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The first step is to submit a 200 word or less abstract outlining an overview of your proposed paper, explaining why the article will be of interest to CE journal readers, and the main take away points from your article.
Abstract are posted to an online forum for review by the Cost Engineering Journal Review Committee. Please allow a minimum of 30 days for a decision. You should receive an e-mail within a week of submission confirming that your abstract was received and posted for review and a decision.
You will receive an e-mail once your article has been scheduled for publication in a particular issue of the journal. If you want to see an advance proof copy, please e-mail a request for a proof copy by return e-mail to the notification of which issue your article will be published in.
The submission deadline is Jan. 31, for all Transaction papers. Presentation slides have a submission deadline of March 31. Please e-mail trans@aacei.org with any extension requests. A full technical paper must be presented by the Jan. 31 deadline as final decision on which papers will receive a presentation time slot will be made based upon a review of the full paper. Authors who fail to submit a full paper will not be scheduled to present.
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