Bylaws

Approved 15 September 2011

600.0. PUBLICATIONS ACTIVITIES.

601. Authority.

The Society shall have the right to publish or to sponsor such publications as are recommended by the Society’s Publications Board and approved by the Board of Governors, the IEEE Technical Activities Board, and the IEEE Publications Board.

602. Oversight.

The Society Publications Board shall:

1. develop policies and plans for the Society’s publications;
2. review publication budgets and make recommendations to the Vice President-Publications and the Vice President-Finance;
3. represent the Society regarding all publications, plans, policies and procedures involving the IEEE and other organizations, in accordance with these Bylaws and the rules and procedures of the IEEE;
4. review all proposals for new publications and make recommendations to the Board of Governors;
5. insure that the high quality of the Society’s publications is maintained.

The following committees and boards shall be responsible to the Publications Board:

Editorial Board, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING
Editorial Board, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
Editorial Board, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING
Editorial Board, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION FORENSICS AND SECURITY
Editorial Board, IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS
Editorial Board, IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE
Editorial Board, IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING.

603. Publication Management.

1. Editor-in-Chief. Each of the publications of the Society shall be managed by an Editor-in-Chief who shall be appointed by the Vice President-Publications, in consultation with the relevant Technical Committee and with the consent of the Executive Committee. The Editor-in-Chief shall serve for three years, non-renewable. The Editor-in-Chief shall be responsible for implementing the publication. He/she shall chair the Editorial Board for the publication and also serve as a member of the Society’s Publications Board.
2. Managing Editor. A Managing Editor shall be selected for each of the Society’s publications and shall serve for an indefinite period, subject to mutual agreement between the IEEE Transactions/Journals Department, which employs the managing editors, and the Society.
   
   In the event that the Society shall employ an independent contractor as Managing Editor, any compensation shall be recommended to the Executive Committee by the Vice President-Publications.
3. Editorial Board. Each of the publications of the Society shall be guided by an Editorial Board, which shall be chaired by the Editor-in-Chief and which shall comprise the associate editors for the publications having active, unexpired terms. The Society’s Executive Director shall serve ex-officio, without vote.
   
   It shall be the responsibility of the Editorial Board to insure that the publication maintains the highest quality while adhering to the publication rules and procedures of both the Society and the IEEE, consonant with these bylaws, the Policy and Procedures Manual and the Guide for Associate Editors.
4. Editorial Expense. Editorial expense shall be subject to review and approval by the Vice President-Publications, and the Vice President-Finance.

604. Manuscript Management.

Manuscript processing for submissions to all Society periodicals shall be accomplished via a common online manuscript environment database system, as designated by the Society for manuscript management.

605. Overview Articles.

Overview articles are intended to be of solid technical depth and lasting value and should provide advanced readers with a thorough overview of various fields of interest. Overview articles are technically more thorough than tutorials, which are intended for readers with little background in a given field and are usually published in the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. Overview articles are expected to be longer than regular manuscripts; their length is allowed to be as much as double the length of regular submissions. In order to limit interference with the publication of regular manuscripts in the Transactions, the publication of overview articles is limited to at most one article per quarter or four per year in each Transactions.

All overview articles will be subjected to the same rigorous review process as all other submissions. The overview article submission process shall be managed by the Overview Editorial Board.

606. Overview Editorial Board.

1. Duties. The Overview Editorial Board shall review white paper proposals for the Transactions and provide feedback on the topic, its timeliness, relevance, and qualification of authors to the Transactions Editors-in-Chief.
2. Composition. The Overview Editorial Board shall be composed of experts nominated by the Editors-in-Chief of the Society’s solely owned Transactions. Each Transactions Editor-in-Chief shall appoint four experts to an initial term of no more than three years. After their initial term, an expert may be extended up to one additional year for exemplary service. Experts serving on the Overview Editorial Board will be selected by the Editors-in-Chief from a pool of current Associate Editors (preferably senior Associate Editors) or experts from outside the editorial board of their Transitions.