Instructions for Organizers Considering
Editing an IMA Volume
The IMA welcomes publication of volumes resulting from IMA workshops and other
IMA activities especially when they offer something of wide interest not readily
available: for example, well written tutorial or survey material in a new or
rapidly developing area. The volumes are published by
Springer Science + Business Media, LLC under
their IMA
Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications Series and usually one or more
of the organizers of the relevant IMA program serve as the editors for the volume.
148 volumes in all have been published since IMA's founding in 1982, with
several of them becoming important reference for a number of subjects.
To put together a volume, an editorial committee should be determined with
one person designated lead editor. The lead editor will be the recipient of
all the submissions. All editors can be involved with invitations to authors
to contribute and further correspondence with them and obtaining reviews of
contributions.
Authors are required to produce manuscripts in the standard IMA Volumes style.
Although contribution typically run between 10-20 printed pages, we leave it
up to the editors to decide on the appropriate lengths of the papers, and the
number of contributors to the volume. For authors using LaTeX, sample and macros
for this style is available at
Materials to assist
authors not using LaTeX are in preparation.
When papers are in their final form, the IMA will take over with the production.
The following schedule should be observed to get the book published in a timely
manner.
editors issue invitations to contribute to potential authors, usually within
a week or two of the end of the program in question; submissions are usually
due to the lead editor within 4 months
by 4 months later: authors have submitted papers; editors obtain reviews
for the submissions
by 1 month later: editors forward referees reports and comments to authors
by 1 month later: authors return revised papers to editors
by 1 month later: editors forward accepted papers to IMA for final processing
by 1 month later: galley proofs sent to authors; editors send front matter
to IMA
by 1 month later: the IMA submits photo-ready copy to Springer
The IMA will send editors reminders as time goes on so that we can keep the
book production on schedule. Please also make sure that the authors are kept
aware of the relevant deadlines.
The IMA staff will do all it can to help in producing a high quality volume.
The primary contact for this is Patricia V. Brick, pubs@ima.umn.edu.
If you plan to edit a volume, the first step to get the process started is
to submit a one-page proposal. The proposal should include
Editors for the volume, identifying the lead editor,
Proposed due date for contributions (typically four months after issuance
of invitations)
Tentative title of the volume and a short description of the volume and
the rationale behind it (what will this volume add to the literature; who
comprises the expected audience). This should indicate the approximate number
of contributions, length of the contributions, and their nature (e.g., survey
chapters, tutorials, technical papers, a mix of these, etc.)
The proposal should be mailed to the IMA addressed to Deputy Director (series co-editor)
at
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