Foundations and Trends® Author Advantages
The series of Foundations and Trends® journals provides academic authors an opportunity to publish high-quality survey and tutorial monographs in their field. The direct advantages to you as an author are:
Liberal Copyright
- Authors retain copyright of the article
- Authors are free to self-archive
- Authors can re-use the work in their own books, etc without asking permission or paying fees
High Citation
- Foundations and Trends journals are ranked in the top quartile of journals in their field in Scopus
- High number of citations in Google Scholar
Wide Access
- All students and faculty at subscribing institutions receive unlimited access
- Available on IEEE Xplore
- Special linking agreements in place with Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar and all major Abstracting and Indexing services to maximize discoverability
High Quality
- All papers are subject to stringent peer-review
- Accepted papers are improved by comments from technical reviewers
- Modern production and typesetting techniques ensure the highest quality of online
Honorariums
- Authors paid an honorarium as a “thank you” for their contribution
- Referees offered an honorarium for on time reviewing.
Liberal Copyright
High Quality
- All papers are subject to stringent peer-review
- Accepted papers are improved by comments from technical reviewers
- Copy-editing of accepted papers ensures consistency and quality of language use
- Modern production and typesetting techniques ensure highest quality of online and print presentation from the one author-supplied source
Progressive Policies
- Innovative business models
- Participation in the development of industry standards
High Citation
- Review and tutorial articles receive on average twice as many citations as any other type of paper
- Author becomes recognized as "owning" the citation
If you intend to write or are in the process of writing a paper which fits within the format and scope of a Foundations and Trends® journal, we will be pleased to hear from you. Please contact an editorial board member or the
publisher to discuss your idea and its appropriateness. The full draft paper will be subject to a reviewing process to ensure quality standards and balance.