Author FAQ's

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 at the Create Your IEEE Journal Article 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 authors@ieee.org.

 

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.