Journal Author Guidelines

Presentation

Authors should submit a full-page double-spaced PDF with figure captions list for review to the online submission and peer-review system.

Per-page Fee

No charge up to 8 pages; pp. 9-12, $50 per page; p. 13 and above, $100 per page.

Color Graphics

For a fee of $500 per article (above the normal page fee), authors can choose to include color graphics files in articles published in the printed Journal.

Non-native English Speakers

Non-native English speakers and international authors who would like assistance with their writing before submission can use the English editing service of American Journal Experts at www.JournalExperts.com?rcode=AES1.

Review

Manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by members of the review board. After the reviewers' analysis and recommendation to the editors, the author is advised of either acceptance or rejection. On the basis of the reviewers' comments, the editor may request that the author make certain revisions which will allow the paper to be accepted for publication.

Content

Technical acrticles should be informative and well organized. They should cite original work or review previous work, giving proper credit. Results of actual experiments or research should be included. The Journal cannot accept unsubstantiated or commercial statements.

Organization

An informative and self-contained abstract of about 60 words must be provided. The manuscript should develop the main point, beginning with an introduction and ending with a summary or conclusion. Illustrations must have informative captions and must be referred to in the text.

References should be cited numerically in brackets in order of appearance in the text. Footnotes should be avoided, when possible, by making parenthetical remarks in the text. Mathematical symbols, abbreviations, acronyms, etc., which may not be familiar to readers must be spelled out or defined the first time they are cited in the text. Subheads are appropriate and should be inserted where necessary. Paragraph division numbers should be of the form 0 (only for introduction), 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 2, 2.1, 2.1.1, etc. References should be typed on a manuscript page at the end of the text in order of appearance. References to periodicals should include the authors' names, title of article, periodical title, volume, page numbers, year and month of publication. Book references should contain the names of the authors, title of book, edition (if other than first), name and location of publisher, publication year, and page numbers. References to AES convention preprints should be replaced with Journal publication citations if the preprint has been published.

Illustrations

Figure captions should be typed on a separate sheet following the references. Captions should be concise. All figures should be labeled with author's name and figure number. Photographs should be black and white prints without a halftone screen, preferably 200 mm x 250 mm (8 inch by 10 inch). Line drawings (graphs or sketches) can be original drawings on white paper, or high- quality photographic reproductions. The size of illustrations when printed in the Journal is usually 82 mm (3.25 inches) wide, although 170 mm (6.75 inches) wide can be used if required. Letters on original illustrations (before reduction) must be large enough so that the smallest letters are at least 1.5 mm (1/16 inch) high when the illustrations are reduced to one of the above widths. If possible, letters on all original illustrations should be scaled so that they will be the same size when reduced for reproduction in the Journal.

Expert help for preparing digital art

Units and Symbols

Metric units according to the System of International Units (SI) should be used. For more details see "Metric Review" (with updated references) by G. Franklin Montgomery and J. G. McKnight, "Quantities, Units, Letter Symbols, and Abbreviations." We have also compiled a list of frequently used SI units and their symbols.

Conventions & Conferences

If you are going to submit your paper for presentation at a convention or conference then you should read these guidelines.