International Journal of Communication Systems
John P. Fox, Mohammad S. Obaidat · International Journal of Communication Systems · 2005
The journal is now entering its eighteenth year with submissions increasing and interest in its topics as strong as ever.As a result the plan is in 2006 to step up to twelve issues a year.Inevitably over the years the subject matter of our papers has evolved.Wireless and the Internet have, in particular, featured as growing areas in recent years, whilst interest in optical and video techniques has continued to prosper.We are keen to see submissions branching into new fields, catching emerging developments at an early stage.The journal is broader than most and this we see as a virtue, allowing people to profit from ideas in other areas of communications and networking.At the same time we do have to keep the scope of the journal within some limits, focused sufficiently so that any one reader can find a number of papers that are of relevance to their work.In particular we do look for papers to have a systems viewpoint; however much researchers may have to analyse detailed matters, there should be some understanding of the impact on end-to-end system performance.We will continue to promote Special Issues, aiming for at least two in each year.These are particularly popular and we thank the guest editors who have provided us with very stimulating collections of papers in recent years.Upcoming we have Special Issues planned for Security of Wireless Systems, Optical Wireless Communications and Voice over IP.We would also like to encourage authors who are able to provide a review/tutorial across a subject area; these are amongst the most widely read of published papers.Moreover, they are very useful to researchers and graduate students who want to start a new research area.They also can be of great benefit to working engineers and scientists.We must give particular thanks to the members of our Editorial Board for their considerable efforts in obtaining reviews, attending editorial board meetings, providing suggestions, finding papers and generally supporting the journal.We also want to highlight the vital role of all those who have refereed papers in recent times.Journals such as ours could not exist without the willingness of volunteer experts to provide that keystone to an authoritative publication}the peer review.To prosper, the journal needs efficient and effective management; our appreciation here goes to those at Wiley}to the journal publisher, Mark Hammond, for his encouragement and strong support and to Nicole Burnett and the production team.Finally, special thanks go to our faithful authors for their most crucial contribution to the journal.