Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES) aims to provide a forum for academics, industrial professionals, educators, and policymakers working in the field to contribute and disseminate innovative and significant new work on reconfigurable systems, embedded systems, very large-scale integration (VLSI) design, and the internet of things (IoT). The IJRES covers all aspects of reconfigurable systems, field programmable gate arrays, embedded computing, and embedded IoT devices, including algorithms, circuits, systems, models, compilers, architectures, tools, design methodologies, test and applications, embedded architectures, systems on chip (SoC), systems on a programmable/reconfigurable chip (SoPC), multi-processor systems on a chip (MPSoC), and network-on-chip (NoC) which covers, but not limited to, the following scope:

Reconfigurable System

  • Applications and design studies: implementation of novel designs on FPGAs establishing state-of-the-art in high-performance, low-power, security, or high-reliability. Designs leveraging unique capabilities of FPGA architectures or demonstrating significant improvements over alternative programmable technologies (e.g., CPU, GPU). Design studies or architecture explorations enabling improvement of FPGA architectures.
  • Applications: security and cryptography; time sensitive/critical networks; big data, HPC, event processing; embedded computing and DSP; robotics, space, bioinformatics, automotive; safety and mission critical systems; deep learning and neural network
  • Approximate computing in FPGAs
  • Architectures: self-adaptive, evolvable; heterogeneous; low-power designs; approximate computing; fine-/coarse-/mixed-grained; embedded MPSoCs; interconnect (NoCs, …); resilient and fault tolerant
  • Benchmarks and evaluations; benchmarks-compute performance and/or power/cost efficiency in cloud/HPC; area, energy, and performance evaluation; comparative analysis of heterogeneous devices and frameworks for HPC
  • Cad for FPGAs: algorithms for synthesis, technology mapping, logic and timing optimization, clustering, placement, and routing of FPGAs. Novel design software for system-level partitioning, debug, and verification. Algorithms for modeling, analysis and optimization of timing and power.
  • CAD for FPGAs: Placement, routing, retiming, log
  • Communication aware multiprocessor embedded systems
  • Communication centric design techniques at different abstraction levels
  • Compilation and programming languages
  • Design methods and tools: high-level languages and compilation; simulation and synthesis-estimation techniques; design space exploration; run-time systems and virtualization
  • Design space exploration (DSE) of reconfigurable and/or NoC-based systems; and self-reconfiguration and self-optimization for HPC
  • Design-flows for HHPC and HPRC
  • Domain specific languages (DSLs) for HHPC and HPRC; high-level and pure software programming for reconfigurable devices
  • Domain specific languages that target FPGAs
  • DSLs for HHPC and HPRC
  • FPGA architecture: architectures for programmable logic fabrics or their components, including routing, flexible logic cells, embedded blocks (memory, DSP, processors), and i/o interfaces. Novel commercial architectures and architectural features.
  • FPGA Architecture: novel logic block architectures; combination of FPGA fabric and system blocks (DSP, processors, memories, etc.); design of routing fabric; I/O interfaces; new commercial architectures and architectural features.
  • FPGA circuit design: circuits and layout techniques for the design of FPGAs. Impact of future process and design technologies on FPGAs as well as novel memory memory or nano-scale devices. Methods for analyzing and improving static and dynamic power, power and clock distribution, yield, manufacturability, security, reliability, and testability.
  • FPGA Circuit Design: novel FPGA circuits and circuit level techniques, impact of process and design technologies, methods for analyzing and improving issues with soft errors, leakage, static and dynamic power, clocking, power grid, yield, manufacturability, reliability, test; studies on future device technologies (e.g. nanoscale, 3D gate) for FPGAs.
  • FPGA compilation of legacy codes
  • FPGA technology: novel FPGA architectures and circuits; advances in CAD tools for FPGAs, in areas such as technology mapping, placement, routing, and others; high level design methodologies that permit FPGA design at higher levels of abstraction; and new applications for FPGAs, particularly for energy efficient and high-performance computation.
  • FPGA-based and FPGA-like computing engines: systems and software for compiled accelerators, reconfigurable/adaptive computing, and rapid-prototyping. Programmable overlay architectures implemented using FPGAs.
  • FPGAs and reconfigurable computing for software programmers
  • FPGAs and reconfigurable hardware accelerators for HPC, cloud and machine learning
  • FPGAs and reconfigurable hardware for internet of things (IoT)
  • Heterogeneous high-performance computing (HHPC) and high-performance reconfigurable computing (HPRC) applications: HPC applications on multi/many-core CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs; HHPC and HPRC for scientific applications; HHPC and HPRC for machine learning and artificial intelligence; HHPC and HPRC for big-data applications; FPGAs for edge computing and bump-in-the-wire
  • High-level abstractions and tools for FPGAs: general-purpose and domain-specific languages, tools, and techniques to facilitate the design, debugging and verification of FPGA-based applications and systems. Novel hardware/software co-design and high-level synthesis methodologies enabling digital signal processing, compute acceleration, networking, machine learning, and embedded systems.
  • Industrial case studies applying the topics above to domains such as HPC, networking, telecom, cloud computing and transportation systems.
  • Industrial case studies: HPC, routers, mobile systems, transportation system, etc.
  • Just in time hardware synthesis
  • Low power design of reconfigurable and multiprocessor socs
  • Networks and NoCs: novel NoC architectures for high-performance systems; systems software support for advanced NOC-based systems; NoC-aware compilation and runtime systems; mapping and scheduling for NoC-based systems; implementation case studies of reconfigurable and NoC-based systems
  • New paradigms for communication centric, adaptive and reconfigurable computing
  • On chip communication architectures (buses and networks on chip NoCs)
  • OS and middleware for reconfigurable and multicore SoCs
  • Other: reliability, scalability, availability, and fault tolerance; reconfigurable computing education
  • Performance portability between CPU, GPU, and FPGA based systems
  • Performance portability between different FPGA platforms
  • Programming productivity for FPGAs
  • Reconfigurable and adaptive embedded socs
  • Reconfigurable computing
  • Reconfigurable platforms
  • Reconfigurable system-on-chip
  • Reconfigurable system design and verification
  • Runtime thermal and power management
  • Specification languages and design methodologies
  • Targeting FPGAs in the cloud
  • Toolchains for compiling DSLs to FPGAs
  • Tools, languages, frameworks, benchmarks, and DSE
  • Trends (in): teaching RC; surveys and future trends; benchmarks; emerging technologies; cyber-physical systems
  • Verification and evaluation techniques
  • VMs, middleware, run-time and operating systems for HHPC and HPRC

