ARIMA Journal also publishes special issues dedicated to scientific events (conferences or workshops) taking place in Africa or related to the continent. Such an issue contains, after selection, the extended versions of some of the papers presented at the event. A special issue may also be devoted to some specific topic without being tied to a scientific event. Special issues are edited under the responsability of an ad-hoc editorial team in collaboration with the Editorial board of the journal.
How to submit a proposal for a special issue?
A special issue may be associated with a workshop or conference in which case it will contain extended versions of selected papers. These will follow the same reviewing process as for the regular issue (although the process will generally be faster). It may also be a thematic issue, not associated with a scientific event, for which authors will be invited to contribute. In all cases, submissions are made by invitation using an access code.
You can propose the setting up of a special issue by sending the following to arima.editorial.board@inria.fr :
- a presentation of the event or a scientific topic;
- names and CVs of the editors of the special issue;
- constitution of the Reading Committee;
- schedule.
If your proposal is accepted, the members of the proposed Reading Committee will be associate editors for this special issue and as such will be responsible for the entire selection process.
Last updated: September 29, 2026