INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS JOURNAL

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INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS JOURNAL

• Started in JUNE 1976
• First ever Journal in Computer Networking
  field.
• Became a leading journal in the field.
• In the 1990s the Journal was neglected.
• Took over the EiC January 2000 to revive the
  Journal.
• Complete new Editorial Board (46 Editors).
• Complete Electronic Processing.
• Very fast turn around times (less than 3 mos)
• Very detailed and constructive referee reports.
• 70 rejection rate.
• In 1.5 years we brought the Journal back to its
  glory days!!!

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Why the Transition to E_Processing?

• EFFICIENCY!!!
• Reduction of paper processing time
• Good use of multimedia applications
• Less burden on the Editors, referees, authors,
  and Editorial office
• Easy tracking of paper status
• Enormous cost savings
• Use of high tech components (e.g. computers and
  communication networks)

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Overview of Hard Copy Processing
Editors
EiC
Secretary
Submission of papers
Submission of papers
OR
Authors

• Authors submit hard copies of the paper to EiC or
  to one of the Editors
• If EiC ? Logs in the submission
• ACKs to the authors
• Sends the paper referee forms to an
  Editor
• If Editor ? Sends a letter to EiC informing
  about the submission with 1 copy of the
  paper
• EiC logs in the submission ACKs the Editor

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Overview of Hard Copy Processing

• Editor sends one hard copy to three different
  referees
• Referees send ACK or NAK letter back to Editor
• If NAK, the Editor must send another copy to
  another referee (sometimes, the referees do not
  return the hard copy, i.e., a new copy must be
  made for the new referee ? costly!)
• If referees do not return their reports, then
  they will be asked with another letter about the
  status of the processing

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Overview of Hard Copy Processing

• When an Editor collects all referee reports (in
  hard copy), the decision referee reports are
  forwarded to EiC.
• EiC then sends a letter along with the editorial
  reports referee reports to the authors
• Depending on the decision
• reject ? easy ? just forget it
• accept ? more hassle!
• revise resubmit ? much more hassle!
• Bottomline in this high tech age
• ? this procedure is obsolete, costly,
  
• and cumbersome!!!

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E-Processing (based on E_mails)
EiC in Atlanta
Editorial Office in Amsterdam
E_mail papers
Authors

• Authors e_mail their papers (PS, Doc, PDF files)
  to EiC and Editorial Office
• Editorial Office ACKs by e_mail receipt of the
  papers, and informs the authors which Editor will
  be processing their papers
• The Editor receives an online copy from Amsterdam
  Office

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E-Processing

• Editor e_mails the paper file to referees. After
  checking with referees whether they are willing
  to referee the paper by short message exchanging
• Referees return their referee reports (on-line)
  to the Editor
• Editor decides based on referee reports about the
  outcome of the paper and informs the authors
  directly by e_mail by also sending the referee
  reports to them. Editor also copies the e_mail
  exchanges with the author to EiC Amsterdam
  Office

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Interaction with EiC and Amsterdam Office

• Amsterdam Office sends a status report of pending
  papers to EiC every couple of months (again
  online)
• Every couple of months, EiC and Amsterdam Office
  have a teleconference to discuss the latest
  developments

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New Actions

• Introduced Best Editor of the Year Award
• Introduced Best Paper of the Year Award
• Have at least one Editorial Board meeting during
  one of the leading computer networks conferences

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What Next!

• Moving to complete Web-Based Processing
• by January 2002.

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Why?

• Annoying e_mail exchanges of very large files
  (papers) between the offices of EiC, Amsterdam,
  the Editors, Referees and Authors.
• No formatting problems as the system will do
  automatic conversions.
• Authors will immediately/automatically be ACKed
  by the system.

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Advantages of Web_Based Processing

• Avoid unnecessary E-mail box congestions.
• Authors can check the status of their papers
  anytime they wish.
• Very easy processing just clicks
• on necessary buttons
• (complete automatization!)

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Concluding Remarks

• Highly recommend e_processing.
• Essential for success is to have good
• coordination between Publishing Editor and
  EiC.