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AUTHOR GUIDELINES || REVIEWER GUIDELINES
 

 

Author Guidelines

 

Write for Design and Test: Author Guidelines

Design & Test publishes diverse types of editorial content. Feature articles�which include Cover Features, Best Practices, Perspectives, and Research Features�provide a strong mix of case studies, opinion pieces, and solutions to technical problems. Design & Test periodically publishes Special Issues on leading-edge topics that have been proposed by guest editors. Authors can submit manuscripts for publication as Best Practices, Perspectives, or Research Features on any topic within Design & Test's scope at any time. All articles are peer-reviewed before publication.
 

In addition to feature articles, Design & Test publishes numerous columns to which you can contribute. If you're interested in contributing to a column, please contact the specific column editor or Theo Theocharides, Design & Test's General Column Editor.

 

These author guidelines describe how to prepare a manuscript for publication in Design & Test. Once your manuscript is completed and in compliance with these guidelines, we invite you to submit it for peer review by following the online submission process in our ScholarOne Manuscripts Author Center.
 

Scope

Design & Test covers all aspects of the design and test of electronic and solid state circuits and systems engineering, technology, and applications. Articles must be relevant to practice, stressing meaningful applications of principles to important problems. Case studies should include enough detail so that readers can relate them to their own situation.

Research Features should be written at a level of abstraction that will be understandable to Design & Test's broad readership. Best Practices articles should clearly state the applicability of the concepts. Perspectives should provide a stimulating commentary on a topic of general interest to computing professionals.

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Writing style

Today's readers need to grasp information quickly. Extremely long articles presented in a passive writing style don't meet this need. Authors should strive for active verbs and straightforward declarative sentences, making every effort to help readers understand the concepts presented. An article should be comprehensible to all Design & Test readers, regardless of their specialty or research focus.

At least 15 percent of article length should be tutorial, describing the principles or techniques of existing approaches and their advantages and disadvantages. A brief literature survey does not satisfy this requirement. Articles should have sufficient introductory material�a minimum of one paragraph, and no more than five paragraphs. They should also include a brief conclusion�ideally, one or two paragraphs�that doesn't merely repeat the introduction or summarize the article but reflects on lessons learned or points to the future.

Articles should be augmented with relevant tables, drawings, charts, graphs, screen captures, or photographs. Text and any accompanying illustrations that are tangential to the main thrust of the article should be put into sidebars, which should contain at least 250 words.

Please note that accepted manuscripts will be edited, often extensively, to convey the magazine's unique voice and to conform to our style.

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Manuscript length

Design & Test is looking for succinct, practical, readable articles that will appeal to experts and nonexperts alike.

Feature articles shouldn't exceed 5,000 words (minimum 4,500 words), including text, bibliography, and author biographies. Columns shouldn't exceed 2,500 words (minimum 1,500 words), including text, author biographies, and table text. Each figure and table is counted, on average, as 200 words. Any article that exceeds these word counts may be rejected automatically without going through the review process. Article titles shouldn't exceed nine words. This amounts to about 4,000 words of text and a maximum of five small to medium figures.

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References

Feature articles should contain no more than 12 references (30 for surveys) to other published works. Authors should include a References section at the end of their manuscript, with citations listed in numerical order following the sequence in which the works are cited in the text. Sidebars can contain additional references; these shouldn't duplicate any of the citations in the References section at the end of the article. Columns in Design & Test don't have a References section; a limited number of references may be included parenthetically in the text. Important websites mentioned in all feature articles and columns should be followed by the URL, in parentheses, upon first use. Each reference must include the author's name, the full title of the work, the publisher, the date of publication, and, in the case of articles or chapters within a work, inclusive page numbers. If page numbers aren't available or the work cited hasn't been formally published, a URL must be provided so that readers can access the work online.

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Illustrations

All illustrations must be cited in the text, numbered sequentially, and have captions that identify the subject and briefly describe what is going on. Graphs should show only the coordinate axes (or at most the major grid lines) to avoid dense, hard-to-read illustrations. Line drawings should be clear so that our graphic artist can reproduce them using the magazine's visual style. To minimize potential layout problems, related figures described within the same section of text should be grouped together when practicable and identified as parts (a), (b), and so on.

If your paper is accepted for publication, to achieve the best print quality, please submit a separate electronic image (rather than an embedded or derivative version)�preferably in a graphic format such as TIFF, EPS, or PS�for each figure we will be publishing with your article. The figures we publish in Design & Test are usually at least 4 inches (24 picas) wide. If you send an image that is 4 inches wide, it should be at least 1,000 pixels. Larger images should have a proportionately larger number of pixels (multiply the inches by 270 to get the approximate number of pixels).

