The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges

Final Manuscript and Publication Guidelines

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This site contains information about final manuscript formatting (see authors page) and the journal publication process (see regional editors page).

The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) holds ten regional conferences throughout the U.S. Please check out CCSC’s conference calendar for detailed conference Information.

Proceedings from the conferences are published in “The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges” according to the following schedule.

Publication Schedule

2024 - 2025

Conference Date Journal Issue
Northwestern Oct. 11-12 2024 40.1
Rocky Mountain Oct. 18-19 2024 40.2
Eastern Oct. 18-19 2024 40.3
Midwestern Sept. 20-21 2024 40.4
Southeastern Nov. 1-2 2024 40.5
Central Plains TBD 40.6
South Central TBD 40.7
Northeastern TBD 40.8
Southwestern TBD 40.9

2023 - 2024

Conference Date Journal Issue
Northwestern Oct. 13-14 2023 39.1 [digital]
Rocky Mountain Oct. 20-21 2023 39.2 [digital]
Eastern Oct. 20-21 2023 39.3 [digital]
Midwestern Oct. 20-21 2023 39.4 [digital]
Southeastern Nov. 3-4 2023 39.5 [digital]
Central Plains Apr. 5-6 2024 39.6 [digital]
South Central Apr. 5 2024 39.7 [digital]
Northeastern Apr. 12-13 2024 39.8 [digital]
Southwestern Mar. 29-30 2024 39.10 [digital]

Past Journal Issues

Copyright Notice

All CCSC journal issues are copyrighted by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Permission to copy without fee all or part of the journal is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the CCSC copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission.

CCSC Review Process

All submissions to the CCSC journal for consideration are single- or double-anonymous peer reviewed. Papers are always double-anonymous peer reviewed. CCSC staff follow the peer review policies of the ACM which can be found at: https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/peer-review

Journal Distribution

The journals are distributed in following three channels: