PHMPapers.org – The PHM Society’s paper
submission, review, and distribution portal

Conference Submission Instructions for Authors

1 Introduction
Welcome to PHMPapers.org!
The PHM Society is now using a separate website to manage the submission, review, and distribution of papers
submitted to our conferences and the International Journal of PHM. This document provides an overview of thesubmission and review process for paper authors. If you have any questions or concerns about the process in general,or a specific submission in particular, please feel free to contact the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for theconference:••••

PHM Conference (North America):
tpc@phmconference.org
PHM Europe Conference:
tpc@phmeurope.org
PHM Asia-Pacific Conference:
tpc@phmap.org
General questions about website:
webmaster@phmsociety.org

2 Roles
In addition to your role as an author, there are several other people who will be involved with the lifecycle of your paper(from submission to review and finally publication):
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Journal Editor – The journal editor (also know as the chair of the TPC) is responsible for all submissions to theconference.
TPC Member – The editor will likely assign a TPC Member to manage the workload of handling all of thesubmissions for a conference. The TPC Members work with the editor to accept or deny (or request a review)for paper submissions.
Review Manager – Once a paper has been advanced to the Review stage, the editor or TPC member assigned toyour paper will assign a Review Manager (RM). The RM will then assign individual reviewers to review yoursubmission, and recommend whether to accept a paper for the conference.
Reviewers – The reviewers will review the technical content of your paper and provide feedback to the RM andthe author(s). Note that as an author, you will also be added to the list of potential reviewers for other papers.

3 Author Guidelines (Formatting)This document does not discuss the formatting guidelines for papers. To review our guidelines as well as download
paper templates, please check the “For Authors” link under the “Information” menu option:

Direct Links:•••

PHM Conference (North America):
https://www.phmpapers.org/index.php/phmconf/information/authors
PHM Europe Conference:https://www.phmpapers.org/index.php/phme/information/authors
PHM Asia-Pacific Conference:https://www.phmpapers.org/index.php/phmap/information/authors

4 Paper Submission Cycle
4.1 Articles vs. Initial Abstracts
When you go to create a new submission, you will have two options: Article or Initial Abstract. Choose “Article” if you
will be uploading a full paper to be reviewed. Alternately, you can choose to upload an abstract only and upload the fullpaper later (provided it meets submission deadlines). Abstracts will undergo an abbreviated review cycle (oftenincluding just the editor), whereas articles will undergo the full review process.
Note that in our system, articles and initial abstracts are treated as separate submissions. That is, if you submit anabstract (and it’s accepted), you will start a new submission when submitting your full paper.

4.2 Submission Stages
When a paper is submitted, the web system tracks the submission through four stages:
1. Submission – Your initial submission. The editor will assign a TPC member and decide whether to initiate thereview stage (or alternately reject the submission before review)
2. Review – The TPC member will assign a review manager, who will then assign reviewers. Once the reviews arein, the Review Manager, TPC Member, and Editor will determine whether to accept the submission, request arevision, or reject the submission. Additional review cycles may also be initiated if needed.
3. Copyediting – Once the paper’s technical content is accepted, it will be advanced to the Copyediting stage. In
this stage, the Editor and TPC member work with the author(s) to address any formatting issues.
4. Production – The final stage, Production, is used to schedule a paper for publication.
You will be able to monitor the progress of your paper throughout the entire process by logging into the website.

5 Submission Process

Figure 1. www.phmpapers.org

Figure 1 shows the main publications page for www.phmpapers.org. To start a submission, select the conference you
wish to submit a paper to. Once on the publication page for a particular conference, such as in Figure 2, you may log into the website using the Login link (if you are already logged in, this will show your username instead and provide amenu for your user account and your dashboard, as shown in Figure 3). To start a new submission, click on “Make aSubmission” on the conference publication page or “New Submission” from the dashboard. You can also check theprogress of your existing submissions from the dashboard. Note that if you have submissions in more than one journal,
you must switch to the proper journal from the dashboard (see Figure 3).

Figure 2. Conference Publication Page

Journal Selection
New Submission

User Info
Help

Figure 3. User Dashboard

5.1 Making a Submission
Figure 4 shows the first step for making a new submission. There are several checkboxes you must check (agree to) aswell as a drop-down box to select whether you are submitting a full paper (“article”) or just an initial abstract. There isalso a field to provide any comments for the editor, if desired. Once complete, click the “Save and continue” button at
the bottom of the page.

Figure 4. Submission Step 1

Once you complete Step 1, you will be presented with the Upload Submission File dialog box (Figure 5). Choose“Document Upload” from the “Article Component” field, then upload your submission file by either drag-and-dropping
your file or choosing the “Upload File” button. Once finished, click “Continue” and proceed through the “ReviewDetails” and “Confirm” tabs to finish uploading your file. Once complete, you will see Step 2 of the submission process(Figure 6) with your uploaded file. Click “Save and continue” to go to Step 3 (metadata).

Figure 5. Upload Submission File Dialog

Figure 6. Submission Step 2

Figure 7 shows the third step of the submission process, where you will enter certain metadata, such as the title,abstract, and keywords (keywords or phrases are entered separated by commas). Note that title, abstract, andkeywords are required entries (you will not be prompted to enter an abstract in the metadata field if your are submitting
an initial abstract only and uploaded the abstract in Step 2). When complete, click the “Save and continue” buttons tocomplete steps 3, 4 (Figure 8), and 5 (Figure 9).

Figure 7. Submission Step 3

Figure 8. Submission Step 4

Figure 9. Submission Step 5

To check on the status of a submission, click on “Submissions” from your dashboard menu and select the paper yousubmitted.

Active Submissions

Menu
Figure 10. User Dashboard

Figure 11 shows an example of a submission status page. The tabs across the top will become active as your paper
progresses through the various submission stages. Note that each stage has a “Discussions” block. You may
communicate with the editorial team through these discussions. For instance, if you include a comment for the editor
when you first make your submission, it will show up as shown in the figure below. Click on a discussion to read andreply or click “Add discussion” to start a new discussion.
Figure 12 shows the submission review status. This page will show (for each review round) any attachments reviewers
may have attached (such as a marked-up paper), as well as a block for the author to upload a revised file or files and a
discussions block.
Figure 13 shows the submission copyediting status, including blocks for discussions and copyedited revisions (if needed).
Figure 14 shows the final submission status, production. The final PDF version of the paper will be given in the “Galleys”
block. The editorial team will work with the authors to produce the final galley files.

Submission stages

Discussions

Figure 11. Submission Status

Figure 12. Submission Review Status

Figure 13. Submission Copyediting Status

Figure 14. Submission Production Status