J-SAC Guidelines CHECKLIST FOR AUTHORS

Manuscripts:

One hardcopy of the manuscript must be submitted along with the electronic version. Manuscripts must be neatly typed and double-spaced, without hand-written alterations. The main components of a manuscript are:

Supporting Materials Needed:

  1. Electronic version of the manuscript. Follow the instructions in the guidelines for electronic materials http://www.jsac.ucsd.edu/Guidelines/elect.html
  2. Signed IEEE Copyright Transfer form. One must be on file with the IEEE or your paper will not be published. Copies of the form can be downloaded from http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/rights/copyrightmain.html.
  3. Provide conference presentation information: title, date, and place of any conference presentation. If none, so state.
  4. Biographical sketches and author photos. This adds a special touch to your paper. Make the biographies concise, complete and up-to-date. The glossy photo should not exceed 9.5cm (3.75 in) across the widest part of the head. Examples can be found in a current issue of J-SAC.
  5. A short abstract of the paper (100-200 words) for use in publications and in IEEE Spectrum.
  6. A list of keywords to be used for indexing purposes. Anyone wishing to obtain the current IEEE keyword list can simply send an e-mail message to the address: keywords@ieee.org. The auto response program does not care what if any subject line or text message is sent.
  7. A complete list of authors with first names, titles, affiliations, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and FAX numbers. In the case of multiple authors, one author should be identified for directing correspondence.

Information Regarding Illustrations:

The IEEE prefers to receive all graphics, including author photos, electronically. The link to "Author Supplied Electronic Graphics" is listed above.

Most illustrations are reduced in size to a 3 l/2 inch column width when printed, so it is important that all letters, numbers, and lines be drawn so as to remain legible after reduction. Letters and numbers should be at least 1/16 inch high after reduction to be readable. Most photographs without lettering will be reduced 50% for printing.

It is also important not to mix large and small type sizes within figures. Choose an intermediate, readable size and label all parts of the figure or table the same.

Color Art: All requests for color art must be formally approved by the Guest Editor and by the J-SAC Editor-in-Chief. Because of the expense involved, requests for color art will not be approved unless color art is ABSOLUTELY necessary to convey the meaning of the figure and the figure is essential to the paper.

Overlength Page Charges:

All submissions that are accepted for publication are subject to mandatory over-length page charges of $220.00 for each journal page exceeding 7 printed pages. This charge is based on the final typeset length and not on manuscript length, and is a prerequisite for publication.

Double-column version of manuscript. *You are required to also submit a roughly formatted version of the manuscript in single-spaced, double-column (2-column), IEEE format (10-point font size), using the IEEE style files: http:/www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/. (Though this application allows you to extend equations beyond the column width in the submitted version of the article, JSAC style does not permit this in the published version. Publications staff will relocate any equations that extend into the margin to the top of the following page and will change your text to accommodate the move. You may prefer to do this yourself so the text will more adequately reflect your intentions and you will be able to determine more accurately the length of your paper.) This version will serve as a confirmation of the approximate publication length of the manuscript at submission, and gives an additional confirmation of your understanding that any manuscript which exceeds 7 journal pages will have mandatory overlength charges of $220 per page applied.