technologies, intelligent energy systems, and cybersecurity.

The journal provides a dedicated platform for the publication of original research articles, review articles, systematic reviews, scoping reviews, technological studies, scientific communications, and other scholarly contributions aimed at advancing scientific knowledge and technological innovation in intelligent electrical and energy systems.

VOLTAREA addresses the growing convergence of artificial intelligence, data science, smart grid analytics, energy informatics, digital twins, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cyber-physical energy systems, intelligent control, and cybersecurity. The journal promotes interdisciplinary research contributing to the development of intelligent, connected, resilient, secure, and data-driven electrical and energy infrastructures.

The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, academics, engineers, professionals, graduate students, research centers, universities, technology companies, public and private organizations, and other institutions involved in scientific and technological development at the intersection of electrical engineering and emerging digital technologies.

VOLTAREA conducts its editorial activities through its official journal platform.

Aim

VOLTAREA aims to publish and disseminate original scientific research, high-quality review articles, and technological developments that advance knowledge in artificial intelligence for electrical engineering, smart grids and digital energy systems, energy informatics, digital twins, Industrial Internet of Things, cyber-physical energy systems, intelligent electrical infrastructure, and cybersecurity.

The journal seeks to promote rigorous scientific evidence and technological innovation supporting the digitalization, automation, intelligent operation, monitoring, optimization, cybersecurity, and resilience of modern electrical and energy systems.

VOLTAREA particularly encourages research that demonstrates a clear relationship between emerging digital technologies and their application to electrical engineering, power and energy infrastructures, intelligent energy management, or digitally enabled energy systems.

Mission

The mission of VOLTAREA is to contribute to the scientific and technological advancement of intelligent electrical and energy systems through the publication, evaluation, and dissemination of high-quality research addressing contemporary challenges related to artificial intelligence, digital transformation, intelligent automation, data-driven decision-making, infrastructure monitoring, cyber-physical integration, cybersecurity, and resilient digital energy infrastructures.

The journal promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, international knowledge exchange, technological innovation, methodological rigor, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies to accelerate the development of intelligent, connected, secure, resilient, and sustainable electrical and energy ecosystems.

Editorial Scope

VOLTAREA adopts a specialized interdisciplinary approach focused on Electrical Intelligence and Digital Energy Systems.

The journal integrates electrical engineering with artificial intelligence, smart grid analytics, data science, energy informatics, digital twins, Industrial Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, intelligent control, and cybersecurity.

Its editorial scope is intentionally focused on the digital and intelligent transformation of electrical and energy systems, rather than on electrical engineering in general.

VOLTAREA welcomes original scientific contributions from researchers worldwide within the following four principal thematic areas:

1. Artificial Intelligence for Electrical Engineering

This area includes research focused on the development, adaptation, validation, and application of artificial intelligence techniques for the analysis, operation, monitoring, diagnosis, optimization, control, and intelligent decision-making of electrical and energy systems.

Topics include:

  • Machine Learning for Electrical and Energy Systems

  • Deep Learning

  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence for Electrical Engineering Applications

  • Intelligent Control Systems

  • Predictive Maintenance

  • Intelligent Fault Detection and Diagnosis

  • Load and Energy Forecasting

  • Power System Optimization using Artificial Intelligence

  • AI-based Decision Support Systems

  • Computer Vision for Electrical and Energy Infrastructure Inspection

  • Edge Artificial Intelligence

  • AI-assisted Monitoring and Diagnostics

  • Intelligent Predictive Analytics

  • Data-driven Modeling of Electrical Systems

Research submitted to this area should demonstrate a clear application or methodological contribution to electrical engineering, electrical infrastructure, or intelligent energy systems.

2. Smart Grids and Digital Energy Systems

This area includes research related to intelligent electrical networks, digital energy technologies, advanced data analytics, energy informatics, and digital platforms supporting the operation, modernization, and intelligent management of electrical and energy systems.

