Web page for manuscript submission
Authors are kindly advised to access this page for submitting their manuscripts.

*Web page for manuscript submission is out of service in maintenance perild(s) shown below:
        June 19, 2007 10:00-15:00 Japan Standard Time

Instruction for authors (in brief) (As of March 17, 2005)
Information for Authors in complete style is placed here. The contents would be subject to change without notification in advance. Authors who submit manuscript to ELEX are assumed to agree with Information for Authors. Concise guide for Japanese authors, typed in Japanese, is also available.

Scope:
IEICE ELECTRONICS EXPRESS (ELEX) is an all-electronic journal published twice a month by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) and edited by the Electronics Society in IEICE. ELEX publishes original, peer-reviewed papers that embrace the entire field of modern electronics, including: electron devices; integrated circuits; photonic devices, circuits and systems; electromagnetic theory; microwave and millimeter-wave devices, circuits and systems; micro- or nano-electromechanical systems; new functional devices and materials; and all other science and engineering for electronics.

Review policy:
ELEX publishes concise technical reports on outstanding inventions, innovation, and finding that have influential importance to electronics engineers. Rapid circulation of publication as well as article quality is deemed important for both contributors and subscribers working in the fast moving fields. For the promptness in reviewing and publishing procedures, authors are strongly advised to write their manuscripts clearly and simply so that the significance of their accomplishment can be readily spotted. All manuscripts are evaluated to be either "accepted for publication" or "rejected." Manuscripts that do not match the scope or the style regulation would be automatically rejected without being reviewed. Manuscripts that are evaluated as of minor values for electronics engineers might be rarely accepted even though they report novel results. Authors of manuscripts that could be potentially accepted after minor revision are informed by the corresponding Associate Editor of comments and suggestions, and they are advised to consider re-submission.

Preparing manuscript:
Manuscripts to ELEX are accepted via electronic submission only. Authors are requested to prepare manuscript by using one of the officially approved formats (LaTeX style file or Microsoft Word template), in which all the styles and formats are prescribed. Papers do not usually exceed six (6) pages of an A4-sized PDF file. The first page contains paper title, author list, affiliation(s), 100-word-abstract, keywords, and references. The main body of the text is limited to approximately 1,500 words. Manuscripts are allowed to have up to three (3) display items (Figures and/or Tables) in principle with brief captions as long as the final PDF file size would not exceed 2 MB. Since ELEX manuscripts are rapidly published as submitted (or at least minimum editing/formatting by publisher), it is essential to adhere to the provided templates. Instructions for including movie files in a PDF file are described in the template files.

For LaTeX users:

  1. LaTeX style file for ELEX: elex.cls
  2. LaTeX template file (also instructions): ELEX_template.tex
  3. Sample image files:
  4. Sample movie file: lens_scanner.mov

For MS Word users

  1. MS Word template (also instructions): ELEX_template.doc
  2. Sample movie file: lens_scanner.mov
  3. Sample PDF file with movie attached: ELEX_template.pdf

An example of manuscripts in ELEX style

  1. LaTeX source file: ELEX_exampleLATEX.tex
  2. LaTeX dvi file (in PDF format): ELEX_exampleLATEX.pdf
  3. MS-Word file (in PDF format): ELEX_exampleWord.pdf
Suggestion for authors preparing multi-color display items:
Color figures or movies can be included in ELEX manuscripts. Authors, however, should be reminded that some reviewers/readers might be colorblind. Authors are kindly advised to consider the following suggestions when preparing figures or movies:
  1. Avoid using combination of red and green. Use magenta (purple) and green instead.
  2. Do not overuse colors in the graphs but consider using different hatchings, shapes, line types (solid, dotted or dashed) or symbols for different curves.
  3. Note that red color does not appear bright or vivid for colorblind people. Avoid using red characters or symbols for the purpose of highlighting.
For further information, see this webpage: http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/

