IEEE-TAS is an archival, peer-reviewed publication that must meet the publication standards set by the IEEE.
Manuscripts submitted for publication in the ASC 2014 special issue must meet the following criteria to be considered suitable for entering the peer-review process:
- Manuscripts must present a scientific discussion.
- The manuscript must be about Applied Superconductivity. Rarely, manuscripts can be considered based on subject matter that falls outside of applied superconductivity but lies within the scope of a special or plenary session held at the conference.
- An introduction shall explain the context and background for the work, making suitable references to work by others.
- Original experimental design, methods, materials, theory, development, or other such material shall be presented. The approach shall follow a scientific method, and the method should produce results. Data, figures, tables, and other findings should be included to describe the results in ways that are easy for the reader to understand. The paper should explain what is different from the experimental design, methods, etc. used in comparison to those used by others in the field, with appropriate references.
- A discussion of the implications of the work for the field shall be included. The discussion may draw conclusions, raise questions, or define the state of the experiment if incomplete. The discussion should be relevant to the data, results, figures, tables, etc. provided, and should follow a logical process. Conclusions are a very helpful summary for the reader; however there are occasions when a formal conclusions section might not be warranted. The discussion and any conclusions should be compared to discussion points raised and conclusions reached by other workers in the field, with appropriate references.
- Manuscripts must provide suitable references. A typical paper has 10 or more references. Authors may always extend paper length to an extra page (or more) free of charge to provide space for references. Self-citation is rarely sufficient, and papers with only citations to other work by the primary authors will come under close scrutiny and may not pass the suitability check. Moreover, omission of references to the experimental approach, results, discussion points, or conclusions made by others will likely be strongly questioned by referees. Citations to other ASC 2014 papers submitted for publication must use the text IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 25 (submitted for publication).
- Manuscripts must be written in suitable English language. While occasional grammar errors clearly do not affect the ability of a reader to gain knowledge from a manuscript, or the ability of a referee to judge the technical content of a manuscript, systematic errors and poor writing confuse the message being conveyed. Manuscripts judged to not convey a clear meaning due to poor writing will not pass the suitability check. Assistance for writing, in particular for those authors who do not regularly write in the English language, is available for a very modest fee, about $8.00 per 250-word page, from IEEE’s Professional Writing Services.
- Manuscripts must use the IEEE Transactions style and format. The large volume of manuscripts submitted to the ASC 2014 Special Issue requires streamlining of the article production. This is automatically facilitated by following the IEEE Style Guidelines and using the article #TEMPLATES. Manuscripts that require significant re-formatting may not pass the suitability check.
- Manuscripts must pass the mandatory plagiarism check. IEEE requires all manuscripts to be screened for improper re-use of material. Please see policies at: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/index.html. A high fraction of duplicate content, including figures and graphics, may trigger an inquiry by IEEE Publications above or in addition to any actions taken by the editorial staff of IEEE-TAS or the ASC 2014 Special Issue.
The ability to combine papers provides authors from large research teams with the opportunity to build a more detailed and comprehensive story than might be possible in 4+1 pages. Also, authors from institutions where several results are shared can avoid re-use of content, and possible rejection of their papers, by combining them into one original work.
Combined papers should obey the following policy:
- Intention to combine papers must be requested by e‐mail by June 2, 2014. Contact the EiC, Lance Cooley, at ldcooley@fnal.gov or the Editorial Support Staff at asc@centennialconferences.com.
- The request shall state:
a. which program ID numbers are being combined;
b. which ID number will be the one that the combined manuscript will be submitted under (default will be the earliest in the program sequence);
c. which author will be the corresponding author (default will be the corresponding author of the ID number in item (b) above). - Authors shall be granted a page limit that scales with the number of papers being combined, including optional pages for references. That is, two papers may be combined into a single 8‐page paper with optional 2 pages for references (8+2), three papers into 12+3, etc. Extra page fees will apply as usual beyond the page limit.
- The combined paper shall require one valid registration code for each paper being combined, i.e. 3 paid registrations for (12+3). These codes shall be communicated to the Editorial Staff at the time of manuscript submission.
- Paper upload into ScholarOne will use the ID number and corresponding author account identified in item (2), and one of the registration codes in item (4). The upload process should be no different than that for a regular manuscript.
- All presentations represented by the program ID numbers being combined must be given at the conference. The EiC reserves the right to invalidate any combined manuscript for which presentations were not given.
- Other editorial policies will apply to the combined manuscript in the same way as regular manuscripts.
- Special editors have been arranged for processing of combined manuscripts.