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Information for Authors - Page Length Policy TBME has a page budget as any other journal. Therefore, if we do not control the number of pages per manuscript, fewer manuscripts will be published in a given year, and there will be delays in publishing accepted papers. Policy As approved by the EMBS Publications Committee, all submissions of new manuscripts must be in IEEE format. This format is for double column, single spaced text with embedded figures and tables - the format required of final printed copy. The major reasons behind the change are: 1. authors submitting manuscripts that are too long. 2. authors not realizing that their manuscripts will encounter significant page charges. 3. reviewers preferring not to print long documents for review. Look for "Templates for all Transactions" at this URL: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html Regular Papers: Regular papers that are 7 pages printed or fewer will have voluntary page charges of $110 per page, entitling the author to 100 black and white reprints, the option to buy more at a reduced rate, 3 copies of the journal issue for the corresponding author and one for each co-author. Regular papers that are greater than 7 pages in length incur mandatory page charges ($250/page) for each page over 7. Regular papers greater than 10 pages require special permission from the Editor in Chief. This measure is taken as there is extreme pressure on our page budget given the rapidly increasing number of submissions and acceptances. LETTERS LETTERS are to be 4 printed pages in length. No over length is permitted Communications We have discontinued Communications as a routine category for publications. However, occasionally we will have exceptions. The same rules apply as for Regular Papers, except that the rules are: 3 pages for voluntary charges; permission needed to exceed 5 pages. Changes Requested by Reviewers We understand that manuscripts tend to “grow” as authors respond to reviewers. The page limits are for the final version, not the first. Arguing that “the reviewer made me do it” is not grounds for a longer paper or for waiving page charges. We try to advise reviewers that authors must constrain the length of their revisions. In some cases, the authors will have to argue to the reviewers that the changes sought are too long for the scope of the paper. |