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Should my manuscript follow a certain format
when it is submitted for review? |
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To control the page limit, we have instituated a change for typesetting: all submissions must be prepared according to the IEEE typesetting in final submission: double-columned with font 10 (larger fonts are welcome for obvious reason). Detailes can be found at http://www.it.is.tohoku.ac.jp/~tvt/authors/information.html |
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How do I submit my revised manuscript
to ScholarOne Manuscript Central? |
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Once the first review has been entered
for a manuscript, a copy of the manuscript is sent to
your Author Center with the R1 extension (e.g. 2010-00101.R1).
Return to your Author Center and first view the comments
of the Editor and reviewers. Enter your responses
in the appropriate boxes and click the Submit button.
Please note that there are two boxes. The comments in
the Editor box will only go to the
Associate Editor box. If you do not provide comments in
the box for the reviewers, they will not be able to see
them. Next, in the same area, click on the title of your
manuscript. You will be prompted to upload your revised
manuscript into Manuscript Central. Follow all the steps
and make sure that you select the "View proof" button.
Only after looking at the proof will you be presented
with a submit button. The manuscript is not submitted
unless you press this button. You will get a confirmation
email. |
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Can I submit a manuscript that's been rejected? |
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Once a manuscript has been rejected,
the review process stops for that particular paper. We do not accept
any new submission which is a revised manuscript of a paper with an
editorial decision "Reject". However, for a paper with an
editorial decision of "Reject & Resubmit", in the
editorial decision letter, the author(s) is(are) invited to submit
a further revised manuscript within 4 months. If
you and your colleagues wish to re-submit the paper, it
will be considered a new manuscript. Please follow the instructions
given in the decision letter to submit the new manuscript. Manuscript Central
allows authors to enter notes about their manuscripts
that the Editor-In-Chief, Editor and Reviewers
can read. This would be a good place to enter a brief
background message. A letter to the Editor should be uploaded as a cover letter,
which a letter for both Editor and reviewers should be uploaded as a
supporting document along with the manuscript. |
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What format should I use for my manuscript in
Manuscript Central? |
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Portable Document Format (PDF) and Postscript (PS) are
the only accepted formats. PDF is the preferred
format. |
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My manuscript is in LaTex or Word format. How
can I convert it into PDF? |
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There is a button in the upper right-hand corner of the
Author Center screen that will help you convert your file
to PDF. |
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Where do I find the IEEE Copyright Form and where
should I send it? |
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The copyright form is provided and should be submitted via the journal
online submission system (ScholarOne Manuscripts). For an accepted paper,
IEEE has moved to an all electronic copyright submission system. Once you
have submitted your final files, a link titled “transfer copyright”
will appear in the “manuscripts with decisions” queue in your author center. |
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How can I determine the status of my manuscript? |
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When you log into Manuscript
Central and access your Author Center, you will see
a status bar
with the title of all manuscripts you've submitted to
Manuscript Central. On the right of the bar is the Processing
Status and Associate Editor indicator. This shows where
your manuscript is in the review process. |
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Is there a limit on the number of pages that
a manuscript can be? |
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Yes, there is a page limit. Starting on January 20th, 2020, initial (new) submissions must have up to 14 pages for regular papers and 5 pages for correspondence papers. Revised or final submissions must have up to 16 pages for regular papers and 6 pages for correspondence papers. For these calculations, 10 pt font, single-spaced and double-columned final typesetting will be considered. Please note that both references and biographies are included into these limits. Moreover, for all papers submitted on 2020 or later, there is an overlength charge fee of US$220 for each additional page after 10 pages in case of regular papers and US$220 for each additional page after 5 pages in case of correspondence papers. For papers submitted before 2020, the overlength charge fee is US$220 for each additional page after 8 pages in case of regular papers and US$220 for each additional page after 5 pages in case of correspondence papers. The overlength page charges MUST be paid in order for accepted papers to be physically published.
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Is there a limit on the number of figures and tables? |
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For correspondence papers, the manuscript no more than 7 figures and tables total (a subfigure is counted as one figure).
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Does IEEE TVT publish surveys? |
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In the past, IEEE TVT has published a significant number of surveys. However, recently is has been decided that IEEE TVT as whole will move away from this type of paper, following the trend of other publications. This decision is mostly motivated by the page limitation of IEE TVT (at most 16 pages), which is often not enough for a proper survey paper. Nonetheless, the editorial staff is willing to make some exceptions for high quality surveys, as long as they talk about recent and trending topics that fit into IEEE TVT.
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My research work is too long for a single 16-pages paper.
Can I submit it as multiple papers, divided into part I, II, ...? |
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The IEEE TVT does not permit the submission of
multi-part papers (i.e., a long research work split into multiple parts
and explicitly labeled part I, part II, and so forth). The authors need
to carefully prepare all their submissions, which will all be treated as
different, independent papers. That is, all submissions must be able to
stand on their own as singular papers.
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