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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Are there any charges for subscribers or authors?
No, the journal is entirely open-access: access is free, under a
Creative Commons license,
and there are no page charges for authors.
2. Is there any publisher?
No, but the journal is published under the auspices of the IfCoLog
(International Federation of Computational Logic).
3. What about hardcopy?
There is, so far, no hardcopy version. In the future this will be
reconsidered.
4. How is the scholarly quality of the journal upheld?
The Editorial Board of the journal consists of some of the most
outstanding researchers in their research areas. We have set a high acceptance
criterion for papers: editors are asked to assign two or three referees
to every paper and to accept only those papers rated as excellent.
5. How is the journal archived?
The journal is published as an overlay of CoRR (Computing Research
Repository), a part of arXiv. This repository is under the auspices of
the ACM and Cornell University, and its aim is to guarantee that
archived articles are available forever, independent of software development.
6. How about citation indices?
The journal is covered by Mathematical Reviews,
DBLP Database and ISI Web of Knowledge. In the latter
the latter the Impact Factor of the journal is 0.864.
7. What can I do with an article from Logical Methods in Computer Science?
Read it: On- or offline.
Use it: Quote parts of articles; add articles to a course pack,
anthology, or web site.
Print it: Give articles to colleagues and students.
All we ask is that you credit the original author and source; see the
license.
8. Who has the copyright?
The copyright is retained by the author(s). They are requested to sign a
license agreement making the uses mentioned in question 6. legal.
9. How do I submit a paper?
Use this web site.
10. Is there any page limit for submissions?
Papers submitted to Logical Methods in Computer Science should not
exceed 5O pages. If authors feel that more pages are needed, they should
explain why in their cover letter.
11. How do I prepare a submission?
You can submit your paper in postscript or pdf format. For the final
version you are requested to use the journal style file, and submit to
the Computing Research Repository.
12. Can I get notification about new issues and/or papers?
We offer notification of papers, both on topics you select and also of
new issues.
13. What are DOI numbers?
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are a type of identifier serving to
identify articles, journal issues and any other kind of digital object.
DOIs are persistent throughout time and space: they remain fixed, even
though the object's web page may change. This is done via this
resolution site.
Logical Methods in Computer Science provides DOIs for both papers and
issues. For example, the DOI of the first paper published in the journal
is
10.2168/LMCS-1(1:1)2005
One can access the paper on the web `manually' by visiting
http://dx.doi.org and then typing in the DOI. Within another paper, the
DOI can be cited and (simultaneously) turned into an archival quality live
link using the latex package hyperref, as follows:
\href{dx.doi.org/doi: 10.2168/LMCS-1 (1:1) 2005}
{doi: 10.2168/LMCS-1 (1:1) 2005}
Every paper of Logical Methods in Computer Science has a BIBTEX entry on
its web page that includes a live link to the paper's DOI.
For more information on DOIs, other types of persistent identifiers, and
the hyperref package, see the Information for Authors. Please note that
it is the policy of Logical Methods in Computer Science to allow only
live links recognised as of archival quality.
14. Why do Special Issues have no issue numbers?
Special Issues are journal overlays: every Special Issue paper is
published (within a few days of acceptance) in a regular, numbered
issue; it simultaneously appears on the Special Issue web page. Special
Issues do have DOI numbers so they can be linked to collectively.
15. How quickly will my paper be published?
This depends on the time the refereeing process takes: the average
turn-around time (from the first submission to the publication) so far
has been less than seven months. We hope to keep the average turn-around
time to under nine months. To achieve this, editorial work is supported
by a web-based tool. However, the journal leaves ample time for all
referees to provide their reports, so that a very high quality of the
refereeing process is achieved.
16. How do I choose an editor?
Every author chooses a handling editor; the Editorial Board web page
gives a suggested list of topics for each editor. Topics handled by
individual editors are listed, but this is just a suggestion. The editor
has the right to decline, in which case another editor is assigned to
handle the submission.
17. What about corrigenda?
The authors can submit a new version of the paper, provided that the
handling editor agrees. The journal provides then both the original
version, and the new one.
18. Can editors of the journal publish in the journal?
| a. | Yes, they can. This is the standard policy of computer science
journals. |
| b. | Nevertheless, guest editors of a special issue should not be
authors or co-authors of articles in the special issue. |
| c. | Managing editors can also publish. Here we follow the
conflict-of-interest
policy and procedures of the ACM the designated
handling editor is Andrzej Tarlecki. |
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