| Q. |
Should my manuscript follow a certain format
when it is submitted for review? |
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To assist our reviewers,
manuscripts should be double-spaced and in a single column
with the
normal
one
inch margin. The
font size should be large enough to be easily read. Usually
a font size of 11 pt or 12 pt is sufficient. When
the manuscript has been accepted for publication and is
ready to be submitted to the publisher, only then is the
format changed to a smaller font, single-spaced and double-column. |
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| Q. |
How do I submit my revised manuscript
to ScholarOne Manuscripts? |
A.
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Once the first review has been entered
for a manuscript, a copy of the manuscript is sent to
your Author Center with the R1 extension (e.g. 2010-00101.R1).
Return to your Author Center and first view the comments
of the Associate Editor and reviewers. Enter your responses
in the appropriate boxes and click the Submit button.
Please note that there are two boxes. The comments in
the Associate Editor box will only go to the
Associate Editor box. If you do not provide comments in
the box for the reviewers, they will not be able to see
them. Next, in the same area, click on the title of your
manuscript. You will be prompted to upload your revised
manuscript into Manuscript Central. Follow all the steps
and make sure that you select the "View proof" button.
Only after looking at the proof will you be presented
with a submit button. The manuscript is not submitted
unless you press this button. You will get a confirmation
email. |
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| Q. |
Can I submit a manuscript that's been rejected? |
A.
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Once a manuscript has been rejected,
the review process stops for that particular paper. We do not accept
any new submission which is a revised manuscript of a paper with an
editorial decision "Reject". However, for a paper with an
editorial decision of "Reject & Resubmit", in the
editorial decision letter, the author(s) is(are) invited to submit
a further revised manuscript within 4 months. If
you and your colleagues wish to re-submit the paper, it
will be considered a new manuscript. Please follow the instructions
given in the decision letter to submit the new manuscript. Manuscript Central
allows authors to enter notes about their manuscripts
that the Editor-In-Chief, Associate Editor and Reviewers
can read. This would be a good place to enter a brief
background message. A letter to the Editor should be uploaded as a cover letter,
which a letter for both Editor and reviewers should be uploaded as a
supporting document along with the manuscript. |
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| Q. |
What format should I use for my manuscript in
Manuscript Central? |
| A. |
Portable Document Format (PDF) and Postscript (PS) are
the only accepted formats. PDF is the preferred
format. |
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| Q. |
My manuscript is in LaTex or Word format. How
can I convert it into PDF? |
A.
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There is a button in the upper right-hand corner of the
Author Center screen that will help you convert your file
to PDF. |
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| Q. |
Where do I find the IEEE Copyright Form and where
should I send it? |
A.
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The copyright form is provided and should be submitted via the journal
online submission system (ScholarOne Manuscripts). For an accepted paper,
IEEE has moved to an all electronic copyright submission system. Once you
have submitted your final files, a link titled “transfer copyright”
will appear in the “manuscripts with decisions” queue in your author center. |
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| Q. |
How can I determine the status of my manuscript? |
A.
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When you log into Manuscript
Central and access your Author Center, you will see
a status bar
with the title of all manuscripts you've submitted to
Manuscript Central. On the right of the bar is the Processing
Status and Associate Editor indicator. This shows where
your manuscript is in the review process. |
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| Q. |
Is there a limit on the number of pages that
a manuscript can be? |
| A. |
Although there is no page limit for a
Regular Paper, it is strongly suggested that a complete manuscript be no
more than 35 pages (12 pt, double-spaced, including figures, tables, and
references). For a Correspondence, the length limit is 12 pages for the
main text (with 12-point font size and about 26 lines per page), and a
total of 7 figures and tables (a subfigure is counted as one figure).
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