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IEEE Sensors Journal
Guide For
ReviewersUpdated
December 2007
Thank
you for agreeing to review manuscripts for the IEEE Sensors Journal.
Per your agreement with the Associate Editor, you should complete
the review within three weeks. You must complete your review online
using the features of Manuscript Central. Reminders of deadlines
will be sent automatically from Manuscript Central. If we do not
receive a response after the deadline passes, the Associate Editor
or the Sensors Journal Publications Office staff may also contact
you.
Any questions you may have about a specific manuscript or the review
process should be directed to the Associate Editor. Please refer to
the Manuscript Number in all correspondence or phone contacts with
the Associate Editor or the Sensors Journal's Publications Office.
IEEE Sensors Journal publishes both sensors letters and sensors
papers in the same volume.
Sensors
Letters:
Sensors
letters are limited to two journal pages, and are meant to enable
researchers and industrial practitioners to report original,
cutting-edge developments quickly to their colleagues in the sensor
community. The review cycle for letters has been shortened to two
weeks, and accepted sensors letters jump to the front of the
journal’s electronic and print publishing queues. Sensors letters
are accepted or rejected as submitted. Authors of rejected sensors
letters manuscripts may reuse or re-submit a manuscript that will be
treated as a new submission that will have to go through the entire
review process again.
The
review process is simple and straight forward, since the sensors
letters manuscripts must be either accepted for publication in IEEE
Sensors Journal or rejected.
Manuscripts appropriate for publication must possess certain key
feature such as length, format, novelty, timeliness, and that
constitute a significant advancement in the field of sensor
technology. In format, the manuscript must conform to the specific
instructions delineated in
http://www.ieee.org/sensors/sj, including a two-printed-page
limit.
IEEE
sensors letters manuscripts must also command a high level of reader
interest to warrant rapid publication. Further, the manuscript must
not have been published elsewhere and has not been simultaneously
submitted to another technical journal for publication.
Reviewers need to consider whether or not the manuscript satisfies
the five publication principles delineated in Section VIII of the
preparation of letters article published in IEEE Sensors Journal,
February 2006.
Sensors Papers:
The submission length should be 30 double-spaced pages or less,
including figures and author biographies. Remember that manuscripts
should not grow appreciably as they are revised, and when
appropriate probably should contract a bit. Authors should not state
the obvious in their papers, but only refer to established science
by providing a reference. The desirable published-manuscript length
is 8 single-spaced, double-column pages, so please help the author
identify, through your review, how the paper can be improved to save
space while still making full scientific disclosure.
The review categories are self-explanatory. However, two criteria
are NECESSARY for a recommendation of acceptance for publication:
NOVELTY (new science or a new approach to established science) and
APPROPRIATENESS (the manuscript is complete in and of itself, and is
a good "fit" with the Sensors Journal).
Please score the manuscript according to the following codes:
A = Manuscript is ready for publication as is.
AQ = Manuscript is almost ready for publication; the author should
be required to make some small amendments as noted in Section III of
the review form. The amended manuscript will not be returned to the
reviewers.
RQ = Manuscript requires some major changes by the author, and must
be returned to the reviewers for a second review round.
R1 = Reject (Paper is not of sufficient quality or novelty to be
published in this Journal).
R2 = Reject (A major rewrite is required. Author should be
encouraged to resubmit rewritten paper at some later time.)
R3 = Reject (Paper is seriously flawed; do not encourage
resubmission.)
For a score of R2, please provide detailed comments in Section II of
the online review form that will guide the effort of the author(s)
in amending the manuscript and preparing it for publication; or in
the event of a score of R1 or R3, that will help the author(s)
understand why the manuscript is considered unworthy for publication
at this time.
Reviews of manuscripts submitted to the transactions are "blind"
reviews, and the identity of every reviewer is carefully protected.
In a confidential portion of the online review form, you can suggest
additional reviewers for the manuscript, or record private remarks
to the Associate Editor about the manuscript. If the manuscript is
award-quality, please complete the appropriate section. Finally,
please keep your Manuscript Central reviewer profile information
current, in the event the Associate Editor recommends a second round
of reviews. You can update your profile from your “Reviewer Center”
screen in Manuscript Central.
The Sensors Journal appreciates your willingness to act as a
reviewer and will do everything possible so that you are not
overwhelmed with review requests. Our goal is to allow you to
complete one review before requesting your further participation.
Once again, thank you for serving as a reviewer for the Sensors
Journal. Your participation adds great value to the peer review
process.
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