ICSES Transactions on Neural and Fuzzy Computing

10.31424/icses.itnfc

Editor in Chief: > Prof. Huchang Liao

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    Business School
    Sichuan University
    Chengdu, China
    liaohuchang@scu.edu.cn
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    ICSES Transactions on Neural and Fuzzy Computing (ITNFC) is a peer-reviewed open-access publication of its kind that aims at reporting the most recent research and developments in the areas of Neural Networks, and Fuzzy Sets and Systems. It publishes advanced, innovative and interdisciplinary research involving the theoretical, experimental and practical aspects of these interrelated paradigms and their hybridizations. ITNFC is committed to timely publication of very high-quality, peer-reviewed, original articles that advance the state-of-the art of all aspects of Neural Networks, and Fuzzy Sets and Systems and their hibridations. Survey papers reviewing the state-of-the-art of timely topics will also be welcomed as well as novel and interesting applications.

• Fast-Review Option
  Using this service, every peer-review round of your submission will be decreased from regular 60 days to the fast one with only 14 days.

  Fast-Review Option

  About 14 days per round of peer-review instead of the regular 60 days

• Manuscript Editorial Service
  
  Using this service, firstly, you do not need to care about ICSES Manuscript Template, and can submit your draft paper in any format. Secondly, we finally format and typeset your manuscript, if you can get a final acceptance. Thirdly, your manuscript can go on-line instantly after geting acceptance decision.

  Manuscript Editorial Service

  Typesetting and formating your manuscript based on the mandantory ICSES Manuscript Template

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Neural Networks
• Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Transfer Learning
• Soft Computing
• Reinforcement and Unsupervised Learning Systems
• Fuzzy Sets and Systems
• Fuzzy Controller and Fuzzy Expert Systems
• Linguistic Variables and Approximation Theory
• CAD using Fuzzy and Neural Systems
• Fuzzy Neural Networks
• Complex, Hesitant, Risky, Group and Multi-criteria Decision Making
• Grey Optimization and Computing
• Other Applications and Hybridization of Fuzzy and Neural Networks

Authors' Benefits:

By publishing your best works in ICSES journals and books, as an author, the following distinguishing advantages can be achieved for you:

• Free-of-Charge Publication: If you adhere to the ICSES authors submission guidelines e.g. to avoid extra pages charge, your publication is completely free.
• Open-Access Basis: Till 2020, all the ICSES conferences and journals papers as well as book chapters are published in open-access manner, which is a special opportunity for authors to increase the visibility of their publications, and let them to be seen and cited by the related community.
• Indexing and Abstracting: Currently, the ICSES journals and books are indexed in a large number of academic and scientific databases e.g. GoogleScholar, CrossRef, Copernicus and so on essential to increase the visibility of the publications. Happy to mention that our ITCNC and ITIPPR are currently under the evaluation of SCOPUS and Ei Compendex, and we have a high expectation to have them indexed in the 2018 SCOPUS and Compendex lists.
• High-Quality Publication: The ICSES steering committee and editorial boards are working hard to keep the publications quality, and only high-quality articles have chance to be accepted. They check soundness and quality of e.g. all the Figures, Tables, Equations, References and so on; also our localized professional manuscript template ensures the quality, and is comparable with the world"s most prestigious publishers.
• Manuscript Maturity Model: Although only the high-quality papers have chance to be accepted, our strategy is to mature all the submitted papers fallen within our standards with some rounds of revision. This strategy help the authors to release their full potential and mature their contributions to the related communities, under the free guidance of our expert international editorial boards members.
• Automated Publication System: The ICSES Membership and Manuscript System (IMMS) is a localized expandable fully-automated system to manage the ICSES publication, which enables us to professionally manage and guide the total process of publication including peer-review to ensure the quality, and let us have a vision of getting indexed in the prestigious academic databases like SCOPUS and WoS-SCI.
• Fast-Review Option and Manuscript Editorial Service: Currently, the ICSES has developed two key-enabling services namely Fast-Review Option and Manuscript Editorial Service in order to facilitate and speed up the publication process. Selecting these services during the submission obviates the burden of engaging with ICSES Manuscript Template, and ensures your submission will be processed as fast as possible.

For Any Submissions:

The authors should submit their manuscripts to the Editor-in-Chief via the ICSES Manuscript Management System (IMMS). Every submitted manuscript should consist of the following Parts:

Part I: The first page of the submission should be a Cover Letter containing the manuscript Title, Abstract, Keywords, Main Subject, Corresponding and other Authors with their Affiliations, a statement demonstrating that the submitted manuscript is not submitted “Elsewhere at the same time,” and all the Authors agree to this submission. For convenience, you can use the following ICSES-CoverLetter-Template.docx.

