tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705661.post8370591743725736010..comments2023-10-28T10:58:57.140+00:00Comments on Process Algebra Diary: PC-chair-authored papers at conferencesLuca Acetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092671728833265127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705661.post-72823965220191297162012-04-13T08:59:41.188+00:002012-04-13T08:59:41.188+00:00Dear Anonymous,
I do not know what process is fo...Dear Anonymous, <br /><br />I do not know what process is followed in handling submissions by guest editors to TCS special issues they are co-editing. Here is what Logical Methods in Computer Science does. <br /><br />"Submissions by special issue co-editors are permitted, but need to be handled in a special way. Such a submission should be treated initially as an *ordinary* submission to LMCS, completely independent of the special<br />issue, so that it goes through the normal reviewing process with some other<br />editorial board member as handling editor. If the paper is accepted, the journal editor responsible for handling special issues puts it into the special<br />issue."<br /><br />The preface that the guest editors write for the special issue can mention this process, so that readers know there was no special treatment.<br /><br />Despite this, for what it is worth, I feel that, for the sake of transparency, it is best not to submit to special issues one is co-editing.Luca Acetohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092671728833265127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705661.post-10030678869219082792012-04-13T07:25:54.191+00:002012-04-13T07:25:54.191+00:00Dear Prof. Aceto,
It doesn't seem to be just ...Dear Prof. Aceto,<br /><br />It doesn't seem to be just you. This somewhat disconcerting trend is strikingly exemplified in the following TCS special issue honouring Jan Bergstra, wherein all papers were supposedly refereed according to the "usual high standards of the TCS journal". <br /><br />http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5674-2011-995879971-3354744<br /><br />It's nonetheless interesting to note that one of the Guest Editors appears as the first author of a contributed (and supposedly refereed) paper, while Bergstra himself is the first author of another contribution. This does lead one to ponder on the integrity of the review process, given that, in the above instance, the Guest Editors as well as the person being honoured have all been having a very close working relationship within the same research group over the past couple of decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com