JOURNALS OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES

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ABOUT KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KACST):

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is a nonprot scientic governmental institution. It supports and enhances scientic applied research and coordinates the activities of government institutions and scientic research centers in accordance to the requirements of development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. KACST also distributes its scientic publications to researchers, students and interested members of the public. It is seeking to disseminate the written and translated scientic books in order to be available for a wide range of Arabic readers. All KACST publications are also available electronically as open content on its website; http://publications.kacst.edu.sa
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JOURNALS OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES

KACST has been working on an ecosystem that would enhance the success of National Plans for Science, Technology and Innovation. One component of such a complex ecosystem is to provide knowledge about the 15 strategic technologies for Saudi Arabia. KACST started with its partner, Springer, in 2011 to publish 5 journals; Applied Water Science, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, Applied Petrochemical Research, Applied Nanoscience, and 3 Biotech. Two more journals, Materials for Renewable & Sustainable Energy and Complex & Intelligent Systems, have been lately added to the previous ones in 2013 and 2014, respectively. KACST, by publishing these journals, is providing the researchers in Saudi Arabia and worldwide with the latest developments and research in the areas of these journals, in addition of, making them available for researchers to publish their research results. The journals are open access and publish without charging the authors.
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APPLIED WATER SCIENCE Water

Release Date: 12 - 2012

Applied Water Science explores water scarcity solutions from a holistic system oriented viewpoint. From the sustainable management of natural water resources to the development of the technologies and infrastructure for the production of clean fresh water from natural and waste water. The journal accepts innovative and sound theoretical research on different water issues, exploring potential alternative water sources via recycling and reuse of wastewater with a focus on arid and semiarid environments and the following topics; water desalination, drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, water resources planning, investigation and management.
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JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Oil and Gas

Release Date: 12 - 2012

The Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology is an international quarterly journal that publishes leading edge studies in the eld of petroleum engineering, petroleum geology and exploration geophysics and the implementation of related technologies to the development and management of oil and gas reservoirs from their discovery through their entire production cycle. Focusing on reservoir characterization and modeling, unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, geophysics: acquisition and near surface, geophysics modeling and imaging, geophysics: interpretation, geophysics: processing, production engineering, formation evaluation, reservoir management, petroleum geology, enhanced recovery, geomechanics, drilling and completions.
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PUBLISHING ORIGINAL APPLIED Petrochemicals

Release Date: 12 - 2012

Publication of original applied research on all aspects of the petrochemical industry focusing on new and smart technologies that allows the production of value-added end products in a cost-effective way. Interesting topics, in a broad sense, include the following: Crude oil, synthetic oil and gas rening and processing Petrochemicals, smart and efcient synthesis, including new routes for existing products and developing novel catalysts and reactor engineering approaches for the synthesis Process development towards economic and environmental benets Processes for value added petrochemicals such as ne chemicals, engineering and high performance polymers Economic, feasibility, and trend studies in oil & gas and petrochemicals.
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APPLIED NANOSCIENCE Nanotechnology

Release Date: 12 - 2012

Applied Nanoscience is a quarterly Open Access journal that publishes original articles about state of the art nanoscience and the application of emerging nanotechnologies to areas fundamental to building technologically advanced and sustainable civilization, including areas as diverse as water science, advanced materials, energy, electronics, environmental science and medicine. Broad research areas: Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, Quantum structure and nanodevices, Modeling and computations of nanostructure. Areas of related applications:; improved desalination (water), enhanced catalysis (chemistry), corrosion resistance (materials), monitoring nanodevices (sensors), renewable energy such as solar cells (alternate energy sources and storage), enhanced oil recovery (oil and gas), enhanced well productivity (oil and gas), developments for deep drilling (oil and gas), medical diagnosis & drug delivery (biotechnology), electronic (nanoelectronics), photonic nanodevices (nanophotonics), micro-electronics mechanical systems, and nanoelectro mechanical systems (nanosystems).
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3 BIOTECH Biotechnology
Release Date: 12 - 2012

