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If you are doing research in, teaching, consulting in Concurrent Engineering or related fields, or if you are engaged in product development, and you are looking for a long term reference value and a refereed source for your publication needs, consider CERA. We are the only refereed Journal that is devoted to the Concurrent Engineering field . In 1997, we ranked in top 5 of all ISI abstracted Journals (26) in Engineering/Manufacturing fields. We would like CERA Journal to be your first choice for your refereed publication needs.

CETeam International only publishes one International Journal - four quarterly issues per year. We are not a large publication house nor are we a profit-making center or organization. We are a non-profit organization and our charter is to promote the interests of the world community in Concurrent Engineering and associated fields. We only deal with one field that is Concurrent Engineering, we pay full attention and do it extremely well.

Three distinguished (expert) reviewers review each submitted paper. If two of our reviewers do not recommend the paper for publication within the CERA Journal, the paper is returned and rejected. In the sprit of CE, our editorial (review) process works concurrently. Our submission-to-publication time is often very short. For publication in CERA Journal, most submitted papers take anywhere from 3 months to 6 months. If our review process takes more than 6 months, it is often due to authors’ delay in returning the revised manuscripts or due to authors not complying with reviewers’ requirements/instructions. If the paper is not suitable for CERA Journal, or it does not meet our quality thresholds, it is promptly returned to authors.

We cooperate with all possible International Organizations and communities dealing in CE and any of its related fields. We believe that original equipment manufactures (OEMs) and extended supply chains should apply Concurrent Engineering research for Product development and manufacturing. Manufacturing organizations must leverage CE concepts during their life-cycle management of products. Managers must practice the arts of CE while carrying out their project works. This means that we actively encourage applied research, case description and qualitative discussion and analysis as well as quantitatively based papers.

We believe in the value of authors from a wide range of nationalities, cultures and contexts. Although we only currently publish in the English language, we encourage contributions from around the world. We encourage papers on industrial, management and manufacturing-related issues from other disciplines; professions, industries and so on.

We disseminate our titles through a range of electronic media including online web access (as well as traditional print format), which gives very wide dissemination into universities and businesses worldwide.

Whatever your field of research and/or practice, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please correspond directly with our distinguished editors and associate editors (you can find details on our journal home pages). Please also feel free to come and visit our web site www.ceraj.com frequently, review our new issues, browse our Journal’s Table of Contents or write to me with any questions or issues you may have.

Sincerely,
Biren Prasad, Ph.D.,
Managing Editor
Email: prasadb1@cox.net