Authors of a selected subset of high-quality papers accepted at the workshop will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE). The goal of this initiative is to promote the best workshop contributions towards a journal-quality publication.
Selection and Invitation
After the workshop review process is completed, the workshop organizers will identify a subset of accepted papers considered valuable to be extended on high-quality IEEE TSE. The corresponding authors of these papers will be contacted and asked whether they are interested in preparing an extension for TSE.
Authors who accept the invitation commit to submit the extended version within one month from the invitation date. Authors of selected papers will also be asked for consent to share the received reviews with the TSE Editorial Board. The full journal process will be completed within one year.
The extended paper must provide substantial additional contribution beyond the workshop version, in line with TSE journal standards. There is no guarantee of acceptance. Extensions will be evaluated according to TSE criteria and accepted solely on the basis of their quality. More information will be provided to authors at the time of invitation.