期刊名称:LOGICAL METHODS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Logical Methods in Computer Science is a fully refereed, open access, free, electronic journal. It welcomes papers on theoretical and practical areas in computer science involving logical methods, taken in a broad sense; some particular areas within its scope are listed below. Papers are refereed in the traditional way, with two or more referees per paper. Copyright is retained by the author.
Full-text access to all papers is freely available. No registration or subscription is required, and a free email notification service is available.
Papers can be submitted electronically either as ps-files or as pdf-files. On acceptance, authors are asked to provide a source tex file as specified in the Information for Authors. Even though the Journal is divided into volumes for convenience, papers are published on the internet as soon as they are accepted for publication. The goal is to have a fast turnaround of about nine months from submission to publication.
Logical Methods in Computer Science is an overlay journal of the Computing Research Repository (CoRR): see arXiv.org.
A disk archive and a hardcopy of the contents of Logical Methods in Computer Science is maintained by the Department of Theoretical Computer Science at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, and also by a large number of mirror sites around the world.
Topics of Logical Methods in Computer Science: Algebraic methods Automata and logic Automated deduction Categorical models and logic Coalgebraic methods Computability and Logic Computer-aided verification Concurrency theory Constraint programming Database theory Defeasible reasoning Domain theory Emerging topics: Computational systems in biology Emerging topics: Quantum computation and logic Finite model theory Formalized mathematics Functional programming and lambda calculus Inductive logic and learning Interactive proof checking Logic and complexity Logic and games Logic and probability Logic for knowledge representation Logic programming Logics of programs Modal and temporal logics Program analysis and type checking Program development and specification Proof complexity Real time and hybrid systems Reasoning about actions and planning Satisfiability Security Semantics of programming languages Term rewriting and equational logic Type theory and constructive mathematics
Instructions to Authors
We invite submissions to Logical Methods in Computer Science of original research and survey papers of the highest quality in all theoretical and practical aspects of computer science related to logic in a broad sense. The aim of Logical Methods in Computer Science is to combine a thorough refereeing process with a quick turnaround time: the great majority of papers are published within nine months of submission; and every accepted paper is published within one week of receipt in final form.
Logical Methods in Computer Science is a free, open-access electronic journal published under the auspices of the International Federation for Computational Logic IFCoLog. It is a overlay journal of the Computing Research Repository, CoRR, itself part of the arXiv e-print archive. Logical Methods in Computer Science is, therefore, widely, easily and dependably available via the 25 world-wide arXiv mirror sites. The arXiv e-print archive was founded in 1992 and is now widely used, with about 100,000 hits per day. The computer science part of this archive opened in 1998 in cooperation with the ACM.
Submission
Papers must be submitted to Logical Methods in Computer Science via the homepage using the online submission . This includes the choice of a handling editor from the Editorial Board displayed on the website; editors ' specialties and pointers to their homepages are provided to enable authors to choose an appropriate editor. The Executive Editor then assigns a handling editor, making every effort to respect the authors' choice. Authors receive an automatic immediate acknowledgement and will be contacted within two weeks by the handling editor who will oversee the review process.
Papers submitted to Logical Methods in Computer Science must be written in English, must be related, in a wide sense, to the topics of the journal, and should not exceed 5O pages. If authors feel substantially more pages are needed, they should explain why in the additional comments field. The submission is required to contain an ACM subject classification (which is used e.g. for readers' notification), other subject optional, and can be provided in a footnote.
Every submission should start with an introductory section. For long submissions the authors may consider providing a table of contents (if they and the handling editor agree that this is required for readability); it is always placed at the end of the introductory section and follows the Journal's style.
The abstract should provide a concise and understandable presentation of the main result(s). In general, the length of the abstract should not exceed 20 lines (in the provided style of the journal). The abstract should avoid mathematical symbols whenever possible. In case they cannot be avoided, the authors are requested to provide an html version of their abstract.
Refereeing
Each submission will generally be refereed by two or three referees. Based on the referee reports, the handling editor will choose between three options:
a. The paper is accepted for publication, possibly subject to minor revision. Authors are requested to prepare a final version accompanied by a detailed response to the referees ' comments.
b. A resubmission of the paper is recommended. This is the case where the editor concludes from the referee reports that the paper deserves publication, but requires the referees to review the new version. Only one resubmission is permitted; it is handled by the same editor; and it should be accompanied by a detailed response to the referees' comments.
c. The paper is not accepted for publication.
Prepublication
Logical Methods in Computer Science publishes only original papers which have not been published previously, nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Nevertheless, papers previously published in conference proceedings are usually eligible for publication, provided that the authors have permission to publish. In such cases the authors are requested to give a precise reference to the prepublication on the front page of their submissions, and to explain in "Comments to the Editor" to what extent the submission differs from their prepublication.
Publication
When a paper is accepted, authors should prepare their final version in the Logical Methods in Computer Science style and post it on the Computing Research Repository, CoRR. They inform Logical Methods in Computer Science of their paper identification and password they obtained from CoRR via their author webpage. Authors are expected, as a part of the Logical Methods in Computer Science quick turnaround time policy, to prepare their final version within one to two months after acceptance.
Publication of Revised Versions
In exceptional cases, for example if an error is discovered in a paper published by Logical Methods in Computer Science, authors may publish a revised version accompanied by a statement explaining the changes that have been made. Both versions will be available on the Logical Methods in Computer Science web site.
Executive Editor Rights
The Executive Editor retains the right to require changes to papers after their acceptance by the handling editor. Such changes normally concern matters of style or format.
Editorial Board
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