AUTHOR GUIDELINES AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Publishing Guidelines for Authors
Please
preview the Electronic Posting Policy
and Self-Plagiarism Policy.
Magazine production uses a different process than journal production. If you are familiar with submission of article materials for a journal such as JSAC, please read the guidelines below carefully. Do not make assumptions on what we need based on your prior experience with the journals.
Feature Article Information
Timeline
Manuscript due at IEEE: The fifteenth of the month, two months prior to issue date. For example, all materials for an article in the May/June issue are due at the ComSoc office by March 15.
Page proofs sent to contact author: Four weeks prior to issue date.
Page proofs back to IEEE: Three weeks prior to issue date.
Submission of Materials
Only articles that have been accepted by the Editor-in-Chief following the review process should be submitted for publication. When submitting the final version of the article, the following materials must be included:
IEEE Communications Society, Publications Department, 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016
No electronic copies of the copyright form can be accepted. For information on IEEE copyright policy please visit the IEEE Copyright FAQ page and the IEEE Policies and Guidelines page. For information on obtaining permission to reuse IEEE copyrighted material, see the IEEE Information page. For information on electronic preprints or posting your article on your own server, please visit the IEEE Electronic Information Dissemination page.
NOTE: IEEE Communications, Network, and Wireless Communications magazines do not use templates for submission of materials.
Text Files
Microsoft Word files are now acceptable only for the editable a version of articles. Please send via email to the editor responsible for your article. If this format is not available, e-mail an ascii, text-only version A .pdf file (hard copy) of the formatted article must also be sent. Do not send files on a floppy disk: Send electronic files via e-mail only (Use of zip, stuffit or other compression is advised.). If a .pdf is not available, please mail a printed version of the article via overnight delivery to the editor responsible for your article.
PLEASE NOTE: On occasion .pdf and files that are sent electronically, will not print out properly on the recipient's printer. If a .pdf or .ps is illegible after transmission to us, you will be respectfully requested to submit a hard copy via overnight mail.
Figures
Figures are redrawn to fit the style of the magazine. We will need a printed version sent as part of the .pdf file. Please send each figure, clearly labeled on a separate page. If your article contains photographs, do not send gifs or jpegs. These compression formats work fine on the internet or for viewing on a monitor only, but they will not yield high quality print versions. Send original photographs for scanning by the staff. If your photograph was prepared digitally (i.e. with a digital camera or a screenshot), please use the high-resolution (300dpi or greater) tif setting. If your photo was captured as a jpeg and then converted to a tif, it will retain the low quality of the original jpeg in the final print version. In other words, don't bother changing it from a jpeg or gif to a tif, it won't improve the quality. Remember: jpegs and gifs are fine for the web but not for print processes. If there is no way you can supply us with a good quality original photo, we can not be responsible for the results you will see in the final printed magazine.
All materials should be sent to the editor responsible for your article
Original Work/IEEE Copyright
Manuscripts submitted for publication in IEEE Network should normally be original work submitted exclusively to the magazine, not previously published, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
It is the policy of the IEEE to own the copyright to technical contributions it publishes on behalf of the interests of the IEEE and its authors and their employers, and to facilitate the appropriate reuse of this material by others. To comply with IEEE policy under the U.S. Copyright Law, authors are required to sign an IEEE copyright transfer form before publication. This form returns to authors and their employers, full rights to reuse their material for their own purposes.
Clearance
IEEE assumes that material submitted to its publications is properly available for general dissemination to the readership of those publications. It is the responsibility of the authors, not IEEE, to determine whether disclosure of their material requires the prior consent of other parties and, if so, to obtain it.
Content
Statements and opinions given in works published by the IEEE are the expressions of contributors. Responsibility for content of published papers rests with the authors, not the IEEE.
Reprints
Information on ordering reprints of your article can be found by e-mailing the IEEE Reprints Department.
Final note: Due to differences in printers and printer descriptions from computer to computer, there is no guarantee that .doc, .pdf, and .ps files that you submit will result in documents that look exactly like your original versions after they are printed out here. When your page proofs are sent to you, remember to check them carefully for any discrepancies that might have occurred in the original transfer process. This is especially true if symbols (mathematical, Greek, etc.) and unusual fonts were used in the article.
Editor-in-Chief
Directs magazine technical content, approves all articles and feature topics, special issues, and series, selects author and Guest Editor assignments, manages the Technical Editor and Regional Correspondent staffs, and establishes future magazine technical policy.
Liaison Editor (when assigned)
Works with Guest Editors of feature topics, special issues, and series, and authors of individual articles, to help bring contributions to publication.
Assistant Publisher
Responsible for editing, layout, and overseeing production schedules. Maintains contact with Editors-in-Chief and/or Guest Editors regarding progress and schedule of articles to be received by the IEEE Communications Society. Maintains contact with Guest Editors and authors regardng due dates and mechanical requirements for all manuscripts.
Digital Production Manager
Receives papers for page layout from the guest and series editors. Prepares digital version of the issue. Provides assistance to Assistant Publisher as needed.
Associate Editor
Copyedits articles and works with authors to finalize page proofs. Traffics advertising materials and serves as liaison to Advertising Dept. and vendors. Provides assistance to Assistant Publisher as needed.
Publications Coordinator
Maintains online production schedule log. Prepares files for production and page layout. Provides assistance to the Digital Production Manager and Assistant Publisher as needed.
Single complementary issues of the magazine are mailed to contact authors, with copies included for distribution to co-authors.
More questions on submitting an accepted article? Please contact pubsub (@) comsoc.org.