期刊名称：NEURAL PROCESSING LETTERS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Neural Processing Letters
Neural Processing Letters is an international journal publishing research results and innovative ideas in all fields of artificial neural networks. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit letters concerning any aspect of the Artificial Neural Networks field including, but not restricted to, theoretical developments, biological models, new formal modes, learning, applications, software and hardware developments, and prospective researches.
The journal promotes fast exchange of information in the community of neural network researchers and users. The resurgence of interest in the field of artificial neural networks since the beginning of the 1980s is coupled to tremendous research activity in specialized or multidisciplinary groups. Research, however, is not possible without good communication between people and the exchange of information, especially in a field covering such different areas; fast communication is also a key aspect, and this is the reason for Neural Processing Letters.
Indexing/Abstracting Services
Neural Processing Letters is indexed/abstracted in ACM Computing Reviews; ACM Guide to Computing Literature; CompuMath Citation Index; CompuTec; Emerald Abstracts; Engineering Index; INSPEC Information Services; The ISI Alerting Services; Neuroscience Citation Index; PASCAL-INIST/CNRS; Science Citation Index Expanded
Instructions to Authors
Online Manuscript Submission
Neural Processing Letters has a fully web-enabled manuscript submission and review system. This system offers authors the option of tracking in real time the review process of their manuscripts. The online manuscript and review system offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. It supports a wide range of submission file formats, including Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT and LaTeX for article text and TIFF, EPS, PS, GIF, JPEG and PPT for figures. PDF is not a recommended format.
Manuscripts should be submitted to:
http://nepl.edmgr.com
Authors are requested to download the Consent to Publish and Transfer of Copyright form from this system. Please send a completed and signed form either by mail or fax to the Neural Processing Letters Office.
NOTE: By using the online manuscript submission and review system, it is NOT necessary to submit the manuscript also as printout + disk. In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript online, please get in touch with the responsible Editorial Assistant by clicking on "CONTACT US" from the toolbar.
Electronic figures
Electronic versions of your figures must be supplied. For vector graphics, EPS is the preferred format. For bitmapped graphics, TIFF is the preferred format. The following resolutions are optimal: line figures - 600 - 1200 dpi; photographs - 300 dpi; screen dumps - leave as is. Colour figures can be submitted in the RGB colour system. Font-related problems can be avoided by using standard fonts such as Times Roman, Courier and Helvetica.
Colour figures
Colour figures may be printed at the author¡¯s expense. Please indicate at submission which figures should be printed in colour, the number of colour pages you prefer and to which address we can send the invoice. In addition, please specify if figures are to appear together on a colour page. Our standard prices are: for one page € 795, for two pages € 1250, for three pages € 1480 and for each subsequent page an additional € 230.
Language
We appreciate any efforts that you make to ensure that the language is corrected before submission. This will greatly improve the legibility of your paper if English is not your first language.
Reviewing Process
To avoid publication delays, no corrections will be allowed in a submitted paper. The reviewing process will be confidential, and submitted material will be accepted as it is, or rejected.
Manuscript Presentation
The journal's language is English. British English or American English spelling and terminology may be used, but either one should be followed consistently throughout the article. Please double-space all material, including notes and references. Quotations of more than 40 words should be set off clearly, either by indenting the left-hand margin or by using a smaller typeface. Use double quotation marks for direct quotations and single quotation marks for quotations within quotations and for words or phrases used in a special sense.
Number the pages consecutively with the first page containing:
- running head (shortened title)
- article type
- title
- author(s)
- affiliation(s)
- abstract
- keywords
- full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax number and e-mail address
Abstract
Please provide a short abstract of 100-250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified reference.
Keywords
Please provide 5 to 10 keywords or short phrases.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be listed after the abstract. Follow the style of the journal you submit your manuscript to.
