Editorial: IEEE transactions on human-machine systems: Year in review for 2013

Abstract

The IEEE tRANSACTIONS on HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS (THMS), with its focus on the dissemination of results in the area of human-machine systems (HMS) that inform theory and improve engineering practice, has completed the first year of publication since "splitting off" From The Ieee Transactions On Systems, Man, And Cybernetics Part A: SYstems And Humans And The Sunsetting Of The Ieee Transactions On Systems, Man, And Cybernetics Part C: APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWS [1]. While the journal did inherit manuscripts from the former Part A and Part C, almost 400 new manuscripts from corresponding authors in 43 countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States) were submitted to the THMS in 2013. Some authors appeared not to know about the changes to the scopes of the journals of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS) as 117 manuscripts submitted to THMS were rejected due to lack of fit.When considering the remaining manuscripts, 26 have been accepted and 101 have been rejected, yielding an acceptance rate for 2013 of 20.4% (including the 117 would bias the acceptance rate to an artificially low 6.8%). The rest are either under review or awaiting the authors' submissions of revisions. On behalf of the editorial board, I would like to express profound gratitude to all of the authors and reviewers and the hope that they will continue to support this high-quality journal. In 2013, THMS published 47 regular papers, 9 technical correspondences, and 1 editorial. Next, the articles published in 2013 are summarized. Note that several can fit into more than one category but are only discussed within one. © 2014 IEEE.