Part II: At least 3 up to 5 Highlights and Novelties should be presented in the Second Page using ICSES-Highlights-Template.docx.

Part III: The manuscript body consist of the following:

• Manuscript Title
• Authors (The first Author is automatically considered as Corresponding Author)
• Affiliations
• Abstract (Max. 2048 Characters)
• Keywords (3 up to 7 Keywords - Max. 512 Characters)
• Introduction
• Related Works (In Chronological Order)
• Problem Formulation (Using Mathematics and Some Description)
• Proposed Approach (Using Algorithm in Pseudo-Code, Flowchart, and Some Pictures)
• Experiment Study (The Configuration of Proposed Approach and Others)
• Results Analytics (Using Charts and Diagrams)
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement, Grants & Supports
• References (IEEE format with DOI address)
• Photo and Short Biography of each Author

Figures, Tables, and Equations:

All the Diagrams, Charts, and Tables should be made using Microsoft Office Tools (such as Word, Visio, Excel, etc.), and all the other Pictures should be in 300dpi resolution. We encourage Authors to use “Colorful” Diagrams, Charts, and Pictures, while the body of Tables may be “Light Grey.” Besides, all the equations should be made using standard tools like Microsoft Word Built-In “Equation Editor,” or “MathType.”

These specifications for Figures, Tables, and Equations are mandatory for any submission so that any violation of them will result in an “Immediate Rejection” in the review process.

Extended Versions From Conferences:

Currently, extended versions of manuscripts previously published in the featured Conferences are welcome; however, the submitted manuscripts should have the following properties:

• At least 40% extra material specially in the Experiments and Results.
• A paragraph in the Introduction Section should explain the differences as well as How, Where and Why these differences have been applied to this new Manuscript.
• The previously published paper in the Conference should exist in the References Section, and be Cited in the aforementioned paragraph.

Reviewing Process:

All the submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical, and will be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted to the journal should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Publishing papers in the ICSES Transactions is currently free of charge, and we have adopted the SCOPUS and ISI-WoS policy, and go toward indexing in these Academic Databases. Hence, only the high-quality papers have chance to be accepted; however, our strategy is to mature submitted papers fallen within our standards with some rounds of Revising. Today, the first editorial decision and total publishing process last about 3 and 9 months, respectively. However, the accepted papers will be published on-line as soon as with the final decision.

Paper Length and Extra Page Charge:

• Original Full-Length Papers: All the original full-length papers should be 10 pages in two-column style; however, significant submissions ranging from 8 to 14 pages are considered but with a charge for every Extra Page.
• Review Articles: The Review articles should be 14 pages in two-column style; however, significant submissions ranging from 10 to 18 pages are welcome but with a charge for every Extra Page.
• Short Letters: The Short Letters should be 5 pages in two-column style; however, significant submissions ranging from 4 to 7 pages are welcome but with a charge for every Extra Page.
• Conference Papers: The Conference Papers should be 6 pages in two-column style; however, significant submissions ranging from 5 to 8 pages are welcome but with a charge for every Extra Page.
• Special Issues or Book Chapters: Manuscripts for Special Issues or Book Chapters have no restriction in pages; however, they should be in range of 10 up to 14 in order not to subjected Extra Page Charge
• Others: Other kinds of letters and papers have no restriction in pages, and it is up to the journal's Editor-in-Chief.
• Extra Page Charge: The Extra Page Charge is mandatory to be paid with no exception from the first 2019 as the following:
  

  20$

  For each extra or deficient page

  Mandatory to be paid from the first 2019

After Acceptance:

The accepted manuscripts must follow the style of the journal in order to be published. The mandatory journal-template is in the following. Moreover, a copyright form signed by all the authors are needed before the manuscript goes published.

• ICSES-Journal-Template.doc
• ICSES-Journal-Template.pdf
• ICSES-Copyright-Form.pdf

Currently, ORCID is mandatory for all the Authors of the accepted Manuscripts.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy:

We are using Plag©Scan against plagiarism. The maximum acceptable similarity with other published papers is below 15%; however, we strongly suggest that the similarity should be below 10%. All the corresponding authors of accepted papers should check their accepted versions using Plag©Scan, and send us the report in order to publish their papers.

Article Processing Charge:

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for this journal is as follows; however, some Special Issues and Book Projects may have arbitrary APC based on the leading guest-Editor.

0$

Article Processing Charge

Mandatory to be paid only for the accepted papers to be published.