Embedded System

  • 8051 microcontroller programming
  • 8051 based advanced embedded systems design
  • Advance embedded signal and image processing
  • Advance signal and image processing
  • Advanced computer architecture
  • Advanced embedded system design
  • Application-specific processors/ devices
  • ARM Cortex-M series programming
  • ARM based advanced embedded systems design
  • AVR based advanced embedded systems design
  • C programming language for embedded applications
  • Controller area network (CAN) and CAN access programming language (CAPL)- CAN and CAPL programming
  • Digital signal processors and architectures
  • Digital system design
  • Embedded access technologies
  • Embedded automotive systems
  • Embedded computing
  • Embedded computing education
  • Embedded design cycle
  • Embedded hardware
  • Embedded hardware support
  • Embedded instrumentation and control
  • Embedded Linux
  • Embedded networking
  • Embedded of things
  • Embedded operating systems
  • Embedded programming languages
  • Embedded real time operating systems
  • Embedded signal and image processing
  • Embedded software
  • Embedded system
  • Embedded system architecture
  • Embedded testing techniques
  • Emerging technologies and applications
  • Emerging technologies/applications/principles
  • FPGA based embedded system design
  • Hardware/software co-design
  • Micro-controller based embedded systems design
  • Microcontrollers for embedded system design
  • Multimedia and signal coding
  • Network security and cryptography
  • Pic based advanced embedded systems design
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Real time embedded systems
  • Real-time operating system (RTOS) Programming
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Smart card technologies
  • Soft computing techniques
  • Wireless communications and networks

