The Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to technical and managerial aspects of problems
in the computing system domain. The journal publishes papers that are as self-contained as possible and accessible to a wide range of
readers.
JSS seeks original material offering both theoretical and pragmatic developments with emphasis on those that have been tested
by government, industry, or university empirical research. Manuscripts that depict applications of these findings that have actually
impacted management policies and practice or technical procedures are especially encouraged. Manuscripts that include alternative theories,
literature reviews, commentary, methodology, or replication are also welcomed. All articles should consider the practical application
of the ideas advanced through case studies, experiments, or systematic comparisons with other approaches already in practice. The editorial
policy favors manuscripts testing theory or studying environments within the actual computer industry setting, ranging from simple data
processing applications to very large real-time embedded computer systems, at any point in their respective life cycles.
Electronic submissions only
All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted via the journal's online
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IMPORTANT NOTES:1) Submit to the right Editor:
Please make sure you submit your paper to the right Editor,
according to their area of expertise:
- Computer Systems and Networks- Helen Karatza
- Security Technology - Der-Chyuan Lou
- Software Architecture - Christine Hofmeister
- Software Testing - Antonia Bertolino
- Databases and Data Management - Kaushik
Dutta
- All other papers -- Editor-in-Chief, Hans van Vliet
2) Special Issues
In case you submit a special
issue paper that will be handled by a designated Special Issue Guest Editor, please follow the instructions below:
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2. Select: Submit Manuscript from Main Menu
3. When choosing Article Type please
select the title of the special issue you are submitting to
From then on follow the steps as laid out in EES. The manuscript will
be assigned in the system to the responsible Guest Editor in charge of that specific special issue.
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Word
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See also the section on Preparation of electronic illustrations. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your wordprocessor.
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Abstract: A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 100 words). The abstract should state briefly
the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so
it must be able to stand alone.
Keyword instructions: Important Notice: please add three to five keywords to your article.
Keywords are essential for the accessibility and retrievability of your article. It is planned to make keywords available on Internet.
To maximize the consistency with which such keywords are assigned by different authors, the following guidelines have been drawn up.
Each keyword (which can be a phrase of more than one word) should describe one single concept. Often words like "and" or
"of" should be avoided.
Avoid very general keywords which become meaningless once in a keyword list. Examples to avoid are
"action", "computer", "mathematics". Check whether the keywords as a whole describe the outlines of the article.
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Use English rather than American spelling (regardless of the spelling used for the article
itself).
Avoid the use of abbreviations as much as possible, unless an abbreviation is so well-established that the full
term is rarely used (e.g. use "laser" instead of "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation", but use "computer aided
design" instead of "CAD").
Although these guidelines are not mandatory, they should be adhered to where
possible.
Vitae: Include in the manuscript a short (maximum 100 words) biography of each Author.
Preparation of
electronic illustrations
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(Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings.
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TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale):
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please supply "as is".
Please do not:
Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet,
presentation) document;
Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
Supply files that are too low in resolution;
Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
- Citations
in the text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references
cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but
may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
- Citing
and listing of web references: As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates,
reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g. after the reference list)
under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
- Text: All citations in the text should
refer to:
1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed
by 'et al.' and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first
alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al.
(2000) have recently shown ...."
- List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically
if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc.,
placed after the year of publication.
References should conform to the following style: Journal:
Vandergraft, G., 1968.
Spectral Properties of matrices having invariant cones, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 6, 1208-1222. Book:
Varga, R., 1962. Matrix
Iterative Analysis, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.Chapter in an Edited Book:
Fan, K., 1950. On systems of
linear inequalities. In: Kuhn, H.W., Tucker, A.W. (Eds.), Linear Inequalities and Related Systems, Analysis of Mathematics Studies, No.38.
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, New Jersey. Theses and Reports:
Cain, B. E., 1968. Inertia Theory for Operators on
a Hilbert Space, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
The use of Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
The digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric
character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes.
Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full
bibliographic information.
The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows:
doi:10.1016/j.future.2003.10.071.
When
you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Other
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