Unless otherwise stated, submission of a manuscript will be understood to mean that the paper has been neither copyrighted, classified, published, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.
A duly signed transfer of copyright agreement form is required for publication in this journal. No claim is made to original U.S. Government works.
Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication will receive correspondence informing them of the issue for which it is tentatively scheduled. Authors will also receive an e-mail message containing instructions for transmitting electronic files to AIP Production. Date of publication may be before the cover date of the issue. Authors may access publication data for their manuscripts online through AIP's AMSIS service.
Proofs and all subsequent correspondence pertaining to papers in the production process should be addressed to:
- Editorial Supervisor
- Physics of Plasmas
- American Institute of Physics
- Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle
- Melville, NY 11747-4502 USA
- Telephone: 516-576-2384
- Fax: 516-576-2643
- E-mail: php@aip.org
Reference must be made to the AIP identification number, title, author, and scheduled issue date. A limited number of alterations in proof are unavoidable, but the cost of making extensive alterations after the article has been typeset may be charged to the author. Please do not address correspondence about proofs, reprints, artwork, publication charges, etc., to the Editor. To do so simply delays the appropriate action and response.
Accepted Manuscript Status Inquiry System (AMSIS): Through the AMSIS homepage, authors may access information about their accepted manuscript during the production process at AIP. AMSIS can be used only by authors of accepted manuscripts; direct requests about papers still under review to the Editorial Office.
Information regarding publication and color charges, copyrights, and similar material may be found on the inside front cover of each issue; also see general information for authors here.
How to Prepare Your Manuscript
For general format and style, consult the 1990 Fourth Edition of the AIP Style Manual, published by the American Institute of Physics and available free-of-charge for downloading. Note that there are some style requirements specific to the Physics of Plasmas. Information on these requirements is available from the Editorial Office [see mailing address above, or fax: 609-243-2427, or e-mail: physplas@pppl.gov] or can be accessed online.
The maximum length for Regular Articles is 11 typeset pages. Any paper exceeding this length will incur a charge of $150 per excess page, in addition to standard page charges.
Information regarding Letters appears under the heading of that section. Except for length, manuscripts are governed by the same criteria as longer articles. There is, however, a three-month time limit from date of receipt to acceptance for processing Letter manuscripts. Timeliness and current importance of the subject matter, and brevity and clarity of presentation determine the acceptability of contributions. Feasibility studies and proposals for future research will seldom be accepted. When submitting a manuscript, authors must include a brief statement justifying rapid publication in the Letters section. Each Letter should be self-contained and may on occasion be followed by a comprehensive article in Physics of Plasmas or elsewhere. The length of a Letter is limited to four (4) printed pages (eight columns) including space allowed for title, figures, tables, references, and an abstract. Letters that exceed this limit will be returned at galley stage with a note to the author(s) stating that a length adjustment is necessary.
Brief Communications include important research results of more limited scope than regular articles. The submission of material having a peripheral, or merely cursory, nature is strongly discouraged. Brief Communications are limited to four (4) printed pages. Similar to Letters, papers that exceed four pages will be returned.
Presentation: Authors are requested to follow certain basic rules required for speedy publication and a more satisfactory appearance of the published paper. The speed with which papers are processed in the Editorial Office and prepared for publication by the American Institute of Physics can be increased considerably if authors would follow these guidelines in the preparation of manuscripts.
The Manuscript, including the abstract, references, and captions, should be neatly typed in English, double-spaced, on one side only of 21.6 ?28 cm (8-1/2 ?11 in.) white paper with ample margins. It should be carefully proofread by the author. The manuscript must be in good scientific American English; this is the author's responsibility. Number all pages in single sequence beginning with the title and abstract page. The title page should contain the title of the article, the names of the authors, a suitable byline, and a short abstract only. Pages of the manuscript should be arranged in the following order: abstract, text, acknowledgments, appendices, references, tables, and figure captions. Papers should not be lengthened by unnecessary descriptions and repetitions, but neither should authors use a telegraphic style detrimental to the clarity and understanding of the paper.
The Title of the paper should be as concise as possible but sufficiently informative to describe the subject under discussion.
