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Preparation of Papers for Special Issues of IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
First A. Author, Senior Member, IEEE, Second B. Author, Jr., and Third Author (第三 著者), Fellow, IEEE
Abstract—These instructions give you guidelines for preparing
papers for special issues of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. Read this document to understand the
publication process, editorial policies, and standards being
applied to your manuscript. You may use this document as a
template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Otherwise,
use this document as an instruction set. This template is also
useful for estimating the length of your paper, keeping in mind
that the final text and graphics will receive formatting by IEEE
Publications. Paper titles should be written in uppercase and
lowercase letters. Avoid writing long formulas with subscripts in
the title; short formulas that identify the elements are acceptable,
such as “Y–Ba–Cu–O”. Do not begin a title with the word “On.”
Avoid starting a title with articles like “The.” Do not write
“(Invited)” in the title. Full names of authors are preferred, but
initials may be used instead. Put a space between authors’
initials. This template includes non-English fonts for author
names. Department names are optional in the affiliations. Do not
give street addresses in the affiliations. Define all symbols used in
the abstract, and repeat the definition in the text. Do not cite
references in the abstract.
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Index Terms—Please choose 4 to 5 keywords or phrases in
alphabetical order, separated by commas. A list of suggested
keywords is at www.ieee.org/documents/taxonomy_v101.pdf.
I. INTRODUCTION
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is a template and instruction set for
preparing manuscripts for special issues of the IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. Special
issues are reserved for the publication of scholarly articles of
work presented at conferences, including the Applied
Superconductivity Conference and the Magnet Technology
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Automatically generated dates of receipt and acceptance will be placed
here; authors do not produce these dates. Acknowledgement of financial
support goes here: This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of
Energy under Grant ABC-123456. If requested, an optional statement of
author contribution, and an optional declaration of the corresponding author,
can be added. (All authors contributed equally to this work..) (Corresponding
author: First A. Author.)
F. A. Author is with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia,
IL 80510 USA (e-mail: author@fnal.gov). Phone or fax information is not
required.
S. B. Author, Jr., was with Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA. He
is now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar.colostate.edu).
T. Author is with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, on leave from the National Research
Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan (e-mail: author@nrim.go.jp).
Template version 6.0, July 10, 2015. Remove the template version text
above. The corresponding author e-mail address should be the same as the
address used to create the Author Gateway account. Authors may insert native
language fonts where appropriate for names and institutions.
Conference. The process of publishing special issues is
somewhat different than other processes used to publish
conference proceedings. Articles are selected for publication
by the editors of the special issue, after consideration of
suitability and peer review. Presentation of work at the
conference is a pre-requisite for article consideration;
however, this privilege does not guarantee publication of an
article. Papers should meet the scope of the TRANSACTIONS.
Papers that are suitable for presentation at a professional
conference might not be suitable for publication in a peerreviewed format, and authors should expect to be challenged
by referees if the achievement or work increment does not
have substantial merit. In addition to the selection criteria
above, all articles must conform to policies and standards
described in Sections VI and VII of this document.
This template is intended for Microsoft Word 2007 or later.
The option to maintain compatibility with previous versions
has been retained, which can be disabled at the author’s
discretion. Use of this document as a template is optional. If
you are reading a paper version of this document, please
download the electronic file from the conference website so
you can use it to prepare your manuscript. If you would prefer
to use LaTeX, download IEEE’s LaTeX style and sample
files, IEEEtran.zip, from the IEEE Author Digital Tool Box
(DTB) [1]. Use the LaTeX files for formatting, but please
follow these instructions. Authors should note that LaTeX files
are not maintained in conjunction with this template, and may
contain inconsistencies.
If you have a question about formatting your paper, or a
suggestion on improving these instructions, please contact the
editor-in-chief of the special issue.
II. PROCESS OF SUBMISSION, REVIEW, AND PUBLICATION
A. Preparation of the Manuscript
Authors may prepare manuscripts using any word
processor, provided that the format for electronic submission
can be accommodated. Authors are strongly urged to use
this template. Authors should note that this template creates a
document on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper with margins,
indentation, line spacing, column widths, and other
dimensions appropriately sized for the TRANSACTIONS. These
dimensions may not be properly constructed on other
typesetting systems or paper sizes. This can result in changes
to the paper length when final text is formatted by IEEE
Publications, and the assessment of extra page charges.
