PUBLICATIONS

T-ITS Associate Editor Guidelines for Special Issue Papers

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• The organizer(s) of a special issue should have the credentials to serve as Associate Editor for Special Issue (AE-SI) and handle the review process and make publication recommendations to the Editor in Chief. The credentials require a PhD awarded more than 5 years ago with experience in reviewing papers and publishing in ITS Journals.

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• The AE-SI should never contact the authors directly.

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• The AE-SI should be able to handle any paper submitted for the special issue. The AE-SI cannot refuse to handle a paper submitted to the special issue claiming busy schedule or personal constraints.

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• The AE-SI can recommend rejection of any paper whose topic is not relevant to the special issue.

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• For papers that are relevant to the special issue the AE-SI cannot reject the paper without sending it for reviews and getting at least 3 reviews.

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• Every publication recommendation should have comments to the authors justifying the recommendation especially when there are conflicting reviews.

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Azim Eskandarian

Editor in Chief

IEEE Transactions on ITS

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