Authors' names should preferably be written in a standard form for all publications to facilitate indexing and avoid ambiguities.
The Abstract should be self-contained (contain no footnotes). One should not have to read the paper to understand the abstract. It should be adequate as an index (giving all subjects, major and minor, about which new information is given), and as a summary (giving the conclusions and all results of general interest in the article). The abstract should be limited to 150 words and be written as one paragraph; it should not contain displayed mathematical equations or tabular material. References that appear in the abstract must be fully cited there; numbered references begin in the body of the text.
Equations should be neatly typed, punctuated and aligned to bring out their structure, and numbered on the right. Mathematical operation signs indicating continuity of the expression should be placed at the left of the second and succeeding lines. Use ?rather than a centered dot, except for scalar products of vectors. The solidus (/) should be used instead of built-up fractions in running text, and in display wherever clarity would not be jeopardized. Use "exp" for complicated exponents.
Notation must be legible, clear, compact, and consistent with standard usage. All unusual symbols whose identity may not be obvious must be identified the first time they appear, and at all subsequent times when confusion might arise. Superscripts are normally set directly over subscripts; authors should note where readability or the meaning requires a special order.
Acknowledgments should appear under that heading at the end of the main text. Acknowledgment for financial support should appear as the last paragraph under this heading and not as a footnote on the cover page.
References and footnotes should be in the form indicated in the AIP Style Manual. References in the abstract must be cited there. Additionally, all machines, such as TFTR, JET, or LASNEX, must be given a general reference the first time they are mentioned in the abstract and again in the text. There should be no reference to classified publications even if the titles are unclassified. In all cases, "unpublished" references, including internal laboratory reports, are not acceptable. (An unpublished paper or an internal laboratory report may only be used if it is first deposited with AIP's EPAPS service.
The following are acceptable references:
- published journal articles,
- dissertations,
- published conference proceedings (indicate the host city and year of the conference, publisher's name and location, the year of publication, and page number),
- books,
- published U.S. Government reports (indicate the publisher, volume, page, and publication date),
- "to appear in..." and "submitted to ..." references where the journal and article title are identified, and
- private communications (indicating the year the communication took place).
Give the full author list, unless the list exceeds eight--it is then an option to list the first three authors, followed by et al. All text references (excluding tables and captions) should be listed in sequential order of appearance. All publishing company acronyms (AIP, U.P., IAEA, etc.) must be fully spelled out each time it is cited in the reference list. Titles of papers in journals are omitted except where the article has not yet been published. A list of abbreviations for journals appears in the AIP Style Manual.
Separate Tables (numbered with Roman numerals in the order of their appearance in the text) should be used for all but the simplest tabular material; they should have captions that make the tables intelligible without references to the text. The structure should be clear, with simple column headings giving all units. Footnotes to the table should be indicated by superscripts, a, b, c, etc., and begun anew for each table. Tables should appear on separate pages after the references.
Electronic Physics Auxiliary Publication Service (EPAPS) is a low-cost electronic depository for material that is supplemental to a journal article. Appropriate items for deposit include multimedia (e.g., movie files, audio files, 3D rendering files), color figures, data tables, and text (e.g., appendices) that are too lengthy or of too limited interest for inclusion in the printed journal. Retrieval instructions are footnoted in the related published paper. Prominent links in the online journal article allow users to navigate directly to the associated EPAPS deposit. EPAPS deposits may also be retrieved by users free of charge via command-line FTP or via the EPAPS homepage. Authors are encouraged to deposit multimedia files with EPAPS, and should consider depositing in EPAPS color versions of illustrations that will appear in black & white in the journal.
All deposits to EPAPS must be approved by the Journal Editor as part of a manuscript's normal review cycle and require a nominal deposit fee. Obtain deposit forms from the Journal Editor. For additional information about depositing or retrieving EPAPS files, see the EPAPS homepage.
Illustrations: Upon acceptance of your manuscript, authors are strongly encouraged to send all illustrations to AIP Production as electronic files. With your notification of acceptance, you will receive your AIP identification number (e.g., 001301PHP) and instructions for transmitting electronic graphics files to AIP Production. It is important that you send files to AIP as soon as you know the nine-character AIP code number (e.g., 001301PHP) assigned to your accepted manuscript; if your electronic files are received at AIP after hardcopy illustrations have been processed for your paper, the electronic files will not be used.
