What happens next
Authors may begin sharing the DOI for the preprint immediately without waiting for formal publication in CiSE. The AEiC/D will also notify the Editor-in-Chief that the article is ready to be scheduled into a future issue, and update the status in the log. IEEE publications will deliver pre-publication proofs to the department editors directly for review.
Role of the Associate Editor-in-Chief for Departments (AEiC/D)
The guidelines above have involved the AEiC/D in many places, but here we list the duties of this role in one place. The AEiC/D is responsible for the following:
- prompt department editors to provide article plans for each year
- review all department articles to ensure adherence to magazine guidelines (no advertising content, length, reference count, etc.) and appropriateness for the CiSE audience
- copy edit department articles
- transmit complete articles ready for publication to the IEEE Publications staff
- notify EiC when articles are ready for publication so they can be scheduled into an issue
- maintain a list of issue deadlines for department editors
- maintain a report of article counts by department by year
- maintain a log of completed and planned articles for the department in order to assist editors in meeting their minimum article count of 2 articles per year
At a tactical level, the AEiC/D should foresee low-content issues and communicate with department editors when they should be increasing their attention to delivering content. It will often be necessary to follow up with editors with reminders and encouragement so the planned articles do make it into the editorial calendar in a timely fashion. Beyond this, the AEiC/D participates in strategizing with the EiC about departments that may need more vitality or new editors.