The IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (TCAS-II) publishes briefs papers in the field specified by the theory, analysis, design, and practical implementations of circuits, and the application of circuit techniques to systems and signal processing. Included is the whole spectrum from basic scientific theory to industrial applications. The field of interest covered includes:
Analog, Digital, and Mixed-Signal Circuits and Systems
Integrated Sensors, MEMS and Systems on Chip, Nanoscale Circuits and Systems, Optoelectronics, Biomedical Circuits
Control Theory Topics in Circuits and Systems
Circuits and Systems for Communications
Power Electronics Circuits and Systems
Software for Analog-and-Logic Circuits and Systems
Nonlinear Circuits and Systems
Signal Processing
The papers are expected to contain new results, ideas, or innovations that advance significantly the state-of-the-art. Submission of a contribution is taken to manifest the fact that the submission has not been submitted, accepted, published, or copyrighted elsewhere.
Peer Review
The articles in this journal are peer-reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual. Each published article was reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers using a single-blind peer-review process, where the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors. Articles will be screened for plagiarism before acceptance.
The following guides provide further information for authors regarding submitting manuscripts. Some of this information is also found on the Submit Manuscript page.
Author FAQ
Visit the IEEE Author Center, which provides general guidelines regarding the submission of text and graphics, as well as templates, and instructions on how to submit multimedia materials. Most of the information is in the form of a convenient, downloadable PDF file.
The Journals and Magazines page provides a listing of publications. There, you will find the scope of each publication, contact information for obtaining more details, the frequency of its publication, a description of the topics covered, associated page charges, and contact information such as the Editor-in-Chief, or associate editors. Some publications also supply a link to their Society’s website for more specific information regarding that publication’s review and submission processes.
The IEEE provides templates that can be used for all final submissions. All of these templates are available for download on the Create Your IEEE Journal Article page.
IEEE accepts TeX, LaTeX, Word, and Rich Text Format (RTF).
IEEE accepts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF files for graphics submission. High-resolution JPGs are acceptable for author photos only (IEEE also continues to accept Postscript, EPS, and TIFF). As part of the production process, all grayscale figures and line art are converted to TIFF format.
Image quality is very important in how the graphics will reproduce. Even though IEEE can accept many formats, graphics cannot improve if they are of poor quality when received. If you need further help or have questions, please e-mail [email protected].
Color figures are automatically posted in color on the IEEE Xplore website free of charge. The color-in-print charge is a flat rate of $275 per figure. The corresponding author of the article has the opportunity to address the color-in-print option during an “Article Setup” step. All invoices and payments are handled through an automated payment portal system. The payment portal allows various payment types such as credit card, bank wire transfers, check, preapproved waivers, special payment circumstances, and third-party billing. Please note that these are costs for color printing and do not include page charges or reprint charges, which must be paid separately. Once your paper is received at the IEEE, a staff editor will contact you with specific instructions on how to proceed with color figures.
The answer depends on your publication’s page charge policy, including any over-length charges. To find out this information view “About Potential Article Processing Charges”. It also depends on how many reprints you order, and of course, any color charges if you have figures in your paper that you choose to have printed in color.
If your journal has over-length page charges, then you will need to estimate the number of pages in your paper. The number of pages can be estimated two ways: counting all the pages in your submitted work (including figures, pages of text, pages of figure captions, references, bios, author photos, etc.) and divide the total by 3. Or, you can use the IEEE style template to preformat your work, including figures and tables, in order to give you a more accurate page estimate.
Please contact the editorial office of the journal to which you submitted your work for information regarding where it is in the submission process.
Using the right keywords in your article can make your article more easily and reliably discoverable—which leads to a broader readership for your article. Using the IEEE Thesaurus can help you find the best-standardized keywords to fit your article. Use the thesaurus access request form for free access to the IEEE Thesaurus.
