Information for Authors
Electronic Publication of ASC 2012 Articles in 90 Days
What AUTHORS can do to achieve the goal.
Authors, because of recent changes in the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (IEEE-TAS), you now have the opportunity to have your article published online immediately after it has been accepted for publication! Based on statistics from recent ASC and MT conferences, we expect the average article to appear online 90 days from the submission date, with the first articles appearing as soon as one month after the conference.
Faster publication means that your material will reach fellow conference attendees while it is still fresh in their memory. What do you have to do to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity? There are important changes to the editorial policies and the procedures for submitting and reviewing articles meant to facilitate this process. By paying careful attention to the new policies and procedures, and promptly addressing all issues raised during peer review, then you should expect publication of your ASC 2012 article to fall within the timeframe above.
In fact, over 50% of papers eventually published in past IEEE-TAS special issues were delayed by an average of over 30 days due to factors completely under the control of the author! Generally, these issues were related to references, formatting, and language. Don’t forget to provide suitable references – use the extra page! Read the information being provided, including this document, information on IEEE web pages, and in the article template. Take time to not only write but also edit your manuscript – a clearly written paper produces higher impact because main points can be understood better. Try to obtain feedback from a senior colleague and make corrections. If you do not write English as your first language, strongly consider having a native English-language writer review your manuscript. And, take advantage of the paper writing service (http://www.prof-editing.com/ieee/index.php) – for about $8.00 per 250-word page, you can avoid delays related to writing in English language!
A key change is the adoption of article numbers by IEEE-TAS. This permits an accepted article to appear online before it has been sequenced with other articles yet to complete the review process. A final Special Issue will be published in 6 to 9 months, collecting all of the articles selected for publication. The Special Issue will be provided on storage media for all conference attendees, and will be available on paper by request for a fee.
Please review the following information carefully. For the guidelines, etc. listed below in PDF format, please click here.
Manuscript Template – revised September 17, 2012
Page Limits, Additional Papers & Pages Fees, Additional Paper/Page Payment Form
Frequent Style Errors to Avoid
Frequent English Language Errors to Avoid
Technical Editors (will be posted at a later date)
IEEE Copyright Form: PDF format, Word format.
If not submitted electronically via the manuscript submission site, copyright forms must be submitted to the ASC’12 Editorial Office either by fax (001-303-499-2599) or by email (asc@centennialconferences.com). IEEE will NOT publish manuscripts without a copyright form.