Key Criteria for Publication

Four criteria are necessary for a recommendation of acceptance for publication.

Regular Paper

• NOVELTY, is it new science or a new approach to established science?

• QUALITY, is the technical content accurate and well written?

• APPROPRIATENESS, is the manuscript complete in and of itself, and within the scope of TMI?

• IMPACT, will the work reported have a significant impact on the field or does it describe an incremental step?

Challenge Paper

• Overall impact;

• Clarity of the evaluation/validation approach, including how gold standards are established;

• Novelty of the top-ranked methods;

• Depth and breadth of the discussion for providing insights into methodological development for the community.

• The paper must include:

  1. The web link to the Challenge proceeding, where all the challenge data/instructions can be accessed electronically; and

  2. Publicly accessible web links to authors’ codes for reproducible research.

Review Paper

Submissions are invited by the Editor-in-Chief.

• Cover all significant research in the field being reviewed.

• Provide a critical analysis of the research.

• Identify gaps in the current research, conflicts among different studies, and areas where further research is required.

• Cite high-quality sources.