If you're sending an image off the Web, it must be at least 4 inches wide. If you're sending screen shots, they should be approximately 12 inches wide. To capture screen shots, use a large monitor set at its highest resolution. Our production artist can reduce these images to 4 inches and process them to achieve the required resolution. If your original images are smaller than 12 inches, using a large monitor set at its highest resolution will help achieve a better screen shot. Please don't use a format that compresses the file. We prefer not to use GIF or JPEG images because they can be grainy or blurry in print.

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Biographical sketch

Manuscripts accepted for publication should be accompanied by a brief biographical sketch for each author. Biographical information should include only the following information: Current title or position, up to three research interests, highest academic degree, discipline in which the degree was awarded, granting institution, membership in relevant professional societies (such as the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the ACM), and e-mail address.

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Copyright form and clearances

The author must secure all necessary copyright clearances. A completed IEEE copyright form must be submitted before the article can be published in Design & Test. All manuscripts submitted for publication should be original. Manuscripts published or under consideration for publication elsewhere won't be considered. Manuscripts published in conference proceedings with limited circulation may be considered for publication in Design & Test if they're exceptionally important or contain substantial new results. For more copyright information and an online copy of the form, please refer to:

http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/copyrightmain.html

If you or your company would like to order bulk copies of the issue in which your article will appear, please visit the IEEE reprints page for prices and details.

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How to Submit

The IEEE Design and Test employs a secure, Web-based manuscript submission and peer-review tracking system. Authors who wish to submit to Design & Test must use ScholarOne Manuscripts to upload their submissions to this all-electronic system. The first-time user must create a new account. The site provides detailed instructions on usage.

ScholarOne Manuscripts is an efficient tool that significantly reduces the time required for the peer-review process. More information can be found in the Design & Test's Author Center.

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Special issue proposal submissions

Design & Test welcomes proposals from experts in a computing niche who would like to serve as guest editors of a special issue. Send them to the EDITOR IN CHIEF. Guidelines for proposing a special issue are also available.

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Checklist for accepted manuscripts

Does your manuscript include:

  • No more than 5,000 words (minimum 4,500 words), including references and illustrations, for feature articles, and no more than 2,500 words (minimum 1,500 words, including illustrations, for columns

  • Reproducible figures submitted as separate files

  • No more than 12 references (30 for surveys) (in-text references only for columns)

  • A biography of each author

  • A 100 word abstract

  • Keywords

  • A signed copyright form (only one signature required in the case of multiple authors)

  • Permission letters for reprinted material

  • Coordinating author's e-mail address, complete mailing address, phone and fax numbers

  • Mailing address for each coauthor


Reviewer Guidelines

Every article published in Design & Test is reviewed in advance of publication to evaluate its contribution and ensure technical veracity. Authors may request that their names and affiliations be withheld from the reviewers. Design & Test publishes diverse types of editorial content; feature articles�which include Cover Features, Best Practices, Perspectives, and Research Features�provide a strong mix of case studies, opinion pieces, and solutions to technical problems. Design & Test periodically publishes Special Issues on leading-edge topics that have been proposed by guest editors. Authors can submit manuscripts for publication as Best Practices, Perspectives, or Research Features on any topic within Design & Test's scope at any time. Only those articles deemed to be the most significant, innovative, and of high current interest are chosen for publication.

Reviewer Conduct

To guarantee fairness to the author, the reviewer for a manuscript submitted to Design and Test should abide by a number of guidelines including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Respond within the allotted time.
  • Provide sound, constructive reviews.
  • Assume that papers submitted for publication are not meant to be public.
  • Not use material from a refereed paper.
  • Not share material from a refereed paper.
  • Not distribute copies of a refereed paper unless the material is already public.
  • Inform the associate editor in charge, special-issue guest editor, or editor in chief if there are any conflicts of interest involved in refereeing a paper.

The IEEE does outline review guidelines for IEEE referees in the IEEE Policy "6.4.1.B Publication Principles�Reviewers of Manuscripts." Items specific to the conduct of the referee are highlighted here. However, do note that Design & Test is not the same as an IEEE Transactions journal; there are significant differences:

Scope

Design & Test covers all aspects of the design and test of electronic and solid state circuits and systems engineering, technology, and applications. Articles must be relevant to practice, stressing meaningful applications of principles to important problems. Case studies should include enough detail so that readers can relate them to their own situation. Research Features should be written at a level of abstraction that will be understandable to Design & Test's broad readership. Best Practices articles should clearly state the applicability of the concepts. Perspectives should provide a stimulating commentary on a topic of general interest to computing professionals.

