Editorial Message: IJFS Journal Information and Best Paper Award Editorial Message: IJFS Journal Information and Best Paper Award Shun Feng Su1 • Jin-Tsong Jeng2 Published online: 23 August 2016 � Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Association and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 1 Journal Information The International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (IJFS) is an official journal of Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Association (TFSA). Since its launch in 1999, IJFS has served as a popular forum for researchers who are interested in all kinds of fuzzy-related research. We are looking forward to having your contributions and bringing your high-quality work to our readers. IJFS was originally published by TFSA. Since 2015, in order to reach out for more audience, IJFS now is published by Springer and is included in the database– SpringerLink. At present, abstract of IJFS is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, SCOPUS, INSPEC, Google Scholar, EBSCO, CSA, CSA Environmental Sci- ences, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, EI-Compendex, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Mathematical Reviews, OCLC, SCImago and Summon by ProQuest. Due to a high volume of paper submission recently, starting from 2016, IJFS will have 6 issues per year. 1.1 Aims and Scope IJFS will consider high-quality papers that deal with the- ories, designs, and applications of fuzzy systems, soft computing systems, grey systems, and extension theory systems ranging from hardware to software. Survey and expository submissions are also welcome. 1.2 Get Subscription • Online subscription, valid for one calendar year, • Immediate Content Access via SpringerLink, • 1 Volumes with 6 issues per year, • Subscription will auto-renew for another year unless duly terminated. About the submission system, please go to the new website provided by Springer to submit your paper: https://www. editorialmanager.com/ijfs/. In order to encourage authors submit high-quality papers to IJFS and promote our journal, TFSA set up the Best Paper Award for IJFS. The related information about the Best Paper Award is stated in the following. 2 Best Paper Award The IJFS Best Paper Award will be given every year to an outstanding paper in the field of fuzzy systems. The paper must have been published in IJFS and must present inno- vative approaches for solving complex problems on theory, design, and application of fuzzy systems, soft computing systems, grey systems, and extension theory systems from hardware to software. The winner will be awarded 300 US Dollar and a certificate. Funding for this award was pro- vided by the TFSA. The awards ceremony will be held in the annual International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications (iFUZZY Annual Conference) that hosted by TFSA. The candidate paper of IJFS Best Paper Award will be nominated via Associate Editors of IJFS from previous year published paper of IJFS. Nominations due by: 31 March each year (for 2016, it is postponed to 31 May). & Shun Feng Su sfsu@mail.ntust.edu.tw 1 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 2 National Formosa University, Huwei, Taiwan 123 Int. J. Fuzzy Syst. (2016) 18(5):731 DOI 10.1007/s40815-016-0244-3 https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijfs/ https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijfs/ http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.1007/s40815-016-0244-3&domain=pdf http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.1007/s40815-016-0244-3&domain=pdf Editorial Message: IJFS Journal Information and Best Paper Award Journal Information Aims and Scope Get Subscription Best Paper Award