Author FAQ's

Visit the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox, 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. Submission of a paper to this TRANSACTIONS should be uploaded at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcas1.

 

The Publication Recommender page provides a listing of our publications and a link to each publication’s Web page. 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 Web site for more specific information regarding that publication’s review and submission processes.

 

Download the most up-to-date version of our “Information for Authors” kit here.

 

The IEEE provides LaTeX and Word templates that can be used for all final submissions. In addition, the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics has supplied a Word template for creating submissions to TMAG. All of these templates are available for download at the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox page.

Some publications do provide information to their authors that is more specific than the IEEE’s general guidelines and in some cases customized templates and instructions are provided as well. For links to individual transactions, journals, and letters Web pages, please go to the Publication Recommender page.

 

IEEE accepts TeX, LaTeX, Word and Rich Text Format (RTF).

 

Visit the Graphics Checker Tool, which provides an online tool to check graphics.

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 poor quality when received. If you need further help or have questions, please e-mail graphics@ieee.org.

 

Our pricing for color printing has been changed. We are charging $275 USD for every figure in the paper (this includes subfigures, so 1a and 1b will be charged as one figure). Online publication of your graphics in color is always free at IEEE. You may choose to also print your graphics in color for a fee of $275 USD per color graphic. Once your accepted article enters the production stage, your IEEE Journal Production Manager will contact you to discuss color printing. You may choose to have your graphics in color online and in black and white in print at no cost.

The answer depends on your publication’s page charge policy, including any over length charges. To find out this information, download “Instructions for Authors on Reprints and Special Charges” (PDF, 65 KB). 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.

 

Keywords are available here.