Call for Perspective and Overview Paper Submissions

CG&A invites Perspective and Overview Paper (POP) submissions for its peer-reviewed feature article queue. This category includes both retrospective works such as surveys and tutorials, and forward-looking pieces that identify open challenges or offer viewpoints on the direction of the field. These papers aim to highlight the state-of-the-art in core and emerging areas relevant to the CG&A readership.

We are interested in high-quality submissions in the following forms:

Focus and Scope

To provide a broad overview or educational introduction to a mature area of research or practice, aimed at CG&A’s general readership.

Focus and Scope

To present a viewpoint on emerging trends, technologies, or challenges, and to stimulate discussion or reflection on the future of the field.

Focus and Scope

To summarize the current state of a fast-developing subfield and identify likely future developments, challenges, or opportunities.

Focus and Scope

To provide a tightly focused review of the most advanced developments within a specialized research niche or technical area.

Focus and Scope

To advocate for a specific research direction, methodological stance, or policy related to computer graphics and applications.

All POP submissions must address one or more of CG&A’s core topic areas, such as computer graphics, data visualization, virtual reality, and interactive techniques. Submissions will be treated as peer-reviewed research papers (either regular or special-issue papers) and will follow CG&A’s standard peer-review process, as outlined on CG&A’s author guidelines page.

• Expedited publication: Faster submission to publication timeline than many journals and conferences
• Rapid visibility: Papers that meet compliance and quality standards may be published online in as little as two months
• Flexible access: Authors may choose between traditional subscription access or open access publishing

We welcome POP submissions from both academia and industry, including contributions from researchers and practitioners.

Authors should prepare their POP submissions following CG&A’s guidelines for the Peer-Reviewed Research Papers category, not the Department Articles category, as described on CG&A’s author guidelines page.

POP submissions may include up to 40 references, which is more than allowed in other CG&A submission categories. To ensure proper processing, please note in your cover letter that the manuscript is a POP submission, specify which of the five POP types it targets, and indicate that it is permitted up to 40 references. If the topic does not fit neatly into a single POP category, authors may designate up to two categories for their submission.