The document summarizes a FInES Cluster Meeting that took place in Brussels on October 12, 2012. The objectives of the meeting were to encourage publication of research from FInES Cluster projects and other related research, raise awareness of the FInES community's research, and highlight the benefits of publishing in high impact journals and conferences. The meeting announced two special issues - one published in Computers in Industry with 5 papers from the cluster, and another upcoming in the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems with a submission deadline of January 2013.

1. FInES Cluster Meeting
Brussels, 12 October 2012
Chair: Ricardo Gonçalves (UNINOVA)
Presenter: Keith Popplewell (CU)
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FInES Cluster Meeting, Brussels, 12 October 2012

2. Objectives:
0 To encourage and support publication of research results from
FInES Cluster projects, and from other researchers working in
the domain.
0 To raise awareness of the FInES community’s research in the
wider scientific domain.
0 To raise awareness within the community of the benefits of
publication in high impact publications (journals and
conferences):
0 Lists of appropriate high impact journals, conferences and
standardisation initiatives are available.
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3. Special Issue on Science foundations for sustainable
interoperability in future internet based industrial enterprises
Computers in Industry (ISSN: 0166-3615, Imprint: ELSEVIER)
Impact Factor: 1.529 (Journal Citations Report® by Thomas Reuters 2011)
43 expressions of interest
31 papers submitted
12 papers published (5 from the cluster)
Very fast publication time: 9 months !
Guest editors: Ricardo Goncalves (rg@uninova.pt)
Keith Popplewell, Antonio Grilo
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4. 0 Call For Papers already launched.
0 Submission deadline : Jan 2013
0 Publication: Sep 2013
0 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
0 Impact Factor: 1.081 (Journal Citations Report® published by
Thomas Reuters 2010)
0 Special Issue on: Novel Strategies for Global Manufacturing
Systems Interoperability
Guest editors: Ricardo Goncalves (rg@uninova.pt)
Keith Popplewell, Antonio Grilo
0 Don’t miss this opportunity to submit your research work
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5. FInES Cluster Meeting
Brussels, 12 October 2012
FInES Cluster Meeting, Brussels, 12 October 2012