Please follow the writing style specified in this document,
Section IV, and defined by the IEEE Style Manual also located
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at the DTB [1]. Most authors will find it convenient to replace
the text sections in this template. When this template
document is opened, select “Print Layout” from the “View”
menu in the menu bar use View > Print Layout. Then, type
over sections of the template, or copy and paste from another
document and then use the markup styles already defined in
this template. Pasting as unformatted text, using “Paste
Special”, may be helpful. Highlight a section that you want to
designate with a certain style, and then select the appropriate
style from the Styles menu. The pre-defined style will adjust
your fonts and line spacing.
Authors should observe page limits specified by the
conference. Font sizes and line spacing should not be changed
to accommodate page limits.
B. Inclusion of Author Names in Native Languages
IEEE supports the publication of Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean (CJK) author names in the native language alongside
the English versions of the names in the author list of an
article. Chinese authors may use either Simplified or
Traditional characters. Authors must provide the native
language name in unicode characters to be displayed in the
byline of the article, in parentheses, after the English version
of the name. The manuscript can be prepared using the “Insert
Symbols” list in Microsoft Word or the CJK ASCII Unicode
for LaTeX. It is essential that you carefully check any article
proofs you receive prior to the publication of your paper to
verify the correct rendering of the Chinese, Japanese, or
Korean names.
The following font styles will be used when rendering
Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters in the final
publication:
 Simplified Chinese: SongMT;
 Traditional Chinese: SungMT;
 Japanese: MS Mincho;
 Korean: Batang.
Submitting a CJK name in your MSWord manuscript is
straightforward using the “Insert Symbols” feature. Simply
add the characters in parentheses after the name of each author
who would like to have their name shown in their native
language. To avoid potential problems, please use the standard
CJK Microsoft fonts for the characters. If LaTeX is used to
prepare your manuscript, IEEE requires that you provide CJK
ASCII Unicode for traditional or simplified Chinese, Japanese,
or Korean.
For submissions in either Word or LaTex, please ensure:
1. the manuscript’s MS Word document or LaTeX file
contains the proper characters;
2. the cover letter states that the manuscript contains author
names in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
It is important to carefully check the rendering of the
native language name in your article during article proof
review prior to final publication.
For more information, please visit the IEEE Author Digital
Tool Box at: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/
publications/authors/auth_names_native_lang.pdf.
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C. Submission Stage
Authors should make particular note that, unless the
conference editor-in-chief has been directed otherwise,
conference-related papers follow the same submission and
review procedures as regular papers. Papers must be
submitted electronically to IEEE’s online manuscript
submission and peer-review system, Manuscript Central,
which is operated by ScholarOne Manuscripts.
The
submission site will be pre-loaded with information from the
conference program. Corresponding authors will receive an email invitation to submit an article, with a direct link to the
submission portal. The conference website should also provide
a link to the submission portal. You will first be asked to
update your account information. After logging in, go to your
Author Center and click on the link, “Click here to submit a
new manuscript.” Your presentation number should already
be identified as awaiting submission.
There are multiple stages to the submission process. All
stages must be completed before the manuscript becomes a
full submission. Partial submissions may be removed from the
editorial management system by administrators. At the end of
each stage you must click “Save and Continue”; simply
uploading files is not sufficient. After the final step you should
see a confirmation that the submission is complete. You
should also receive an e-mail confirmation. For inquiries
regarding the submission of your paper on Manuscript
Central, please contact oprs-support@ieee.org or call +1 732
465 5861.
Manuscript Central will accept files for review in the
following formats: DOC, DOCX, RTF, PS, or PDF. PDF is
preferred at the review stage. If you used LaTeX to prepare
your document, you must generate a PDF or PS file to upload
to Manuscript Central. Whatever format you upload, your
figures should be embedded in the file.
You will be asked to file an electronic copyright form after
your paper is accepted for publication. Authors are responsible
for obtaining any security clearances. Authors from certain
institutions may require completion of the copyright form by
an authorized agent of the institution, who might not be an
author of the paper.
D. Suitability Check
Once the paper has been uploaded, a check of suitability
will be made by the editorial staff. See Sections VI and VII.
Papers found to be unsuitable will be rejected. Authors may be
given a deadline or special arrangement by the editorial staff
to re-submit a suitable manuscript. Assistance for writing, in
particular for those authors who do not regularly write in the
English language, is available for a very modest fee from
IEEE’s Professional Writing Services, http://www.profediting.com/ieee/index.php.
