[hpc-announce] ALL FOR PAPERS FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS Special Issue - Research Software Engineering – Software-Enabled Discovery and Beyond

[Wisser, Grace]

CALL FOR PAPERS FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Research Software Engineering – Software-Enabled Discovery and Beyond
https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/284630/research-software-engineering-software-enabled-discovery-and-beyond__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_BHcgFfxU$ 
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MOTIVATION AND SCOPE

In today’s research landscape, software is essential across various disciplines. Many researchers utilize high-performance scientific software to obtain simulation results, conduct data analysis, and visualize their findings. These codes streamline researchers’ workflows and enhance scientific progress. To make this possible, research software engineers work behind the scenes to maintain these codes or improve the user experience. Research software engineers dedicate significant time to programming, while full-time software engineers focus on writing code to address research challenges, with many professionals falling somewhere in between. This special issue, titled “Code, Practices, and People”, will focus on the interactions among those who develop code and applications, as well as the practices they engage in, such as code reviews. Additionally, it will explore leadership and career paths for research software engineers.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

*Discovery enabled by software
*Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends
*Research data management
*Support for scalability and data-driven methods
*Improving the reproducibility of research
*Usability, portals, workflows, and tools
*Sustainability, security, and stability
*Software engineering approaches supporting research
*Community engagement
*Training and workforce development
*Building a research software engineer (RSE) profession
*Accessibility and belonging for RSEs

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GUEST EDITORS

Patrick Diehl, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. diehlpk at lanl.gov

Miranda Mundt, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. mmundt at sandia.gov

Chen Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. zhangc at ornl.gov


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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission portal opens: November 17, 2025

Deadline for paper submission: February 1, 2026

Latest acceptance deadline for all papers: May 30th, 2026

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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The FGCS’s submission system (Editorial Manager®) will be open for submissions to our Special Issue from November 17. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type VSI: RSE – CPC.

All submissions deemed suitable by the editors to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production to be published in the special issue. 

All manuscripts must conform to the Guide for authors - Future Generation Computer Systems - ISSN 0167-739X | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier. Papers previously published in a conference must have at least 40% new content. The page limit for this special issue is 18 pages.

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MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING GUIDELINES

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.elsevier.com/journals/future-generation-computer-systems/0167-739X/guide-for-authors__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_BqyAjsQU$ 

* Please use Elsevier's Latex Style with "5p, times" option. So your document should start with \documentclass[5p,times]{elsarticle}
* You are recommended to use the Elsevier article class elsarticle.cls (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_Bkf2e0uM$ ) to prepare your manuscript and BibTeX (https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.bibtex.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_B5cqzfP4$ ) to generate your bibliography.
* Our LaTeX  (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.elsevier.com/latex__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_BDCIWoz8$ ) site has detailed submission instructions, templates and other information.
* Article submitted to FGCS should be strictly double column, single spaced and limited to 18 pages; including all figures, tables, references.
* A manuscript longer than 18 pages will not be considered for review and returned to author to be revised to the correct format.

To view a complete list of the Call for Papers for Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, visit: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/about/call-for-papers__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c9yzB5b7fyTT5Zi2cH3dFhltETxQhWS_lGiDfgJFsEv-x2ODz0rxPav4bi7QXZOm5_hfx9VIAWyOrU_BxOuKBN4$ 

Sent on behalf of Michela Taufer, Editor-in-Chief
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Grace Wisser
Assistant Director, Global Computing Lab
Assistant to Editor in Chief, FGCS Journal