Guest Editor Kit
Guest Editor Kit
Submit a one- to three-page proposal to the Editor-in-Chief that describes the significance, direction, and anticipated feature article content and contributors of articles for the Feature Topic. The proposal should contain the following sections:
Note: The proposal is reviewed by the Technical Editors, with a consolidated recommendation from the Editor-in-Chief, four-to-six weeks from date of submission.
Continue to identify a full slate of three to six feature articles and authors for a Feature Topic, and obtain authors commitment to scheduled availability of draft papers.
Ensure that all articles comply with the guidelines for style, length, and timeliness as set forth in "Feature Article Information" included in this kit (see below). Articles not in compliance risk being rejected.
Prepare a Guest Editorial (800 words maximum) that includes biographies for each Guest Editor (biographies should not exceed 75 words) and the order in which the articles are to appear. The Guest Editorial should address the significance, current impact, timeliness, and future directions of the topic and, perhaps most importantly, it should extend the Guest Editor's enthusiasm to the readers. An editorial which does little more than describe each feature article will not be acceptable.
However, if CI articles differ significantly from those printed, the Guest Editor should approve them before posting (asking, if necessary, for additional reviews).
WCI Technical Editors will receive accepted papers assigned by the Interactive Magazines Editor and will consult with authors to identify areas where multimedia content might prove beneficial. Guest Editors should also encourage authors to consider ways in which multimedia extensions would enhance the technical content of the authors' contributions.
Each Guest Editor must submit a photograph accompanying the guest editorial; 5 x 7 inch glossy black and white photographs are preferred. Photographs taken with digital cameras do not have the quality that those taken with a film camera have. According the September 2000 issue of Macworld,
"The fact is, even the top 3-megapixel camera captures at best half the resolution theoretically attainable with run-of-the-mill 35mm film. To make matters worse, most digital photographs undergo a heap of JPEG compression, and all are upsampled from the mere 8 bits of color data recorded by the camera's CCD (which captures the image) to the 24 bits that you see on your computer screen."
In other words, please send a non-digital photgraph to us if at all possible. If you must send a digital photo, make sure it was captured in tiff format and with at least 300 dpi resolution.
Work closely with the magazine production staff in New York to bring the issue to publication.
Editorial Liaison
Works with guest editors of Feature Topics/Special Issues/Series and authors
of standalone articles, to help bring contributions to publication. He/she organizes
reviewing process of articles authored or co-authored by Guest Editors (if any).
The Editorial Liaison should receive all articles accepted by Guest Editors
(along with their reviews) for final approval, prior to sending acceptance notification
to authors.
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.
Joseph Milizzo
tel: +1-212-705-8960; fax: +1-212-705-8999
Digital Production
Manager
Receives papers for page layout. Prepares digital version of the issue. Provides
assistance to Assistant Publisher as needed.
Susan Lange
tel: +1-212-705-8963; fax: +1-212-705-8999
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.
Cathy Kemelmacher
tel: +1-212-705-8962; fax: +1-212-705-8999
Digital Production
Associate
Maintains online production schedule log. Prepares files for production and
page layout. Provides assistance to the Digital Production Manager and Assistant Publisher as needed.
Jennifer Porcello
tel: +1-212-705-8961; fax: +1-212-705-8999
Production
Editor
Provides assistance to the Digital Production Associate, Associate Editor, and
Digital Production Manager.
Janet Swaim
tel: +1-212-705-8964; fax: +1-212-705-8999
Single complementary issues of the magazine are mailed to contact authors, with copies included for distribution to co-authors.
Submission
of Materials
Only articles that have been accepted by the Guest Editor and approved by the Editor-in-Chief, following the review
process, should should be submitted to the magazine's Production Staff. When
submitting the final version of the article, the materials listed below must be included. By working with the authors, the guest editor(s) are responsible
for making sure the materials are submitted to the production office on time.
It is recommended that one of the guest editors collects all material from the
authors, sending in one package containing all materials from all articles to
the production office.
Sue Lange (or
Jennifer Porcello)
IEEE Communications Society
305 E 47th St.
9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
PLEASE NOTE: On occasion .pdf and .ps do not print out properly on a recipient's printer. If the .pdf or .ps is unable to print properly, the author 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 a Microsoft word file or as .pdf or .ps files. 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.
Screenshots: If your paper contains screenshots, please send the original
digital image along with your paper via email.
Keywords
for purposes of online search
All articles should now be accompanied by keywords. Please include the
keywords in the text file below the abstract.
Please note: Hard copy of manuscripts should be one-sided only and include all required formatting in text, figures, tables, equations, etc. References must be numberd sequentially, not alphabetically. The basic reference format is: [#] A. Brown, "Communications and modern man," IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 11-38.
All materials should be sent to:
Sue
Lange
Digital Production Manager
IEEE Communications Society
305 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
tel: +1-212-705-8963; fax: +1-212-705-8999
Single complementary issues of the magazine are mailed to contact authors, with copies included for distribution to co-authors.