IMS Journal Submissions

Introducing a major change in practice, the IMS is launching a central editorial system to handle and track journal submissions. The new system will permit authors to submit papers electronically and allow editors, associate editors, and referees to communicate and observe progress during the review process. VTEX, the IMS typesetter located in Vilnius, Lithuania, has written the software for the new system.

Statistical Science is the first IMS journal which is moving to the new central system, and manuscripts submitted to it have already begun to enter the system. With the new software in place, journal editors will no longer hire an editorial assistant on site. The system will keep track of manuscripts, their status in the review process, and communications.

Statistical Science LaTeX support page for publications at VTex

The other three IMS journals will move to the new electronic system when the terms of their current editors expire. These dates are January 2006 for The Annals of Applied Probability and The Annals of Probability, and January 2007 for The Annals of Statistics.

For authors, there will be no change from the current procedure for submission of papers. An author using electronic submission sends a pdf and/or postscript file of a manuscript following the instructions at www.imstat.org. A LaTeX support page for preparation of manuscript files is provided at www.e–publications.org/ims/support. For those who do not wish to forward a manuscript electronically, regular mail submission will continue to be accepted. Subsequent to submission, the author will receive confirmation via email that the submitted file has been successfully posted and has entered the review process. The author will again be notified, after an editorial decision has been made. If the paper is accepted for publication, further instructions for completion of the publication process will be sent.

Experience with early Statistical Science submissions will be used to make alterations and refinements to the central system, as needed.