IMCS Journal
About JMC Title: Journal of Membrane Computing (JMEC/JMC) Publisher: Springer New journal in 2019, 4 issues/year (at least 6 papers/issue) ISSN: 2523-8914 (electronic), 2523-8906 (print) Website: www.springer.com/41965 (Available soon)
About JMC Free access in 2019 and 2020 Review: Peer review Duration: about 3 month (two rounds of review+revisions) Submissions: www.editorialmanager.com/JMEC (Available soon)
Call For Papers Topics: all aspects of membrane computing: theories, interdisciplinary areas, applications, and implementations, etc. Each issue: 2 review & 4 regular papers High quality papers: no page limit Important researchers’ papers Contact: Gheorghe Paun (HEIC), Linqiang Pan (EIC), Gexiang Zhang (ME)
Journal Evaluation Criteria Aim: indexed by ISI (SCI) Evaluation: very strict evaluation for the first three volumes Timeliness: Issues appear online on time Number of articles: at least 24 articles per year
Journal Evaluation Criteria Number of citations to the journal Ranking of the journal in its category Number of citations to authors publishing in the journal Number of citations to members of the editorial board Internationality of authors Internationality of members of the editorial board
Worry & Suggestions Worry: ENOUGH number of high-quality papers (especially before JMC would be indexed by ISI) ENOUGH number of citations to authors publishing in the journal ENOUGH number of citations to members of the editorial board
Worry & Suggestions Suggestions: SELECT high-quality papers from BWMC, CMC & ACMC AUTHORS consist of influential researchers, instead of students CONCENTRATION on number of citations to authors, and members of the editorial board