3 Biotech is a quarterly Open Access journal that publishes the results of the latest research related to the study and application of biotechnology to:
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Agriculture The Environment

The focus on these three technology sectors recognizes that complete Biotechnology applications often require a combination of techniques. 3 Biotech not only presents the latest developments in biotechnology but also addresses the problems and benets of integrating a variety of techniques for a particular application. 3 Biotech will appeal to scientists and engineers in both academia and industry focused on the safe and efcient application of Biotechnology to Medicine, Agriculture and the Environment. Articles from a huge variety of biotechnology applications are welcome including cancer and stem cell research, genetic engineering and cloning, bioremediation and biodegradation, bioinformatics and system biology,
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MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Energy

Release Date: 12 - 2012

MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY has been established as an Open Access journal to be the worlds foremost interdisciplinary forum for publication of research on all aspects of the study of materials for the deployment of renewable and sustainable energy technologies. MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY covers experimental and theoretical aspects of materials and prototype devices for sustainable energy conversion, storage, and saving, together with materials needed for renewable fuel production. Topics include:
MATERIALS for renewable energy storage and conversion: Batteries, Supercapacitors, Fuel cells, Hydrogen storage, Photovoltaics and solar cells. MATERIALS for renewable and sustainable fuel production: Hydrogen production and fuel generation from renewables (catalysis), Solar-driven reactions to hydrogen and fuels from renewables (photocatalysis, Biofuels, Carbon dioxide sequestration and conversion MATERIALS for energy saving: Thermoelectrics, Novel illumination sources for efcient lighting and Energy saving in buildings. MATERIALS - modeling and theoretical aspects. MATERIALS - advanced characterization techniques.

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COMPLEX & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Information Technology
Release Date: 12 - 2012

Complex & Intelligent Systems aims to provide a forum for presenting and discussing novel approaches, tools and techniques meant for attaining a cross-fertilization between the broad elds of complex systems, computational simulation, and Intelligent analytics and visualization. The transdisciplinary research that the journal focuses on will expand the boundaries of our understanding by investigating the principles and processes that underlie many of the most profound problems facing society today. Key topics of focus include:
Complexity: - Complex evolutionary and adaptive systems - Emergent properties and behavior in complex systems - Biological and social inspirations in problem solving - Systems Science and Engineering Intelligent Data Analytics - Data mining and knowledge discovery - Machine learning - Pattern recognition - Big Data Analytics Computational Simulation - Knowledge-Based Systems - Agent Based Systems - Uncertainty Modeling - Decision Support Systems - Articial and computational intelligence - Ubiquitous computing - Computational Visualization and Interaction Emergent properties and behavior in complex systems - Biological and social inspirations in problem solving - Systems Science and Engineering

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YEARLY KACSTs JOURNLAS AWARD:

KACST provides yearly awards for the best paper published in the journals of strategic technologies. The articles chosen reect not only excellent science but also the potential impact of the research results.

The winning authors receive the

KACST Medal &

$5,000

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THE FIRST AWARDED PAPERS WERE FOR THE YEARS 2011 AND 2012. THEY ARE THE FOLLOWINGS:

APPLIED WATER SCIENCE

An ambitious step to the future desalination technology: SEAHERO R&D program (20072012-), by S. Kim, B. Soo Oh, M. H. Hwang, S. Hong, J .H Kim, S. Lee, and I. S. Kim.

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JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Experimental study on the performance of sand control screens, by Y. Jin, J. Chen, M. Chen, F. Zhang, Y. Lu, and J. Ding.

APPLIED PETROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Desulfurization of heavy oil, by Rashad Javadi, and Arno de Klerk.

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APPLIED PETROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Desulfurization of heavy oil, by Rashad Javadi, and Arno de Klerk.

3BIOTECH
Nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite as carrier material for controlled delivery of ciprooxacin, by G. Devanand Venkatasubbu , S. Ramasamy, V. Ramakrishnan, and J. Kumar.

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