***** AINA2009 Special Issue in MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS *****
***** Submission Instructions **********************************

AINA2009 has arranged a special issue in MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Submission to this special issue has a number of criteria, all of which must be satisfied, before the papers are sent out to reviewers.


A. CRITERIA
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1. The paper must be presented in AINA2009 by one of the co-authors. 
2. The paper must be extended extensively to include at least 50% new materials.
3. The paper must have at least the following qualities:
   a. Clear motivation and problem to be solved;
   b. Extensive critical comparison with the existing work;
   c. Clear proposed methods, supported by algorithms, formal models, analytical models, or any other scientific methods;
   d. Comprehensive evaluation of the proposed methods, supported by extensive performance evaluation results and implementation and/or case studies; and
   e. Citation of relevant papers from the Mobile Information Systems journal.


B. EVALUATION METHODS
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Phase 1 (Pre-evaluation): Each paper will be checked against the above criteria. If any of the criteria is not met, the paper will be rejected without review. If the quality does not warrant any further review, the paper will be rejected immediately.

Phase 2 (Review and Ranking): Papers that have passed the pre-evaluation phase will be reviewed by the program committee members. After the review, the papers will be ranked. Papers at the bottom half of the list will be notified a rejection. Papers ranked at the top half will be invited to revise.

Phase 3 (Revision): A revised version of the paper will be re-reviewed. A decision (reject or accept) will then be made based on the revised version of the paper.


C. SUBMISSION METHOD and DATES
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Phase 1 (Intention to Submit): Deadline 31-Aug-2009
Authors who intend to submit an extended paper should email to the editor, David Taniar at dtaniar@gmail.com by the abovementioned deadline the following details:
  a. AINA2009 Paper Title, Paper Number, and Authors;
  b. The name (and the email address) of the co-author who presented the paper at AINA2009, and in which parallel session the paper was presented;
  d. Tentative details of the extended papers, including title, authors, and abstract; and

Phase 2 (Full Paper Submission): Deadline 31-Oct-2009 (HARD DEADLINE)
Authors who have submitted their details during phase 1 above should email their extended papers in pdf format to the editor, David Taniar at dtaniar@gmail.com by the abovementioned deadline. The paper must be formatted according to the journal guidelines.


D. FURTHER INFORMATION
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1. Mobile Information Systems journal website:
   http://www.iospress.nl/html/1574017x.php

2. DBLP Table of Contents:
   http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/mis/index.html

3. Impact Factor:
   The journal is indexed in SCIE. The impact factor is expected to be published in mid 2010.

4. Tentative publication date:
   Issue 2, 2010

5. Number of papers accepted to be accepted:
   max 5 (five) papers

6. Further inquiries:
   email dtaniar@gmail.com
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