Writing style

Authors should strive for active verbs and straightforward declarative sentences, making every effort to help readers understand the concepts presented. An article should be comprehensible to all Design & Test readers, regardless of their specialty or research focus. At least 15 percent of article length should be tutorial, describing the principles or techniques of existing approaches and their advantages and disadvantages. A brief literature survey does not satisfy this requirement. Articles should have sufficient introductory material�a minimum of one paragraph, and no more than five paragraphs. They should also include a brief conclusion�ideally, one or two paragraphs�that doesn't merely repeat the introduction or summarize the article but reflects on lessons learned or points to the future.

Manuscript length

Design & Test is typically looking for succinct, practical, readable articles that will appeal to experts and non-experts alike. Feature articles shouldn't exceed 5,000 words (with each average-size figure counting as 200 words), including text, bibliography, and author biographies, and should contain no more than 12 references (30 for surveys) to other published works.

Confidentiality

Although the reviewers may know the name of the writer, writers do not learn the names of the reviewers. Reviewers are instructed not to disclose their identity; authors can also request that their identity not be disclosed. Inappropriate remarks are deleted before material is sent to authors.

Electronic Records

Reviews must be submitted electronically through ScholarOne Manuscripts. Reviewers are instructed not to keep a copy of the manuscripts reviewed. Until they are accepted for publication, manuscripts are the property of the author.

What to do and what not to do

It takes a good deal of time and effort to develop a manuscript that is technically relevant and readable to the standards of Design & Test. Detailed reviews are invaluable for improving overall technical quality, utility, and readability.

Reviewers are encouraged to:

  • Keep reviews objective.
  • Pay attention to organization and technical content by commenting on the technical significance and accuracy of the work.
  • Identify and note the type of manuscript (research, tutorial, survey, or case study).
  • Comment on the appropriateness of methods, analyses, results, and conclusions.
  • Suggest specific improvements; identify specific areas that can be removed.
  • Correct errors and misconceptions.
  • Recognize that Design & Test has a word limit of 5,000 words, including 200 words for each figure and table.
  • Look at the references for appropriateness; Design & Test generally accepts 12 references as a maximum.
  • Provide tips that will help the author to:
    • state appropriate, accurate, and relevant conjectures and results;
    • employ better definitions, diagrams, tables, graphs, and examples;
    • present clear applications of the principles contained in the paper;
    • make the article technically consistent and complete; and
    • organize the material to help the reader understand the issues presented.
  • Reject manuscripts that require extensive revision or reside outside the scope of Design and Test.
  • Reject manuscripts with trivial or insignificant results or minor contributions to the subject area even if they are well written.

Reviewers are discouraged from:

  • Reviewing manuscripts found personally objectionable.
  • Reviewing manuscripts that are not of personal interest.
  • Spending excessive time correcting grammar, spelling, and voice. Staff editors will collaborate with the authors of accepted papers on magazine style and organization.
  • Identifying themselves or their own work.
  • Including personal comments and biases about the author and subject matter.
  • Rejecting manuscripts that require a simple reorganization.
  • Rejecting long papers that try to do too much. Instead, reviewers should point out which parts are most important and describe how to revise the manuscript to give it focus.

Review Process

You may use the public comments section of the review form to address comments to the author about the submission.

It is expected that reviewers submit their reviews by the timelines requested by the magazine (normally three weeks). The complete review process normally varies from four to six months, and so a timely response from reviewers is key to ensuring timely releases of magazine issues.. The peer review process allows publications such as Design & Test to continually present the highest quality articles to its readers and to maintain a reputation for quality and integrity. Volunteer contributions such as manuscript reviewing is much appreciated.

Revisions

Reviewers who recommend major revisions to an article are instructed to point these out specifically and differentiate optional changes from mandatory ones. If extensive revisions are required, the EIC of Design & Test will occasionally  reject the manuscript and recommend the preparation of a new, heavily revised version for resubmission. Manuscripts may also be rejected on the basis of low readership interest.

Special Issue Reviewers

Reviews of submissions for special issues are handled entirely by the guest editors, who then supply Design & Test with the completed reviews.

In the Case where a Preliminary/Conference Version is supplied

If the author provided a previously published conference paper, please check the submission to determine whether a sufficient amount of new material has been added to warrant publication in Design & Test. New results are not an absolute requirement; however, the submission should contain expansions of key ideas, examples, elaborations, and so forth, of the conference paper.

 

 

 

 

 

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