TAB Periodicals Review Committee (PRC)

PLEASE NOTE: Submit review reports as Microsoft Word documents. Please keep all the sections in order. Please do not omit any sections.

• Guidelines for Agenda Item Submission
  
  
• 2008 - 2012 Review Schedule (PDF, 21KB)  Contains both the SRC (on page one) and PRC (on page two) review schedules.
• Current Society/Council Template (PDF, 110KB)
• Multi-Society ASPP Template (PDF, 118KB)

The Committee is charged with:

• Ensuring the Timeliness and Quality of TAB publications
• Assessing proposals for new publications and making recommendations to TAB
• Resolving conflicts between S/C on issues of publications
• Informing TAB on new developments in the area of publications
• Assessing and recommending to TAB annual charges for publications

To carry out its responsibilities to TAB, and in particular to address the issues of timeliness and quality, the Periodicals Committee has instituted a Five-Year Review of S/C Periodicals, conducted at the same time as the S/C Review.

The objectives of the Periodicals Review are to:

• Examine timeliness and quality
• Assure that the publications comply with IEEE policies & procedures
• Assist the S/C in enhancing self awareness of its publications
• Determine the financial health of the publications
• Provide suggestions for improvements
• Determine best practices to share with other S/C

The Review should be seen as a positive vehicle to ensure that all the IEEE publications continue to maintain the highest of standards.

NOTE:

• This committee does not conduct meetings that require agendas and minutes.
• TAB and TAB committee agendas, minutes, reports, and supporting documentation contain proprietary information of the IEEE and are solely for the use of IEEE volunteers and staff.

Six months prior to Review

A template is e-mailed to the S/C President, President-Elect, VP Publications (if any), Multi-Society Publication Editor-in-Chief and all periodicals Editors in advance of the scheduled review. Financial information on the periodicals available at IEEE Headquarters is included in this template.

The S/C President will also receive the following via e-mail:

Introduction & information  regarding the upcoming review

Current Journal Citation Report

During the review, the attendance of the S/C President and the EICs is mandatory. Please mark your calendar. For a more advanced notice the review schedule, through Year 2008, is available below.

Three months prior to Review

S/C Presidents or Multi-Society Publication Editor-in-Chiefs are reminded of the deadline date, asking for a status report.

The TAB Periodicals Review Committee Members are notified of the status as information is received.

Responses in the form of a completed template and other relevant information are provided to the TAB Periodicals Review Committee by the S/C.

S/C President will be notified of time and meeting room.

TAB Periodicals Review Committee meets with the S/C Officers and Editors or the Multi-Society Publication Editor-in-Chief and the Steering Committee Members during the TAB meeting series.

TAB Periodicals Review Committee submits a preliminary report to the S/C President or the Multi-Society Publication Editor-in-Chief for comment. Response is requested within three weeks.

Final Report on the S/C Periodicals Review is submitted for TAB Periodicals Committee and then TAB approval.

TAB Periodicals Review Committee will contact the S/C President or the Multi-Society Publication Editor-in-Chief to follow-up on any recommendations.

S/C Presidents preparing for an upcoming periodical review can view previous reports (which were prepared before the current template) by contacting Margi Jannucci at the IEEE Operations Center.