LITES publishes original articles on all aspects of embedded computer systems according to the principles of OpenAccess. The journal is published by the European Design and Automation Association (EDAA) \ EMbedded Systems Special Interest Group (EMSIG) and Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing

LITES aims at efficient reviewing procedures to ensure that articles are published within one year of submission. LITES will be published in one volume with 4 issues per year and is permanently open for submission.

Publications

LITES webportal: Archive of all published LITES volumes.
LITES @ dblp

Aims and Scope

Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems (LITES) aims to publish high-quality scholarly articles and to ensure efficient submission, reviewing, and publishing procedures that will result in timely publication. All articles are published open access, i.e., are accessible only online at no cost to the reader. All rights are retained by the author(s).

LITES publishes original articles on all aspects of embedded computer systems, in particular: the design, implementation, verification, and testing of embedded hardware and software systems; theoretical foundations; single-core, multi-processor, and networked architectures and their energy consumption and predictability properties; reliability and fault tolerance; security properties; and applications in the avionics, automotive, telecommunication, medical, and production domains.

Open Access Policy

LITES articles are peer-reviewed and published according to the principle of OpenAccess, i.e., they are available online and free of charge. The authors retain their copyright.

License

Each article is published under a Creative Commons CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The metadata provided by Dagstuhl Publishing on its webpages, as well as their export formats (such as XML or BibTeX) available at our website, is released under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication license (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode).

Processing Charge

Schloss Dagstuhl, the publisher of LITES, charges a moderate article-processing charge (APC) of 100€ (net) which typically has to be paid by the author or his/her institution. This reduced APC is guaranteed for the 2013–2015 period thanks to support from sponsors. Authors from developing countries may apply for an APC waiver.

ISSN

2199-2002

Identifier

Each issue is assigned a DOI and a URN.
Each article is assigned a DOI and a URN.
To facilitate author identification, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is optionally included during upload so that authors can be uniquely linked to their ORCID iD.

Longterm Preservation

The digital archiving of each issue is done in cooperation with the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek/German National Library (http://www.dnb.de).

Publication Ethics

Dagstuhl Publishing as the publisher of the series adheres to the Core Practices of the the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice released by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG). We expect all parties (so authors, editors, and reviewers) involved in the publication and review process of contributions to be published in the series to follow these core practises and the guidelines. Allegations of misconduct will be investigated in accordance with the COPE Best Practice Guidelines as far as is practicable. If notified of a potential breach of publication ethics, we encourage editors and authors to inform Dagstuhl Publishing contact as soon as possible.