SPECIFICATIONS:

1. International Journal of Information and Communication Engineering publishes the following types of contribution: (1) short-length research articles, (2) full-length research articles. High quality submissions reporting original work in the area of Information and Communication Engineering are kindly invited for publication in special journal issues.

2. Special Issues: Guest Editors of Special Issues should take note of the detailed guidelines for the preparation and handling of Special Issues, which are available here. The guest editor of Special Issues must take into account the following instructions:

(1) A Guest Editor proposes a special issue with a description and a list of contributors with titles and abstracts;
(2) The Special Issue Editor for Journals reviews the proposal (if necessary, in conjunction with the Editor-in-Chief) and may accept, reject or ask the Guest Editor to revise the proposal. If accepted;
(3) The Guest Editor suggests referees for each contribution, which may or may not be used by the Special Issue Editor;
(4) The contributors submit papers to the Guest Editor, who pre-screens these papers and sends them to the handling Special Issue Editor along with the Special Issue introduction;
(5) The Special Issue Editor organizes and implements the review and revision process, liaising with the Guest Editor over progress and developments;
(6) The Special Issue Editor judges whether (any) revised papers have answered the issues suggested by the referees reports and can decide to send any paper out for further review;
(8) Once satisfied that the review/revision process is complete, the Special Issue Editor can accept or reject any or all papers. The Editor-in-Chief always retains the right to single out any paper for further review and to reject any paper.