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 JEA Instructions for Authors

The ACM JEA invites submissions describing original research in experimental algorithmics. A typical submission to the ACM JEA will include an article, a suite of programs, and perhaps a collection of test data and computational results. This page has information on:

Submitting a manuscript to ACM JEA

Submissions are handled electronically through ACM Manuscript Central, which may be found at acm.manuscriptcentral.com.

At Manuscript Central, you will be asked to:

All articles that fall within the scope of JEA will be reviewed by at least two professional colleagues.  Authors may suggest appropriate reviewers, although the editors need not take up the suggestion. Consult the General Guidelines for Authors for policy information on authorship, originality, copyright, and appealing editorial decisions.

Submitting Software and Data

What to do When your Manuscript is Accepted

When your manuscript is accepted you will be given instructions about submitting final versions of your files.

  1. The ACM requires that manuscripts be prepared for publication using eitherLaTeX or MS Word. The ACM makes available a set of style files which are standard for all ACM Publications. Those files may be found at the site: Submitting Articles to ACM Journals.

  2. You will be asked to provide the LaTeX or MS Word source (using the style files), together with the PDF file containing the final version of your paper (for comparison to the source).

  3. You must sign a transfer of copyright form for your article. Please download the form and mail or fax your completed form to:
    Irma Strolia
    Editorial Assistant
    Association for Computing Machinery 
    2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701 
    New York City, NY 10121-0701
    
    fax: 212-869-0481
    

  4. Software, data files, and websites that accompany your JEA article are not copyrighted by ACM.
  5. After uploading your materials, you may be contacted by ACM typesetters about changes to the ``camera ready copy'' of your paper. When these changes are complete, ACM will use your source file to prepare the final version of your paper for publication in the Digital Library.

  6. You may also be contacted by the JEA Editor in Chief with questions about your software and related file submissions.

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