Licence and Copyright:

Till 2020, all the manuscripts published by ICSES are in open-access manner based on the following copyright licence:

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) supported by creativecommons.org

Worse mentioning that since the authors do not pay any Article Processing Charge (APC), the copyright of all the published papers are sized by ICSES, and the corresponding authors should gain the consent of other authors, if any, and sign a copyright transfer agreement on they behalf.

Extra Services for Authors (Optional):

Currently, ICSES has developed the following key-enabling services to facilitate and speed up the publication process. Selecting these services during the submission obviates the burden of engaging with ICSES Manuscript Template and ensure your submission will be processed as fast as possible.

• Fast-Review Option
  Using this service, every peer-review round of your submission will be decreased from regular 60 days to the fast one with only 14 days.

  Fast-Review Option

  About 14 days per round of peer-review instead of the regular 60 days

• Manuscript Editorial Service
  
  Using this service, firstly, you do not need to care about ICSES Manuscript Template, and can submit your draft paper in any format. Secondly, we finally format and typeset your manuscript, if you can get a final acceptance. Thirdly, your manuscript can go on-line instantly after geting acceptance decision.

  Manuscript Editorial Service

  Typesetting and formatting your manuscript based on the mandatory ICSES Manuscript Template

You can follow the ICSES Payment's Instructions to find how much the fees are and how you can pay for them in order to proceed the publication process of your submitted manuscript.

The members of ITNFC's editorial board are:

Honorary Editors and Advisory Board Members:

The ITNFC is currently indexed in the following academic databases:

• Scholar Google
• Academia.edu
• ResearchGate
• Index Copernicus
• ISI
• ResearchBib
• I2OR
• Root Indexing
• Cosmos
• CrossRef
• DRJI
• ISSN
• Publons
• ROAD

Manuscripts In Press (Unedited):

doi.org/10.31424/icses.itnfc.inpress

The Vol. 1, No. 1, Apr. 2018 — Contents:

doi.org/10.31424/icses.itnfc.2018.v1.n1

• Mission and Vision of ICSES Transactions on Neural and Fuzzy Computing (ITNFC)
  Miscellaneous — Pages 1-3
  Hamid Reza Boveiri, Ganeshsree Selvachandran

The Vol. 2, No. 1, Apr. 2019 — Contents:

• A Revolution in the ICSES Transactions on Neural and Fuzzy Computing
  Miscellaneous — Pages 1-3
  Hamid Reza Boveiri, Huchang Liao
• Comparison Analysis between DNMA Method and Other MCDM Methods
  Original Paper — Pages 4-10
  Xingli Wu, Huchang Liao

The Vol. 2, No. 2, Jun. 2019 — Contents:

• Grey Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods: A Literature Review
  Review Article — Pages 1-13
  Amin Mahmoudi, Saad Ahmed Javed
• About the Double Hierarchy Linguistic Term Set and Its Extensions
  Original Paper — Pages 14-21
  Xunjie Gou, Huchang Liao
• An Overview on Hesitant Fuzzy Information Measures
  Short Letter — Pages 22-27
  Bahram Farhadinia

The Vol. 2, No. 3, Sep. 2019 — Contents:

• Prioritized Aggregation Operators Based on Linguistic Connection Number for Multiple Attribute Group Decision-Making Under Linguistic Intuitionistic Fuzzy Environment
  Original Paper — Pages 1-15
  Harish Garg, Kamal Kumar
• An Extension of Earned Value Technique Considering Earned Quality and Weighted Activities Under Interval Fuzzy Environment
  Original Paper — Pages 16-30
  Sepehr Hendiani, Ebrahim Sharifi, Morteza Bagherpour, Seyed Farid Ghannadpour

The Vol. 2, No. 4, Dec. 2019 — Contents:

• Research and Development Effect on Innovation in Product and Process Concurrent Engineering
  Original Paper — Pages 1-8
  Alireza Goli, Anil Kumar

The Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar. 2020 — Contents:

• Single-Valued Neutrosophic SWARA-VIKOR Framework for Performance Assessment of Eco-Industrial Thermal Power Plants
  Original Paper — Pages 1-9
  Arunodaya Raj Mishra

The Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec. 2020 — Contents:

• Scopes of Decision-making Related Researches in the ICSES Transactions on Neural and Fuzzy Computing
  Miscellaneous — Pages 1-6
  Kamal Kumar
• Does OPEC have the Pricing Power? The Perspective of Production Quota Announcement
  Original Paper — Pages 7-16
  Lijun Jia

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Handling of unethical publishing behaviour

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