Special Issue Information Form - Elsevier



Special Issue Information FormPlease answer the following questions as completely as possible as this will allow us to set up your Special Issue correctly and help run the process smoothly throughout.For more information on the Special Issue publication process, please visit the Guest Editor Website: A: Basic information about the guest editorsPlease provide information for all the Guest Editors and also the necessary information about the Special Issue in the tables below:TitleGiven nameSurnameOrganizationSub-organizationEmail addressTelephone numberPostal addressSection B: General Information about the Special Issue1If there is more than one Guest Editor, who will be the Managing Guest Editor?*Please note there can be only one Managing Guest Editor. The role will be set up only for workflow purposes; however please be assured that all Guest Editors’ names will appear under the title in the introductory space at the top of the Special Issue2The tentative title of the Special Issue 3Please also suggest an easily identified short title for authors to use when submitting their manuscript in EM on the “Article Type” selection page (max. 25 characters including spaces): 4Please confirm whether there will be an open call for papers for this Special Issue.? If yes, please provide it in a separate file (in .docx or pdf). This will be checked by the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief prior to publishing. Submission instructions should be provided on the last page.5Expected number of articles to be published in this Special Issue (subject to approval from the Publisher)6Please confirm whether there will be an Editorial with this Special Issue.7Conference information (if relevant)Please indicate the full name of the conference and the contact details of the person who represents the Organizing Committee and will be signing a contract on behalf of the Committee.The date and venue of conference.8Please provide an introductory text for the Special Issue in the box below (max 2000 characters, including spaces. Pay attention, it’s characters, not words.) To assist readers with the accumulating content on ScienceDirect, I would like to ask you to submit a preface text that introduces the theme of the SI. The introductory text piece is a (max) 2000 character preface that covers the theme or topic of the SI, and contextualizes current and upcoming content. This preface is editable at any point during the SI process and can act as a temporary introduction prior to submission of the editorial, or as a permanent intro to the SI if no editorial is expected. For example, click here.Introductory text:Section C: TimelinesThe average timelines for Special Issue publication based on historic data for article submission/review and issue production are provided below:StageTime Paper submission2-3 monthsReview process and revision submission9-10 monthsProduction process (online publication)1-2 monthsTotal12-15 monthsGenerally it is: 2-3 months for the submission process (from when first paper expected) and 9-10 months for peer review and revisions and then 1-2 months for production.?Please set the timelines for your Special Issue based on the above data and your experiences:Date when author invitations were or will be sentThe date the first paper is expected (submission portal will be open from this date)The submission deadline: the date by which all papers should be submitted to the Guest Editors for review and the EM submission site will be closed.The acceptance deadline: the date by which all manuscripts should be fully reviewed and final decisions made on all manuscriptsSection D: Submission instructionsThe submission system will be open around one week before the first paper comes in. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type “VSI: Short title”. Please submit your manuscript before the submission deadline.All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special Issue articles.Please see an example here: Please ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Authors and the link to submit your manuscript is available on the Journal’s homepage.Section E: Open AccessAs a hybrid Open Access journal, in addition to its subscription access content, our journal contains Open Access articles that are immediately free to access by the reading public with permitted reuse. If an author of your Special Issue chooses to follow this route, an Open Access publication fee will need to be paid. Elsevier has a strict no double-dipping policy for hybrid journals and will not charge subscribers for Open Access content published in these journals. Should there be an agreement for your entire Special Issue to be Open Access, then the user license options presented to your authors may be impacted. We would therefore like you to answer the below questions:Is there an agreement for Open Access for the entire Special Issue? (YES / NO)If the entire issue will be Open Access, is there a sponsor? (YES / NO)If there is a sponsor, please provide the name and contact details of the sponsor:The user licenses define how readers and the general public can reuse an article and the specific license for each article is located in the footnote of the article on ScienceDirect. More information on?the different user licenses can be found here: F: Share LinksWe will provide the Guest Editors and corresponding authors with ‘Share Links’ of the Special Issue articles. Share Links enable you to share your Special Issues’ articles for free for 50 days. The links can be posted on social networks such as?Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, or emailed to colleagues. For more information, please see G: Disclosure of potential financial conflict(s) of interestAre there any financial arrangements between you [or, if relevant: between the conference organizers] and the authors (e.g., upon acceptance of their paper), or are there any other potential conflicts of interest that we need to know about? If so, please specify in the box below.01079400If available, PCS to add a link here to the journal’s specific Special Issue Policy.Section H: Biography and Experience of Guest Editors-54579488625020000Short biography of the lead Guest Editor, including link to institution’s website (note that a CV should also be supplied with the proposal):left909242020000Please provide details in the box below of any previous Special Issue editing experience of the Guest Editors:left2944092020000Please provide details of any previous engagement you have had with the journal in question (for example, as an author/ Guest Editor/ reviewer):left577215020000Please provide details of any CURRENT Guest Editing you are involved with, giving brief details of the Special Issues concerned:For more information on our Special Issue publication process, please visit the Guest Editor Website: ................
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