Multimedia Tools and Applications - Guidelines for Special Issue Proposals

Periodically, Multimedia Tools and Applications runs special issues on topics of significant interest to the Multimedia community. We welcome special issue proposals that meet our current guidelines:

• Special Issues originating from conferences or workshops organized around specific themes.
• Special Issues proposed by members of the Editorial Board or individuals within their networks.
• Special Issues commissioned by the Editor in Chief or Section Editors.

If you wish to propose a special issue, please provide the information outlined below. Submit your proposal to Borko Furht, Editor in Chief, at borko@cse.fau.edu (this opens in a new tab).  All guest editors must be copied on your email using their institutional email addresses. 

We will reply to all proposals, but not all proposals will be taken forward as special issues of the journal.  Where we see potential in a proposal, the Editor in Chief will work with the Guest Editors to develop the proposal before making a final decision on taking the proposed issue forward.

SI PROPOSAL INFORMATION NEEDED:

GUEST EDITOR INFORMATION

• Names of all guest editors including full affiliations and institutional email addresses
• Brief CVs of all guest editors and/or links to their institutional webpages
• Nomination for the lead guest editor

CONTENT – (your Call for Papers draft)

• Proposed title of the special issue
• Justification for the issue and how it fits in the overall theme: https://www.springer.com/journal/11042/aims-and-scope (this opens in a new tab)  
• Aims and scope, plus topics of interest
• Submission deadline and overall timeline
• Proposed deadlines for reviewing, author revision and final notification

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• How many submissions do you anticipate?
• All Special Issues must have an open Call for Papers. Please specify if you intend to attract submissions to the special issue in other ways as well. 
• If your issue is based on a conference or workshop, please specify.

EDITORIAL PROCEDURE

For all submissions, this Journal adheres to the standard Peer Review Policy, Process and Guidance (this opens in a new tab) as outlined by Springer under Editorial Policies (this opens in a new tab) in the Information for Journal Authors (this opens in a new tab) web page.

All submissions to Springer journals are first reviewed for completeness and only then sent to be assessed by an Editor who will decide whether they are suitable for peer review. Where an Editor is on the author list or has any other competing interest regarding a specific manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer review. Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports when making a decision, but they are not bound by the opinions or recommendations therein. A concern raised by a single peer reviewer or the Editor themself may result in the manuscript being rejected. Authors receive peer review reports with the editorial decision on their manuscript.