VLSI Design

  • Advanced computational methods
  • Advanced computer architecture
  • Advanced CPLD based design
  • Advanced digital design
  • Advanced FPGA based design
  • Algorithms for VLSI design automation
  • Analog VLSI design
  • Analog and digital IC design
  • Analysis and design of digital systems using VHDL
  • Application-specific processors and devices
  • Business applications
  • CMOS sensors
  • Component and binding models
  • Device, circuit and systems
  • Hardware and software co-design
  • IC fabrication and testing
  • Industrial practices and benchmark suites
  • Integration with business logic
  • Integration with SOA
  • Micro electro mechanical system
  • Middleware
  • Multi-valued logic (MVL) circuits
  • Nano-electronics devices
  • Networked embedded systems
  • Policy-based management
  • Programming abstractions
  • Recent trends
  • Service-oriented architectures
  • Testing techniques
  • VLSI design and IC technology
  • VLSI for bio-engineering
  • VLSI for ESDM
  • VLSI for instrumentation-s and controls
  • VLSI for wireless communications 5G and beyond
  • VLSI signal processing
  • Asynchronous system design
  • CMOS rf circuit design
  • Computational methods for VLSI
  • Computer aided VLSI design
  • Cryptology and crypto chip design
  • Data structure and algorithm analysis
  • Design of VLSI system
  • Digital image processing for VLSI
  • Digital logic with Verilog
  • Digital signal processing structures for VLSI
  • Digital system design
  • Electronic design automation tools
  • Electronic packaging
  • Embedded systems: high-level synthesis for VLSI systems
  • Functional and formal verification
  • Hardware-software co-design
  • HDL languages used for VLSI: Verilog and VHDL
  • HDL modelling
  • Low power VLSI design
  • Mems and IC integration
  • Mixed - signal circuit design
  • Modelling and synthesis with Verilog HDLMOS circuit design
  • Nano technology
  • PCB designing
  • Process, devices and circuit simulation
  • RF and bio MEMS
  • Simulation, synthesis and verification of integrated circuits and systems
  • Solid state electronics devices
  • System on programmable chip design
  • Thermal design of electronic equipment
  • VLSI architectures, algorithms, methods and tools for modelling
  • VLSI process technology
  • VLSI system testing
  • VLSI test and testability

Embedded Internet of Things (IoT)

  • Application-specific hardware designs for IoT
  • Case study for cybersecurity, privacy risks, safety and reliability
  • Connectivity and programming of IoT device using wireless transport and MQTT protocol    
  • Constrained application protocol (CoAP)
  • Design principles and methodologies used in IoT systems
  • Edge computing using embedded devices
  • Efficient and accurate machine learning usage with embedded devices
  • Embedded system design addressing one or more of the following IoT issues: energy-efficiency, resiliency, scalability, longevity, cost, device heterogeneity, and standardization
  • Emerging IoT applications using new generation embedded devices
  • Evolution and technologies used in IoT
  • Explore IoT security laws
  • Firmware design and development methodologies
  • Hardware design for IoT
  • Hardware–software co-design for IoT systems and applications
  • Illustration and evolution of 5G myriad IoT applications including smart cities, water waste, and agriculture
  • IoT applications
  • IoT cloud architecture, primarily Azure  
  • IoT embedded system programming, sensors and components
  • IoT security
  • IoT stacks and usage on sensors
  • IPv6 low-power personal area networks (6LoWPAN)
  • Lightweight application-layer service discovery protocol
  • Microcontroller design and performance analysis within IoT applications
  • Middleware for embedded systems
  • New sensor/actuator design for IoT
  • Novel security and privacy methods leveraging embedded device hardware and/or software
  • Real-time data analytics using embedded devices
  • Routing protocol for Low power lossy networks (RPL)
  • Simple service location protocol (SSLP)
  • Telematic networks
  • WebLogic web services: Representational state transfer (REST) and Java API for RESTful web services (JAX-RS)
  • Wireless sensor network design and implementation for IoT systems

