Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium – Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium (RMBS) are subject to a procedure, which lead to the acceptance of manuscripts for publication or rejection. The manuscripts submitted to the RMBS are sorted into various categories by an organizational committee. Upon receipt of the full-length manuscript, the program chair assigns at least three reviewers for each paper to evaluate the originality and novelty of the research (Scores: 1=Rejection, 2= conditional acceptance with modifications suggested by reviewers, 3 = Acceptable, 4= Very Good Paper, and 5 = Excellent Work).

First authors of accepted abstracts will be notified of acceptance by the date given in the timeline in the author’s kit, and in some cases may receive comments from the reviewers.  Authors receiving reviewer comments  will typically elect to make voluntary corrections before the final submission deadline (see timeline).   Some manuscripts may be rejected after initial review, and some may be accepted conditionally, subject to recommended changes.  For papers that are conditionally accepted, final notification of acceptance or rejection will occur within a week of final submission. The deadline for the final submission for all corrected manuscripts is given in the timeline in the authors kit.

Accepted manuscripts are considered refereed papers under the umbrella of “accept or reject”, meaning that in some cases, there may be no communications with the authors for corrections. Compiled manuscripts are subject to another screening process by ISA and subsequently indexed in the largest database in the world, Medline.

ISA- (The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society) fosters advancement in the theory, design, manufacture, and use of sensors, biomedical instruments, computers, and systems for measurement and control in a wide variety of applications. Founded in 1945 as a nonprofit, educational organization, ISA has expanded its technical and geographical reach to become a resource for 39,000 members and thousands of other professionals and practitioners in more than 110 countries around the world.