Reviewer Guidelines

Authors submitting to Future - Eco-Innovative Computing and Sustainability Systems (Future-EICSS) are expected to adhere to the highest standards of academic rigor, clarity, and scholarly impact. Reviews are crucial to maintaining the journal’s quality, ensuring the submission of research that significantly advances eco-innovative computing and sustainability systems.

1. Review Structure

A comprehensive review of a manuscript typically includes the following sections:

  • Summary: A brief overview of the manuscript's key achievements, highlighting its novelty, significance, and contribution to eco-innovative computing or sustainability systems.
  • Evaluation: A balanced assessment of the manuscript's strengths and weaknesses, addressing the following four key criteria: originality, sustainability impact, technical rigor, and quality of presentation.
  • Recommendation: A clear recommendation based on the review (Accept, Minor Revision Required, Major Revision Required, Reject).
  • Detailed Comments: Constructive feedback aimed at improving the manuscript, ensuring alignment with the journal's goals and standards. Confidential remarks to the Editorial Board may be included if necessary.

Reviews are conducted anonymously to ensure fairness and transparency.

2. Criteria for Acceptable Papers

Manuscripts for Future-EICSS must align with the journal's focus on eco-innovative computing solutions, sustainability systems, and their application to environmental challenges. The following criteria are essential for acceptance:

  • Originality: The manuscript must present novel concepts, methodologies, or applications in eco-innovative computing or sustainability systems, contributing to the advancement of the field.
  • Sustainability Impact: Research should have a clear potential for contributing to environmental sustainability or addressing significant ecological challenges through computational innovations.
  • Technical Soundness: The methods, models, or algorithms used in the manuscript must be scientifically rigorous, well-validated, and reliable.
  • Quality of Presentation: The manuscript should be well-organized, clearly written, and adhere to academic standards of structure, language, and citation practices.

Manuscripts falling short in any of these areas may require major revisions or be rejected.

3. Expectations for Paper Content

An acceptable manuscript should include the following elements:

  • Clear Motivation and Objectives: The paper should articulate the problem it addresses and explain its relevance to eco-innovative computing or sustainability systems.
  • Demonstration of Novelty: Authors should clearly highlight the unique aspects of their work, comparing it with existing research and highlighting improvements or innovations.
  • Evidence of Effectiveness: The manuscript should present robust empirical evidence, including experimental results, case studies, or theoretical proof, demonstrating the impact or scalability of the proposed solutions.
  • Real-World Applicability: Papers should provide insights into how the proposed solutions can be practically applied in real-world sustainability or environmental systems.
  • Scientific Integrity: All claims made in the manuscript should be supported by strong, logical reasoning and empirical evidence.

4. Types of Submissions

  • Theoretical or Methodological Papers: These should introduce innovative computational methodologies or frameworks with clear applications to sustainability and eco-innovation. Theoretical contributions must highlight their impact on sustainable computing and environmental systems.
  • Experimental Papers: Should detail experimental design, methodology, results, and interpret how the findings contribute to the field of eco-innovative computing or sustainability solutions.
  • Applications and Case Studies: These papers should present real-world applications of eco-innovative computing methods in sustainability or environmental projects, discussing the challenges faced and lessons learned.
  • Review Articles: Must provide an in-depth analysis of the state of the art in eco-innovative computing for sustainability, identifying research gaps and emerging trends.

5. Comparative Analysis with Related Work

Every paper must clearly demonstrate how it relates to existing work in the field. Authors should conduct a thorough review of relevant literature, outlining how their contribution advances or challenges existing knowledge in eco-innovative computing and sustainability systems.

6. Quality and Precision

  • Conciseness: Authors should avoid unnecessary jargon and overly complex expressions. The manuscript should be concise, with precise definitions and consistently used terminology.
  • Technical Precision: Authors should ensure that all concepts, methods, and terminology are clearly defined and unambiguous. Definitions should be precise, and technical concepts must be consistently applied throughout the manuscript.

7. Revisions and Review Process

  • Minor Revisions: Typically reviewed by the associate editor in charge. Authors must submit a cover letter explaining how they have addressed the reviewers' concerns.
  • Major Revisions: Re-reviewed by the original reviewers to ensure that substantial revisions have been implemented. Authors must provide a detailed response to reviewer comments in their cover letter.

8. Confidentiality

All manuscripts under review are confidential. Reviewers must not share, distribute, or reference any manuscript without prior permission. Reviewer identities will remain confidential, and communication with authors should be conducted through the editorial system.

9. Submission Instructions

Please ensure that your submission adheres to the journal's formatting and submission guidelines, which will be made available on the Future-EICSS submission portal. If you encounter any issues during the review process, contact the editorial team at eicss@fupress.org.