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Advances in Data-driven Engineering
Volume 52, Issue 3, 2023 pages 203-383
Uncertainty Processing
Volume 49, Issue 1, 2020 pages 1-141
SI: Event-based Analysis and Synthesis for General Systems
Volume 47, Issue 5, 2018 pages 395-548
Special Issue on Concept Lattices and Their Applications
Volume 46, Issue 5, 2017 pages 437-585
General Systems with Randomly Occurring Incomplete Information
Volume 45, Issue 5, 2016 pages 479-674
Decision Making Under Various Types of Uncertainty
Volume 45, Issue 3, 2016 pages 251-367
Concept Lattices and Their Applications
Volume 45, Issue 2, 2016 pages 55-249
Anticipation
Volume 44, Issue 6, 2015 pages 615-742
Slime Mould Computing
Volume 44, Issue 3, 2015 pages 277-420
General Systems with Network-Enhanced Complexities
Volume 44, Issue 2, 2015 pages 123-275
Unconventional Computing
Volume 43, Issue 7, 2014 pages 671-782
Distributed Estimation and Control for General Systems
Volume 43, Issue 3-4, 2014 pages 247-411
Data Mining and Soft Computing
Volume 42, Issue 6, 2013 pages 543-720
Fuzziness in Systems Modeling
Volume 42, Issue 1, 2013 pages 1-136
Cellular Automata (SICA)
Volume 41, Issue 6, 2012 pages 537-643
Anticipation
Volume 41, Issue 1, 2012 pages 1-90
Massive Data Processing by Using Machine Learning
Volume 40, Issue 4, 2011 pages 351-483
Fuzzy and Quantum Systems
Volume 40, Issue 1, 2011 pages 1-127
Intelligent Systems
Volume 39, Issue 5, 2010 pages 453-573
Soft Information Analysis
Volume 39, Issue 3, 2010 pages 215-346
Concept-lattice applications
Volume 38, Issue 4, 2009 pages 359-483
The Intellectual Legacy of W. Ross Ashby
Volume 38, Issue 2, 2009 pages 93-253
Soft Computing Systems
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2008 pages 1-126
Analysis and Control of Complex Systems
Volume 35, Issue 3, 2006 pages 255-386
Information Fusion
Volume 33, Issue 2-3, 2004 pages 111-337
Issue Fuzzy Logic in Systems Modelling
Volume 32, Issue 4, 2003 pages 301-414

Special issue information

International Journal of General Systems (IJGS) - Guidelines for Prospective Guest Editors of Special Issues

Proposals for special issues in the IJGS from acknowledged experts (prospective Guest Editors) are encouraged in areas that are compatible with the Aims and Scope of the Journal.

The procedure for proposing a special issue is a two-part initiative. First, a preliminary proposal is sent to Radim Belohlavek, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, at [email protected]. It is essential that this preliminary proposal contains the following items:

(1) a title of the proposed issue;
(2) name, affiliation, institutional e-mail address and institutional homepage of the prospective guest editor(s);
(3) a brief description of the subject of the issue;
(4) a rationale for proposing the special issue.

If the Editor-in-Chief finds the proposed issue suitable for the Journal, the author of the preliminary proposal is invited to submit a formal proposal. This formal proposal should contain the following:

(1) a list of potential articles, including authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses;
(2) expected delivery date of the final manuscript;
(3) expected size of the final manuscript in terms of pages including figures and tables.

When the formal proposal is approved, the Guest Editor assumes responsibility for curating all submission intended for the special issue. During this period, the primary contact for the Guest Editor is Eduard Bartl, Editorial Assistant of IJGS. The final collection of manuscripts must be complete and must fully comply with Instructions for Authors that are included on the Journal homepage.

In order to prepare the final lineup for the special issue, the Guest Editor is expected to take the following actions:

(1) to inform the contributors about the required manuscript style, the maximum length of each manuscript, and a submission deadline;
(2) to arrange peer review using the IJGS' ScholarOne Manuscripts website, as well as making a fi nal publication recommendation for each invited paper; each paper must be reviewed by at least two reviewers;
(3) to check the completeness as well as correctness of style and language of each accepted manuscript;
(4) to make sure that all figures, tables, and photographs are of acceptable quality;
(5) to write an introduction to the special issue.

Before the accepted papers are sent through to production, the Guest Editor must ensure that each article contain the following items:

(1) full names of authors of the article (no abbreviations of first names are accepted) and their affiliations in English (names of foreign institutions must be translated to English);
(2) e-mail address of the corresponding author (in a footnote on the first page);
(3) an abstract;
(4) a set of keywords;
(5) the date when the manuscript was received and the date when its final version was received;
(6) a brief biographical statement and a photo of good quality for each author of the article.

Before the special issue can be sent through to the publisher for production, it will be sent to Eduard Bartl in order to check for its completeness as well as style and language correctness before receiving final approval from the Editor-in-Chief.