1. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
AdCom Report
Derong Liu
Editor-in-Chief
IEEE CIS AdCom Meeting
June 18–20, 2013
Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel
Cancun, Mexico

2. The State of the Transactions
Outline 1
Editorial Board 2
The State of the Transactions 3
Some Strategies

3. TNN/TNNLS Editorial Boards
AE retired
AE added
# of AEs
2010 16 22 54
2011 11 17 56
2012 15 14 59
2013 10 18 61

4. TNN/TNNLS Numbers of Submissions
15% increase!
2003: 341
2004: 421
2005: 511
2006: 508
2007: 570
2008: 585
2009: 561
2010: 599
2011: 653
2012: 823
2013: 945
26% increase!
599/54 = 11 papers per year per AE in 2010
945/61 = 16 papers per year per AE in 2013
46% load increase!

5. TNN/TNNLS Editorial Boards
AE retired
AE added
# of AEs
2010 16 22 54
2011 11 17 56
2012 15 14 59
2013 10 18 61
2014 ?? 70
945/70 = 13.5 papers per year per AE in 2014

6. The State of the Transactions
Outline 1
Editorial Board 2
The State of the Transactions 3
Some Strategies

7. Impact Factors
1999: 1.405
2000: 1.09
2001: 1.479
2002: 1.404
2003: 1.666
2004: 2.178
2005: 2.205
2006: 2.62
2007: 2.77
2008: 3.726
2009: 2.889
2010: 2.633
2011: 2.952

8. IEEE TNNLS since 2012
No impact factors until 2014 when data for the past two years are available.

9. Acceptance Rates (actual)
2010: 28.21%
2011: 29.86%
2012: To be calculated

10. Backlog
Very healthy backlog now: 52 papers waiting to publish
52/16 = 3.25 months
July 2013 issue published early in May 2013

11. Submission to Publication Time
Average = 31 weeks
Median = 28.2 weeks
Shortest among all CIS Transactions

12. The State of the Transactions
Outline 1
Editorial Board 2
The State of the Transactions 3
Some Strategies

16. TNNLS Special Issues
Special Issue on Learning in Nonstationary and Evolving Environments: Accepted 14 papers (90+ submissions, to publish in November 2013)
Special Issue on Complex- and Hypercomplex-Valued Neural Networks: Received 35 submissions
Special Issue on Learning in Non-(geo)metric Spaces: CFP issued

17. TNNLS Contacts
Derong Liu