Status of ACM Springer Multimedia Systems Journal

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Status of ACM /Springer Multimedia Systems Journal

• Klara Nahrstedt, Editor-in-Chief
• klara_at_cs.uiuc.edu
• November 5, 2003, ACM Multimedia, Berkeley,
  USA
• http//cairo.cs.uiuc.edu/mmsj.html

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Facts

• Number of papers submitted in 2001 33 papers
• Number of papers submitted in 2002 41
• Number of papers submitted in 2003 45 (October
  30 Status)

• Submission from 28 countries
• Majority of papers receive first response
  (accept or reject) within 3-6 months

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Facts

• We have put together over the three years 9
  issues (with 7-9 papers per issue)
• 6 issues are out, 7th
• and 8th are in publishing preparation, 9th
  preparation just started

• Acceptance Rate in 2001 14 out of 33 (no
  pending papers now)
• Acceptance Rate in 2002 9 (8 pending) out of
  41
• Acceptance Rate in 2003 4 (34 pending) out of
  45
• Overall Submitted Papers 119 (over three years),
  accepted 27, (42 pending)

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Facts

• Most Papers are in Multimedia Content Processing,
  and Databases
• No Papers or Very Few Papers in
• Multimedia Networking (below networking layer),
• Multimedia Authoring,
• Multimedia Interfaces
• Mobile Multimedia Systems
• Multimedia Education
• Multimedia Applications

• 7 Special Issues Topics have been published or
  are in Springer preparation
• 2 Special Issues under Consideration (ACM MIR
  2003 and ACM/SPIE MMCN 2004)

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Discussion Issues

• Name of Journal
• Suggested ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems and
  Applications Journal
• Response from Springer Marketing does not
  recommend changing names. MMSJ reached
  recognition and acceptance
• Multimedia Applications and Tools (see
  SpringerKluwer Issue later)
• Editors Tenure Time
• 3 years or 6 years change of EB or based on
  changes in topics or when EiC changes
  suggestions are welcome
• We need a procedure for EB selection (EiC selects
  new EB, few selected EB members select, )

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Discussion Issues

• Publishing Process
• Need to speed up the author proof reading process
  (part of the Springer publishing time)
• Action Peter Strasser and EiC work together to
  push authors to respond (policy if authors do
  not respond within 2-3 weeks when contacted by
  Springer, authors are moved to a much later
  issue)
• Need to speed up the Springer publishing process
  (time between decision about accepted papers and
  publishing the journal 3-6 months)
• Action EiC works with Springer/Peter Strasser
  and the publishing process is now down to 3
  months
• Web site for MMSJ
• http//cairo.cs.uiuc.edu/mmsj.html
• Springer provides also updated web site in good
  shape
• Springer web site provides all accepted papers
  before they are published

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Discussion Issues

• Special Issues in MMSJ
• Guest editor(s) who would do a special issue on
  10 years of ACM Multimedia?
• Best papers of ACM Multimedia 2003 guest
  editors of individual tracks ?
• Review Process
• Goal to limit time for major revisions 3 months
• Goal to limit time for minor revisions 1 month
• Goal to speed up the first review response time
  to 2-3 months

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Discussion Issues

• Springer Digital Library
• Springer will provide electronic access to
  electronic MMSJ articles for paying ACM
  individual subscribers who subscribe to paper
  copies of MMSJ.
• Goal to make electronic access of MMSJ available
  to SIGMM members

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SpringerKluwer Clarification

• Springer will not be bought by Kluwer !!
• History
• Springer was owned in recent years by Bertelsmann
  and formed BertelsmannSpringer as Bertelsmanns
  scientific publishing arm
• In 2002 and early 2003 Bertelsmann had losses and
  sold parts of their activities In May 2002
  Bertelsmann announced that they want to sell
  BertelsmannSpringer
• Also in 2002 Wolters Kluwer had sold Kluwer
  Academic Publishers - KAP (running WKs natural
  sciences and economics publishing) to
  London-based investment companies Cinven and
  Candover (WK retained medical and legal
  publishing)
• BertelsmannSpringer was bought Cinven and
  Candover
• Summary Springer and KAP share the same owner
• Cinven and Candover will bring together the
  publishing activities of KAP and Springer and
  will continue the merged company under the name
  SPRINGER
• BertelsmannSpringer is about five times as big as
  KAP, so Springer is taking over Kluwer and not
  vice versa
• Merger of KAP and present Springer will be
  started by February 2004