Continuous Improvement
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138, Issue 9
I am delighted to announce the implementation of two strategic changes to the manuscript preparation, review, and handling processes, that are aimed at further improving the quality of our Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (JCEM).
Contributions to the Body of Knowledge
In the November 2011 editor’s note, we introduced the concept of explicitly claiming contributions to the CEM Body of Knowledge in the submission materials, specifically in the abstract and conclusions of the manuscript. This statement is now a requirement for all submissions. Following this, some changes have been made to the Editorial Manager manuscript submission system:
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Instructions for the abstract section have been updated.
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A new author submission question has been added, requesting the statement and verification that it was included. The response to this question has a 2,000-character limit.
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Revision letters have been updated, requesting authors to add the statement to the abstract and conclusions.
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The updated reviewer form includes mandatory verification from the reviewers that the contribution statement has been included.
At the meeting held during this year’s ASCE Construction Research Congress, the Editorial Board agreed to test this implementation for a year and gauge the response of the general CEM community.
Two-Time Revision Limit
We have decided that if a manuscript is not ready for publication or is subject to editor-only review after the second set of revisions, i.e., after a COENG-xxxxR2 review cycle, then the manuscript will be declined with encouragement to resubmit. If authors choose to resubmit, the manuscript will be treated as a new submission, and a new manuscript number will be generated by Editorial Manager. Authors will be required to provide the previous manuscript number, i.e., COENG-xxxx, in their transmittal letter so that the manuscript’s history can be located and accessed.
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Published In
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138 • Issue 9 • September 2012
Pages: 1005
Copyright
© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Jun 8, 2012
Accepted: Jun 11, 2012
Published online: Aug 15, 2012
Published in print: Sep 1, 2012
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