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These guidelines are for accepted articles only. If you are submitting a paper to IEEE Wireless for review and possible acceptance, please see the submissions guidelines.
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
- Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article.
- Articles may be edited for clarity and grammatical accuracy, and will be copyedited according to the magazine's style.
- Mathematical equations should not be used unless they are vital to the presentation. Even then, they should be kept to a minimum. If the article has numerous equations, please call the editor to discuss.
- References should be included only to guide a reader to more information on the topic; the reference list should not include every available source (a limit of 10 references is recommended). Use footnotes only where necessary.
- Articles should not exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six.
- If the article exceeds these recommended limits, contact the Guest Editor (or the Editor-in-Chief) handling the manuscript.
- Keywords should be included for indexing purposes
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 June issue are due at the ComSoc office by April 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
DO NOT SEND READ ONLY FILES!
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:
- Editable electronic file of the manuscript via e-mail. A Microsoft Word file is preferred. DO NOT SEND READ ONLY FILES! A LaTex file is acceptable as long as all the sections, bibliography, abstract, etc. have been merged into one text-only document. Do not worry about style sheets. We do not use them.
- Clean hard copy of the manuscript with abstract, figures, tables, equations, references, etc. Captions for figures and tables and callouts (A "callout" is the place in the text that refers the reader to the figure or table.) for them within the text must be included. Figures must be separated out even if they are included within the manuscript pages. To separate the figures out, place each figure at the end of the article, one per page. A .pdf file is acceptable as a hard copy as long as the above requirements are met. If you cannot provide a .pdf file, you must print out your article and send that to us by the deadline. Faxes are unacceptable. Due to differences in Microsoft products across platforms, we can no longer accept Microsoft word files as the hard copy version even if we will be using them for the editable copy listed in item 1.
Note: Hard copy of manuscripts should be one-sided only and include all required formatting in text, figures, tables, equations, etc. References must be numbered 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.
- Authors' biographies: Hard copy (or pdf) as well as an electronic version of all authors' biographies (recommended length: 50 to 75 words). DO NOT SEND READ ONLY FILES!
- Completed and signed copyright form. In addition, The U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulation should be completed by authors who are submitting military- or defense-related material, and:
– Are U.S. nationals (including green card holders); or
– Work for a U.S.-based organization, regardless of where they are physically located; or
– Work at a U.S. location of a non-U.S.-based organization.
All authors must ensure that they are in compliance with ITAR and the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation as outlined in the above page. If you have any questions on these two regulations, please contact the email address listed on that page. The copyright form and any additional permission forms must be mailed to:
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.
- Contact information for the contact author: mailing address suitable for Federal Express delivery (i.e., no P.O. Box #s), telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Also include the e-mail address for each author if available.
- The issue month in which your article is to be published and the name of the editor that accepted your article should be included with any correspondence with the publications staff.
NOTE: IEEE Communications, Network, and Wireless Communications magazines do not use templates for submission of materials.
Electronic File Formats
Text Files
Microsoft Word files are now acceptable only for the editable 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 files that are sent electronically, will not print out properly on the recipient's printer. If a .pdf 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.
Screenshots: If your paper contains screenshots, please send the original digital image along with your paper via email.
All materials should be sent to the editor responsible for your article.
Original Work/IEEE Copyright
Manuscripts submitted for publication in IEEE Wireless Communications 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.
Magazine Production Staff
See the staff list for contact information.
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.
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. Digital Production Manager
Receives papers for page layout from 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
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