Submitting manuscript:
To submit manuscript to ELEX, authors should visit an IEICE website (https://review.ieice.org/regist_elex_e.aspx?cmdtype=ELEX) to complete a Manuscript Information Entry Form and to upload PDF manuscript. Authors are also requested to select the subject index (code and field) best fitting manuscript from the candidates. The index is used by the IEICE Publishing Office when directing manuscript to corresponding Associate Editor. Furthermore it is displayed in ELEX website and in archives for readers' convenience. The Editorial Committee may change the subject index that authors select, if the Editorial Committee judges that the authors' selection is not the best. Print and fill in a downloaded Copyright Transfer and Article Charge Agreement Form, and send it to the IEICE Publication Office via mail. Do not use FAX. If authors fail to print out the Agreement Form provided in manuscript submission website, they are advised to use its PDF version in this page. The manuscript would be automatically rejected irrespective of review results, if the Agreement Form is not received by the Publication Office within three (3) weeks after submission:
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg., Annex 3F
3-5-22, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0011 JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-3433-6692
E-mail: elex@ieice.org
Publishing paper:
An Associate Editor will carry out the manuscript review in as expeditious a fashion as possible (within seven (7) business days). If the manuscript is recommended for publication, authors will be asked to upload the following items to the IEICE website:
( ) a PDF file of peer-approved version manuscript,
( ) an electronic file of manuscript in either LaTeX or MS Word, and
( ) original art work in separate electronic files
Art submitted electronically is only acceptable as Encapsulated PostScript (.EPS) for graphics and MOV or MPG for movies. Self-descriptive file names such as fig1.eps and fig2.mpg are preferred. Authors will be informed of the detail instruction for uploading above items upon acceptance of paper.

Reading page proof:
Page proofs in the PDF format are sent to the corresponding author only once prior to the publication of the manuscript. Minor and typographical errors should be corrected on the printout or by PDF mark-up and returned to the IEICE Office via FAX, web, or e-mail within three (3) business days, after which the manuscript may be published as is. Papers are published on a first-come-first-served basis.

Article charge:
Upon accepted for publication, the authors are requested to pay a mandatory article charge of JPY 21,000 for a manuscript using LaTeX style file or JPY 31,500 for a manuscript using MS Word template. Including movie picture(s) costs extra JPY 3,150 per movie file.
*consumer tax of 5% is included

Authors are requested to pay by credit card. Please sign the Article Charge Payment on the Copyright Transfer Form at the time of submission, and return the Credit Card Payment Form when you send all the relevant files of your final manuscript after acceptance.

ATTENTION:
Authors have the chance to be offered for Exemption from Article Charge Payment if paper quality is very high（approx. 20 papers per year）.
If authors apply to this service, please write down the reason for applying this service at the time of submission. ELEX editorial committee judges the paper quality, and informs you of the judgment results.

Duplicate publication:
All submitted manuscripts must contain original work, i.e., there must be no other manuscript(s) of similar content, written by any or all of the authors, that have appeared in or have been submitted to other academic or commercial journals.
Academic journals refer to journals published by domestic or international institutions, in which submitted manuscript are published after review. Manuscripts that have already been published in the below-mentioned or other similar publications can be submitted to this journal, provided that the copyright of the manuscript is held either by the author(s) or by the IEICE: example of acceptable publications include, (1) books, newspapers, and bulletins published by public agencies, schools and companies, (2) proceedings of international conferences, abstracts of meetings and research gatherings of the IEICE and other academic societies, (3) bulletins published by universities, (4) lecture notes, (5) public notification of patents/patent abstracts, and other related publications.
If a manuscript is thought to be of duplicate publication, the IEICE Electronics Express Editorial Committee holds the right to investigate the case by inquiring the other institute(s) to which the similar manuscript has been submitted. Those authors who are discovered to have attempted duplicate publication may be suspended from submitting another manuscript to the IEICE Electronics Express.

Copyright:
The copyrights for all articles in journals published by the IEICE, whatever medium it may be presented, are automatically transferred to the IEICE. However, authors themselves may copy, translate or modify their own manuscripts. In such cases, when translating the manuscript or using all or most of the manuscript in other publications, authors should report the fact to the IEICE, and the original manuscript should be clearly cited in the publications. Even when only part of the manuscript is used, the reference for the original manuscript should be included, or the reference should be presented in the figure captions.

Citation:
IEICE ELECTRON EXPRESS is abbreviated as "IEICE Electron. Express."
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