Paper submission
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Proceedings of ISCS2008 will be published as a special edition of physica status solidi (c) following normal reviewing procedure according to the standards of physica status solidi (c).
Authors of accepted abstracts are requested to submit their manuscript on-line on the Wiley-VCH server http://conferences.wiley-vch.de . Deadline for the submission of manuscripts for ISCS2008 proceedings is September 12, 2008.
To submit your manuscript you must have previously submitted an abstract and received confirmation that it has been accepted.
Logging in:
If you already have an ID and a password for this system, use them to log on. If not, register by
clicking on the respective link.
Follow these instructions to
A. submit your manuscript(s)
B. check the status of your submitted manuscript(s) and read reports
C. resubmit a revised manuscript
A. SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT:
Click on “Create manuscript” on the left side of the screen and follow the instructions.
File names: Please use only Latin characters for the file name, and only lower-case letters for the
format extension.
Please use clear, self-explaining file names. Example: smith_version2.doc.
Please upload at least one seperate pdf of your manuscript.
Free-To-Use PDF converters are available via the internet e.g., PDFCreator at
http://www.pdfforge.org/
or PDF Online at http://www.gohtm.com/convert_pdf.asp
Once you have uploaded a file, you can no longer modify it. Please click on the “submit” button to
complete your submission. In case you do not want to submit your uploaded paper, please
contact the corresponding Guest Editor Martin Walther by Email iscs2008@iaf.fraunhofer.de. He will be able to delete the incorrect
manuscript.
B. CHECKING THE STATUS OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT(S)
The link “View Details” will lead to a page with all current information on your manuscript,
including reports, if there are any.
C. RESUBMITTING A REVISED MANUSCRIPT:
Once you have been asked to revise your manuscript, a link “Upload file” will appear on the right
side of the manuscript overview list, leading you directly to the upload page. Upload the new
file(s) and click on “Submit” again.
Please DON’T create a new manuscript when submitting a revised version, but upload the new
file(s) to the already existing manuscript.
Please indicate in the “cover letter” text field whether your manuscript is a new submission or
a revised version.
D. FORMAT AND LENGTH RESTRICTIONS
- Please be sure to meet the length restrictions, which are four pages for contributed papers and six pages for invited and plenary papers.
- Prepare your manuscript using Microsoft Word . It is essential that you use the provided template and style files, respectively, to enable an easy length estimate of your article. All textual material (incl. tables, captions, etc.) should be in a single file.
- Microsoft Word: Please use the document template package pssc_abc_2008_word.zip.
- In addition to the Word file, please accompany your submission by one printable file (PDF or Postscript, using only standard fonts Times New Roman and Symbol; some fonts such as Asian or Russian character fonts may cause problems) of your entire manuscript including the text as well as all tables and figures.
- Supporting information, for example videos or animations (to be published in the online version), should be mentioned both in the cover letter and in the manuscript. These files should be included in your submission to the guest editors.
- For publication in physica status solidi (c), production will be done using your publication-ready manuscript file. You will not receive page proofs for correction.
Title and author information
- A corresponding address valid for the entire period from submission until publication must be given, especially if the current address differs from the author's affiliation in the paper.
- Please identify the corresponding author and add e-mail, phone, and fax as a footnote.
- A maximum of six PACS numbers must be given (PACS 2008 at www.aip.org/pacs ).
- An abstract of about ten lines is required.
Figures and tables
- Figures must be submitted ready for reproduction. Lettering/symbols should be large and clear enough in the final figure size . Avoid small open symbols, small dots, small decimal points, hairlines, close-dotted or short-dashed lines. Draw a closed axes frame in diagrams. For numbers, use a decimal point instead of a comma.
- Figures and tables should be embedded in the manuscript file, in order to indicate their appropriate positions and required space. Figures must only be submittes as separate files (PS/EPS, TIF, GIF, PDF).
- Colour figures submitted in electronic format will generally remain in colour in the internet PDF version of an article at no cost. Print version will be black/white unless colour figures are purchased using the colour print authorization on the Reprint Order Form.
Quantities and equations
- Both in the text and in equations, physical quantities should be given in italic , vectors in bold italic , units in upright letters. Tabulated functions should be given in upright letters.
Formatting of literature citations
- References should be numbered [in square brackets] and listed in the order of appearance at the end of the manuscript. In Word, it is not recommended to insert references as endnotes. Please apply the format used in physica status solidi from 2003 (see www.pss-a.com, www.pss-b.com, www.pss-c.com ).
Questions regarding paper submission should be forwarded by email to the conference secretary iscs2008@iaf.fraunhofer.de
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