It is very important that the size of the J-SAC issue be estimated carefully since the Communications Society has an annual page count budget for all publications, including J-SAC. If you believe your issue will exceed the 200 page limit, please email the Executive Editor.

The normal J-SAC issue contains 18 papers. Papers must not exceed 20 double-spaced typewritten pages, excluding figures and tables, unless specific permission of the mentor (Senior Editor in charge of the issue) is obtained. The typesize must be 12 point or larger. To further pin-point your page count, the following formula used by IEEE can be followed. If the manuscript pages are normal size, (8 /12 x 11 inches) and doubled-spaced, then

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.