Published 24-Jun-2010 by asc staff
Manuscript Preparation Information

Manuscript Preparation Information

**The papers must be submitted electronically no later than Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 5:00pm, Washington, D.C. time.  This deadline is final! Papers will not be accepted after Tuesday, August 3.**

This year again, the ASC 2010 will be accepting manuscripts electronically only. 

Authors must read the information below carefully.

The submission site is scheduled to be available mid July.  All manuscripts must be uploaded to the ASC 2010 manuscript submission site (further information will be available at a later date). Authors will need to comply with the following process:

  • Only the Full Conference Participant and Student Participant registration fees include one complimentary manuscript submission.   All other registration fees do not include a complimentary manuscript submission and an “additional paper fee" of US $440 must be paid in order to receive a unique registration code for submission.
  • A unique 5-digit registration code will be assigned to all full conference and student registrations after the registration is processed. 
  • During the manuscript submission process, you must enter the 5-digit registration code.  This conference participant’s registration code used for submission must be a co-author on the submitted manuscript. 
  • Authors may submit more than one manuscript, however, for any additional papers, authors must pay the additional paper fee of US $440.  A unique registration code will be provided after payment is received.
  • The page limit is 4 pages for contributed papers (5 if needed for proper referencing), 6 pages for invited papers and 12 pages for plenary papers.  The additional page fee is $110 per page.
  • Prepare manuscripts using the conference template.
  • Upload the file(s) to the ASC 2010 manuscript submission website providing the unique registration code.
  • Additional page/paper fees must be paid for by Tuesday, August 3, 2010.
  • Present the paper at the ASC 2010, whether oral or poster.  Manuscripts which do not have a corresponding ASC 2010 presentation will not be reviewed for possible publication in the special issue of the IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity.
  • After the conference, respond to reviews by revising the manuscript and uploading the revision in a timely fashion.  It is the submitting author’s responsibility to check on the status of your submission often!  Note: Because the review will be through PDF, reviewers cannot be expected to provide extensive suggestions on English or grammar.  Manuscripts not written in proper English are very likely to be rejected.

Click here to download the Word (2003) template in US format.

 NOTE:

  • Your program identification number must added to the header of your manuscript. The program identification number is your assigned presentation number within a session, e.g. 1EA-05, 1LPG-05, etc. 


Reference the Preparation Guidelines (PDF format) which also explains why a paper would be rejected.  Note: Separate files of the figures and tables are not required.

Please also reference the following in preparation of your manuscript: Author Responsibilities (PDF Format).


Manuscript Preparation

The papers for ASC 2010 must be prepared in accordance to the standards set forth in the paper preparation instructions.  The paper will be prepared in the standard IEEE two column format with the figures and tables inserted in the correct position within the paper.  Contributed papers have a 4-page limit (5 if needed for proper referencing); invited oral papers have a 6-page limit.  Plenary papers can be of any length up to 12 pages.  Papers with over the allotted number of pages will be allowed, but a page charge of US $110 per page will be charged for pages exceeding the allotted number of pages. Additional pages must be paid for by Tuesday, August 3, 2010.

Additional Information

  • Prepare your manuscript according to the instructions found in the IEEE Template below. DO NOT USE OTHER TEMPLATES TO PREPARE YOUR ASC 2010 MANUSCRIPT.
  • Biographies are not allowed for ASC 2010 because of the paper length restrictions.
  • LaTex Users: Unfortunately, we do not have a template available. Please follow the guidelines described in the sample template.  We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Submission

Authors who have pre-registered are urged to submit their manuscripts before they leave their home institute.  Authors who register at the conference must submit their papers electronically after they have registered.  Submission of the paper before the conference means that the author does not wait for a computer in the publication upload room to submit his/her paper. 

The papers must be submitted electronically no later than Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 5:00pm Washington, D.C. time.  This deadline is final! Papers will not be accepted after Tuesday, August 3.

Each paper must be submitted with a Full Conference or Student Participant's unique registration code and must only be used once.

Authors presenting papers at ASC 2010 are not required to submit a manuscript.  Only papers presented at the ASC 2010 will be considered for publication of the special edition of the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity containing selected ASC 2010 papers.  Authors are strongly urged to prepare their manuscripts using the downloadable template.  Authors are reminded that presentation of his or her paper at the conference does not guarantee that his or her manuscript will be published in the special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity.  Only papers that meet the standards of the journal will be published.

Authors may submit the original source files or a pdf file to the ASC 2010 submission site.  All files will be converted into PDF.  The PDFs used in peer review must adhere to a certain set of specifications.  The goal is achieved quickly and easily with the centralized file conversion system.  Additional information in regards to the submission site will be provided at a later date. 

An electronic copyright form must be submitted for each manuscript. 

Review and Acceptance

ASC 2010 papers will be reviewed via the web. This means that the reviewers will not be able to rewrite an author's paper into proper English.  Papers not written in proper English are likely to be rejected.  Once the review process has been completed, the authors will be notified to review the reviewers and editors comments and make the required corrections to their paper.  A final version of the manuscript will be uploaded and must be submitted in its source file (not pdf).
It is the submitting author’s responsibility to check on the status of your submission often!  Accepted manuscripts for publication will need to be submitted to IEEE as source files (word or LaTex)!

MANUSCRIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010.

For questions, please contact:
Annett D'Antonio
Centennial Conferences
Email: asc@centennialconferences.com