5  Publishing

Where to Submit

You have completed world changing research and are now looking for a place to publish your work, congratulations! There are several guides online about how to determine where to submit your work for publishing. First, you should choose whether to submit your work to a conference (preferrably an indexed one) or a journal. In order to determine this, you should consider:

  1. The type of research you completed (e.x., review paper, short abstract, new methodology, full research paper)

  2. What you aim to get out of publishing the work (e.x., some peer review, indexing for citations and h-index, attending a conference for networking)

  3. What is your timeline (e.x., you’re graduating soon and losing data access)

Explore the Differences Between Journal and Conference Submissions

Aspect Conference Paper Journal Paper
Impact Feedback, networking, visibility Citations/H-index, grant submissions, career development
Content Works in progress and recent findings Full research project with storyline and in-depth results
Length Abstracts, Short/Long Papers Full papers
Peer Review Duration 1 - 3 months 6 months - over 1 year
Peer Review Basic, 1-2 reviewers Rigorous, 2-4 reviewers

This was adapted from Pub Scholars. Some machine learning conferences function more like a journal, with longer peer review periods and indexed works.

How to Choose a Journal

Choosing a journal for submission can be daunting. The first step would be to explore the papers that you cite the most and the papers that are most alike your own work – which journals are they published in? These journals likely have a scope that includes your own work. The second step is to discuss the impact factor of these journals, and your publication goals. The higher the impact factor, the more rigorous the reviews, and the lower the odds of being accepted. There are several tools online to use, and don’t be afraid to lean on your mentors for suggestions.

Overview of Relevant LNN Conferences

Choosing a conference can be exciting, as it’s an opportunity to travel, network, and engage in leanring about science within your discipline. There are lots of different conference types, and it makes sense to choose a conference that aligns best with your research topic. Consider whether it’s important to submit work to a conference that is indexed, and whether there are workshops associated with the conference that are also indexed.

Neuroimaging

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
OHBM Dec June
ISMRM Oct May
FITNG Feb/Mar Varied

Computational Medical Imaging

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
MICCAI Feb/March Sep/Oct X
ISBI Oct/Nov May X
IPMI Dec May X Every second year
MIDL Dec/Jan July X

Computer Vision

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
CVPR Nov June X
ICCV/ECCV March Oct X Alternates each year
WACV Round 1: July, Round 2: Sep March X

Machine learning

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
NeurIPS/EurIPS May Dec X Indexed workshops
ICML Sep April X
ICLR Sep April X
AAAI August Feb/March X

Health Informatics

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
MIE Oct/Nov May/June X
AMIA March Nov X
CHIL Feb June

Fairness/Human Computer Interaction

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
FACCT Jan June X
CHI Sept April/May X
EWAF March June/July

NLP

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
EMNLP May Nov/Dec X
ACL Feb July/August X
EACL Oct March X
COLM March October

Misc.

Conference Sub. date Conf. date Indexed? Comments
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