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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubsonline.informs.org%2Fjournal%2Fijds&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cc66b7af6b72f474549a508dd3d517ed6%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638734142409068182%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0jybDwYv40wVlKAzNkJ%2F1wNzEVWGZHUa1wkzPpsuwW0%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/ijds" shash="jRstc9HesmRgdMor/IJhtYrPXfWYgunghA3N3dlSa9TL4RY7L80+Bfv+kTKkyCsTcBCp9aBR6jdINue4UEL5fJthsjXZjEs0MPeqXJq3uFcmKnDfS6O4Ne2wEsyX+hZWzroC2MhRtOW1iFkYeUC5/CBB6Lr/JzrYvbIbzklPr+0=">INFORMS Journal on Data Science</a></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">, with its
first issue published in 2021, is a new addition to the INFORMS publication family. Engineering and industrial data science within ISE is one of the main communities
<i>IJDS</i> intends to serve. I am the new Editor-in-Chief for <i>IJDS</i> and I am writing to welcome your submissions to this relatively new journal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1. All new submissions to
<i>IJDS</i> follow a double-blind review process. When you make a submission, please remove all author-identifying information from both the main manuscript and supplemental materials (if applicable), including those in the acknowledgement section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. For new submissions on and after 1/1/2025, authors are no longer required to use Code Ocean to submit data and code. We move the data/code sharing to the time when a paper
is accepted, not at the time of submission. At submission, authors need to submit a Data/Code Disclosure Form for acknowledging the reproducibility requirement, including data/code sharing, when the paper is accepted for publication.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">3. I acknowledge that
<i>IJDS</i>'s review time was long, but we are making effort to shorten the review time. Our goal is to have 90% of the submissions reviewed and decisioned within 90 days and ensure that no paper review goes beyond 180 days. When these goals are met, one could
expect the average review time to be around 45 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In the past few weeks, I met one-on-one with each editor on the
<i>IJDS</i> editorial board. All editors are on the same page, offering their best to meet these review time goals and provide quality reviews.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">It would be great if potential authors could go over the
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubsonline.informs.org%2Fpage%2Fijds%2Fsubmission-guidelines&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cc66b7af6b72f474549a508dd3d517ed6%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638734142409078761%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pJvEuIJ4brgv4xPCNYG7%2FNL7yY86DmTwKPQsPzVi6%2BI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/ijds/submission-guidelines" shash="fRAvktD8yyXfs+nraPiR5mNPwsUMSF273EJ13uQAuV2KhA3o/HGogDjqgfqi40rAu2V+5I9vYwNH0NcJUTZ26Db2Z/zHEVRhqkitL5xZ/1+DzA6P0i1ozpQ7rLM+A+kZr7eoLVnC8vILN0xXAWbc9gZi5OEL7xLcttVhdyw/uzk=">revised submission guidelines</a> before submission. One can also find the current editorial board
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubsonline.informs.org%2Fpage%2Fijds%2Feditorial-board&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cc66b7af6b72f474549a508dd3d517ed6%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638734142409088379%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rYjf7YO4pjb2RCU9eURZ5GLRzVU9QVbJON0XNuqPP1U%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/ijds/editorial-board" shash="rESjrjlawWOWqsGPhVQc2g5KVXd1S7ZVKqPAnXr5kd3wjD0JoSliwMo0t+xXe0tRiyDGUO5LvgBGdXdpW+0USGZRuUWjNAi1KxSBPOEaNu1hOAXwNEq64mCMtfgBAfVMiybZ54z1dyRQKhAFpIP1YW9qj7HlkwFV9PF/EhcPY4I=">here</a>. If you think there is anything we can do to make paper submissions less burdensome, please feel free to reach out to me or any of our editors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Yu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Yu Ding, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Editor in Chief,
<i>INFORMS Journal on Data Science</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Anderson-Interface Chair and Professor</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Georgia Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">755 Ferst Drive NW | Atlanta | Georgia 30332-0205</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office: Groseclose 346 | 404-894-7562 |
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