Journal First Track ECSA 2026

Call For Papers

The Journal First Track at ECSA 2026 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, 2024 to submit their work for presentation at ECSA 2026, which will allow authors of journal-first papers to present their work to the community.

A journal-first paper submitted to ECSA 2026 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

Types of Papers

The proposal should include a summary of the original paper (4 pages) 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.

Submission

All contributions need to be written in English. If accepted, each contribution needs to be presented by one of the authors who is registered at the conference. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2026 Journal First Track. Please select the “Journal First Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click “Continue”.

Important Dates

• Paper submission: June 19, 2026
• Notification: June 30, 2026

All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth).