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General Information For Authors

go to topScope

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics is now published monthly. Its scope encompasses the applications of electronics, controls and communications, instrumentation and computational intelligence for the enhancement of industrial and manufacturing systems and processes. Included are power electronics and drive control techniques, system control and signal processing, fault detection and diagnosis, power systems, instrumentation, measurement and testing, modeling and simulation, motion control, robotics, sensors and actuators, implementation of neural nets, fuzzy logic, and artificial intelligence in industrial systems, factory automation, communication, and computer networks. Manuscripts submitted for consideration should report on new results and previously unpublished material. Authors should pay particular attention to documenting their work in relationship to the known literature, especially recent papers from the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics scope.

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Two types of manuscript are accepted:

Manuscripts submitted for consideration should report on new results and previously unpublished material.  Authors should pay particular attention to documenting their work in relationship to the known literature, especially recent papers from the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics scope.

go to topManuscript Style

Manuscript authors are expected to meet the highest standards of writing quality and adhere to the following guidelines:

  1. Use a clear, easy-to-follow outline.
  2. Use first-order, second-order, and third-order headings to assist the reader in following the presentation.
  3. Write in the third person. (DO NOT USE FIRST PERSON!)
  4. Define all acronyms on first use.

References

They should appear in a separate section at the end of the paper. References should be contemporary, relevant, and essential. Citations in text are indicated by Arabic superscripts at the end of the author(s) name(s), numbered according to the order of citation. A referenced paper should contain all authors' names, title of the papers, name of the publication, volume and number, month and year of publication, and inclusive page numbers. A referenced book should list author name(s), title of the book, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, and specific chapters or pages cited. For example:

  1. 1. L. Watson and J. Gurd, "A Practical Dataflow," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 15, No. 2, Feb. 1982, pp. 51-57.
  2. J.M. Holland, K.C. Tai, and M.L. Van Name, "An Adaptive Database Interface Using Abstract Data Types," Proc. Compsac 81, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, Calif., 1981, pp. 163-170.
  3. D.P. Siewiorek, C.G. Bell, and A. Newell, Computer Structures: Principles and Examples, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1982, pp. 459-469.
In general, references should be publicly available, such as papers in standard journals and open conference proceedings. Avoid using internal technical reports and theses unless they are easily accessible. 

Biography

Manuscripts accepted for publication should be accompanied by a brief biographical sketch. Biographical information should be stated in the following order: current position, prior significant professional experience, technical interests, education, awards and important activities, and professional affiliations. Photos should accompany each author's biography

go to topManuscript Submission for Review

Manuscript submission format is the standard two columns IEEE format.  The special format will be needed only for the final versions of the accepted manuscripts.  Names of authors and their affiliation should be removed from the manuscripts for the review process in order to have a fair evaluation of their manuscript.  Authors' names and their contact information which are provided to the electronics system will not be visible to reviewers.

The Industrial Electronics Society is now employing a web-based manuscript submission and peer review tracking system called Manuscript Central. Authors must submit their manuscript electronically on the web to http://tie-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. From this entry page, access can be obtained to all information required for the submission of a manuscript. The main page of the site contains icons entitled "Create a New Account" and "Instructions and Forms". These two icons should be activated during the first entry to the site. Activation of the "Create a New Account" icon provides information about how to gain site access after a manuscript has been submitted. The "Instructions and Forms" icon opens a page that presents new icons. An icon entitled "Submission Instruction" provides an overview of the submission process which indicates that the submission process requires that manuscripts be submitted as a PDF document. Each page of Manuscript Central contains a "Get Support Now" button that can be activated if difficulty is encountered during the submission process.

Manuscript sent in the PDF format should meet the IEEE requirements. For more detailed information please see

Simplified Requirements for Creating PDF Documents  

For the proper formatting you may use IEEE templates:

Microsoft Word Template

Download the TRANS-JOUR.DOC author's template for Microsoft Word. This file contains a template for you to use in creating your paper. You may also download the TRANS-JOUR.PDF file if you just want the instructions and not the template.

LATEX Template

  For PC and Mac, use: IEEEtran.zip LaTeX2e Transactions style file and IEEEtranBST.zip bibliography style file.

  For Unix, use: IEEEtran.tar.gz LaTeX2e Transactions style file and IEEEtranBST.tar.gz bibliography style file.

