Submission Format
Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare manuscripts employing the on-line style files developed by IEEE. All manuscripts accepted for publication will require the authors to make final submission employing these style files (see below). LaTeX and MS Word style files are available on the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox page.
Authors using LaTeX: A double-spaced document is generated by including documentclass[11pt,draftcls,onecolumn] (IEEEtran) as the first line of the manuscript source file.
Title page and abstract: The first page of the manuscript shall contain the title, names and contact information for all authors (full mailing address, institutional affiliations, phone, fax, and e-mail), the abstract, and the EDICS. An asterisk * should be placed next to the name of the Corresponding Author who will serve as the main point of contact for the manuscript during the review and publication processes.
An abstract should have not more than 250 words, and should indicate the scope of the paper and summarize the authors conclusions. This will make the abstract, by itself, a useful tool for information retrieval.
Illustrations and tables: Each figure and table should have a caption that is intelligible without requiring reference to the text. Illustrations/tables may be worked into the text of a newly-submitted manuscript, or placed at the end of the manuscript. (However, for the final submission, illustrations/tables must be submitted separately and not interwoven with the text.)
Illustrations in color may be used but, unless the final publishing will be in color, the author is responsible that the corresponding grayscale figure is understandable.
In preparing your illustrations, note that in the printing process, most illustrations are reduced to single-column width to conserve space. This may result in as much as a 4:1 reduction from the original. Therefore, make sure that all words are in a type size that will reduce to a minimum of 9 points or 3/16 inch high in the printed version. Only the major grid lines on graphs should be indicated.
Abbreviations: This Transactions follows the practices of the IEEE on units and abbreviations, as outlined in the Institute's published standards.
Mathematics: All mathematical expressions must be legible. Do not give derivations that are easily found in the literature; merely cite the reference.
Upon formal acceptance of a manuscript for publication, instructions for providing the final materials required for publication will be sent to the Corresponding Author. Finalized manuscripts should be prepared in LaTeX or MS Word, and are required to use the style files established by IEEE. Instructions for preparing files for electronic submission.
Files must be self-contained; that is, there can be no pointers to your system setup.
Files must be self-contained; that is, there can be no pointers to your system setup. Include a header to identify the name of the Transactions, the name of the author, and the software used to format the manuscript.
Do not import graphics files into the text file of your finalized manuscript (although this is acceptable for your initial submission). If submitting on disk, use a separate disk for graphics files.
Do not create special macros.
Do not send PostScript files of the text.
File names should be lower case.
Graphics files should be separate from the text, and not contain the caption text, but include callouts like "(a)", "(b)".
Graphics file names should be lower case and named fig1.eps, fig2.tif, etc.
Supported graphics types are EPS, PS, TIFF, or graphics created using Word, PowerPoint, Excel or PDF. Not acceptable is GIF, JPEG, WMF, PNG, BMP or any other format (JPEG is accepted for author photographs only). The provided resolution needs to be at least 600 dpi (400 dpi for color).
Please indicate explicitly if certain illustrations should be printed in color; note that this will be at the expense of the author. Without other indications, color graphics will appear in color in the online version, but will be converted to grayscale in the print version.
Additional instructions for preparing, verifying the quality, and submitting graphics.