 

Section Policies

 

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to this journal must adhere to its focus, scope, and author guidelines and be written in excellent English. We recommend that authors who do not speak English as their first language have their manuscripts proofread for grammar and clarity before submission. Manuscripts submitted must be of scientific merit and/or novelty or make a new contribution to knowledge that is appropriate to the journal's focus and scope. Authors must present their manuscripts truthfully, without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or improper data manipulation. All submitted manuscripts must be unique and free from any prior publication. Editors will use iThenticate software to check the similarity of manuscripts in this journal. Peer review is critical to the quality of published manuscripts because it refines key points, identifies errors and gaps, and provides authors with constructive feedback and suggestions. Additionally, it serves as a filter, meticulously scrutinizing research prior to publication. This journal adheres to the traditional single-blind reviewing policy, keeping the reviewer's name hidden from the submitting author at all times. At least two anonymous independent reviewers from the research field will assess your manuscript's quality, contribution, validity, originality, relevance, and presentation of the research findings. The publisher ensures that editors follow best practice guidelines to avoid selecting fraudulent peer reviewers and to ensure a fair, unbiased, and timely peer review process. The editor will consider feedback from peer reviewers when deciding whether to accept or reject your manuscript for publication. Each round of review takes about 8 weeks, and the editor will promptly notify the authors of the results. Each paper's peer-review process can consist of one, two, or three rounds. If the editor deems a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, no correspondence will follow. We will send all correspondence via email, including editor decisions and revision requests. We believe in the integrity of peer review and adhere to the following statement: All published articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening, anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees, and subsequent revision by article authors as needed.

 

Publication Frequency

The journal is published three times a year, in March, July, and November. Each issue comprises approximately 30 high-quality articles (or 90 high-quality articles annually) that cover all aspects of reconfigurable systems, field-programmable gate arrays, embedded computing, and embedded IoT devices.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal adheres to best practices in scholarly publishing and complies with the following principles to support open access and responsible research dissemination:

  1. Immediate Open Access
    All content is made freely available upon publication, in accordance with the principle that unrestricted access to research fosters a greater global exchange of knowledge.
  2. Author Rights and Copyright Retention
    Authors retain full copyright over their work and grant the journal permission to publish without imposing any restrictions on reuse or redistribution.
  3. Long-Term Digital Preservation
    The journal ensures long-term access to its content by depositing materials in recognized digital preservation archives.
  4. Persistent Identifiers
    Each article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to guarantee permanent accessibility and reliable citation.
  5. Machine-Readable Licensing
    All articles include embedded machine-readable Creative Commons license information to facilitate proper indexing, reuse, and compliance with open access mandates.
  6. Reuse and Adaptation Rights under CC BY-SA
    The journal permits and encourages the reuse, remixing, and adaptation of content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This allows derivative works for any purpose, including commercial use, provided proper attribution is given and derivative works are distributed under the same license.
  7. Rich Metadata Availability
    Article-level metadata is made available in standard formats to facilitate inclusion in indexing services and aggregators.
  8. Deposit Policy Transparency
    The journal has a clearly defined self-archiving and deposit policy registered in a recognized registry such as Sherpa/Romeo.
  9. Self-Archiving Policy (Green OA)

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit all versions of their manuscript in institutional or subject repositories, including:

  • Preprint (submitted version before peer review)
  • Accepted manuscript (peer-reviewed, pre-publication version)
  • Published version (Version of Record)

