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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
DL Growth
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1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Year
Number of Articles
Cumulative Size of the DL: 260K
Cumulative Growth of the DL
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100,000
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250,000
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1951-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009
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Number of Articles
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