General Publication Policies
The IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics is a research journal which publishes quality papers reporting on new and significant contributions to the state of knowledge in the technical areas specified in the journal's publication scope, with the reported results of a tangible nature and implications for practical applications.
All submissions must clearly indicate a novelty of the contribution, its significance, and a need for such a work. The presented work must be put in the perspective of the work of others. In order to avoid ambiguity in the material presentation, a scientific notation appropriate for the technical area covered should be employed as far as practical without obscuring the presentation clarity by the formalism used. Results obtained by simulation must be validated in bounds by analytical techniques. Simulation results are subject to a statistical evaluation. The description of simulation experiments must be detailed enough to include assumptions and any other relevant information for a reader or reviewer to be able to potentially replicate such an experiment, if required. If the space does not permit, the required details, and/or a supplementary material, are required to be posted on the web site designated by the author(s), and indicated in the manuscript. Results obtained by measurements on a prototype or an actual system are subject to a statistical evaluation, if relevant, and validation using simulation or/and analytical techniques.
In addition to the research papers, the journal publishes material of the survey and tutorial nature. The survey papers are expected to present a cross section of the area under treatment, or focus on a specific topic. The research and results of a tangible nature as reported in the literature are to be critically evaluated; conclusions provided; emerging trends identified. The survey and tutorial papers are by invitation only. Please contact the Editor in Chief if interested.
To further improve the editorial practices, the review process will be streamlined to ensure the majority of authors receive the editorial decision within 90 days from the submission date.
The review process is carried out without names of the authors being known to the reviewers. The prospective authors are requested to submit manuscripts without their names and affiliations.
All accepted papers will be expediently submitted to the IEEE Xplore data base for publication. The printed version may be published in the journal much later.
Papers out of scope of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics will be returned to the authors by the Editor in Chief office. The prospective authors are requested to consult the technical scope of the journal posted on the main page.
Papers already published elsewhere (conference or journal) will not be accepted for publication, and returned to the authors if identified as such at the initial prescreening stage prior to the review process. Edited and substantially enhanced versions of conference papers with 40-50% of a new content may be considered for a review if the new material is of a novel nature and warrants publication. Such papers have to include the original conference paper(s) as a reference and may be required to have a different title. Prospective authors are requested to contact the Editor in Chief to discuss details.
Revised on January 8, 2007
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