No embargo applies.
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, allowing redistribution and adaptation with proper attribution and share-alike terms.
Authors should include a citation and link to the published version via the journal’s DOI.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) is a non-profit international scientific association of distinguished scholars engaged in engineering and science devoted to promoting research and technologies in engineering and science field through digital technology. IAES Journals are peer-reviewed open-access international journals. By stating these publication ethics and publication malpractice statements, IAES pledges to ensure best practices in publishing integrity and to manage any malpractice that occurs. Publication malpractice is an unfortunate occurrence in the scholarly literature world. It occurs across all subject areas and jurisdictions, and few journals are immune. Every author, editor, reviewer, publisher, and institution must take responsibility for preventing publication malpractice. This statement is based on major publishers, guidance from the Scopus title evaluation requirements for publication ethics and malpractice statements (PEMS), the declaration on research assessment (DORA), and industry organizations such as:

  • Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
  • World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
  • International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
  • Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT)

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in this journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher, and the society. 

Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) as publisher takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprinting, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the IAES and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing articles by authors or in reporting research results. When authors are found to have been involved with research misconduct or other serious irregularities involving articles that have been published in scientific journals, editors have a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record. In cases of suspected misconduct, the editors and editorial board will use the best practices of COPE to assist them in resolving the complaint and addressing the misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegation by the editors. If the editors discover such misconduct in a submitted manuscript, they will reject it. If a published paper reveals such misconduct, we can publish a retraction and link it to the original article. The first step involves determining the validity of the allegation and assessing whether it is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest. If scientific misconduct or the presence of other substantial research irregularities is a possibility, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all of the coauthors, is requested to provide a detailed response. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article, are sufficient. Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, editors, publisher, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct and taking necessary actions based on evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, IAES will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Publication decisions

The editors of the IAES journals are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Complaints and Appeals

This journal has a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, editorial staff, editorial board, or publisher. Respected personnel will clarify the complaints based on the specific case. The scope of complaints encompasses all aspects of journal business processes, such as editorial processes, citation manipulation, unfair editor/reviewer practices, and peer-review manipulation, among others. We will process the complaint cases in accordance with COPE guidelines. You should send the complaint cases by email to info@iaesjournal.com.

Fair play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewers assist the editor in making editorial decisions. Generally, the editor asks reviewers to treat authors and their work with the respect they deserve and to adhere to proper reviewing etiquette. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Editorial communications can also aid the author in enhancing the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Ethical Oversight

In order to follow the rules for ethical research involving people and animals, the author must make it clear in the manuscript if the research involves chemicals, people, animals, procedures, or equipment that have any special risks that come with using them. If required, authors must provide legal ethical clearance from an association or legal organization. If the research involves confidential data and business/marketing practices, authors should clearly justify this matter, whether the data or information will be hidden securely or not.

Intelectual Property (Copyright Policy)

Here is the declaration of the journal's intellectual property or copyright policy: https://ijres.iaescore.com/index.php/IJRES/about/editorialPolicies#openAccessPolicy.

Peer-Review Process Policy

The peer-review process/policy is declared here: https://ijres.iaescore.com/index.php/IJRES/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess.

Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections

This journal accepts discussion and corrections on published articles by readers. In case the reader is giving discussions and corrections toward a published article, the reader can contact the editor in chief by email to explain the discussions and corrections. If accepted (by the editor in chief), the discussions and corrections will be published in the next issue as a letter to the editor. Respected authors can reply to the discussions and corrections from the reader by sending the reply to the editor in chief. Therefore, editors may publish the answer as a reply to the letter to the editor.

 

Checklist for preparing your paper for publication

To speed up your paper's publication, kindly follow the guidelines below:

1. Is your manuscript up to the required standards? (written in English; at least 4 pages long; no more than 20 pages; use EndNote, Mendeley, or Zotero for reference management and formatting; use IEEE style)

2. Is the format of your manuscript IJRES? It is crucial that you adhere to every aspect of the IJRES format at this point. Please make an effort to adhere to the format (http://iaescore.com/gfa/ijres.docx) as precisely as you can.

