OVERVIEW

Papers published in the proceedings will be peer reviewed/have editorial oversight. Peer review will be accomplished by independent reviewers and supervised by a committee. To be peer reviewed:

• completed manuscript must be uploaded to the ION’s Abstract Management Portal (AMP) by June 30
• manuscript must pass committee supervised peer review (note that there will be no secondary reviews)
• one of the authors must be present at the conference and prepared to present the paper

PEER REVIEW CRITERIA 

1. Does the manuscript contain new and significant information to justify publication?
2. Does the abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the article?
3. Are the objectives of the work clearly and concisely stated?
4. Are the experimental and/or theoretical methods described comprehensively?
5. Are the interpretations and conclusions justified by the results?
6. Is adequate reference made to other work in the field?
7. Is the language acceptable?
8. Does the manuscript cite any recent articles from NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation?
9. Do you recommend this paper for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings?
   1. Endorse paper and recommend for the ION journal, NAVIGATION
   2. Endorse paper as-is
   3. Do not endorse paper (paper fails peer review) for:
      1. Technical content/revisions required
      2. English/grammar (major edits required)
10. Suggestions for improvement - optional (to be passed to the author)

Other considerations and guidelines for ION conference paper peer reviewers:

1. The review criteria should not be as high as for a journal paper. The majority of completed, well authored and researched papers will fall into the “endorse paper as-is”.
2. You may endorse a paper that requires “minor non-technical English edits,” but fail a paper for major English/grammatical issues.
3. All papers shall be reviewed by members of the program and/or publication committee for scope, claims, and original contributions to determine appropriateness for presentation and/or acceptance. Papers not meeting the established criteria shall be removed from the proceedings.
4. Exceptional papers will be endorsed/identified for the ION’s journal, NAVIGATION. The ION National Office follows up with these and asks the authors to submit through the formal process at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/navigation.
5. If in doubt about a decision, please contact your Track Chair.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Each paper shall be peer reviewed by two independent reviewers (typically the subject matter experts chairing the session) and/or supervised by a committee. The paper must be passed by two independent reviewers in order for the paper to pass peer review.

If the paper receives one endorsement for peer review by one peer reviewer, and the other reviewer fails to endorse, the paper shall be escalated to the conference’s Publication Committee for management of a third review and adjudication. 

Additionally, if for any reason a paper fails to receive two peer reviews (either a chair fails to perform a peer review in a timely manner or a conflict of interest is determined to exist), the paper shall be escalated to the conference’s Publication Committee for management of a third review and adjudication. 

NON-PEER REVIEWED MATERIALS

Non-peer reviewed materials will be distributed to conference attendees as supplemental materials for completeness of conference information; including but not limited to presentation files, policy briefings, etc. that have been provided by presenters. However, these supplemental materials will not be included in the conference proceedings.

Questions? Concerns? Contact:
Miriam Lewis
ION Publication/Meeting Services
Email: meetings@ion.org