TESTIMONIALS
REVIEW POLICY
Peer Review Process
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All submitted full papers will be peer reviewed.
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The acceptance will be granted if the recommendations from the reviewers are positive.
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The criteria are based on the technical contents, clarity and format.
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Authors should make sure the submitted papers use the template for this conference.
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There are three review processes: Initial Review, Peer Review and Recommendation.
Initial Review
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The track director evaluates each manuscript in the submission track to determine if its topic and content is suitable for consideration for the colloquium before before being reviewed.
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Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors.
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This is in the best interest of the authors who could then decide to either correct the problems or to submit the manuscript to a more appropriate venue, avoiding delays from a lengthy review process that would nonetheless lead to rejection.
Peer Review
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Manuscripts that pass the initial review by the Track Directors, will be sent to several referees based on their expertise.
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Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees.
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The referees are asked to evaluate the manuscript based on its originality, soundness of methodology, impact to design research, and relevance to design practices.
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To facilitate timely publication, referees are asked to complete their reviews and provide individual critiques within two weeks.
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After collecting the referees' reports, the Track Director makes a recommendation on the acceptability of the manuscript.
Recommendation
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Based on the referees' comments and recommendation, the Track Director makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports.
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The status reports to reviewers should identify the reviewers of each paper, the final decision can be "Accept Submission", "Revisions Required", or "Decline Submission".
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The revised version should be submitted considering the review comments.
Plagiarism
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The authors should make sure that the manuscript pass a criterion of maximum 30 percents similarities to other publications.
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Please submit the Similarity Report along with the Full Paper during the paper submission.