3. Is your abstract written properly and does your title make sense? Maximum 10 words in the title, no acronyms or abbreviations. The Abstract (MAX 200 WORDS) should be informative and fully self-explanatory (no citation in abstract), and it should clearly describe the issue at hand, suggest a course of action, and highlight key results and conclusions.

4. It is advised that authors provide their papers in the following sections: 1. Introduction - 2. The Proposed Method/Algorithm/Procedure specifically designed (optional) - 3. Research Method - 4. Results and Discussion – 5. Conclusion. After the introductory part, authors may provide intricate theorem proofs or obscure evidence for the soundness of algorithms (obvious theorems & straightforward proofs of existing theorems are NOT needed).

5. Introduction section: Explain the study's context and specify the specific goal in the introduction section. Within three to seven paragraphs, an introduction should provide the following three components:
    - Background: The context must be made explicit by authors. Authors should, ideally, provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in the subject area of the report.
    - The Problem: If there were no issue, there would be no need to write a text and certainly no need to read it. Please provide readers with a reason to continue reading. Experience has shown us that a few lines are frequently enough for this section.
    - The Proposed Solution: Now and only now! The contribution of the text may be described by the authors. Here, authors must make sure that readers identify the new parts of their work.
    - By citing pertinent works, authors should set the study in its right perspective. In this section, at least 15 references (current journal publications) are utilized.

6. Method section: The experimental procedures should be presented in a way that makes them easy for other scientists to replicate. It should be clear and comprehensive in every way.

7. Results and discussion section: Results should be presented in an easy-to-understand manner. The most significant findings are presented in this part, together with comparisons to other research findings and, when applicable, the outcomes of statistical analysis. It is not advisable to repeat results from figures in tables. Here, the author(s) should explicitly state what they learned throughout their investigation. It need to be logically organized and clearly set out. Appropriate references should be used to support this section.

8. Conclusion section: Summarize in a paragraph the main findings of the investigation. Are the results supporting the statements in this section, and do they seem reasonable? Have the authors explained how the findings compare to what was anticipated and to past research? Does the article refute or reinforce preexisting theories? Does the analysis of the research's impact on the field of science's body of knowledge?

9. Language. Understanding the science may be made more challenging by articles that are poorly written or contain grammatical errors.

10. Please confirm the document is current. It is anticipated that 10–20% of references will be to current studies.

11. Is the writing in the text clear? The article is intriguing. Does the information flow smoothly from one area to the next? Please strive to maintain the appropriate level for your text. It should be simple enough for highly skilled experts to grasp, but please refrain from discussing well-known information (use proper references instead). Negative evaluations for papers frequently result from the reviewers' inability to grasp the text, which is the authors' (not the reviewers') problem. There is no need to publish the work if reviewers have problems since other readers will have the same issue.

12. Are your references sufficient? Depending on the length of the manuscript, we will typically want a minimum of 15 to 25 references, the majority of which should be to academic articles. Textbook citations should be used extremely sparingly, and web page citations should be avoided. The text of the document should include references to all cited articles.

13. Tables and figures. Relationship between Tables or Figures and Text: All tables and figures should be cited in the content since they support the text. Don't put tables and figures before when they are first mentioned in the text. The reader should be made aware of what to look for while utilizing the table or figure, according to the authors. Leave the reader to independently investigate the specifics and simply highlight the key takeaway that the reader should be able to get from them.
    Figures:
    a. All figures appearing in article must be numbered in the order that they appear in the text.
    b. Each figure must have a caption fully explaining the content
    c. Figure captions are presented as a paragraph starting with the figure number i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
    d. Figure captions appear below the figure
    e. Each figure must be fully cited if taken from another article
    f.  All figures must be referred to in the body of the article
    Tables:
    a. Material that is tabular in nature must appear in a numbered captioned table.
    b. All tables appearing in article must be numbered in the order that they appear in the text.
    c. Each table must have a caption fully explaining the content with the table number  i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.
    d. Each column must have a clear and concise heading
    e. Tables are to be presented with single horizontal line under: the table caption, the column headings and at the end of the table.
    f. All tables must be referred to in the body of the article
    g. Each table must be fully cited if taken from another article

