【正文】 pt Central? ? Peer review process needs stronger focus Discipline – Structure Uniformity ? Improve overall timeliness improvements – to meet TAB requirements ? Average submission to first decision 90 days (gradually reducing to 60 days by 2023) ? Average submission to publication 1 year ? Need to reduce workload on volunteers ? Need data for TAB periodical reviews and other occasional reports ? TAB has directed IAS to implement a management tool currently Page 3 Peer Review The process to determine whether a paper will be published in an IAS Periodical Also determines whether the paper will be published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications IEEE Industry Applications Magazine Functions of Manuscript Central 1. Peerreview management ? Reviewer selection and online review ? Email munications 2. Data capture ? Performance statistics ? Support of prize paper selection Page 4 Contrasting IAS with Other IEEE Societies Typical IEEE Users IAS Submission for publication only Presentation First: manuscripts must be presented at conferences prior to publication Single submission model Three submission models: Submission of papers for future IAS conference and peer review for publication Submission of previously presented APEC or ECCE papers Submission of previously presented papers from cosponsored nonIEEE conferences One processing model Two processing models: Reviewall (PID and ICPS) Authorchoice (IPCSD MSDAD) Singlejournal submission Review process selects between Transactions and Magazine Process managed by journal EIC Process managed by Technical Committee (requires mittee differentiation within MSC) Formal “Publication Office” with dedicated administrator Administrative duties distributed among volunteers Complexity of IAS Publications Activities Requires that the IAS Manuscript Central Site be Different from Other IEEE Societies Page 5 Redefined role for Department ViceChair, Paper Monitor status of paper mittee paper reviews Prepare quarterly report for Department Chair Alert Department Chair to mittee problems Remend candidates for annual Transactions and Magazine prize paper awards A u t h o r s u b m i t s a b s t r a c t , d i g e s t o r m a n u s c r i p t d r a f tI E E E H e a d q u a r t e r sD e c i d e s a p p r o p r i a t e S o c i e t yT r a n s a c t i o n s E i CD e c i d e s a p p r o p r i a t e C o m m i t t e eT e c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e eM a g a z i n e E i CD e c i d e s a p p r o p r i a t e C o m m i t t e eE v a l u a t e f o r C o n f e r e n c e P r e s e n t a t i o nA u t h o r U p l o a d s M / S R e j e c t – N o t I A S S c o p eI s s u e I n v i t a t i o n ( v i a M S C )R e j e c t ( v i a e m a i l )P R C v e r i f i e s s u b m i s s i o n i s c o m p l e t eM S C g e n e r a t e s X p l o r e c o m p l i a n t P D FA u t h o r a p p r o v e s P D FP D F t o C o n f e r e n c e P r o c e e d i n g sP R C a s s i g n s t o A EA E a s s i g n s t o r e v i e w e r sR e v i e w e r s c o m p l e t e r e v i e w sA E r e c o m m e n d s d i s p o s i t i o nP R C a p p r o v e s d i s p o s i t i o nA u t h o r n o t i f i e d o f a c c e p t a n c e o r r e j e c t i o nA u t h o r p r e s e n t a t i o n a t I A S C o n f e r e n c eA u t h o r s e l e c t s r e v i e w 。 may also download a pdf for offline review ? Reviewer must plete nine multiplechoice questions ? reviewers subjective opinion of the paper ? answers determine numerical (m) score ? Reviewer must choose one of four specific remendations ? Accept for Transactions with or without ments ? Accept for Magazine with or without ments ? Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ? Reject ? Reviewer may offer anonymous ments for the author ? Can attach extended document – use caution to retain anonymity ? Reviewer may offer confidential ments to the AE ? Time required to plete a review ? Varies with manuscript ? Mechanics of conveying review conclusions to AE pleted online Manuscript Central Workflow Page 43 Review Example ? Header identifies paper, author, mittee, keywords ? Mscore visible only after review has been submitted Page 44 Typical Multiple Choice Question ? Questions from the traditional IAS Technical Paper Review form ? Questions assess important attributes of the manuscript ? Reviewers see “click boxes” with intermediate options ? Completed review indicates reviewer?s assessment Page 45 Reviewer Remendations ? Options designed to make remendation unequivocal Page 46 Opportunity for Reviewer Comments ? Confidential ments to Editor – not shared with author ? Comments to the Author – automatically appended to author notification ? Attached file – most useful for “revise and resubmit” option ? Text file ? Annotated manuscript pdf Page 47 Step 6: Remend disposition done by Associate Editor ? MSC notifies AE when the required minimum number of reviews have been submitted ? AE examines remendations from the reviewers and develops a final decision ? Accept as written for Transactions ? Accept as written for Magazine ? Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ? Reject ? MSC automatically notifies Technical Committee PRC when the AE decision has been made ? Time required to make the decision ? Typically 1 minute or less ? AE also rates each reviewer on timeliness and review quality Manuscript Central Workflow Page 48 AE Remendation ? AE sees summary of Reviewer?s Inputs ? Chooses one of four remendation