Mathematical Symbols
Type or mark mathematical copy exactly as it should appear in print. Journal style for letter symbols is as follows: variables, italic type (indicated by underline); constants, roman text type; matrices and vectors, boldface type (indicated by wavy underline). In wordprocessor manuscripts, use appropriate typeface. It will be assumed that letters in displayed equations are to be set in italic type unless marked otherwise. All letter symbols in text discussion must be marked if they should be italic or boldface. Indicate best breaks for equations in case they will not fit on one line.
Section Headings
Headings should be in lower case letters and they must be identified by the use of numbers separated by decimals to indicate sections and subsections.
Follow the style of the journal you submit your manuscript to.
Footnotes and References
Footnotes should be kept to an absolute minimum and References should be gathered in a separate Reference section (see REFERENCE section for more information). Footnotes should be indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text, except for a footnote on the first page of the article referring to the title, which is to be indicated by an asterisk. In tables, footnotes are preferable to long explanatory material in either the heading or body of the table. Such explanatory footnotes, identified by superscript letters, should be placed immediately below the table.
Cross-Referencing
Please make optimal use of the cross-referencing features of your software package. Do not cross-reference page numbers. Cross-references should refer to:
- section number of a heading
- the number of a displayed equation
- the number of a table
- the number of a figure
- the number of an enunciation
- the name/year of a reference entry
In the text, a reference already identified by the author should be followed by the reference number in brackets.
Sample: Winograd et al. [1]
References
References to books, journal papers, articles in collections and conference or workshop proceedings, and technical reports should be collected in a list at the end of the paper and listed in numbered order. Follow the journal style.
References to books should include the author¡®s name;
title in full; publisher, place of publication, year of publication.
For example:
1. D. Marr, Vision, a Computational Investigation into the Human Representation & Processing of Visual Information, Freeman: San Francisco, CA, 1982.
References to essays in an edited collection should include the author¡®s name; title of essay; editor¡®s name; title of volume; first and last page numbers; publisher, place of publication; year of publication.
For example:
1. U.S. Bhalla and J.M. Bower, ¡¯¡¯Genesis: a neuronal simulation system¡®¡®, in F.H. Eeckman (ed.) Neural Systems: Analysis and Modelling, pp. 95-102, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, MA, 1993.
References to essays in conference proceedings should include the author¡®s name; title of essay; editor¡®s name; title of proceedings; first and last page numbers; place of conference, publisher and/or organization from whom proceedings can be obtained; year of publication.
For example:
1. M. Twidale, ¡¯¡¯Intermediate representations for student error diagnosis and support¡®¡®, in D. Bierman, J. Breuker and J. Sandberg (eds) Proc. of the 4th International Conference on AI and Education, pp. 298--306, Amsterdam, IOS, Amsterdam, 1989.
References to articles in periodicals should include the author¡®s name; title of article; abbreviated title of periodical; volume number; issue number where appropriate; first and last page numbers; year of publication.
For example:
1. A. Rosenfeld and M. Thurston, ¡¯¡¯Edge and curve detection for visual scene analysis¡®¡®, IEEE Trans. Comput., Vol. C-20, pp. 562-569, 1971.
References to technical reports or doctoral dissertations should include the author¡®s name; title of article; identifying number or description; department, institution, location of institution; year of publication.
For example:
1. A.L. Yuille and T. Poggio, ¡¯¡¯Scaling theorems for zero crossings¡®¡®, MIT rtif. Intell. Lab., Massachusetts Inst. Technol., Cambridge, MA, A.I. Memo 722, 1983.
Figures
All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as a 'Figure' and they should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.). Multi-part figures ought to be labelled with lower case letters (a, b, etc.). Please insert keys and scale bars directly in the figures. Relatively small text and great variation in text sizes within figures should be avoided as figures are often reduced in size. Figures may be sized to fit approximately within the column(s) of the journal. Provide a detailed legend (without abbreviations) to each figure, refer to the figure in the text and note its approximate location in the margin. Please place the legends in the manuscript after the references.
