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*ECML/PKDD 2018 Journal Track*
We invite submissions for the journal track of the European Conference
on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery
in Databases (ECMLPKDD) 2018. The journal track of the conference is
implemented in partnership with the Machine Learning Journal and the
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Journal. The conference provides an
international forum for the discussion of the latest high-quality
research results in all areas related to machine learning, data mining,
and knowledge discovery.
*Eligibility criteria*
Papers on all topics related to machine learning, knowledge discovery,
and data mining are invited. However, given the special nature of the
journal track, only papers that satisfy the quality criteria of journal
papers and at the same time lend themselves to conference talks will be
considered. Consequently, journal versions of previously published
conference papers, or survey papers will not be considered for the
special issue. Papers that do not fall into the eligible category may be
rejected without formal reviews but can of course be resubmitted as
regular papers.
Authors are encouraged to adhere to the best practices of Reproducible
Research (RR), by making available data and software tools for
reproducing the results reported in their papers. For the sake of
persistence and proper authorship attribution, we require the use of
standard repository hosting services such as dataverse, mldata, openml,
etc. for data sets, and mloss, bitbucket, github, etc. for source code.
Authors who submit their work to the ECMLPKDD special issues of these
journals commit themselves to present their paper at the ECMLPKDD 2018
conference if it is accepted.
*Reviewing process*
The journal track allows continuous submissions from the end of August
2017 to the end of January 2018.
Papers will be processed and sent out for review after each of the
following five cutoff dates:
* August 27th, 2017
* October 1st, 2017
* November 5th, 2017
* December 10th, 2017
* January 28th, 2018
The deadline on each of these dates is midnight, Central European Time.
We strive for a high quality and efficient review process. Each
submission will be evaluated by three experienced reviewers including
members of the Guest Editorial Board. Our goal is to arrive at an
initial decision about 8 weeks after each cutoff date, though meeting
this target may not always be possible. After the initial review phase,
many papers will require substantial revisions, and the revised paper
will be rereviewed, which extends the review process. Consequently, a
paper’s chance of finishing the review cycle and being included in the
ECMLPKDD 2018 special issue decreases with each subsequent cutoff date.
Inclusion of the delayed papers in forthcoming special issues and
conference editions is subject to approval of the respective
Program and Journal track chairs.
*Submission procedure*
To submit to this track, authors have to make a journal submission to
either the Springer Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery journal or the
Springer Machine Learning journal, and select the type of submission to
be for the ECMLPKDD 2018 special issue. It is recommended that submitted
papers do not exceed 20 pages including references and appendices,
formatted in the Springer journal style (svjour3, smallcondensed). This
is a soft limit, but if a submission exceeds the limit, please provide a
brief justification regarding the length in the cover letter. Arriving
at an initial decisions for papers over 20 pages may take longer.
Both journals require authors to include an information sheet (for
Machine learning submissions) or a cover letter (up to 2 pages) as a
supplementary material (for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
submissions) that contains a short summary of their contribution and
specifically address the following questions:
* What is the main claim of the paper? Why is this an important
contribution to the machine learning/data mining literature?
* What is the evidence provided to support claims? Be precise.
* Report 3-5 most closely related contributions in the past 7 years
(authored by researchers outside the authors’ research group) and
briefly state the relation of the submission to them.
* Who are the most appropriate reviewers for the paper? Authors are
required to suggest up to four candidate reviewers (especially if
external to the Guest Editorial Board), including a brief motivation
for each suggestion.
* Optionally, list up to four researchers/potential reviewers with
competing interests that should not be considered for reviewers.
*To submit to the journals, please go to:*
Submit to Machine Learning
https://www.editorialmanager.com/mach
Submit to Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
https://www.editorialmanager.com/dami
*Contact*
You can contact the Journal Track Chairs: jt_cha...@ecmlpkdd2018.org
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