Information for Authors
The IEEE Transactions on Communications invites the submission of
technical manuscripts on topics within the scope of the IEEE
Communications Society, which includes all areas indicated on the
inside front cover of the Journal and those shown under the Technical Committees
listing. Manuscripts reporting on original theoretical and/or
experimental work and tutorial expositions of permanent reference
value are welcome. In general, material which has been previously
copyrighted, published, or accepted for publication will not be
considered for publication in this Transactions. Exceptions to this
rule include items that have limited distribution, have appeared in
Abstract form only, or have appeared only in conference proceedings;
notice of such prior publication or concurrent submission elsewhere
must be given at the time of submission to this TRANSACTIONS. A
manuscript identical to, or largely based on, a conference paper must
be so identified. All papers are reviewed by competent referees and
are considered on the basis of their significance, novelty and
usefulness to the Transactions readership. Contributions may be in one
of two forms: Papers and Letters.
Transactions Papers should be concisely written and be no
longer than 20 double-spaced pages (12-point font, approximately 26 lines
per page with 6.5-in line length) excluding figures. Double-sided
printing is encouraged. Figures must be used sparingly and
repetitive patterns or results omitted. Transactions Papers
must have no more than a total of ten figures and tables. Submitted
manuscripts significantly exceeding these guidelines will be returned
to the authors for revision before being reviewed. It is essential
that each manuscript be accompanied by a 75- to 200-word abstract
clearly outlining the scope and contributions of the paper and a list
of up to five keywords should be included on the manuscript. The list
of IEEE keywords is available by sending an email message to keywords@ieee.org.
Transactions Letters, limited to seven double-spaced pages
and four figures, are intended to articulate new results and are to be
published in the most expeditious manner. This category includes
comments on published papers, corrections, and open problems, as well
as new high-quality technical contributions primarily representing
enhancements of a previous paper. It is the intention to provide a
very rapid review process as well as publication of
Transactions Letters. A Letter must be accompanied by an
abstract of 50 words or less.
All papers should be written in English. Introductory discussion
should be kept at a minimum and material published elsewhere should be
referenced rather than reproduced or paraphrased. Authors should
strive for maximum clarity of expression, bearing in mind that the
purpose of publication is the dissemination of technical knowledge and
that an excessively complex or poorly written presentation can only
obscure the significance of the work described. Care should be taken
in the organization of the material such that contributions of the
work and a logical, consistent progression of thought are evident. It
is strongly suggested that material which is not essential to the
continuity of the text (e.g., proofs, derivations, or calculations) be
placed in Appendixes.
Submissions should be made using the
IEEE Transactions on Communications Web-based editorial processing system
at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcom. Submission instructions, including how to
create an author account on the site are available on line. Submissions in
PostScript (PS) or Portable Document Format (PDF) are accepted. When printed,
the manuscript must satisfy all the page and figure count guidelines noted
above. In addition, the author will be asked to provide (i) the name,
email, and contact information of all the authors; (ii) the manuscript
category; and (iii) the title and a text-only version of the abstract. Only electronic submissions that conform to the respective guidelines will be accepted for review. IEEE Transactions on Communications no longer accepts hard copy submissions.
All authors must also submit (as a Supplementary Document) a signed IEEE Copyright Form
on submitting a
paper and should have company clearance before submission. Submitted
papers are assumed to contain no proprietary material unprotected by
patent or patent application; responsibility for technical content and
for protection of proprietary material rests solely with the author(s)
and their organizations and is not the responsibility of the IEEE or
its Editorial Staff. The format of papers submitted to the IEEE
Transactions on Communications should follow IEEE editorial and
typographical standards, as described in "Information for IEEE
Authors," available on request from the IEEE Transactions/Journals
Department, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 USA or by email
to trans@ieee.org.
After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author's
company or institution will be requested to pay a page charge of
$110.00 per printed Transactions page, for the first seven
pages of a paper, to cover part of the cost of the publication.
Payment of page charges for this IEEE Transactions (in keeping
with journals of other professional societies) is not a prerequisite for
publication. The authors will receive 100 free reprints if the page
charge is honored. All submissions after January 1, 1994 that are
accepted for publication are subject to a mandatory page charge of
$220.00 for each Transactions page exceeding seven printed
pages.
Please Note: Authors must provide to the Publications Editor
an electronic version of their paper after acceptance (PostScript
files cannot be accepted). Make
sure that as you make changes to the paper version you incorporate
these changes into your disk version. Try to adhere to the accepted
style of this Transactions as much as possible. A list of
various types of electronic media which the IEEE can accept can
currently be obtained from the IEEE Transactions/Journals Department,
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 or from the Publications
Editor of this Transactions.
Transactions Abstracts are abstracts of
Transactions Papers accepted for publication in later
issues. Transactions Abstracts are selected for publication from the
accepted manuscripts.
All authors must comply with the IEEE Policy on Self-Plagiarism and the IEEE
Electronic Posting Policy.
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