We would be pleased if you decided to submit a paper based on your talk at CSSP 2017 to the volume EISS 12. At the same time, in order to help set expectations, please make sure that you agree with the following eight points before deciding to submit. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
- If you have already published or intend to publish the essential content of your paper elsewhere during the next few years, then we would prefer that you didn't submit your paper to the volume. (It takes a lot of effort to edit a volume, and so we would naturally like for the volume to be as unique as possible. It wouldn't be worth the effort if we were simply to reproduce papers that are published elsewhere. By "essential content" is meant the data together with the analysis minus cosmetic changes to the text. If you plan to include the essential content of your paper later in a significantly longer journal article or book chapter, this is acceptable.)
- Every paper will be reviewed by one person external to the volume. If the review of a paper is negative, the editor may decide to reject the paper for publication, though depending on the situation, he may solicit a second opinion before making such a decision. (It's expected that in practice, a paper would be rejected on the basis of content only in an extreme case where the author has been careless or negligent, so the main point is simply that papers are reviewed and aren't accepted in advance.)
- There are two main deadlines to respect, the first for the initial version of your paper, and the second, for the revised version. (Naturally, it can sometimes happen that an author isn't able to meet a deadline, in which case a reasonable extension can be granted, but a significant delay may result in the editor's deciding to reject the paper on the basis of lateness.)
- There is a style sheet for the volume that you should do your best to follow when writing your paper. (Flagrant disregard for the style sheet on the part of an author may result in the editor's deciding that the extra editorial work posed for him by the paper simply isn't worth the effort.)
- There is a LaTeX template for the volume that you should use when writing your paper. (The use of LaTeX is a near-hard requirement, but exceptions can be made. If your paper needs to be an exception, please get in touch with the editor beforehand. Please be aware that there's no one on this side who is paid to format the volume, nor is the volume sent to a country with lower wages to be formatted. On this side, it's just the editor, who edits the volume on a voluntary, unpaid basis.)
- The page limit for your paper will be strictly enforced. (In the interest of fairness and in order to keep the volume manageable, no exceptions to the page limit will be made.)
- If you're uncertain about your written English, please have your paper proofread for grammar and style before submitting it. (For obvious reasons.)
- The working hypothesis is that the volume will be completed in the first quarter of 2019 unless it turns out to be feasible to complete the volume by the end of 2018. (Sometimes, there is a working harmony between editor, authors, and reviewers, and if this is the case, the editor will make the extra effort to try to complete the volume by the end of 2018. But if a working harmony is missing, and as a result, the editorial work is more of a struggle, the editor will naturally feel less encouraged to try to complete the volume by the end of 2018. The safest working hypothesis at this time is the first quarter of 2019. As of 2019-10-17, the volume will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2019. Apologies for the delay. As of 2019-12-30, the volume is completed.)
2019-12-31: v1c. Added final note about completion of the volume in paragraph 8
2019-10-17: v1b. Modified expected completion in paragraph 8
2019-02-20: v1a. Slightly modified the wording of paragraph 8
2018-01-29: v1