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Manuscript Submission

Authors will have the option of submitting manuscripts to be published as a special issue of the Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Manuscripts, in quadruplicate and in English, should be submitted upon arrival to the registration desk at Spintech IV. They will be refereed during the school and conference, and returned to the authors for revision.

The proceedings co-editors will be:

Professor David D. Awschalom
University of California
Department of Physics
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Dr. Stuart A. Wolf
University of Virginia
Department of materials Science and Engineering
116 Engineer's Way
P.O. Box 400745 Charlottesville, VA 22904

Publication Policies

Submission is a representation that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A statement transferring copyright from the authors (or their employers, if they hold the copyright) to Plenum Publishing Corporation will be required before the manuscript can be accepted for publication. The Co-editors will supply the necessary forms for this transfer. Such a written transfer of copyright, which previously was assumed to be implicit in the act of submitting a manuscript, is necessary under the U.S. Copyright Law in order for the publisher to carry through the dissemination of research results and reviews as widely and effectively as possible.

Manuscript Style

Type double-spaced, and submit the original and three copies (including, where possible, copies of all illustrations and tables). All copies must be dark, sharp, and clear. Computer-generated manuscripts must be of letter quality (not dot-matrix).

Title Page (A title page is to be provided and should include)

  • the title of the article
  • author's name (no degree)
  • author's affiliation
  • and suggested running head

The affiliation should comprise

  • the department
  • institution (usually university or company)
  • city
  • and state (or nation)

and should be typed as a footnote to the author’s name. The suggested running head should be less than 80 characters (including spaces) and should comprise the article title or an abbreviated version thereof. For office purposes, the title page should include the complete mailing and telephone number of the one author designated to review proofs.

Abstract

  • An abstract is to be provided, preferably no longer than 100-150 words.

Key Words

  • A list of 4-5 key words is to be provided directly below the abstract. Key words should express the precise content of the manuscript, as they are used for indexing purposes.

Sections

  • All sections should be numbered with Arabic numerals (such as 1. INTRODUCTION). Subsections should be identified with section and subsection numbers (such as 6.1. Second-Value Subheading). If applicable, an independent single-number system (one for each category) should be used to label all theorems, lemmas, propositions, corollaries, definitions, remarks, examples, etc. The label (such as Theorem 4) should be typed with paragraph indentation, followed by a period and the theorem itself.

Mathematical Notation

  • Mathematical notation should be typewritten wherever possible. If handwritten notation must be used, it should be clear and legible, with any necessary explanatory notes located in the margin. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses placed flush right, and should be thusly referred to in the text [such as Eqs. (2) and (6)].

References

  • List references numerically at the end of the paper. Use the appropriate Arabic numeral in square brackets for citation in the text. Where there are three or more authors, only the first author’s name is given in the text, followed by et al.

References should include (in this order)

  • initials and last names of all authors
  • name of publication
  • volume number
  • starting page or inclusive pages
  • and year published.

The style and punctuation of the references should conform to that used in the journal -- illustrated by the following examples:

Journal Article

1. T. Ogushi, Y. Hakuraku, Y. Honjo, G. N. Suresha, S. Higo, Y. Ozono, I. Kawano, and T. Numata, J. Low Temp. Phys. 70, 485 (1988).

Book

2. E. W. Collings, Applied Superconductivity, Metallurgy, and Physics of Titanium Alloys, Vol. 2 (Plenum Press, New York, 1986).

Contribution to a Book

3. C. W. Chu, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang, and J. Bechtold, in Novel Superconductivity, S. A. Wolf and V. Z. Kresin, eds. (Plenum Press, New York, 1987), pp. 581--597.

Footnotes

  • Footnotes should be avoided. When their use is absolutely necessary, footnotes should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and should be typed at the bottom of the page to which they refer. Place a line above the footnote, so that it is set off from the text. Use the appropriate superscript numeral for citation in the text.

Illustration Style

Illustrations

  • Illustrations (photographs, drawings, diagrams, and charts) are to be numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals. The captions for illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet of paper. All illustrations must be complete and final, i.e., camera-ready. Photographs should be large, glossy prints, showing high contrast. Drawings should be prepared with india ink. Either original drawings or good-quality photographic prints are acceptable. Identify figures on the back with author’s name and number of the illustration. Reproduction of illustrations in color is possible by special arrangement, with the total cost, which is significant, borne by the author.
  • Tables should be numbered (with Roman numerals) and referred to by number in the text. Each table should be typed on a separate sheet of paper.

Submission of Accepted Manuscripts

After a manuscript has been accepted for publication and after all revisions have been incorporated, manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor’s Office as hard copy accompanied by electronic files on disk. Label the disk with identifying information -- software, journal name, and first author’s last name. The disk must be the one from which the accompanying manuscript (finalized version) was printed out. The Editor’s Office cannot accept a disk without its accompanying, matching hard-copy manuscript.

Page Charges

The journal makes no page charges. Reprints are available to authors, and order forms with the current price schedule are sent with proofs.

Springer Open Choice

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