14. Each citation has to be enclosed in square brackets and listed in the text in the order that it appears. For instance, the first citation [1], the second citation [2], the third and fourth citations [3], [4]. The ideal approach for referencing many sources at once is to state each number separately, in its own brackets, with a comma or dash between numbers, as in [1], [3], [5], or [4]-[8]. The in-text citation does not need to include the author's last name, the pages that they utilized, or the publication date. Instead, cite the source using a number enclosed in square brackets, such as [9], which will then match to the whole citation in your reference list. Examples of in-text citations:
        This theory was first put forward in 1970 [9]."
        Sutikno [10] has argued that...
        Several recent studies [7], [9], [11]-[15] have suggested that....
        ...end of the line for my research [16].
     
15. Self-citations: This journal requests that authors limit their use of self-citation in order to prevent citation manipulation (COPE, 2019). We highly advise limiting the number of self-citations to either 5 (including jointly produced papers) or 20%, whichever is lower.

16. Please be aware that you will be required to modify your paper so that the last page is not partially empty for the final submission of normal paper.

 

Authorship

Authorship provides credit for a researcher's contributions to a study and carries accountability. 

IJRES considers individuals who meet all of the following criteria to be authors:

  • Made a significant intellectual contribution to the theoretical development, system or experimental design, prototype development, and/or the analysis and interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the article.
  • Contributed to drafting the article or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content.
  • Approved the final version of the article as accepted for publication, including references.

Each author has given their approval to the submitted version (as well as any significantly updated version involving the author's contribution to the study).

Each author has agreed to be personally accountable for his or her own contributions as well as to ensure that any questions about the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even if the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and documented in the literature.

IJRES does not need all authors of a research article to sign the letter of submission, nor does the list of authors have to be in any particular order. When an article is submitted to IJRES, it is assumed that all of the stated authors have agreed on all of the contents, including the author list and author contribution declarations. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that this agreement has been reached, that all authors have agreed to be so listed, and that the manuscript submission to the journal has been approved, as well as for managing all communication between the journal and all co-authors, both before and after publication. The corresponding author is also in charge of filing a conflicting interests statement on behalf of all paper authors.

It is expected that the corresponding author (and on multi-group collaborations, at least one member of each collaborating group, usually the most senior member of each submitting group or team, who accepts responsibility for the contributions to the manuscript from that team) will be responsible for the following with respect to data, code and materials:

  • ensuring that data, materials, and code comply with transparency and reproducibility standards of the field and journal;
  • ensuring that original data/materials/code upon which the submission is based are preserved following best practices in the field so that they are retrievable for reanalysis;
  • confirming that data/materials/code presentation accurately reflects the original;
  • foreseeing and minimizing obstacles to the sharing of data/materials/code described in the work
  • ensuring that all authors (or group leaders in multi-lab collaborations) have certified the author list and author contributions

Author lists should be carefully considered before submission. At submission, the corresponding author must include written permission from the authors of the work concerned for mention of any unpublished material cited in the manuscript (for example others' data, in press manuscripts, personal communications, or work in preparation). The corresponding author also must clearly identify at submission any material within the manuscript (such as figures) that has been published previously elsewhere and provide written permission from authors of the prior work and/or publishers, as appropriate, for the re-use of such material.

After acceptance, the corresponding author is responsible for the accuracy of all content in the proof, including the names of coauthors, addresses, and affiliations. Changes to the author list post-acceptance are not allowed.

