TNANO Information for Authors (Revised August 2008) Version 2.7
Ari Requicha
August 16, 2008
These
instructions supersede any conflicting information that may be found on IEEE
web pages, which sometimes are not up to date.
The IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO) publishes novel and important results in engineering at the nanoscale. It focuses on nanoscale devices, systems, materials and applications, and on their underlying science. It is an interdisciplinary journal that covers all areas of nanotechnology. The hardcopy version is published bi-monthly, but accepted papers are published on the web as soon as they are submitted in final form. Nanotechnology is evolving rapidly and swift publication is necessary to ensure that authors submit their best work to the Transactions. Fast publication is achieved through TNANO’s entirely electronic submission and review process.
TNANO publishes Research Letters, Regular Papers, and Correspondence Items. Research Letters report on important and often time-sensitive results, and must not exceed three printed pages. They are subject to the same thourough review process as Regular Papers, but receive prioritary treatment. A Research Letter that is accepted without major revisions is expected to be published on the web within 4 to 6 weeks of its initial submission. Regular Papers normally are 4 to 8 printed pages in length, and take longer to process than Research Letters. Manuscripts of a tutorial or review nature are welcome, and treated as Regular Papers. Potential authors of reviews or tutorials are advised to contact the Editor-in Chief (EiC) before submission, to ensure that the topic is judged timely and desirable by the TNANO Editorial Board. Correspondence Items are short manuscripts, not exceeding two printed pages, which typically comment on previously published papers or present preliminary research results of wide interest. Correspondence Items undergo an expedited review process by the Editorial Board, which may solicit external reviews when appropriate.
Authors are requested to declare at the time of submission which of the following areas best describes the contents of their papers: (1) nano and molecular electronics, (2) circuits and architectures, (3) nanomagnetism and spintronics, (4) nanooptics, nanooptoelectronics and nanophotonics, (5) nanorobotics and nanoassembly, (6) nanosensors and nanoactuators, (7) nanomechanics and NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), (8) nanobiotechnology aand nanomedicine, (9) nanofabrication and nanolithography, (10) nanometrology and characterization, (11) computational nanotechnology, (12) other. Selection of the correct area is important since this information is used to route the papers to the appropriate members of the Editorial Board. Failure to specify an area or selection of “other” as an area are likely to slow down the review process.
Ethical Issues
Manuscripts should be original, previously
unpublished work not currently submitted to any other publication. It is the
responsibility of the authors, not the IEEE, to determine whether disclosure of
their material requires the prior consent of other parties and, if so, to
obtain it. If authors make use of charts, photographs, or other graphical or
textual material from previously published material, the authors are
responsible for obtaining written permission to use the material in the
manuscript.
IEEE defines plagiarism as the use of someone
else’s prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicitly
acknowledging the original author and source. Plagiarism in any form is
unacceptable and is considered a serious breach of professional conduct, with
potentially severe ethical and legal consequences. Self-plagiarism is also
unethical. If authors have used their own previously published work(s) as a
basis for a new submission, they are required to cite the previous work(s) and
briefly indicate how the new submission offers substantively novel
contributions beyond those of their previously published work(s). Extended versions of preliminary papers that
have appeared in conference proceedings are acceptable, provided that they
satisfy the conditions mentioned just above (i.e., citation and substantial
novelty).
Multiple submissions to different journals are
unacceptable. This applies to the entire period in which a paper is under TNANO
review. It is the responsibility of the authors to clearly spell out the
differences of their submitted papers with similar content, and any common part
should be clearly indicated. If in doubt, please contact the EiC.
Procedures for Submission and Review of
Manuscripts
TNANO paper submission and review are through
Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnano
. Instructions are provided on-line.
Copyright
It is the policy of the IEEE to own the
copyright to the technical contributions it publishes on behalf of the
interests of the IEEE, its authors, and their employers; and to facilitate the
appropriate reuse of this material by others. To comply with
Style of Manuscripts Submitted for Review
1) To facilitate review, manuscripts should be
submitted with the main document as a single file, with the figures and
captions inserted in the text, and preferably using either Adobe pdf or
Microsoft Word doc formats. Adobe Postcript format (ps) is also acceptable. Authors
are strongly encouraged to read the section titled “Preparation of Final
Versions of Manuscripts for Publication” below, and to pay special attention to
figure requirements. Creating acceptable figures may take non-negligible time
and slow down the final submission process if the manuscript is accepted. Note
that publication-quality figures are not required for manuscript review.
2) Manuscripts should be submitted in a double
column format using an IEEE style file. Templates are available from http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/
. Regular papers are limited to 8 Transactions pages, with mandatory page
charges imposed on extra pages (see Page Charges below). Excessively long
papers may be rejected without review. Research Letters are limited to three Transactions
pages, and Correspondence Items to two.
