Guidelines for the Publication of Special issues

In the following, you'll find the guidelines which apply to the publication of a special issue and which the guest editors are kindly requested to observe:

1. The guest editors send a proposal to Hermann Maurer (hmaurer@iicm.edu) or Dana Kaiser (dkaiser@iicm.edu) with information about the subject of the special issue, guest editors, URLs to relevant sites (conference, workshop etc.).
2. Only guest editors who have either published at least one article in J.UCS or who have published at least 3 articles which are listed in either CiteSeer or ISI Thomson or who are members of J.UCS editorial board will be accepted as guest editors.
3. Before the proposal is accepted, the guest editors must submit a list of the reviewers of the special issue (their names and URLs of their homepages). This is to ensure that the reviewers are experts in their fields so that the quality of the published papers is guaranteed.
4. Before the the authors are informed about the acceptance of their papers, the guest editors must send the reviews and the names of the reviewers of each paper to the J.UCS office. The authors are only notified about the acceptance of their articles after the reviews have been examined and the decision confirmed by the J.UCS office.
5. Only 35% of the authors may originate from one country.
6. The guest editors may only be authors or co-authors of 1 paper at the most. Preferably, the guest editors should rather consider submitting their articles for publication in a regular issue.
7. Each author may publish only two papers in one issue (as sole author or co-author).
8. A special issue may ordinarily contain a maximum of 12 papers.
9. The length of a paper may ordinarily not exceed 20 pages.
10. The guest editors inform on a regular basis the J.UCS office about the progress of the preparations as well as the number of submitted, rejected and accepted papers. The guest editors must submit a list of the accepted papers listing the names of the authors and their affiliations for final approval to the J.UCS office.
11. The papers are only accepted for publication after a rigorous review process. The guest editors take care of the review process so that only final versions are sent to the J.UCS office.
12. The final versions of the papers must be submitted in J.UCS style.
13. The authors must sign a copyright transfer statement for their paper.
14. The guest editor provides an introduction to the issue (at least one page long).
15. The guest editors vouch with their names and academic reputation for the quality of the papers.