Topics include:

  • Smart Grids

  • Digital Energy Systems

  • Smart Grid Analytics

  • Energy Informatics

  • Data Analytics for Power and Energy Systems

  • Big Data Analytics for Energy Systems

  • Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Management

  • Energy Management Systems (EMS)

  • Demand Response

  • Demand Response Analytics

  • Virtual Power Plants (VPP)

  • Digital Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources

  • Grid Modernization and Digitalization

  • Energy Data Management

  • Digital Energy Platforms

  • Cloud-based Energy Platforms

  • Intelligent Energy Operations

  • Smart Cities Energy Infrastructure

  • Digital Integration of Renewable Energy Resources

  • Data-driven Grid Operation and Planning

  • Advanced Metering and Digital Energy Data

  • Intelligent Grid Monitoring

This area prioritizes the digital, analytical, computational, and intelligent dimensions of smart electrical and energy systems.

3. Digital Twins, Industrial IoT and Intelligent Electrical Infrastructure

This area encompasses research on digital models, interconnected electrical infrastructures, Industrial Internet of Things technologies, smart sensing, cyber-physical integration, and advanced monitoring solutions for intelligent electrical and energy assets.

Topics include:

  • Digital Twins for Electrical and Energy Systems

  • Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

  • Internet of Things (IoT) for Energy

  • Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

  • Cyber-Physical Electrical Systems

  • Smart Sensors

  • Sensor Fusion

  • Intelligent Monitoring Systems

  • Intelligent Electrical Infrastructure

  • Asset Management

  • Condition Monitoring

  • Digital Substations

  • Industrial Edge Computing

  • Edge-enabled Electrical Infrastructure

  • Real-Time Simulation

  • Hardware-in-the-Loop and Digital Validation

  • Intelligent Infrastructure Monitoring

  • Industrial Digitalization

  • Connected Electrical Assets

  • Digital Asset Management

  • Digital Models for Predictive Operation and Maintenance

Research within this area should contribute to the digital representation, connectivity, monitoring, simulation, intelligent operation, or management of electrical and energy infrastructure.

4. Cybersecurity and Resilient Electrical Systems

This area focuses on cybersecurity, cyber-physical protection, secure digital communications, risk assessment, anomaly detection, and resilience mechanisms for electrical and energy infrastructures increasingly dependent on digital technologies.

Topics include:

  • Cybersecurity for Electrical and Energy Systems

  • Smart Grid Security

  • SCADA Security

  • IEC 61850 Security

  • Cybersecurity of Digital Substations

  • Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection

  • Secure Communications for Electrical Systems

  • Intrusion Detection Systems

  • Cyberattack Detection and Classification

  • Cyber Risk Assessment

  • Cyber-Physical Security

  • Security Monitoring

  • Anomaly Detection in Energy Infrastructure

  • Incident Detection and Response

  • Resilient Electrical Systems

  • Digital Infrastructure Resilience

  • Cyber Resilience of Energy Systems

  • Secure Industrial IoT for Energy

  • Security of Distributed Digital Energy Infrastructure

  • Privacy and Security of Energy Data

  • AI-based Cybersecurity for Energy Systems

Research submitted to this area should demonstrate direct relevance to the security, reliability, protection, or resilience of electrical, energy, or associated cyber-physical infrastructures.

Interdisciplinary Research

VOLTAREA encourages interdisciplinary research when the contribution maintains a clear connection with the journal's central field of Electrical Intelligence and Digital Energy Systems.

Relevant interdisciplinary intersections may include:

  • Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence

  • Electrical Engineering and Data Science

  • Electrical Engineering and Cybersecurity

  • Electrical Engineering and Internet of Things

  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

  • Electrical Engineering and Automation

  • Energy Systems and Artificial Intelligence

  • Energy Systems and Digital Transformation

  • Energy Systems and Cyber-Physical Systems

  • Energy Informatics and Intelligent Infrastructure

Interdisciplinary manuscripts must demonstrate a substantive scientific or technological contribution to intelligent electrical or energy systems rather than merely using the energy sector as an application context.

Methodological Approaches

VOLTAREA welcomes manuscripts employing:

  • Experimental research

  • Computational research

  • Analytical methods

  • Mathematical modeling

  • Artificial intelligence and data-driven methods

  • Simulation-based research

  • Hardware-in-the-Loop validation

  • Digital Twin-based experimentation

  • Prototype development and validation

  • Field validation

  • Technological validation

  • Comparative technological studies

  • Theoretical approaches

  • Systematic reviews

  • Scoping reviews

  • Mixed-method approaches

Regardless of the methodological approach, manuscripts must demonstrate scientific rigor, originality, methodological transparency, reproducibility where applicable, technical quality, and a significant contribution to the scientific literature.

