IEEE Sensors Journal

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IEEE Sensors Journal

• H. Troy Nagle (Editor-in-Chief)Biomedical
  Engineering
• NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill(919)
  515-3578
• [phone] (fax)
• nagle_at_ncsu.edu
• Presented to IEEE Sensor Council ADCOM
• October 28, 2004

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State of the IEEE Sensors Journal

• Background
• Statistics
• Special issues
• Future plans

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Background

• EIC Transition
• Feb. 03 Meeting at Piscataway (SPS LEOS)
• Apr. 03 Panel of Editors meeting
• Jun. 03 Lumelskys last issue
• Aug. 03 Nagles first issue
• SPS to LEOS Transition
• Aug. 03 Linda Matarazzo replaced Jo-Ellen
  Snyder
• Oct. 03 Last SPS complete issue
• Dec. 03 SPS LEOS joint issue
• Feb. 04 LEOS fully responsible

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SJ Statistics

• Active Editors 45
• Bimonthly Issues
• Page Budgets/Actuals
• 2001 416 (396 to 436)/400
• 2002 720 (684 to 756)/720
• 2003 928 (882 to 974)/888
• 2004 1,200 (lowered to 930)/est. 932
• 2005 976
• 2006 TBD
• Add 44 to 88 pages a year gt balance growth
  versus Council income, while maintaining a
  one-to-two issue backlog of accepted papers.

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Associate Guest Editors
Active AEs 36 Retiring soon 4
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AEs per EDIC

• CHEM 15
• PHEN 13
• SYST 13
• OPTO 10
• INTG 9
• MATR 9
• APPL 8
• MECH 8
• ACT 7

• MASS - 7
• SIGP 6
• THER 6
• MAGN 4
• MICR 2
• MODL 2
• PACK 2
• COMB 1

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AE Nominees
Reg. 1-6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 10
Ruby Ghosh Ricardo Gutierrez William Hunt Pritpal Singh Bill Tang Kimberly Turner Denise Wilson Darrin Young Orly Yadid-Pecht Istvan Barsony Marina Cole Gerald Gerlach Gabor Harsanyi Erik Heijne Andreas Hierlemann Ralf Lucklum Kofi Makinwa Janos Mizel Krikor Ozanyan Jaques Pistre Paul Regtien Patrick Ruther Lena Sarro Anita Spetz Star Huang Shoji Kawahito Hiroaki Suzuki Francis Tay Shanhong Xia
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Manuscript Statistics
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2003/03 SJ Statistics
Period Metric Average (days) Range (days)
1/1/03 10/22/03 1/1/04 10/8/04 Time Submission to Decision 116 107 28 to 251 1 to 243
1/1/03 10/22/03 1/1/04 10/8/04 Time Submission to Acceptance 283 254 92 to 763 47 to 941
1/1/03 10/22/03 1/1/04 10/8/04 Turnaround time by AEs 70 61 8 to 185 0.3 to 205
8/1/03 10/22/03 1/1/04 10/8/04 Time to Assign AEs 4.3 4.6 0 to 38 0 to 18.5
8/1/03 10/22/03 1/1/04 10/8/04 Time for AEs to invite reviewers 15.8 17 0 to 56 0 to 175
NOTES Due to the clearing of old manuscripts
from 2001 and early 2002. Due in part to
novice GEs for three special issues.
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What Metrics Are important?

• Time from submission to reviewer assignment
  (Linda AEs 2 wks)
• Time to first decision
  ( Reviewers AEs 5 wks)
• Time from Author revision to decision (AEs
  1 wk)
• Time from Author files complete to Page Proofs (
  Linda Pub. Production 6 wks)
• Time from Corrected Page Proofs to Web Posting (
  Pub. Production 1 week)
• Total (14 to 15 weeks plus author delays)

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Special Issues

• 2003
• Optical Fiber Sensors (Feb. 2003)
• Biosensors (Jun. 2003)
• SENSORS 2002 (Oct. Dec. 2003)
• 2004
• Microsensor Microactuators (Aug. 2004)
• 2005
• Sensors for Industrial Process Tomography (Apr.
  2005)
• Sensors for the Prevention of Terrorist Acts
  (Aug. 2005)

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Special Issues

• Approval Procedure
• Potential Guest editors send a proposal to the
  EIC
• EIC works with potential guest editors to refine
  the concept
• EIC sends proposal to the Editorial Board for
  review and comments
• Feedback is incorporated into the project
• If the AEs reactions are favorable, the SI is
  approved and the Call for Papers is posted on the
  website and published in the Journal
• An announcement is sent by e-mail to 10,000 names
  on the e-mail list (maintained by John Vig).
• Future Plans
• Two to three SIs per year

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Soliciting Manuscripts

• SENSORS 2004, 2005, etc.
• Booth to solicit attendees
• E-mail invitation in November, reminder in
  January.
• Transducers 05, 07, etc.
• Booth to solicit attendees
• Revisions with Authors
• AEs to search their databases
• Invited Papers
• Conference Keynote Speakers as lead-ins to
  Special Issues (when appropriate)

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Citation Index Impact Factor

• Process
• Three consecutive issues mailed on time.
• Process of collecting data then begins.
• Data gathering process takes two years.
• Schedule
• Since LEOS joined our team, SJ issue are being
  mailed on time, and the most recent issues went
  out early.
• Data gathering began in mid 2004.
• Process should be completed in 2006.

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Proposal for Senior AEs

• Description
• An award for excellent service
• Limit number to 5 or 6
• Two-year term (renewable once for potential EIC
  candidates)
• Qualifications/Selection Process
• Four years of exemplary service
• Nominated by EIC, approved by VP Pubs
• Justification
• Most productive AEs are about to retire need a
  way to retain their expertise
• Establishes a competitive process to generate
  multiple viable EIC candidates

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Summary

• Administration Overview
• LEOS support is excellent!
• Backlog of old manuscripts has been cleared.
• Our statistical measures are improving.
• Current highest priorities are 1) soliciting SIs
  for 2006 and 2007, and 2) recruiting new AEs.
• Future Activities
• Annual Award for SJ Best Paper (Journal Editorial
  Board will participate in the process)
• Being in the Citation Index is extremely
  important!
• Six issues per year, growing to 200 pages per
  issue, and beyond.
• Develop even closer ties with the IEEE SENSORS
  conference to ensure a steady stream of
  high-quality manuscripts.
• Two to three Special Issues per year will keep
  the Journal at the forefront of emerging
  technologies.