Journal FirstECSA 2025

Call for Papers

ECSA 2025 enriches its partnership with more journals and opportunities than ever before, to incorporate journal-first papers into its program. The journals are:

 - Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)

 - IEEE Software

 - Information & Software Technology (IST)

- Transaction on Software Engineering (TSE)

We invite authors of journal papers accepted by JSS, IEEE Software, IST, or TSE since December 1, 2023 to submit their work for presentation at ECSA 2025, which will allow authors of journal-first papers to present their work to the community.

Scope 

A journal-first paper submitted to ECSA 2025 must adhere to the following criteria:

• The paper must have been accepted after peer review by one between JSS, IEEE Software, IST or TSE
• The paper is in the scope of the conference
• The paper has not been presented at and is not under consideration for journal-first programs of other conferences

Paper Submission 

We invite authors of papers that meet the above criteria to submit a proposal that includes a summary of the original paper that highlights the contributions, motivates the relevance for the ECSA, and briefly discusses how the work has developed after the original publication -if it is the case. Please include the DOI of the original journal paper. ECSA offers an opportunity to disseminate your work to a broader community audience.

The submission must be 3-4 pages long and conform to the Springer LNCS style http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Accepted submissions will be invited to present at the conference. The track chairs will write a summary of the accepted submissions that will be included in the conference proceedings.

Proposals must be submitted via the online EasyChair submission site for the ECSA 2025 conference, selecting the "Journal First" Track: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ecsa2025

Evaluation

Authors will be invited to present their paper at ECSA 2025 if it meets the above criteria. Please note that we plan to include as many journal-first papers as possible in the ECSA main program. However, if we receive an exceptionally high number of submissions, we may have to prioritize presentation proposals according to their fit to the conference theme and sessions structure. As the papers have already been reviewed and accepted by a journal, we will not review the submission for technical content; instead, we will focus on the track’s criteria.

Presentation

ECSA 2025 is planned to be an in-person/physical conference. The journal-first paper presentations are part of the ECSA conference’s main program. 

As a journal-first presenter, you will benefit from the conference presentation in many ways, such as, outreach to a broader audience and interactions and discussions with peers. 

At least one author of each submission accepted for the journal-first program must register and attend the conference to present the paper.

Journal First Track Chairs

•    Jesper Andersson, Linnaeus University, Sweden

•    Romina Spalazzese, Malmö University, Sweden