Illustrations and Photos

All illustrations must be cited in text and have numbers and captions. Graphs should show only the coordinate axes (or at most the major grid lines) to avoid a dense, hard-to-read illustration. The illustration should be readable at two columns' width (114mm or 4.5 inches). Submit photocopies for the initial manuscript review. Original illustrations should be submitted with the final accepted version. If you have screen shots, please submit them in electronic format (.EPS, Sun PS, TIFF, .PCX, MacPaint, Pict, Windows .BMP, or GEM.IMG). Color photographs should be submitted as slides or transparencies or as TIFF files. Black-and-white prints should be glossy, have good contrast, and measure at least 7*10 cm (3 by 5 inches). Color illustrations will usually be reproduced in black and white unless author(s) agrees to pay an extra charge (depending on the number of figures) starting from US$ 1045.

Membership status

Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are a member of: 1) IEEE, 2) Industrial Electronics Society, or 3) neither of the above.

go to topReview Process

The review process includes six steps:

  1. When a manuscript is received on Manuscript Central, the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) is automatically notified by electronic mail.
  2. The EIC check for proper format and the scope  and assigns the manuscript to a subject-matter Associate Editor (AE) that will be responsible for conducting the peer review of the manuscript.
  3. The AE then selects a minimum of three subject-matter experts to review the manuscript and AE initiates the review process.
  4. Upon completion of manuscript review, each reviewer completes two detailed evaluations - one for the editorial leadership and one for the author(s).
  5. When all reviews are completed, the AE collects review comments, coordinates the comments, drafts a recommendation based upon reviewer recommendations and personal evaluation of the manuscript, and forwards the recommendation to the EIC for final editorial decision.
  6. The EIC reviews the recommendation along with reviewer comments, arrives at a final decision, and notifies the Corresponding Author (the author that submitted the manuscript for review) of the results of the review.

go to topManuscript Decisions

Manuscript evaluations are assigned one of four outcomes: Accept, Minor Revisions, Major Revisions, and Reject. Clearly, the review process results in an extremely low percentage of submitted manuscripts receiving an "Accept" evaluation on the first review. Most manuscripts require revision! Manuscripts requiring "Minor Revision" may or may not require a second review. The nature of the required revision(s) will be the determining factor. All manuscripts receiving a "Major Revision" evaluation must be subjected to a second review. Where possible, the same AE and reviewers will be used to accomplish the second review to ensure consistency between the initial review and the second review. Rejected manuscripts are given no further consideration.

Normally, manuscripts that receive a "Major Revision" decision has only one additional chance for revision. If the author(s) failed to make satisfactory changes in the manuscript, the manuscript is rejected. Only in extremely rare cases is a manuscript allowed to receive a third review.

go to topPage Charges

Mandatory Overlength Page Charges

The regular paper page length limit is defined as 8 formatted Transactions pages, including illustrations, references and author(s) biographies. Pages nine and above are charged US$160 per page and payment is a prerequisite for publication. Authors will be notified of any assessed charges when galley proofs are sent for review. However, authors are urged to take it into account when submitting and revising their paper.

Page Charges

After a paper has been accepted, the author's organization will be requested to pay $ 110 per printed page to cover part of the publication cost. The page charges are not obligatory nor is their payment a prerequisite for publication. The author will receive 100 reprints without covers if the page charge is honored. Detailed guidelines on page charges will accompany the galley proofs from IEEE.

go to topSubmission Policy and Copyright

All manuscripts submitted for publication should be original. Manuscripts published or under consideration for publication elsewhere will not be considered. Manuscripts published in conference proceedings with limited circulation may be considered for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics if they are exceptionally important or contain substantial new results.

It is the policy of IEEE to own the copyright to the technical contributions it publishes. To comply with the U.S. Copyright Law, authors are required to sign an IEEE copyright transfer form (http://www.ieee.org/copyright/) before publication. This form returns to authors and their employer full rights to reuse their material for their own purposes.

Since January of 2007 instead of submitting hardcopy of the IEEE copyright it is possible to submit it electronically by going to ManuscriptCentral/Author Center/Manuscripts with Decision/ and pressing the "Create ECF". This can only be done if paper has the "accept" status in the ManuscriptCentral system. 

go to topClosing Comment

Authors should remember that, with the exception of the Journal Administrator, all members of the Editorial Board are volunteers having employment making significant time demands. Service activities for IEEE must, by nature, not be a first priority. Therefore, authors should understand this if the time period between submission and decision is longer than desired.

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