IEEE has recently changed its policies regarding plagiarism
and re-use of material. All articles submitted to Manuscript
Central will automatically be checked for content against
published material and possibly material submitted to the
special issue. IEEE’s plagiarism and re-use- guidelines are
described in detail at http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/
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rights/. Papers with a high level of re-used content may be
automatically rejected, and may in addition trigger action by
IEEE’s Publications Standards Board, above any action taken
by the special issue editors. This may include punitive actions.
E. Peer Review
Editors will then arrange for peer review of the paper. Two
reviews are generally required. The peer review will use the
standard forms used by referees for regular articles. Authors
should note that reviewers will be asked to provide a summary
recommendation to the editor with four options: publish
without alterations, publish after minor revisions, publish after
major revisions, and reject. Editors will interpret a
recommendation of “publish after major revisions” as a
recommendation to reject a paper if the revisions do not result
in an improvement of the manuscript. Further consultation
with the reviewers may be considered by the editor in such
cases. A recommendation of “publish after minor revisions”
generally will not motivate the editor to seek additional
opinions from reviewers.
Authors should note that the decision to accept or reject a
manuscript lies solely with the editors. Recommendations
made by reviewers to the editor advise, but do not obligate, the
editor’s decision.
Editors will also take into account
comments made by reviewers. In some cases, negative
comments can over-rule a positive recommendation,
especially when such comments reinforce criticisms raised by
another reviewer.
Adequacy of references is one of many factors considered by
TRANSACTIONS reviewers. Lack of adequate references is a
cause for many papers to be rejected. One indication of
timeliness and suitability is whether citations include recent
articles that have appeared in the TRANSACTIONS and other
journals. Citation only to work primarily by the authors of the
paper may not be sufficient demonstration of context used to
establish timeliness and importance, so authors are highly
encouraged to assess peer literature broadly. Because
adequate references are so important, the page limits of
the special issue can be expanded by one page to provide
references. For instance, contributed regular articles are
permitted 4+1 pages, with references either continuing onto
the fifth page or entirely residing on the fifth page.
During the peer review, it is very important for authors to
explicitly address each and every comment raised by referees
and editors. Red text to indicate changes to the manuscript,
such as the present text, has been found to be extremely
helpful for facilitating the peer review process, and is strongly
encouraged.
Remember to remove the red text when
preparing the final file.
F. Final File Submission
After your paper is accepted, you will be asked to upload
final files to Manuscript Central. This should be a clean copy
without any red text or other review highlights. These files
will include your DOC, DOCX, RTF, or LaTeX document
source file with embedded figures; an additional PS or PDF
file that displays the output of your source file as you intend it
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to display; and separate, individual figure files. These
individual files may be in any of the following formats: TIF,
PDF, JPG, GIF, EPS, DOC or PPT. TIF or PDF formats are
preferred. Note that MS Word, which produces DOC files, is
especially good for tables, and MS Powerpoint, which
produces PPT files, is commonly used to make figures. If you
own Adobe Acrobat, please convert your DOC tables and PPT
figures to PDF. Figure and table files should be named by
combining the manuscript ID number with the figure
identifier, for example: AB-02_FIG1.TIF, AB-02_FIG2.PPT,
AB-02_FIG3.PDF, etc., for the manuscript identified as AB02. See more about figure preparation in Section III below.
G. Online and Print Publication
When you submit your final files, the additional PDF file
will become the version immediately available on Xplore for
download. It is important to note that final document
production takes place within IEEE Publications, using
conversion settings different than those used by your software.
Re-sizing of figures might result. The PDF file you submit
also indicates to IEEE Publications staff how you intend the
final production lay-out to appear.
IEEE Publications will contact you with page proofs of your
final article. Authors will have an opportunity to review page
proofs and respond with any changes. You must respond and
approve page proofs before publication is final. The
approved page proofs then receive an article number, and this
final copy replaces the PDF file on Xplore.
Please ensure that copyright forms have been transferred,
and that any extra page charges have been paid. Regular
contributions are generally limited to 4 pages plus 1 optional
page for references. Invited papers, and special papers such as
combined papers, may have other limits arranged by the
editors.
When all papers are resolved, they will be organized and
published as a collection in a single special issue of IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY devoted to
the conference.
H. Special Issue Deadlines
An important difference between the regular issue and the
conference special issue is the firm deadline for the special
issue. Undue delays in returning revision to articles, extensive
revisions, or other time-consuming processes, can result in an
editor rejecting the article from the special issue and deferring
it to the regular issue. In addition, if you return page proofs
late, your paper may appear in a later issue, identified as a
conference-related paper.
