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Updated August 2008

This guide is for the authors who intend to submit a manuscript for publication in the IEEE Sensors Journal, either under the sensors letters or the sensors papers category.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION. Authors are encouraged to submit complete manuscripts. The IEEE Sensors Journal does not republish letters or papers that have appeared in conference proceedings. In fact, it is IEEE publications policy not to republish papers of any kind. However, the IEEE Sensors Journal does publish timely letters in addition to expanded, more complete, archival-quality versions of ideas and concepts that have been presented at conferences and published in conference proceedings (see our special instructions for expanding conference papers on our website).

Please do not send original submissions or revisions directly to the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors. Submissions to the IEEE Sensors Journal are to be made electronically through IEEE Manuscript Central, over its Web page, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sensors. The site contains instructions on how to proceed with downloading one's submission.

Authors should be aware of the advantages of electronic submission: it results in a streamlined and faster reviewing process, and enables the author to monitor on-line the manuscript's status.

Authors are required to prepare manuscripts employing the double -column style template developed by IEEE (see http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html).

REVIEWERS.  Your submitted manuscript will be sent to reviewers who will evaluate your work.  You have an opportunity to suggest potential reviewers as part of the submission process.  We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.  Suggesting reviewers might expedite the review of your manuscript.  Please suggest only those who work at institutions other than your own and with whom you have no collaborative or other technical or family ties.

BEWARE OF MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS. The IEEE Sensors Council cannot tolerate unfortunate situations when authors submit the same, or nearly identical, manuscript to more than one journal. In such cases: a) the manuscript in question will be immediately rejected; b) other manuscripts of the same authors/co-authors currently under review will be returned; (3) the authors/co-authors will be prohibited from new submissions to the Journal for at least one calendar year.

MANUSCRIPTS. The text of a submitted manuscript should not exceed 2 double-column formatted pages for letters, nor 8 double-column formatted pages for papers. Letters manuscripts that exceed two pages will be rejected, while papers manuscripts that exceed eight pages will incur mandatory over length page charges. Since changes resulting from the peer review may require additions to papers manuscripts, it is strongly recommended that authors practice economy in preparing original submissions.  Sensors letters should be submitted using a template available at http://www.ieee.org/sensors/sj.

COPYRIGHT. By policy, IEEE owns the copyright to the technical contributions it publishes. To comply with the United States copyright law, authors of accepted papers are required to submit online a completed IEEE Copyright Form. The form returns to the authors and their employers full rights to reuse their material for their own purposes. The Copyright Form can be reviewed from the IEEE site, http://www.ieee.org/about/documentation/copyright/cfrmlink.htm

EDICS. Each submission must be classified by the author with one category of the Journalís EDICS – Editorís Information Classification Scheme which classifies the areas covered by the Journal.

VOLUNTARY PAGE CHARGES. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, the author(s) or their company/institution will be asked to pay a voluntary fee of $110 per page to offset the cost of publication. Upon such voluntary payment, the author will be entitled to 100 free black-and-white reprints (without covers).

MANDATORY PAGE CHARGES. For sensors papers, the author(s) or their company/institution will be billed $175 per each page in excess of the first eight published pages. These charges are mandatory, and the author(s) will be held responsible for them. Payment of these charges is not negotiable or voluntary. Submission by the author of their manuscript to this Journal signifies acceptance of the requirement to pay mandatory page charges. The Publisher holds the right to withhold publication of the current submission or any future submissions from the author(s) if this charge is not honored. To avoid incurring mandatory page charges, the author(s) are advised to practice economy in the original manuscript submission and restraint in preparation of the final manuscript following peer review.  There is no mandatory page charge for sensors letters.

COLOR CHARGES. Color figures in online postings (IEEE Xplore) are free. However, color reproduction in print is expensive, and all charges for color printing are the responsibility of the author. In deciding whether to have figures printed in color or in black-and-white, the following estimates should be considered. There will be a charge of $1045USD for setup plus $125USD for each figure in color (the charge is subject to change without notification). In addition, there are printing preparation charges which may be estimated as follows: color reproductions on four or fewer pages of the manuscript will cost a total of approximately $1000; on five pages through eight pages - approximately $2100; on nine through 12 pages - approximately $3200, and so on. Payment of fees for color printing is not negotiable or voluntary; the author's agreement to publish the manuscript in the Journal signifies the acceptance of this requirement. Many of our authors have chosen to include color in their publications in ways that enhance the online posting while still conveying the salient information when reproduced in shades of gray in print. There is no charge for color in these cases.

ABBREVIATIONS. This Journal follows the IEEE practices on units and abbreviations, as outlined in the Institute's published standards; see ìIEEE Information for Authors kitî at http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html.

MATHEMATICS. All mathematical expressions must be legible. Do not give derivations that are easily found in the literature; merely cite the reference.

TO CONTACT US: to contact the IEEE Sensors Journal Publication Office, please send email to Mrs. Eileen Murray, e.murray@ieee.org