ISSN 0972-9038 Call for Special Issue Proposals
The editors of IJCSA welcome proposals for special electronic issues on topics that fall within the scope of the journal. As IJCSA is only able to publish one to two issues per year, the editors will seek to identify the proposals of the highest quality for publication.
Special issues of IJCSA should offer
- either an authoritative review of current thinking and debates in a particular area of computer science, that at the same time takes these debates forward
- and/or a presentation of state-of-the-art analysis within an area of current approach and academic interest, that thus informs approach debate in this area.
They should:
- Advance understanding of topics in the computer science and applications
- Provide pointers to future trends and challenges.
Each special issue is the
responsibility of guest editor(s). Those wishing to guest edit a special issue
should prepare a proposal as outlined below, then send this to the Editor-in-Chief. On the basis of the proposal, the editor-in-chief of
IJCSA will decide whether or not the guest editor(s) should proceed with
preparation of the special issue.
Proposals should:
- Set out the importance of the area and topics that the special issue will focus on;
- Explain the anticipated contribution of the special issue in advancing understanding in this area;
- Identify papers and authors for possible inclusion in the special issue, with a brief description of each paper. (These papers do not need to have been written at the time that the proposal is presented, although our assumption is that most will be based on work already in progress). Where a given author(s) has published extensively on a subject already, it is necessary to have some indication of the new contribution to be made by the proposed paper for the special issue;
- Indicate the time-scale in which the special issue could be produced (paper writing, reviewing, and submission of final copies to IJCSA) assuming the proposal is accepted.
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