Editorial Sections

To organize its scientific content and facilitate manuscript classification, VOLTAREA includes the following editorial sections:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Engineering

  • Smart Grid Technologies

  • Digital Energy Systems

  • Smart Grid Analytics

  • Energy Informatics

  • Digital Twin Technologies

  • Industrial IoT for Energy

  • Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

  • Intelligent Electrical Infrastructure

  • Intelligent Control Systems

  • Cybersecurity of Electrical Systems

  • Resilient Digital Energy Infrastructure

These sections operate within the four principal thematic areas of the journal and do not constitute independent or unrelated disciplinary scopes.

Topics Outside the Primary Scope

To preserve its specialized scientific identity, VOLTAREA is not intended to operate as a general electrical engineering or general energy journal.

Manuscripts focused exclusively on conventional electrical machines, traditional power electronics, high-voltage engineering, electrical materials, conventional power system protection, renewable energy generation technologies, or other traditional electrical engineering topics without a substantial component involving artificial intelligence, digitalization, intelligent systems, data analytics, digital twins, IoT, cyber-physical systems, energy informatics, intelligent control, or cybersecurity may be considered outside the primary scope of the journal.

This specialization allows VOLTAREA to maintain a clearly defined editorial identity centered on the digital and intelligent transformation of electrical and energy systems.

Article Types

VOLTAREA may publish the following types of scientific contributions:

  • Original Research Articles

  • Review Articles

  • Systematic Reviews

  • Scoping Reviews

  • Technological Research Articles

  • Methodological Articles

  • Technical and Scientific Communications

All manuscripts are subject to the journal's editorial evaluation and peer-review procedures according to the corresponding article type.

Open Access and No-Fee Policy

VOLTAREA operates under a fully Open Access publishing model, ensuring free, immediate, and permanent access to all published scientific content.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to read, download, share, distribute, reproduce, and reuse published content, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source of publication.

VOLTAREA does not charge manuscript submission fees, peer-review fees, article processing charges (APCs), or publication fees.

This no-fee open-access policy reflects the journal's commitment to equitable scientific communication, accessibility, inclusion, and the international dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge.

Publication Frequency

VOLTAREA was established in 2023.

During its initial stage of editorial development, the journal followed an annual publication schedule in 2023 and 2024, publishing one issue per year.

Since 2025, VOLTAREA has adopted a semiannual publication schedule, publishing two issues per year as part of its editorial consolidation, scientific growth, and internationalization strategy.

The publication schedule is organized as follows:

  • First Issue: January–June.

  • Second Issue: July–December.

The journal follows a continuous publication model within each issue, allowing accepted manuscripts to be published online after successful completion of the editorial evaluation, peer-review, revision, production, and publication processes.

Manuscript submissions are accepted throughout the year.

Publishing Institution

VOLTAREA is published by the Faculty of Technology, Universidad Técnica de Oruro, Bolivia, an academic institution committed to promoting scientific research, technological innovation, open science, and international scholarly communication.

The publishing institution provides institutional support for the journal's editorial and technological management while promoting editorial independence, scientific integrity, transparency, digital preservation, open-access dissemination, publication ethics, and scholarly interoperability.

Editorial decisions concerning the acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts are based on scientific merit, relevance to the journal's scope, methodological quality, originality, and the independent peer-review process.

Editorial Commitment

VOLTAREA is committed to developing an international scientific publication characterized by:

  • Scientific and methodological rigor

  • Editorial independence

  • Transparent peer review policies

  • Publication ethics and research integrity

  • International collaboration

  • Diversity of authorship and editorial participation

  • Open-access scientific communication

  • Digital preservation

  • Scholarly interoperability

  • Responsible use of emerging technologies

  • Accurate and transparent scientific reporting

Through this editorial framework, VOLTAREA seeks to contribute to the advancement of Electrical Intelligence and Digital Energy Systems and to establish a specialized international forum for research on the intelligent, digital, secure, and resilient transformation of modern electrical and energy infrastructures.