Please adhere to the following guidelines when preparing your illustrations for submission:
General Guidelines for Preparing Illustrations:
- Photocopies of artwork are not acceptable; a set of high-quality originals is required.
- Number figures in the order in which they appear in text.
- Label illustrations with their number, the name of the first author, and the journal well outside the image area.
- Place only one figure per page. Place all parts of the same figure on one page, spaced 1/4 inch apart, leaving a 2-inch bottom margin and ensuring that each figure is straight on the page.
- Label all figure parts with (a), (b), etc. Avoid any large disparity in size of lettering and labels used within one illustration.
- Prepare illustrations in the final published size, not oversized. The maximum published width for a one-column illustration is 3-3/8 inch (8.5 cm). Each illustration should be prepared for 100% reproduction in order to avoid problems arising from large reductions in size during scanning. This is especially important for screened or shaded illustrations; reduction of screened or shaded originals during the digitizing process introduces an undesirable Moir?pattern.
- In cases where reduction is required, avoid small open symbols that tend to fill in and avoid small lettering; ensure that, in the final published illustration, there is a minimum of 8-point type size (2.8 mm high; 1/8 inch high) for lettering and 0.5-point width for lines.
- Ensure that lettering and lines are dark enough, and thick enough, to reproduce clearly, especially if reduction is necessary. Remember that fine lines tend to disappear upon reduction.
Additional Guidelines for Preparation of Electronic Graphics Files:
- Do not send electronic graphics files to AIP Production until your paper has been accepted for publication and you know the corresponding nine-character AIP identification number for your paper (e.g., 001301PHP). Instructions for preparation and transmission of electronic graphics files to AIP Production may be found here.
Statement of Ethics and Responsibilities of Authors Submitting to AIP Journals
This journal is published as part of the charter of its publisher, the American Institute of Physics (AIP), to advance and diffuse knowledge of the science of physics and its applications to human welfare. To that end, it is essential that all who participate in producing the journal conduct themselves as authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers in accord with the highest level of professional ethics and standards.
A detailed statement of what this journal expects is available here.
By submitting a manuscript to this journal, each author implicitly confirms that it meets the highest ethical standards.
How to Transmit Your Accepted Manuscript Electronically
Compuscripts: AIP accepts the following author-prepared electronic text files for use in production: REVTeX, LaTeX, and Microsoft Word. Do not send an electronic text file to AIP Production until your manuscript has been accepted. Details and instructions may be found here.
AIP uses translation software to convert REVTeX, LaTeX, and MS Word files into Xyvision composition files for production. Each file will be evaluated for appropriateness; authors will receive notice with their galley proofs as to whether or not their file was used, along with a feedback form detailing any problems encountered in processing the file.
The REVTeX Toolbox and the Word Author Toolkit, as well as general information regarding AIP's compuscript program, are accessible here.
Manuscript Preparation Checklist
Use this checklist to avoid the most common mechanical errors in submitted manuscripts.
Checklist for Authors Mailing Papers:
- The manuscript must be one-sided only and must be double-spaced throughout.
- Number all pages in sequence, starting with the title page.
- Type title and abstract on a separate first page.
- Type (double-spaced) list of references (including footnotes), list of figure captions, and tables on pages separate from each other and from the main text.
- Type references in the style used by this journal.
- Submit (a) three clear copies of the manuscript with clear copies of figures and (b) the original high-quality figures.
- The original figures must be identified by figure number and author's name and must be in the final published size, not oversized.
- Mail a signed AIP Transfer of Copyright Agreement Form to the PoP Editorial Office. A blank copyright transfer form is available here.
Checklist for Authors E-Mailing Papers:
- Use the acceptable formats for text and figures (see above).
- E-mail the files attached to a cover message(s).
- Identify the corresponding author and supply mailing address, phone, and fax.
- Include information on any compression or encoding used.
- Send to plasmas@pppl.gov.
- Mail a signed AIP Transfer of Copyright Agreement Form to the PoP Editorial Office. A blank copyright transfer form is available here.
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