1. Guest editors send their proposal (see also below) to the J.MTCS Publishing Team (mathematics.tcs@gmail.com) with the subject "Special Issue Proposal".

2. Only guest editors who are members of J.MTCS editorial board or who have published at least 5 articles which are listed in either Scopus, Clarivate and Google Scholar, or. Guest Editors with previous experiences in organizing special issues will be preferably accepted as guest editors.

3. Expertise in the proposed topic of the special issue and the participation of guest editors in relevant communities are key to producing a high-quality special issue.

4. A guest editor can only submit one proposal at a time. A new proposal can only be submitted after the citation frequency of the previous special issue edited by the same guest editor has been evaluated. Lack of citations can lead to a rejection of the proposal.

5. In addition, all related topics must be covered by the group of reviewers to guarantee high quality reviews and excellent selected papers for the special issue.

6. Finally, an appropriate plan for the distribution and promotion of the call for papers is important to attract a large number of contributions from high-quality researchers to ensure the success of the Special Issue.

7. If the special issue includes extended versions originally presented at a conference or a workshop, a public call for papers must also be made and the issue must contain at least two papers that originate from the public call for papers. The extended version of papers originally presented at a conference or workshop must present substantially new material and the title of the extended version must clearly and unmistakably differ from the title of the article presented at the conference. The conference paper must be considered in the review process and made available together with the reviews of the special issue article.

8. The papers can only be accepted for publication after a rigorous review process. The authors can be informed about the acceptance of their papers only after the decision has been confirmed by the J.MTCS office.

9. All accepted articles will be subjected to a plagiarism check before publication.

10. Each author may publish only two papers in one issue (as sole author or co-author).

11. The guest editors inform on a regular basis the J.MTCS office about the progress of the preparations as well as the number of submitted, rejected and accepted papers.

12. The guest editors take care of the review process so that only final versions are sent to the J.MTCS office. The final versions of the papers must be submitted in J.MTCS style.

13. The authors must sign a publishing agreement for their papers.

14. The guest editor provides an introduction to the issue (at least one page long).

15. The guest editors vouch with their names and academic reputation for the quality of the papers.