SIG Orientation: Publications

Bernard RousDeputy Director of Publications

October 25, 2009

TOPICS

• Publications Program Overview• The Digital Library and the Guide• Starting New Journals• EICs – Selection and Appointment Process• ICPS• ACM Copyright & Permissions Policy• Prior Publication & Simultaneous Submission• Plagiarism

Publications Program OverviewPublications Program Overview

Type Number in FY 2009 Total Number

Journals 6 8

Transactions 31 35

Magazines 8 10

Newsletters 23 58

Affiliated Publications 11 11

ACM Proceedings 237 ~2500

International Conference Series Proceedings

47 ~400

Publications Growth by Decade, by Type

Year: Total Procs Mags Jrnls Newls Affils

1960: 300 70 140 40

1970: 800 250 190 80 140

1980: 2200 700 180 200 470

1990: 4300 1200 170 170 640

2000: 9600 3700 580 360 990

2008: 20400 12300 740 840 840 5680

2008%: 40% 4% 4% 4% 28%

ACM-DL Articles Published by Year

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Cumulative Size of the DL: 260K

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Where are ACM Publications Indexed?

• The Guide to Computing Literature-ACM’s A&I service

• Thompson ISI - Web of Knowledge: JCI, PCI• Compendex, Ei• INSPEC• Scopus• DBLP• CiteSeer• Google, Google Scholar• Scirus• Yahoo! Search• MS Bing

DL DevelopmentsDL Developments

• Institutional Profiles • publications of affiliated faculty• doctorates granted, and advisors• distribution of subject areas• SIGs institutional collaborations • various summary metrics

• Infrastructure for Virtual Overlays books annotated bibliographies other compilations

• New automated permissions system - in

production

The Guide: ACM’s A&I Service

• <=1959 1,300• 1960-1969 7,600• 1970-1979 30,500• 1980-1989 145,000• 1990-1999 440,000• 2000-2009 740,000• Total Works 1,364,000

– Linked to Source 830,000

• Expected Growth 2010 ~200,000 works: 1.7 million refs

projected

Expanding citation coverageElsevier (~120 journals), LNCS, non-CS IEEE

Goal: complete coverage for robust citation statistics.

Growth of the GuideGrowth of the Guide

Citation Database

• 7.7 million references• 2.7 million resolved references (=Cited By

counts)

Starting a New JournalSee: http://www.acm.org/publications/panel/newjournals

• Champion• EIC: senior in field with international

reputation• Editorial Scope• Rationale• Relationship to other ACM publications• Review Process and Editorial Board Structure• Authoring Community• Subscribing Community• Example Articles and Authors• SIG Support

New Journal Evaluation Procedure

• Submit Proposal (up to 1 week)• New Publications Committee Review (up to 4 weeks)• Publications Board Review (up to 8 weeks)• SGB and EIC Feedback (up to 8 weeks)• Publications Board Final Decision (up to 2 weeks)

See: http://www.acm.org/publications/newjournals

EIC Selection

• Criteria• Responsibilities

– Content– Editorial Board– Review procedures– Schedule – Tracking– Timeliness– Relationships

EIC Appointment

• Process– New Journal – Existing Journal

• Terms– 3 year terms, 2 terms maximum (usually)– Re-appointment: Status report, Achievements, Plans– SIGs and other EICs comment– Pubs Board evaluates Report and SIG, EIC feedback

ICPS

• History– Motivation– Growth– Quality concern– Re-evaluation by Pubs Board– SGB comment

• Current Development– EIC Search– Editorial Board Issues

• Requirements & Acceptance Criteria

ACM Copyright & Permissions PolicySee:

http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright_policy/

• Balance between revenue generation and global dissemination and access

• Author Retained Rights ensure a level of free access, easy re-use, and support for author practices

• Harvard and MIT addenda• Conference Proceedings pre-event posting

– Permission required– 2 week guideline– Author opt-in because of patent considerations– Post-conference removal

• eCopyright transfer application– Program Chair Responsibilities

Prior Publication & Simultaneous Submission

See: http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/sim_submissions/

• ACM publishes original work– Exceptions:

• Postings, Technical Reports• Presentations not refereed or formally reviewed

– Requirements• ‘Substantial’ revision• Notification to EIC or Program Chair• Compliance with individual publication policy

– Latitude: EIC and Program Chair discretion • The same or very similar Papers under review may not be

submitted to another venue– Exceptions allowed via CFP– Notification Requirement

Plagiarismhttp://www.acm.org/publications/panel/policies/plagiarism_policy

• Types– Large portion, verbatim or near-verbatim, no citation– Selected portions, verbatim or near-verbatim, no

citation– Cited but not clearly Differentiated– Self-plagiarism

• Penalties– Removal of Full Text from DL– Permanent Notice in DL on Citation Page– Letter Notifying Employer– Rejection of Submission– Rejection of Future Submissions

• CrossCheck – plagiarism detection service