3) Uploaded information: A cover letter, an
abstract (up to 200 words for Regular Papers and 50 words for Research Letters
and Correspondence Items), keywords, the type of paper (Regular Paper, Research
Letter, or Correspondence Item), and technical area (see above for a list).
Please indicate the area in the cover letter.
4) All figures must be numbered and cited in the
text. Use consistent font and size in all figures and tables, and choose sizes
that will allow the text to be scaled to 8 points at final printed size.
Otherwise, an entire figure may be enlarged so that the smallest size is scaled
to 8 points for readability.
5) References must be in a separate reference
section at the end of the paper in IEEE style, with items referred to by numerals
in square brackets. For journal articles: Author initials followed by last
names, title in quotation marks, periodical, volume, inclusive page numbers, month
and year. For books: Author initials followed by last names, title, location,
publisher, year, inclusive pages if appropriate. For conference papers: Author
initials followed by last names, title in quotation marks, conference,
location, month and year, and inclusive page numbers.
Preparation of Final
Versions of Manuscripts for Publication. (Note major changes as of July 2008.)
Authors of accepted papers should submit the final versions for publication through the Manuscript Central system . Hardcopy, CD or e-mail submissions are not acceptable. More detailed information is available in the IEEE Guidelines for Author Supplied Electronic Text and Graphics, at http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/publications/journmag/transactions/eic-guide.pdf .
1) To submit the final files, log into the Manuscript Central system and go to your Author’s Center. On the left, under My Manuscripts, you will see a list entry labeled Awaiting Final Files. Click on it and the accepted paper will appear under Manuscripts Accepted for Final Submission. The paper record will have a link to Submit Final Files. Click on this link and follow the instructions to upload the files listed below. Make sure that file names are distinct or they will not successfully export to Manuscript Central.
2) An editable document with the text of the manuscript, preferably in Microsoft Word or LaTeX, and including: abstract, index terms, body of the text, footnotes, figure captions, references, and, for Regular Papers, author biographies.
3) Figures, each on a separate file. Acceptable formats are tiff, ps, eps, pdf, and Microsoft ppt, doc or xls. Note that jpeg is acceptable only for the authors’ photos. Figure files should be named with lower-case figure numbers and the appropriate extensions, e.g., fig1.tif, fig2.doc, fig3.ppt. Please verify that the figures are acceptable by using the IEEE Graphics Checker at http://graphicsqc.ieee.org .
4) A pdf version of the complete manuscript, in lieu of a hardcopy. This should have the figures and captions inserted in the text. Production will use this file to ensure that the printed version corresponds exactly to your pdf. It is essential that all fonts be embedded and subsetted in the pdf document for correct reproduction. Detailed instructions and downloads of Adobe Acrobat settings are available at www.ieee.org/confpubcenter .
5) The final version you supply must include in the first-page footnote (where the affiliations of the authors are listed) the following sentence (without the quotes and replacing “Year” by the current year, e.g., 2007): “Copyright (c) Year IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to use this material for any other other purposes must be obtained from the IEEE by sending a request to pubs-permissions@ieee.org .” Without this your paper’s publication as a preprint on the web, through IEEE Xplore, will be significantly delayed.
6) After the final files are submitted, click on the Manuscripts with Decisions list item under My Manuscripts. The manuscript you just submitted will appear and will show a link to Transfer Copyright. Click on it to sign electronically the IEEE Electronic Copyright Form (ECF). You will receive by e-mail a copy of the signed form. Please e-mail this form immediately to d.henson@ieee.org and the EiC at requicha@usc.edu . This is important to avoid delays because production will not process a manuscript without a signed ECF.
7) Starting in the Fall of 2008 TNANO will have color covers. Authors of accepted papers are invited to submit with the final version of a paper an image or two for potential use in the journal cover. The images should be accompanied by a one-sentence caption (for the cover) and a longer explanation, as would normally appear in a paper’s figures.
Page Charges
A page charge form ($110/page) is sent to the
authors of accepted papers with proofs, and the author is encouraged, whenever
possible, to make a contribution to defray part of the publication cost.
Authors will receive 100 free reprints if the charge is honored. A mandatory
over-length page charge is imposed on all regular papers whose length exceeds 8
Transactions pages, including illustrations. This charge is $175 per page of
each page over the first eight based on the final typeset length and not on
manuscript length, and is a prerequisite for publication. Over-length Research
Letters and Correspondence Items are not acceptable.
Inquiries
Our home page is at http://www-lmr.usc.edu/~requicha/tnano
. All technical correspondence relating to manuscripts should be sent to the Editor
handling the manuscript or to the EiC, Ari Requicha, Gordon Marshall Chair
in Engineering, University of Southern California, 941 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles,
CA 90089-0781, Tel: +1 (213) 740-4502, E-mail: requicha@usc.edu
. For
administrative inquiries, please contact Editorial Assistant Ms. Kusum K. Shori
at the same address with phone +1 (213) 740-7286, Fax: +1 (213) 740-7512,
and email kusum@usc.edu
.