IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 

Submission of a revised manuscript for review

 Manuscripts submitted for review must be in the IEEE double column format with single space 10p fonts and figures included. At this stage, please do not spend too much time following the IEEE format (see PDF requirements), but PDF file should be readable. We would like to see if figures are readable, how many printed pages are required and what is a general layout of the paper. It is also easier to review manuscript if text and figures are together.

In order to secure a fair review process authors' names and affiliations should be removed from the manuscript (they have to be entered only to MC electronic database). Please do not include authors' names, footnotes, acknowledgement, bios or photos. The only file which has to be submitted is the manuscript with response to reviewers' comments in PDF format (WORD files are also possible but please be sure that the file was properly converted by the submission system). Also, please do not submit copyright form at this time or anything which could identify authors' names and affiliation.

Submitting the manuscript follow this procedure:

1. Before submitting manuscript read the  the Check list below and modify manuscript accordingly.
2. Prepare manuscript in IEEE double column 10p format without information for authors' identification
3. Open web page http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tie-ieee
4. In the column "My Manuscripts" click on "Manuscript with decision"  and find the manuscript you want to revise.
5. Click on "create a revision" and follow submission steps.
6. At this time, please do not upload any other files except the manuscript in PDF or WORD format (text and figures)
7. Detailed step by step instructions can be found at http://tie.ieee-ies.org/tie/MCinf.html
8. Frequently asked questions can be found at http://tie.ieee-ies.org/tie/faq/index.html

Check list for manuscript sent for review

1.   Is your manuscript written in IEEE double column format with 10p font?   At this stage, it is not that essential that you  follow every detail of IEEE publishing format (for accurate formats you may visit http://www.eng.auburn.edu/tie/minimun-xplorepdf.pdf ) but please try to follow the format as closely as possible, so both you and the reviewers may evaluate the actual length of your paper.

2.   In order to secure  an unbiased review process we are asking authors NOT to include their names or affiliations inside of the manuscript. Please remove from manuscript all information, which can identify authors (such as acknowledgement). Please DO NOT upload authors' bios or signed copyright form. This information will be needed once manuscript is accepted.

3. Please include unsigned response to previous review next to the revised manuscript in the same pdf file. Highlight all changes made in the revised version of the manuscript.

4.  Please be sure that the manuscript is up to date.   It is expected that 10 to 20%  of references are to recent journal papers. You may find  http://tie.ieee-ies.org/tie/abs/index.htm a convenient web page to search through TIE papers.

5. Is your title adequate and is your abstract correctly written?  In the age of electronic publications it is not easy to be noticed (Industrial Electronics Society alone receives over 5,000 conference and journal papers per year).  Authors have to do everything possible so the paper will be noticed and read.  Therefore, very careful wording should be used in the title and in the abstract.  Without a proper title and abstract a great paper might never be downloaded from IEEE Xplore and read.

6. What is a likelihood of citation of your manuscript?  Please notice that very soon your technical accomplishments will be evaluated based on the number of citations but not based on the number of papers published.  Therefore, your paper should very clearly describe your accomplishments so other people can understand what is your original contribution.

7.   Is the manuscript clearly written?  Is the article exciting? Does the content flow well from one section to another? Please try to keep your manuscript on the proper level.  It should be easy to understand by well qualified professionals, but at the same time please avoid describing well known facts (use proper references instead). Often manuscripts receive negative reviews because reviewers are not able to understand the manuscript and this is authors' (not reviewers') fault.  Notice, that if reviewers have difficulties, then other readers will face the same problem and there is no reason to publish the manuscript.

8.   Do you have enough references?  We will usually expect a minimum of 15 to 25 references primarily to journal papers, depending on the length of the paper (if you have doubt please consider using the formula min_num_of_ref = 10 + 2 * num_of_pages to evaluate minimum number of references).  Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. All cited papers should be referenced within the text of the manuscript.

9.  Is the length of your manuscript adequate?  Please notice that for long papers, you may face mandatory overlength charges of $160 per page.  These are the limits: