IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2027 Special Clusters – Call for Proposals

The IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) is inviting proposals for its 2027 special clusters. These special clusters should be focused on emerging research topics and new developments relevant to the field of interest of the Antennas and Propagation Society.

Submission

Prospective Guest Editors are invited to submit their proposal to Claire Sideri, Senior Editorial Assistant, AWPL (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and cc to the Editor-in-Chief of AWPL, Prof. Steven Gao (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).The proposal should contain the following:

1. Title of the special cluster.
2. A 1-page description of the special cluster, highlighting the relevance and significance of the topic and its links in the field of interest relating to the Antennas and Propagation Society.
3. Names, contacts, affiliations and biography of all Guest Editors. Usually, one special cluster might consist of 4 to 6 Guest Co-editors who are from different institutes and different countries.
4. Analysis of possible redundancies with past and current special issues in AWPL and other journals.
5. Short analysis of the special cluster capabilities to attract a sizeable number of high-quality submissions, including a tentative list of potential research groups and researchers likely to contribute to the special cluster.

In addition to the proposal, each of Guest Editors and Co-editors also needs to send a confirmation message to Claire Sideri, Senior Editorial Assistant, AWPL (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

• I, as a guest editor, agree to allocate some time daily to process the papers efficiently.
• I understand that, as a guest editor, I am expected to obtain at least two review reports and make recommendations within three weeks of receiving a paper.
• I will try my best to fulfil these requirements of timeliness.
• I am not involved in organizing any other Special Clusters of AWPL.

Both the proposal and the confirmation messages from all Guest Editors/co-editors need to be received before the deadline. According to last years' statics, one special cluster may have 40-50 paper submissions, thus a guest editor is expected to handle about 10 or more papers.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Relevance and significance,
• Cutting-edge nature,
• Potential to attract quality contributions,
• Scientific standing and experience of the Guest Editors.
• Responsiveness of Guest Editors (e.g., can the guest editors handle papers in a prompt and efficient manner? etc).

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