IEEE T-BIOM publishes special issues on emerging topics of interest as well as related to the events, guest edited by distinguished researchers in the community. The format of the proposals for both is given below. The format of the proposals for both is given below.

Proposal for Special Issue based on topics

  • Title of the special issue
  • Description of the special issue
  • List of prospective authors
  • Timeline
  • Organizers and their brief biographies

Proposal for Special Issue related to events

  • Title of the special issue
  • Description of the event
  • Acceptance rate of the conference/workshop
  • Are there multiple special issues planned from the event?
  • If yes, what are the themes of these special issues?
  • Timeline
  • Organizers and their biographies

Send the proposal in the given format (DOCX) to Mark Nixon, Editor in Chief (msn@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Conference Special Issues / Sections in TBIOM

The Biometrics Council sponsors the IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) conference and the IEEE International Conference on Face and Gesture Recognition (FG). Authors of a selection of the best-reviewed papers accepted for an IJCB or FG conference may be invited to submit extended and enhanced papers to a special issue / section of TBIOM. These submissions will be reviewed following the regular review process for TBIOM. The Program Chairs may be the guest editors for the special issue / section, or the EiC and Associate EiCs may appoint a guest editor or serve as the guest editor.

Some special issues that have included best papers from Biometrics Council conferences and others: