IMTC 2007 SPECIAL ISSUE
OF IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
The IMTC 2007 Special Issue of
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, intended to promote
best results presented at IMTC 2007, will be published in August 2008.
The IMTC 2007 Special Issue will
contain 40-60 papers selected on the basis of the results of regular peer review
of the manuscripts submitted for consideration by the participants of IMTC 2007.
Each manuscript should be based on a paper published in the IMTC 2007
Proceedings and presented at IMTC 2007, but it must be significantly extended
beyond the scope of that paper (both in terms of research results and their
methodological and technical background).
The deadline for manuscripts
submission is June 30, 2007.
Guest Editor
Preparation for manuscript submission
Manuscript submission and tracking
Guest Editor
Dr. Richard Thorn,
the Guest Editor of the IMTC 2007 Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, has M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Bradford
University, UK. He has held research or academic positions in Australia, Norway
and the UK, with particular research interests in multiphase flow measurement,
instrument validation and measurement education. Until the end of 2006 he was
Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Business, Computing and Law, and Professor of
Measurement Systems at the University of Derby, UK. Since January 2007, he has
been Professor and Head of the School of Electrical Engineering, Victoria
University, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Richard Thorn's
research activity has always been related to Measurement Science and Measurement
Technology. Specific current interests include the validation of complex
instruments, and the application of VR technology to the development and testing
of measurement systems. He has published ca. 70 papers. He has edited or
co-authored 4 books, including the internationally acclaimed two-volume
Handbook of Measurement Science (1982, John Wiley & Sons), and
the three-volume Handbook of
Measuring System Design (2005, John Wiley & Sons). He has been also Editor
of Australian Journal of Instrumentation and Control.
Preparation
for manuscript submission
The manuscript, together with the
accompanying documents – viz. the manuscript submission cover letter, the
IEEE copyright transfer form, and the overlength page charge form – must be
submitted electronically using the
web-based submission system. Prior to submission of the
manuscript, its author, especially if he/she has not yet used that system,
should register and obtain a password that will enable him/her to enter the
system and read Authors Instructions and Manuscript Upload
Instructions. Both instructions contain information of vital importance for
the problem-free submission. In particular, Authors Instructions provide
the guidelines for the preparation of the manuscript. Since the manuscript will
be submitted for publication in the IMTC 2007 Special Issue of IEEE
Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, it should clearly refer to
the corresponding IMTC 2007 Proceedings paper, included in the list of
references. Moreover, the manuscript submission cover letter must provide
detailed explanation how the manuscript is a technically extended version of the
IMTC 2007 Proceedings paper.
After entering the system for
submission, the authors will be instructed on the submission of the copyright
transfer form and the overlength page charge form. But they should be prepared
to answer some key questions prior to entering the system. In particular, the
preparation of the copyright transfer form should be started by deciding which
of the following three forms is to be signed:
- the IEEE Copyright
Form,
- the US Government
Employee Certification Form, or
- the Crown Government
Employee Certification Form.
The choice depends on the author's
copyright status which is determined to a large extent by the type of employer
for whom the author works. In particular:
- If all the authors
are employed by the US Government, then one of them should sign the US
Government Employee Certification Form. However, if at least one of the authors
is employed by a private enterprise, then he/she should sign the IEEE Copyright
Form.
- If
all the authors are employed by a Crown Government, then one of them should sign
the Crown Government Employee Certification Form. However, if at least one of
the authors is employed by a private enterprise, then he/she should sign the
IEEE Copyright Form.
The authors, who are authorized to
sign a copyright transfer form, should use the electronic IEEE Copyright Form
integrated with the web-based system for submission of the manuscripts. The
authors, who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should
download the paper version of a
copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person
to sign it.
The papers whose length is not
exceeding 6 journal pages will be published free of charge; for each extra page,
the author will be charged 200 USD. The corresponding overlength page charge
form, signed by the author, should therefore accompany the manuscript.
Notice:
The IMTC 2007 paper identifier should be put in the upper right-hand corner of
every document to be submitted.
Manuscript
submission and
tracking
The manuscript – together with the
manuscript submission cover letter, the IEEE copyright transfer form and the
overlength page charge form – must be submitted electronically using the
web-based submission system before June 30, 2007.
After entering this system, using the password received during registration,
the author will be asked whether the manuscript is for a special issue or a regular issue.
He/she should click "special issue", and then mention in the cover letter that it is for IMTC.
The authors will receive an automatic confirmation of their submission via e-mail and will be able to monitor the review progress by themselves – without contacting Guest Editor or Editorial Office – using the same site, the same password and the assigned manuscript number.
The authors, who are not authorized
to sign a copyright transfer form, should:
-
after entering the
electronic copyright transfer form, click the "Yes" button when asked "Should
another author or a corporate officer complete the electronic copyright form?";
-
send the copyright
transfer form, signed by another author or a corporate officer, to the Editorial
Office by fax: +1-507-929-0471.
Further
information and help:
Mrs. Cam Ingelin
Editorial
Assistant
E-mail: c.ingelin@ieee.org