The corresponding author is the point of contact for questions concerning the published work after it has been published. It is their responsibility to notify all co-authors of any issues that arise in connection with the published paper and to ensure that such issues are resolved as soon as possible. It is the obligation of the authors of published content to notify the journal as soon as they become aware of any features that need to be corrected.

All authors must agree before making any changes to the author list after submissions, including any changes to the order of the authors or the removal or addition of any authors. Editors of the IJRES are unable to look into or resolve authorship issues before or after publication. If such disputes cannot be settled between the authors, they should be brought to the attention of the appropriate institutional authorities.

The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where the majority of their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved, the current address may also be stated.

 

Plagiarism Detection Policy

The peer-review process is the heart of scientific publishing. As part of its mission to protect the integrity of the scholarly record, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) feels a strong obligation to help the scientific community with all aspects of research and publishing ethics. All submitted manuscripts must have original content. Before sending their manuscript to the journal, all authors are asked to check for plagiarism using software (please use iThenticate or Turnitin to check the similarity). Editors will also use the software Turnitin or iThenticate to see if any of the manuscripts in this journal are too similar to others. If plagiarism is found or indicated, the manuscript will be immediately rejected.

The similarity rate will be checked again on the final camera-ready version. Overall, a manuscript shouldn't have more than 25 percent of similarities, and a single source shouldn't have more than 10 percent of similarities.

 

Retraction and Correction Policy

Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) is committed to maintaining the integrity and completeness of our material for end users. After online publication, articles can only be edited as described below. IAES values the authority of published publications and bases its policies on best standards in academic publishing. An Erratum is a declaration by the original paper's authors that briefly summarizes any corrections. Any implications on paper conclusions should be acknowledged. The revised article remains available with an erratum notice. Erratum is free and linked to the corrected article. A Retraction means the paper is no longer scientifically valid. Retractions are issued if there is clear proof that the findings are unreliable due to misbehavior or honest error, if the findings have been published elsewhere without proper reference, permission, or justification, if the work is plagiarized, or if the work reports unethical research. The retracted article is not deleted from the online journal to safeguard the record, but notification of retraction is issued, made publicly available to all readers, and linked to the retracted article. When writers find significant scientific flaws, they can publish a retraction; otherwise, the Editors or Publisher may do so. All retractions state the rationale and who made the decision. A retraction without author consensus is also indicated. In circumstances of legal infringement, the Publisher may redact or delete an article. Bibliographic information will be kept to protect the scientific record. A Publisher's Note alerts readers to article corrections. It is provided by the Publisher when typographical or production issues influence the article metadata (such as title, author list, or byline) or the reader's ability to understand the content. The original article has been replaced. Everyone can read the publisher's notes. The Publisher may repair minor errors that do not alter the metadata or a reader's ability to understand an article and do not entail a scientific inaccuracy or omission. The original article is removed and replaced with a correction. Corrections are indicated on the article. The original article can only be withdrawn and replaced with a rectified version within a year of its publication date. An article with an older publication date will simply include a Publisher's Note. The following guideline may also be helpful: COPE Guidelines for Retracting Articles.

 

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

The author is not permitted to withdraw submitted papers since doing so wastes important resources such as time spent by editors and referees processing submitted manuscripts, as well as money and labour invested by the publisher. If the author still seeks removal of his/her manuscript while it is still being peer-reviewed, the author will be fined $200 per manuscript as a withdrawal penalty to the publisher. It is, nevertheless, unethical to remove a submitted paper from one publication if it has been accepted by another. If a manuscript is withdrawn after it has been accepted for publication, the author will be fined $500 per manuscript. The manuscript may be withdrawn only once the withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to the Publisher. If the author refuses to pay the penalty, the author and his or her connection will be barred from future publishing in this journal. His/her previously published papers will also be deleted from our web database.