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Author Guidelines

 

Page Limit

Original submission: 20 pages using the 7x10 ACM Submission Format. The 20 pages includes text, figures, but no references. This is a strict limit for the initial submission.

Revised versions of the manuscript :25 pages, including references.

Final version: Under no circumstances, ACM TACO will publish a paper that is longer than 25 pages. There is no option to buy additional pages.

Manuscript Type

Original work: this is manuscript which has never been published before in any form. A footnote needs to be added to the first page of the submission with the label New Paper, Not an Extension of a Conference Paper.

Conference extension: this is a manuscript which extends a previously published conference paper. At submission time, the conference paper should be accepted, and preferably be published too. A footnote needs to be added to the first page of the submission with the label Extension of Conference Paper.The rest of the footnote needs to cite the conference papers and state how this submission adds 30% new material over the prior conference paper(s).

It is difficult to formally define "30% new material" but the following guidelines might help:

    • - adding 30% more pages to an existing manuscript is not enough if these pages do not contain new insights that were not mentioned in the original paper.

    • - evaluating a technique on more benchmarks is not enough if this evaluation just confirms the findings of the original paper.

    • - giving more details on a particular implementation is not enough if this information does not lead to additional insights or conclusions. It is better to add such information as auxiliary material to the original paper in the digital library.

An accepted ACM TACO paper should in any case contain a sufficient number of new insights that make the paper worth reading and citing. Otherwise, there is no point in publishing it.

Submission

During the manuscript submission process, you have to upload the PDF of the manuscript. Please check whether the PDF is uploaded correctly by downloading the manuscript after submission and checking whether it still displays correctly. For conference extensions, you have to upload all the conference papers the manuscript is an extension of (name them with the conference acronym and the publication year). You can add additional files that might help the associate editor and reviews to evaluate the manuscript.

Content

ACM TACO submissions should contain original material that has not been previously published in a journal, nor is currently under review by another conference or journal. Please also check the ACM Author Representations Policy.

For conference extensions, the manuscript must contain at least 30% new material. This is a legal requirement to avoid copyright infringement. The authors have to convince the associate editor and the reviewers that the manuscript fulfills this requirement. A manuscript that does not comply with this requirement, cannot be published an ACM TACO. In case of doubt, the manuscript will be rejected.

List of conflicts

During the submission process you will be prompted to add a Cover Letter. In this box, list (one per line)

    • - all of the TACO Associate Editors an author on the submission may have a conflict with,

    • - all collaborators and their affiliations (for all authors on the paper) in the past 5 years, and

    • - the name of the universities and industry sites the author's graduated from/are affiliated with and the name of the author's adviser.

Revised Manuscripts

A revised submission should include responses to the reviewers comments. This has to be uploaded as text in the box provided otherwise the reviewers will not see your comments. A good format for the response is to list for each reviewer a summary of each comment followed by your response.

Reviews

We strive to notify the authors within two months of submission. The ACM TACO review process is finite. There can be at most three rounds.

The first review round can lead to one out of four decisions: Accept, Minor Revision, Major Revision, Reject

The second review round (after Major Revision, Minor Revision) can lead to one out of three decision: Accept, Minor Revision, Reject. There is no possibility to get a second major revision; authors get only one chance to convince the reviewers to (conditionally) accept the manuscript.

The third review round (after Minor Revision) can only lead to either Accept or Reject.

Authors get three months to prepare a Major Revision, and one month to prepare a Minor Revision.

Hence, the total review process can maximally take 2+3+2+1+2=10 months. In practice, the average duration is around 6 months.

After acceptance of the paper, the authors get two weeks to submit the final version, which is forwarded to the production team. After copy-editing, the final version of the paper is uploaded in the digital library. In practice, it takes about 2 months between acceptance and publication in the digital library, bringing the total turnaround between submission and publication to at most 12 months. In January, April, July, October all papers uploaded in the digital library during the previous quarter are printed and mailed to the print subscribers.

Final Version of Manuscript

ACM TACO is using authoring templates found at http://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions.

When submitting the final version, you have to include

  • Name and address of contact author, including email address and phone number.

  • PDF of final version.

  • Figures in EPS or TIFF format.

  • Computing Classification Systems terms.

  • Additional keywords and phrases (http://www.acm.org/publications/class-2012).

  • Please provide a brief description of your supplementary online-only material (i.e., text and multimedia material) to be published in the Digital Library. A short .readme.txt. file will appear in the DL along with your supplementary material describing its content and whatever requirements there are for using it.

Author Gateway

Please be sure to visit the ACM Author Portal or additional important author information.

ORCID Requirements

ACM requires that all accepted journal authors register and provide ACM with valid ORCIDs prior to paper publication. Corresponding authors are responsible for collecting these ORCIDs from co-authors and for providing them to ACM as part of the ACM eRights selection process. For journals using the ScholarOne submission system, the submitting author will be required to provide their own ORCID upon submission. Authors are strongly encouraged, but not required, to include ORCIDs for all authors in their source files.  Please note: ACM only requires you to complete the initial ORCID registration process. However, ACM encourages you to take the additional step to claim ownership of all your published works via the ORCID site.

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission and supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities - ensuring that your work receives proper recognition. This requirement will also enable ACM to provide improvements to the normalization process of ACM Digital Library author profile data, aid in the detection of undeclared conflicts of interest and other publications-related misconduct in ACM Publications, assist with the implementation of ACM Open, and offer a host of other researcher benefits to ACM authors and the scientific community.

Before submission, the corresponding author should register for an ORCID.  Your co-authors should also create their individual ORCIDs at that time and add them to their accounts in the manuscript submission system. Otherwise, you will need to enter them manually into the ACM rights system upon paper acceptance and before publication in the ACM Digital Library. Simple instructions for complying with this mandate are provided inside the ACM eRights system.