Tables
Each table should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.). In tables, footnotes are preferable to long explanatory material in either the heading or body of the table. Such explanatory footnotes, identified by superscript letters, should be placed immediately below the table. Please provide a caption (without abbreviations) to each table, refer to the table in the text and note its approximate location in the margin. Finally, please place the tables after the figure legends in the manuscript.
Comments on Letters and Book Reviews
Comments (about 300 words) on letters will be considered for publication, and will be published with the author¡®s reply. Book reviews are welcome (about 500 words).
Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author by e-mail (if no e-mail address is available or appears to be out of order, proofs will be sent by regular mail).
Your response, with or without corrections, should be sent within 72 hours. Please do not make any corrections to the PDF file.
Minor corrections (+/- 10) should be sent as an e-mail attachment to: proofscorrection@wkap.nl. Always quote the four-letter journal code and article number and the PIPS No. from your proof in the subject field of your e-mail.
Extensive corrections must be clearly marked on a printout of the PDF file and should be sent by first-class mail (airmail overseas).
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints of each article will be provided free of charge. Additional offprints (both hard copies and PDF files) can be ordered by means of an offprint order form supplied with the proofs.
Page Charges and Colour Figures
No page charges are levied on authors or their institutions except for colour pages. Please see the section labelled ¡®Colour Figures¡¯ in Manuscript Submission.
Copyright
Copyright will be established in the name of Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Statement of Exclusive Submission
The first page should include the following statement: ¡¯¡¯This paper has not been submitted elsewhere in identical or similar form, nor will it be during the first three months after its submission to Neural Processing Letters.
Permissions
It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for a quotation from unpublished material, or for all quotations in excess of 250 words in one extract or 500 words in total from any work still in copyright, and for the reprinting of illustrations, tables or poems from unpublished or copyrighted material.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
Michel Verleysen
Universit¨¦ Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
François Blayo
PREFIGURE, Lyon, France
Mohamad Hassoun
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Editorial Board:
Yaser Abu-Mostafa, CALTECH Pasadena, USA
Kazuyuki Aihara, University of Tokyo, Japan
Luis Almeida, INESC, Portugal
Sun-Ichi Amari, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jacob Barhen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Eric Baum, NEC Research Institute, USA
Joan Cabestany, Universitat Polit¨¨cnica de Catalunya, Spain
Gail A. Carpenter, Boston University, USA
Vladimir Cherkassky, University of Minnesota, USA
Steve Coombes, Loughborough University, UK
Marie Cottrell, Universit¨¦ Paris I, France
Dante Del Corso, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Witali Dunin-Barkowski, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, University of Washington, USA
Apostolos Georgopoulos, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
Richard M. Golden, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Anne Gu¨¦rin-Dugu¨¦, CLIPS-IMAG, France
Marwan Jabri, Sydney University, Australia
Michael Jordan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Christian Jutten, INPG-LTIRF, France
Juha Karhunen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Vera Kurkova, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Petr Lansky, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
David Lowe, Aston University, UK
David MacKay, Cavendish Laboratory, UK
Risto Miikkulainen, University of Texas at Austin, USA
David J. Montana, BBN Corporation, USA
John Moody, Oregon Graduate Institute, USA
Jean-Pierre Nadal, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, France
Kumpati Narendra, Yale University, USA
Fred Petry, Tulane University, USA
Alberto Prieto, University of Granada, Spain
Ronan Reilly, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Helge Ritter, Bielefeld University, Germany
Tam¨¢s Roska, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Fathi M. Salam, Michigan State University, USA
Tariq Samad, Honeywell Inc., USA
Bernhard Schölkopf, Microsoft Research Ltd., UK
Soo-Young Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
John Stonham, Brunel University, UK
Minoru Tsukada, Tamagawa University, Japan
Eric Vittoz, Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Switzerland
Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Paul B. Watta, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
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