Special Issue of Nanotechnology

The full-length papers presented at the Symposium may be published in a special issue of Nanotechnology (this journal of Institute of Physics Publishing covers all aspects of nanometre scale science and technology) provided they do not appear in substantially the same form in published Symposium materials.

According to the agreement with the Journal Editorial Board

  • the total length of the paper (including all illustrations, equations and tables) is to be limited to 6 printed journal pages
  • each paper submitted will be refereed to the usual standards of quality for the journal
  • the initial refereeing will be run during the Symposium by experts selected by the Programme Committee from the participants
  • the issue will be published in December 2001.

To estimate the length of contribution authors may use the following figures: 900 words per full-text journal page and about 150 words per average (85 x 85 mm) one-column illustration or table.

In order to meet the above requirements the Organizers need to set, and stick to, very tight schedule for preparation and further reviewing of these papers. The main deadlines of this schedule are

  • submission of all materials to the Organizing Committee — June 18, 2001
  • forwarding referees' reports to authors (if amendment or revision need)  — August 1, 2001
  • submission of amended (revised) versions to IoPP — August 14, 2001
  • final versions of accepted papers reach IoPP — mid-September, 2001

The Organizers and Editorial Board hope that the authors appreciate the need to meet such tight schedule in order for their paper to appear in the special issue.

Authors missing the deadline could probably have their articles included as regular papers in a future issue of Nanotechnology. The IoP Editorial Office at the Ioffe Institute is ready to assist Russian-language authors in preparation and submission such kind papers in the journals.

  Assessment and Production Procedures

Full-length papers to be submitted for publication will be under normal refereeing procedure used in IoP journals. Every paper is scrutinized by two independent experts who, as referees, advise the editors as to whether the paper should be accepted or rejected. The referees are asked to take into account the subject matter, quality and presentation in reaching their recommendations. Authors may be asked to revise their papers in the light of the referees' comments. If referees give conflicting advice, a senior referee acts as an adjudicator. If the referees recommend rejection the author may appeal to the Editorial Board for further consideration.

The Organizers are supposed to run initial consideration of full-length papers during the Symposium with the assistance of experts selected by the Programme Committee from the Symposium participants. The further referees as well as senior referees (if need) will be assigned by Journal’s Editors.

All further communications with authors will be provided by

Nina Couzin
Publisher
IoP Publishing
Dirac House, Temple Back
Bristol BS1 6BE, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1179297481
Fax: +44 (0)1179294318
E-mail:nano@iop.org.

  Submission of Papers

Full length papers (text and illustrations) should be submitted both electronically and in hard copy to the special representative of the Organizing Committee at registration. The materials should include

  • three copies of paper printout
  • text and figure files packaged together into one compressed archive.
Authors will also be asked to check and sign Submission and Assignment of Copyright Forms.

   Electronic files

The text of the paper can be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or in any common variant of TeX (including LaTeX, REVTeX, AMS-TeX, etc). Figures should be submitted as separate files, preferably in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) or TIFF formats.

If authors include in full-length papers the figures fully coinciding with figures used in their extended abstracts they may request the Organizers for final (edited and converted in EPS format) electronic versions of these illustrations. The requests should to be indicated in the Submission Form.

The text and figure files should be packaged together into one archive and compressed using a common utility such as PKZip, tar+gzip or Stuffit. For detailed instructions see Electronic Submissions guidelines.

Authors are asked to strictly follow the file-naming convention according to the following examples.

Paper code Text file Figure 1 Compressed file
QW/SL.10p QWSL10.* QWSL10_1.eps QWSL10.zip
TN.01i TN01.* TN01_1.eps TN01.zip
2DEG.08p 2DEG08.* 2DEG08_1.eps 2DEG08.zip

Please note that slash and dot in paper code should be omitted.

  Preparation of Papers

Authors can find detailed instructions on paper preparation in Note for Authors. Some insertions from this booklet are presented below.

   General

Conciseness in writing is of assistance to the reader, and is also an aid to cost reduction; but clarity is most important. Authors should also aim for consistency within a paper in matters such as hyphenation. A few points worth remembering are given below.
  • Keep jargon to a minimum; avoid unnecessary words.
  • Simple, short words are usually better than long ones.
  • Short sentences and paragraphs make reading easier.
  • Use the active rather than the passive voice.
  • Be careful to avoid the unattached participle: "After measuring the viscosities the record book disappeared".
  • Avoid mixing present and past tenses, especially in descriptions of experimental procedures.

   Abstract

The abstract should be informative and not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main results obtained and conclusions drawn. The abstract is not part of the text and should be complete in itself; no table numbers, figure numbers, references or displayed mathematical expressions should be included. It should be suitable for direct inclusion in abstracting journals and should not normally exceed 200 words.

   Text

Research papers ... should be divided into numbered sections, subsections and if necessary subsubsections, starting with 1. Introduction. The introduction should state clearly the object of the work, its scope and the main advances reported, with brief references to relevant results of other workers. In long papers it is helpful to indicate the way in which the paper is arranged and the results are presented. Good introductions are particularly important in long reviews.

Authors wishing to acknowledge assistance or encouragement from colleagues, special work by technical staff or financial support from organizations should do so in an unnumbered acknowledgments section immediately following the last numbered section of the paper.

Subsections should be numbered 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, etc. Where subsubsections are used they should be numbered 2.3.1, 2.3.2, etc.

Authors should have their text carefully checked for ambiguities, inconsistencies and linguistic errors before submitting it for publication. This is particularly important for authors who are not writing in their first language.

  Colour Illustrations and Multimedia

All Institute of Publishing journals

  • offer authors free reproduction of colour illustrations in the electronic versions of journals.
  • encourage authors to submit multimedia attachments (such as video clips, animation, data files or extra figures)
to enhance the online versions of published papers.

Multimedia items should be only supplements which enhance a reader's understanding of the paper but are not essential to that understanding. A variety of electronic formats are acceptable; for full details see Multimedia Section of Note for Authors or contact the Journal's Editors.