ORCID information for all authors will appear on the article’s page in the ACM Digital Library. If ORCIDs are included in an article’s source files, they will also be linked in the published output.

The ACM ORCID FAQ should answer many of your questions.

ACM Policies

As a published ACM author, you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies.

ACM Policy on Authorship

The ACM Policy on Authorship and the associated list of Frequently Asked Questions cover the criteria for authorship and for submission, as well as acceptable and unacceptable authorship practices.

ACM Conflict of Interest (COI) Policy

The ACM Conflict of Interest (COI) Policy describes what a COI is, who is responsible for being aware of such conflicts, how to manage COIs, and how to report violations.

ACM Peer Review Policy

ACM recognizes that the quality of a refereed publication rests primarily on the impartial judgment of their volunteer reviewers. Expectations of reviewers and ACM, including key topics such as confidentiality, the use of large language models in the peer review process, and conflicts of interest, can be found in the ACM Peer Review Policy and its associated list of Frequently Asked Questions.

ACM Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects

All authors conducting research involving human participants and subjects must meet appropriate ethical and legal standards guiding such research. These requirements are detailed in the ACM Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects.

Templates

Manuscripts accepted for publication in any ACM publication must be formatted using the ACM authoring template. Submissions must also use the ACM authoring templates. ACM style files will closely approximate the final output, enabling authors to judge the page-length of their published articles.

ACM authoring templates and detailed instructions on formatting can be found at http://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions. For both Word and Latex technical support, contact [email protected].

ACM Computing Classification System (CCS)

If your paper has been accepted, please read the HOW TO CLASSIFY WORKS USING ACM'S COMPUTING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM for instructions on how to classify your document using the CCS and insert the index terms into your LaTeX or Microsoft Word source file. Providing the proper indexing and retrieval information from the CCS provides the reader with quick content reference, facilitating the search for related literature, as well as searches for your work in ACM's Digital Library and on other online resources.

Author Rights

ACM authors can manage their publication rights in either of the following ways:

  • A license granting ACM non-exclusive permission to publish—allowing authors to self-manage all rights to their work by choosing to pay for perpetual open access from the ACM Digital Library.
  • A publishing license agreement granting ACM exclusive publication rights—by granting ACM the right to serve as the exclusive publisher of a work and to manage ongoing rights and permissions associated with the work, including the right to defend it against improper use by third parties. (This license is roughly the equivalent of ACM’s traditional Copyright Transfer Agreement except that the author continues to hold copyright.)

As of January 2023, per decision of the ACM Publications Board, the traditional Copyright Transfer Agreement option is no longer available for ACM authors.  ACM will continue to defend all ACM-published works against improper use when allegations of publication-related misconduct are brought to light.  For more information please refer to this article in The Blue Diamond.

Additionally, ACM authors may post all versions of their work, with the exception of the final published "Version of Record", to non-commercial repositories such as ArXiv. See the ACM Author Rights page for additional information.

Learn more, including about posting to pre-print servers and institutional repositories, by visiting the ACM Author Rights page.

Open Access

ACM has made a commitment to become a fully sustainable and Plan S compliant Open Access (OA) scholarly publisher within approximately five years. ACM offers a number of ways to achieve this goal, including Hybrid OA, Gold OA, and the ACM OPEN program.

Most ACM journals, with the following exceptions, are Hybrid OA.  ACM Gold OA journals are:

Click here to view the Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish your article Open Access.

Additionally, all corresponding authors from an institution participating in ACM OPEN will have their research articles published OA at the time of publication at no cost to the authors.  Click here for a list of participating institutions. To ensure eligibility for the program, corresponding authors from participating institutions must use their institutional email address upon submission.

Language Services

ACM has partnered with International Science Editing (ISE) to provide language editing services to ACM authors. ISE offers a comprehensive range of services for authors including standard and premium English language editing, as well as illustration and translation services, and also has significant outreach in China. Editing is available for both Word and LaTeX files. As an ACM author, you will receive a generous discount on ISE editing services. To take advantage of this partnership, visit the Dedicated ACM Editing Service. (Editing services are at author expense and do not guarantee publication of a manuscript.)

Author-izer Service

Once your manuscript is published, this service allows you to generate and post a link on your home page or institutional repository to your published article. This link will let any visitors to your personal bibliography pages download the definitive version of the articles for free from the ACM DL. These downloads will be recorded as part of your DL usage statistics. A detailed description of the service and instructions for its use may be found at the ACM Author-Izer Service page.

LaTeX Collaborative Authoring Tool on Overleaf Platform

ACM has partnered with https://www.overleaf.com/, a free cloud-based, authoring tool, to provide an ACM LaTeX authoring template. Authors can easily invite colleagues to collaborate on their document. Among other features, the platform automatically compiles the document while an author writes, so the author can see what the finished file will look like in real time. Further information can be found at https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions. The ACM LaTeX template on Overleaf platform is available to all ACM authors https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official#.WOuOk2e1taQ.

Kudos Article Sharing Platform

Kudos is a free service that you can use to promote your work more effectively. After your paper has been accepted and uploaded to the ACM Digital Library, you'll receive an invitation from Kudos to create an account and add a plain-language description. The Kudos “Shareable PDF” allows you to generate a PDF to upload to websites, such as your homepage, institutional repository, preprint services, and social media. This PDF contains a link to the full-text version of your article in the ACM DL, adding to download and citation counts.

Author Gateway

Please be sure to visit the ACM Author Portal for additional important author information.

Contact Us

For further assistance and questions regarding the journal editorial review process and paper assignment to an issue, contact the journal administrator ([email protected]).