FSE Camera Ready
Use this after acceptance. FSE research papers are published as PACMSE journal articles, so the
camera-ready is a journal production step, not just a formatting pass. Reopen the current PACMSE
author instructions, the decision email, and the artifact-track and registration pages before
advising.
Camera-ready audit
- De-anonymize completely: restore the author block, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding,
and the real tool and repository names that heavy double-anonymity forced you to hide.
- Apply the final format: the ACM Primary Article Template, within the current page budget,
with the camera-ready allowances the acceptance letter states.
- Complete PACMSE journal metadata: title/abstract, author order, ORCIDs, ACM CCS concepts and
keywords, and the DOI-bearing citation once assigned. Journal metadata errors are harder to fix
after publication than conference ones.
- Integrate reviewer-required changes from the reviews and any Major Revision faithfully —
without strengthening claims beyond what was evaluated.
- Permanentize open science: replace every anonymized artifact link with a public, licensed,
DOI-issuing archive, and update the Data Availability statement to point at it.
- Confirm registration and presentation obligations; at least one author presents.
De-anonymization sweep
| Anonymized at submission |
Restore at camera-ready |
Watch for |
| Author block, affiliations, ORCID |
Full, correctly ordered |
Wrong author order breaks the DOI citation |
| Tool / system name |
Real name throughout text, figures, artifact |
A leftover placeholder name in a caption |
| Acknowledgements, funding |
Restored |
Grant numbers required by funders |
| Self-citations (third person) |
Natural first-person where it aids clarity |
Over-correcting and double-citing |
| Artifact link |
Public archive DOI |
The old anonymized URL surviving in a footnote |
PACMSE production checks
[Template] ACM Primary Article Template, current revision; no manual margin/font edits
[Metadata] title, abstract, authors+ORCID, CCS concepts, keywords all entered and matching PDF
[References] complete, consistent; DOIs where available; within the reference-page allowance
[Figures] vector where possible; readable in print; captions self-contained
[Rights] ACM e-rights/copyright form completed; correct rights statement on the first page
[Links] every Data Availability and artifact link resolves from a logged-out browser
Worked example: integrating a Major Revision fix
The reviewers required moving a construct-validity threat from a footnote into the main text and
adding the held-out-project result. Camera-ready move: place the threat in the threats section with
one bounding sentence, add the promised table with its effect sizes, restore the real tool name in
that table, and point the Data Availability statement at the now-public artifact — without
expanding the claim the reviewers accepted.
Artifact-badge handoff
The camera-ready and the artifact evaluation are separate deadlines. Do not wait for the artifact
result to finalize the paper, but do make the paper's Data Availability statement consistent with
the badges you are pursuing (Available at minimum; Functional/Reusable/Reproduced if the track
grants them). Add the badge acknowledgement only per the current instructions.
Hedged logistics
- Page allowances, metadata fields, rights-form mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change each
cycle; confirm against the decision email and current PACMSE instructions rather than a prior
year.
Output format
[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked
[De-anonymization] author block / tool name / acks / links restored? yes/no
[PACMSE metadata] ORCID / CCS / keywords / rights form complete? yes/no
[Reviewer-change map] <required change -> final edit, no scope creep>
[Open science] anonymized links replaced by DOI archive? yes/no
[Remaining owner] <person -> task>
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → FSE-Skills/skills/fse-camera-ready/SKILL.md
1---2name: fse-camera-ready3description: Use when preparing an accepted ESEC/FSE paper for its PACMSE camera-ready, covering de-anonymization, the ACM Primary Article Template and PACMSE journal metadata (DOI, ORCID, CCS concepts), integrating reviewer-required changes without scope creep, permanentizing the Data Availability links, and the ACM artifact-badge handoff.4---567# FSE Camera Ready89Use this after acceptance. FSE research papers are published as **PACMSE journal articles**, so the10camera-ready is a journal production step, not just a formatting pass. Reopen the current PACMSE11author instructions, the decision email, and the artifact-track and registration pages before12advising.1314## Camera-ready audit1516- **De-anonymize completely:** restore the author block, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding,17 and the real tool and repository names that heavy double-anonymity forced you to hide.18- **Apply the final format:** the ACM Primary Article Template, within the current page budget,19 with the camera-ready allowances the acceptance letter states.20- **Complete PACMSE journal metadata:** title/abstract, author order, ORCIDs, ACM CCS concepts and21 keywords, and the DOI-bearing citation once assigned. Journal metadata errors are harder to fix22 after publication than conference ones.23- **Integrate reviewer-required changes** from the reviews and any Major Revision faithfully —24 without strengthening claims beyond what was evaluated.25- **Permanentize open science:** replace every anonymized artifact link with a public, licensed,26 DOI-issuing archive, and update the Data Availability statement to point at it.27- **Confirm registration and presentation** obligations; at least one author presents.2829## De-anonymization sweep3031| Anonymized at submission | Restore at camera-ready | Watch for |32|---|---|---|33| Author block, affiliations, ORCID | Full, correctly ordered | Wrong author order breaks the DOI citation |34| Tool / system name | Real name throughout text, figures, artifact | A leftover placeholder name in a caption |35| Acknowledgements, funding | Restored | Grant numbers required by funders |36| Self-citations (third person) | Natural first-person where it aids clarity | Over-correcting and double-citing |37| Artifact link | Public archive DOI | The old anonymized URL surviving in a footnote |3839## PACMSE production checks4041```text42[Template] ACM Primary Article Template, current revision; no manual margin/font edits43[Metadata] title, abstract, authors+ORCID, CCS concepts, keywords all entered and matching PDF44[References] complete, consistent; DOIs where available; within the reference-page allowance45[Figures] vector where possible; readable in print; captions self-contained46[Rights] ACM e-rights/copyright form completed; correct rights statement on the first page47[Links] every Data Availability and artifact link resolves from a logged-out browser48```4950## Worked example: integrating a Major Revision fix5152The reviewers required moving a construct-validity threat from a footnote into the main text and53adding the held-out-project result. Camera-ready move: place the threat in the threats section with54one bounding sentence, add the promised table with its effect sizes, restore the real tool name in55that table, and point the Data Availability statement at the now-public artifact — without56expanding the claim the reviewers accepted.5758## Artifact-badge handoff5960The camera-ready and the artifact evaluation are separate deadlines. Do not wait for the artifact61result to finalize the paper, but do make the paper's Data Availability statement consistent with62the badges you are pursuing (Available at minimum; Functional/Reusable/Reproduced if the track63grants them). Add the badge acknowledgement only per the current instructions.6465## Hedged logistics6667- Page allowances, metadata fields, rights-form mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change each68 cycle; confirm against the decision email and current PACMSE instructions rather than a prior69 year.7071## Output format7273```text74[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked75[De-anonymization] author block / tool name / acks / links restored? yes/no76[PACMSE metadata] ORCID / CCS / keywords / rights form complete? yes/no77[Reviewer-change map] <required change -> final edit, no scope creep>78[Open science] anonymized links replaced by DOI archive? yes/no79[Remaining owner] <person -> task>80```8182---8384**Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `FSE-Skills/skills/fse-camera-ready/SKILL.md`
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