Submissions

Submission Process

Papers submitted to The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming must use the online submission system.

Typesetting

Submissions must use the LaTeX template of the journal. Please download the template package; a manual is included.

The template is also available in Overleaf.

Language and Page Recommendations

Papers must be written in English using high standards of writing. Papers that show poor mastery of the English language may be disqualified without review.

The main part of the paper should not exceed 22 pages (in the provided style of the journal), but there is no limit for bibliography and appendices. The page limit for the main part of the paper is in place in order to keep the paper on focus and to avoid overloading the reviewers. Authors are encouraged to move important details to appendices, which may be consulted by the reviewers. In some cases, if authors feel that the main part requires substantially more pages, they should explain the reasons why in the additional comments field of the submission form; examples of these cases may include papers with substantial source code listings, and essays. Papers whose length is incommensurate with their contribution will be rejected.

The submission is required to contain an ACM subject classification.

Abstract

Each submission must be accompanied by a plain-language abstract of up to 500 words that presents the key points in the paper in a manner understandable by experienced practitioners and researchers in nearby disciplines. The abstract should avoid mathematical symbols whenever possible, and it must address the following:

• Context: What is the broad context of the work? What is the importance of the general research area?
• Inquiry: What problem or question does the paper address? How has this problem or question been addressed by others (if at all)?
• Approach: What was done that unveiled new knowledge?
• Knowledge: What new facts were uncovered? If the research was not results oriented, what new capabilities are enabled by the work?
• Grounding: What argument, feasibility proof, artifacts, or results and evaluation support this work?
• Importance: Why does this work matter?

The absence of an abstract conforming to this specification is grounds for the rejection of the paper without review.

Professional Integrity

Submitted papers must present original work made by the authors, must not overlap significantly with the authors’ previously published work, and must not be under review for another journal or conference with published proceedings. For details of our ethical policies, see this page.