Special issues

• JAES special issue NEW FRONTIERS IN DIGITAL AUDIO EFFECTS (Part I published July/August 2026, Part II Scheduled October 2026)
• JAES special issue LIVE SOUND (Scheduled December 2026)
• JAES special issue AUDIO FOR EXTENDED REALITY (Deadline 30 November 2026) (Call for Papers)
• JAES special issue AUTOMOTIVE AUDIO IN THE AI ERA (Deadline 4 January 2027)(Call for Papers)
• JAES special issue CREATIVE DIGITAL AUDIO EFFECTS (Deadline 1 March 2027) (Call for Papers)

• JAES special Issue WEB AUDIO COLLABORATIVE MUSIC : 2025 December – Volume 73 Number 12
• New Frontiers in Digital Audio Effects, Part I Vol. 74, No. 7/8, 2026 July/Aug
• Web Audio Collaborative Music, Vol. 73, No. 12, 2025 Dec.
• The Sound of Digital Audio Effects, Part I, Vol. 73, No. 6, 2025 June.— GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE for the Special Issue on the Sound of Digital Audio Effects

• Spatial and Immersive Audio, Part I, Vol. 72, No. 7/8, 2024 July and Part II, Vol. 72, No. 10, 2024 Oct.
• Sonification, Vol. 72, No. 5, 2024 May
• Fostering Creativity Through Web Audio, Vol. 71, No. 11, 2023 Nov.
• New Trends in Audio Effects II, Vol. 71, No. 9, 2023 Sep.
• Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, Part 1, Vol. 71, No. 5, 2023 May and Part 2, Vol. 71, No. 6, 2023 June
• Spatial Audio, Vol. 71, No. 4, 2023 Apr.
• Expanding Frontiers of Web Audio, Vol. 70, No. 11, 2022 Nov.
• New Trends in Audio Effects, Vol. 70, No. 9, 2022 Sep.
• Audio Filter Design, Vol. 70, No. 6, 2022 Jun.
• Internet of Sounds, Part 1, Vol. 69, No. 10, 2021 Oct. and Part 2, Vol. 69, No. 12, 2021 Dec.
• Advancements in Digital Audio Effects, Vol. 69, No. 7/8, 2021 July/Aug.
• Web Audio, Vol. 68, No. 10, 2020 Oct.
• Sound in Immersion and Emotion, Vol 68, No. 1/2, 2020 Jan./Feb.
• Object-Based Audio, Vol. 67, No. 7/8, 2019 July/Aug.
• High-Resolution Audio, Vol. 67, No. 5, 2019 May
• The Sound of Digital Audio Effects, Vol. 73, No. 6, 2025 June 

The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES) welcomes Special Issues (SI) on timely topics related to audio engineering. Those interested in arranging an SI in JAES should contact the Editor-in-Chief (journal.editorinchief@old.aes.org). The call for papers of the SI should be advertised in JAES and elsewhere about six months before the deadline of manuscripts.

Guest Editors (GEs) will act as associate technical editors for manuscripts submitted to the SI, and they will search for and identify reviewers and will suggest, based on reviewers’ comments, whether each paper should be accepted or rejected. The GEs must not be from the same institute, must show diversity, and should represent different subtopics of the SI theme. All GEs must be sufficiently senior for the editorial role, in practice, a PhD or an equivalent degree, and at least a few years of experience as a researcher (postdoc) are required. All GEs must have published scientific journal papers, and at least one GE must have previously published a paper in JAES.

Any notable topic in the scope of audio engineering may be appropriate for an SI. It is important to estimate how many submissions the SI topic may attract because papers accepted to the SI are expected to fill a full journal issue. It is recommended that GEs personally contact researchers with a potential interest in the SI topic, to estimate the minimum number of submissions expected. An example of a recent Call for Papers can be seen here.