https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2012Q3_Reports%3A_TACL_Journal_Editor2012Q3 Reports: TACL Journal Editor - Revision history2026-04-17T12:52:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2012Q3_Reports:_TACL_Journal_Editor&diff=1638&oldid=prevAhakim: New page: Michael Collins and Dekang Lin Editors in chief Monday July 2nd, 2012 [1] Summary TACL was launched this year, the first submission deadline being May 1st 2012. The website for TACL ca...2012-07-03T01:17:36Z<p>New page: Michael Collins and Dekang Lin Editors in chief Monday July 2nd, 2012 [1] Summary TACL was launched this year, the first submission deadline being May 1st 2012. The website for TACL ca...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Michael Collins and Dekang Lin<br />
Editors in chief<br />
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Monday July 2nd, 2012<br />
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[1] Summary<br />
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TACL was launched this year, the first submission deadline being May<br />
1st 2012. The website for TACL can be found at www.transacl.org. The<br />
website has full details of policies for the journal, editorial board,<br />
and so on.<br />
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[2] Editorial board and Reviewers<br />
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35 action editors were recruited for TACL: for the full list see<br />
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http://www.transacl.org/editorial-board/<br />
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In addition, a standing committee of close to 200 reviewers has been<br />
recruited. <br />
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The work-flow for papers is then as follows:<br />
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1) Submissions come in to TACL on the 1st of each month.<br />
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2) Each submission is assigned to an action editor.<br />
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3) The action editor assigns 3 reviewers to the paper. Reviews are<br />
due 3 weeks after the assignment date.<br />
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4) After reviews are in, the action editor makes a final decision<br />
on the paper (for decision categories, see http://www.transacl.org/faq/)<br />
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[3] Submission status<br />
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As of July 2nd, we have now had three rounds of submissions: May 1st,<br />
June 1st, July 1st.<br />
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At this point, we have had 15 submissions total (excluding papers<br />
rejected for formatting violations etc.): 6 on May 1st, 6 on June 1st,<br />
and 3 on July 1st. <br />
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Our expectation is that submission numbers will increase over the<br />
next few months. May/June/July is a somewhat odd time for submissions,<br />
given the proximity to previous conference deadlines.<br />
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The 6 papers submitted on May 1st have all been through the entire<br />
review and decision phase. 17 of the 18 reviews were completed by the<br />
end of May, with the final review coming in a few days later. All<br />
decisions on papers were made by June 18th, with several being made<br />
earlier. Five of the six papers were rejected outright. The sixth<br />
received a recommendation of "Rejection with encouragement to revise<br />
and resubmit within 3-6 months."<br />
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In summary, we are pleased to see that fast turnaround of reviews and<br />
decisions seems very possible for TACL. We would like to see more<br />
submissions to TACL but are not overly worried: we expect things<br />
to ramp up rapidly in the fall.<br />
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[4] Interaction with ACL 2013<br />
<br />
Michael Collins and Dekang Lin had a conference call with the ACL 2013<br />
PC chairs, Pascale Fung and Massimo Poesio, in early May 2012, to discuss<br />
the interaction between TACL and ACL 2013. (Recall that all papers accepted<br />
for publication at TACL are eligible for presentation at ACL -- this<br />
introduces various logistic issues.) The group reached agreement on a broad<br />
set of issues, and the interaction between TACL and ACL 2013 should<br />
go smoothly.</div>Ahakim