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Publication of IFAC Meeting PapersIn announcements for IFAC meetings, the IFAC copyright policy for submitted papers is summarized. It includes the statement: "Any paper submitted for an IFAC event is automatically considered for publication in the IFAC Journals." In order to prevent any misinterpretation, a further explanation about the procedures involved in publishing IFAC meeting papers in Automatica is given below. The statement does not mean that all papers submitted for IFAC meetings are formally reviewed for possible publication in Automatica. Instead, papers of high quality and general interest are recommended by the meeting organizer and/or editors for further review and evaluation by the Automatica Editorial Staff. Preferably these recommendations are made quickly on the basis of preliminary reviews required to select papers for the meeting programme. Additional recommendations may be obtained from Automatica Editors and Associate Editors later on the basis of the preprinted paper or perhaps the presentation of the paper. Often these recommendations are delayed until after the meeting has been held. Each recommendation is sent to an Automatica Editor, who usually requests the author of the recommended paper to submit a modified, often expanded, version of the paper for possible publication in Automatica after further review and evaluation by the Automatica Editorial Staff. The reason for requesting a modified version of the paper is that the criteria for accepting Automatica papers are much different from those used for IFAC meeting papers (click here for more details). IFAC meeting papers must usually be written in a relatively short time to provide a record of the basic ideas conveyed in the presentation of the paper. Generally, background information, development and computational details, and experimental verification are not included. In addition, the length of meeting papers must be limited to meet the publication constraints of the Preprint or Proceedings in which they are published. Automatica papers, however, contain additional background material to greater detail in the development, more depth, more examples, and specific results, if available, to give the papers more of an archival nature. Although the length of Automatica papers must also be constrained, the constraints are not as rigid or severe as are those for meeting papers. If within three months after the end of the meeting you have not been notified by an Automatica Editor that your paper is under review for possible publication in Automatica, you may assume that IFAC's copyright has been released. If you wish to have your paper considered immediately for possible publication in Automatica without waiting for recommendation, and if you believe that it meets the high standards required for Automatica, including a potential archival value, then please do the following:
Note that if the modified version of your submitted paper does not appear to meet the high standards typical of Automatica papers, it may be returned immediately with appropriate comments without being subjected to the formal review procedure. However, without reviews this action is not an irrevocable rejection. For further information please contact Automatica's Editor-in-Chief: Professor Huibert Kwakernaak Notes on review procedures in AutomaticaEvery reviewer of a paper submitted for publication in Automatica is asked to respond to the following questions:
The reviewer is moreover asked to rate the contribution of the paper and its quality, to provide an overall recommendation and to advise in which category the paper should be published. Finally, the review form provides extensive space for comments to the authors, which are considered very seriously by the editors. Based on the reviews the Associate Editor prepares a publication recommendation to the Editor who is responsible for the paper.
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