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The Journal publishes original material; its contents are copyrighted
by STMicroelectronics. It also publishes papers that have been previously
copyrighted or already submitted to others for publication.
Read carefully this section or the guidelines contained in the authors'kit.
Manuscripts non-compliant to general or technical guidelines will be
automatically rejected.
A Microsoft
Word template is available to prepare the manuscript according to
the guidelines.
Download here the full authors' kit. General Guidelines
- The title page of the manuscript should contain: the title of the
paper, the names with initial(s) of the first name(s), e-mail address
and affiliation of each author, and an abstract. Post addresses and
company position of authors will not be published.
E.g.: Robert White
robert.white@st.com
STMicroelectronics
Daniel Green
greend@ucla.edu
University of California, Los Angeles
- The length of the whole paper should be 6000 words +/- 1000, thatis
approximately 8-12 pages (depending on the formatting and the number
of figures)
- Papers should contain an abstract. The abstract should be a concise
statement (fewer than 200 words) of the purpose, methods, results
and conclusions presented in the paper. It should contain the title"Abstract"
- The introduction should indicate the motivation, purpose, and scope
of the manuscript, and how the work described differs from what has
already been described in the technical literature. If the manuscriptis
relatively long, inclusion of statements at the end of the introduction
regarding manuscript organization can be helpful to the reader.
- The main body of the manuscript should provide the reader with
a clear, accurate description of the work. The most important aspects
of the work should be given the most emphasis; non-germane or superfluous
text, tables and figures should be avoided. The development of the
subject matter should be logical and free of gaps. The information
and results presented should be adequate to support the conclusions
drawn. Previous relevant work should be adequately referenced. Elucidation
should be provided and/or references cited to enable the non-specialist
reader to comprehend the specialized jargon or acronyms which are
used.
- The manuscript should include a Conclusions section which "wrapsup"
the presentation. Such a section is also an appropriate place for
statement and/or restatement of the significance and limitations of
the work which has been presented, and for suggestions regarding relevant
areas which might be worth exploring.
- References to published papers or reports should consist of the
name of each author, title of the paper, periodical name, volume,inclusive
page numbers, and year of publication. It is preferred that authors'
names appear exactly as they do on the referenced publication.
- Reference to items submitted to, but not yet accepted for publication
in an identifiable and accessible archival journal, book, manual,or
report at the time of scheduled publication of the manuscript in which
the reference appears is not acceptable.
- References to reports or papers accepted for publication, but not
yet in print should contain enough information to enable a reader
to track them down, i.e., the name and volume number or year of the
publication in which the paper/report is to be published.
- References to books should include the name of each author or editor
(exactly as it appears in the referenced book), title, publisher's
name and location, year of publication, and chapter or inclusive page
numbers.
- The reference in text should be in brackets [1].
- Personal or private communications, if not handled entirely withinthe
text, should be quoted in footnotes and mentioned in the References
Section.
- Formulae and symbols must be written legibly. Such characters [e.g.
0 (numeral) and O (letter), 1 (numeral) and l (letter)] that are easily
confused should be distinguished clearly.
- Equations and displayed formulae should be numbered consecutively.
- If the submitted paper has already been published, a permission
from the copyright holder should accompany the submission. Please
refer to the Copyright and Patents section.
Technical guidelines File format and text
- Submit articles in any version of Microsoft Word (.doc) or Acrobat
(.pdf). Acrobat files should be accompanied by the original source
files. Latex files should come with all accompanying files: figures,
style, bibliography and reference files.
- Text format: single or double column. For original papers, a Word
template is available.
- Font: please use Adobe True Type fonts (preferred fonts are TimesNew Roman, Arial, Helvetica)
- Body text font size: 10 or 12 pt.
- Formulae font size: 10 pt.
Figures
- Figures should be referenced in the text with the wording Fig. followed
by their number, use Figure #: in captions. Avoid to reference figures
to as "the following figure" or "the previous figure".
- Indicate clearly the exact position of figures relative to the
body text.
- All pictures and drawings must be provided in separate files and
should respect the following criteria:
a. Resolution: higher than 300 dpi.
b. Image size: 10 x 8 cm (or multiple).
c. Drawings: Acceptable formats are CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop, Powerpoint (.ppt) files.
IMPORTANT: Drawings embedded in Winword documents ARE NOT acceptable,
since they cannot be extracted from the file.
d. Pictures, photos, diagrams should be saved as single .bmp, .gif,. tif, .jpeg, .psd, .ai, .cdr files.
e. Figure files should be named consecutively (e.g., fig1.bmp, fig2.jpg,
fig3.psd and so forth)
Copyright guidelines
The Journal publishes original material. It also publishes papers that
have been previously copyrighted or already submitted to others forpublication.
The Journal publishes papers written by STMicroelectronics authors
or invited papers.
All papers written by ST employees are copyrighted by STMicroelectronics.
Papers written only by non-ST authors are copyrighted by the authors'
entities.
Papers written jointly by ST and external (= non- ST) employees are
copyrighted following what stated in existing contracts between the
involved entities. If there are no contracts, or dispositions on the
specific subject of publications, papers will be copyrighted jointlyby
all involved entities.
The submission form should be sent along with all papers. Rules for papers written by non-ST authors
For articles written by third (=non-ST) parties or by ST and non-STauthors,
the authorization to publish is required in writing via the copyright
forms available for original and republished papers. Only non-ST authors
should fill in and send in original copyright forms, to the address
pre-printed in the text, following these simple rules:
- Original papers written by ST and non-ST authors: form copy_or_joint.doc
- Republications from papers written by ST and non-ST authors: form
copy_rep_joint.doc
- Original articles written only by non-ST authors: form copy_or_nonst.doc
- Republications from articles written only by non-ST authors: form
copy_rep_nonst.doc
REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS
Peer review is utilized in deciding whether to publish submitted manuscripts.
Reviewer identities are not revealed to authors.
A typical set of statements for reviewer consideration follows. Manuscripts prepared in accord with these considerations have a greaterlikelihood of eventual publication.
- The quality of the writing, from the standpoints of usage, grammar
and spelling, is acceptable.
- The abstract is an accurate and concise representation of the purpose(s),method(s), result(s) and conclusions presented in the paper.
- The motivation and purpose of the paper are clearly developed.
- Antecedent work is appropriately reviewed and integrated.
- The originality and significance of the work is clearly stated.
- Methods employed are clearly and completely described. Claims are
backed by detailed experimental results.
- Data and results are completely and objectively presented, i.e.,
sufficient for interpretation by the reader.
- Tables and/or figures and their captions are clear and relevant.
- Significant results are appropriately emphasized.
- Limitations of the results are shown.
- Discussion of the results clearly relates to the problem, as stated
earlier in the paper.
- Conclusions drawn are justified by discussion of presented results
- Directions for future study of the problem(s), if appropriate,
are discussed.
Finally, reading the Reviewers’
Guidelines is recommended to understand what reviewers will be looking
for in a paper. | |
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