Ada User Journal
The journal for the international Ada community

Call for Papers

Publication

Ada User Journal is produced by Ada-Europe. It appears four times a year, on the last days of March, June, September and December. Copy dates are two months prior to publication, but exceptions may be made for items of topical importance.

Ada-Europe also maintains a publicly available online archive of past issues of the Journal.

Subscription Policy

Ada User Journal is sent to all members of the Ada-Europe organisation, whether direct or indirect (i.e. via associate national organisations).

Aims

Ada User Journal aims to inform readers of developments in the Ada programming language and its use, general Ada-related software engineering issues and Ada-related activities in Europe and other parts of the world. The language of the journal is English.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

The Journal publishes the following types of material: Further details on our approach to these are given below.

Original papers

Manuscripts should be submitted in accordance with the submission guidelines (below) .

All original technical contributions are submitted to refereeing by at least two people. Names of referees will be kept confidential, but their comments will be relayed to the authors at the discretion of the Editor.

Proofs will normally be sent to the first named author to check typographic mistakes or errors of fact. No part of the article may be rewritten on proof. All changes and addenda submitted by the authors will be incorporated at the discretion of the Editor. Corrected proofs must be returned to the Editor within three days of receipt.

The first named author will receive a complimentary copy of the issue of the journal in which their paper appears.

By submitting a manuscript, authors grant Ada-Europe an unlimited licence to publish (and, if appropriate republish) it, if and when the article is accepted for publication. We do not require that authors assign copyright to the Journal. Unless the authors state explicitly otherwise, submission of an article is taken to imply that it represents original, unpublished work, not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

News and product announcements

Ada User Journal is one of the ways in which people find out what is going on in the Ada community. Our readers need not surf the WWW and USENET to find out what is going on in the Ada world and in the neighbouring and/or competing communities. We will reprint or report on items that may be of interest to them.

Commentaries

We publish commentaries on Ada and software engineering topics. These may represent the views either of individuals or of organisations. Such articles can be of any length - inclusion will be at the Editor's discretion.

Opinions expressed within the pages of Ada User Journal do not necessarily represent the views of the Editor and of the Ada-Europe Board.

Announcements and conference reports

We are happy to publicise and report on events that may be of interest to our readers.

Reprinted articles

While original material is our first priority, we are willing to reprint (with the permission of the copyright holder) material previously submitted elsewhere if it is appropriate to give it a wider audience. This includes papers published in North America that are not easily available in Europe.

We have a reciprocal approach in granting permission for other publications to reprint papers originally published in Ada User Journal.

Reviews

Inclusion of any review in the Journal is at the discretion of the Editor.

One member of our Review Panel will be asked by the Editor to review any book or other publication sent to us. We are also prepared to print reviews submitted from elsewhere if judged appropriate.

Any individual interested in joining the Review Panel is invited to contact the Editor. 

Submission guidelines

All material for publication should be sent to the Editor. Electronic submission is much preferred but typed manuscripts will be accepted. Authors are invited to contact the Editor by electronic mail to determine the best format for submission. The Editor's address is: Our refereeing process aims to be rapid. Currently, accepted papers submitted electronically are typically published 3-6 months after submission. Items of topical interest will normally appear in the next edition.

There is no limitation on the length of papers, though a paper longer than 10,000 words would be regarded as exceptional. Pages should be numbered consecutively.

The name(s) of the author(s) and their postal and email address (where available) should be provided in the heading of the paper. The address of one author will normally be sufficient. We will endeavour to print (black and white) digitised photographs (passport style) of the authors where these are provided.

Programming extracts will normally be typeset as set out by the author. Please avoid where possible lines longer than 80 characters. Extracts in bold or capitals will normally remain as such. The program layout style defined in the Ada 95 Quality and Style Guide is preferred.

SI units should be used, or conversions provided by the author.

The Vancouver System is used for references. They should be cited in the text thus: 'Smith [3] states...' A number should never start a sentence. Groups of references should be shortened as far as possible, e.g. 'Recent research [2, 5, 7-12]...' References should be placed in the reference section at the end of a paper in number order, i.e. reference 1 should be first even if the author's name begins with a Z. The style should follow the examples below.

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