III. CREATION OF ELECTRONIC IMAGE FILES
Most authors will be able to prepare images in one of the
allowed formats listed above. This section provides additional
information on preparing PS, EPS, and TIFF files. No matter
how you convert your images, it is a good idea to print the
files in black and white to make sure nothing was lost in the
process. As explained later, editors will require any color plots
to be clear when printed in black and white.
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A. IEEE Graphics Checker
Graphics Checker is part of the DTB [1]. The direct link for
Graphics Checker is http://graphicsqc.ieee.org/. You can
upload image files in batches of up to 10 to be analyzed and
compared to IEEE’s requirements for metadata, file size, file
type, file naming, resolution parameters, and color format.
You will receive a detailed report on the usability of each
image analyzed. The report will include an explanation of any
error found, along with, when possible, application-specific
tips on how to fix the image. However, you may ignore
warnings that the author’s name is not part of the file name.
For more Information, contact the IEEE Graphics Help Desk
by e-mail at graphics@ieee.org. You will receive an e-mail
response and sometimes a request for a sample graphic for
IEEE to check.
B. Scanning Images
If you have a scanner, a quick way to prepare figure files is
to print your figures on paper exactly as you want them to
appear, scan them, and then save the images in TIFF format.
The following specifications are the minimum requirements
for TIFF images; you may use higher resolution. As a rule, if
your image file size is much below 0.5 MB, your TIFF image
probably does not have enough resolution.
High-contrast line figures and tables should be prepared
with at least 600 dpi resolution and saved with no
compression, 1 bit per pixel (monochrome), with file names of
the form FIG3.TIF. To obtain a 3.45 inch figure, which is the
width of one column at 600 dpi, the figure requires a
horizontal size of 2070 pixels.
Photographs and grayscale figures should be prepared with
at least 220 dpi resolution and saved with no compression, 8
bits per pixel (grayscale). To obtain a 3.45 inch figure at 220
dpi, the figure should have a horizontal size of 759 pixels.
Color figures should be prepared with at least 400 dpi
resolution and saved with no compression, 8 bits per pixel
(palette or 256 color). To obtain a 3.45 inch figure at 400 dpi,
the figure should have a horizontal size of 1380 pixels.
For more information on TIFF files, please see
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/
and
click on the link “Guidelines for Author Supplied Electronic
Text and Graphics.”
C. Printing images to PS Files
You may create PostScript figures by “printing” them to
files. First, download a PostScript printer driver from
http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html#Printer available for
Windows and Macintosh and also install the “PPD Files:
Adobe” printer definition. In Word, paste your figure into a
new document. Print to a file using the PostScript printer
driver. File names should be of the form FIG5.PS. Use “Open
Type” fonts when creating your figures, if possible: Times
Roman, Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, Courier, Symbol,
Palatino, Avant Garde, Bookman, Zapf Chancery, Zapf
Dingbats, and New Century Schoolbook.
D. Converting PDF to TIFF
Experienced computer users can convert figures and tables
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from their original format to TIFF. Some useful image
converters are Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, and Microsoft
Photo Editor, an application that used to be part of Microsoft
Office. Look for C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\ PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE. You may have to custominstall Photo Editor from your original Office disk.
If you own Adobe Acrobat, you may convert many types of
files to PDF. For example, you may print a PowerPoint PPT
file to PDF. You may then convert a figure in the PDF file to
TIFF with Adobe Acrobat or Reader: Use the Snapshot Tool
to first select the figure. Then View > Zoom To a large
magnification for example 1600%. Then Edit > Copy to the
Windows clipboard. Open Microsoft Photo Editor, Edit >
Paste as New Image, crop, and adjust resolution as above.
Alternatively, you may open the PDF in PhotoShop. Set the
resolution to open at 1200 dpi. Note that the obvious way to
convert PPT to TIFF gives poor results: In PowerPoint, File >
Save As > Save as type TIFF because the default resolution is
too low.
E. Saving Files in TIFF
Most graphing programs allow you to save graphs in TIFF;
however, you often have no control over compression or
number of bits per pixel. You should open these image files in
a program such as Microsoft Photo Editor and re-save them
using no compression, either 1 or 8 bits, and either 600 or 220
dpi resolution by using File > Properties; Image > Resize. See
Section III-C for an explanation of number of bits and
resolution.
F. Using Print Screen
If your graphing program cannot export to TIFF, you can
use the Print Screen function. Set your monitor to its highest
resolution. Adjust the magnification so that you can view the
entire image on the screen. In PowerPoint, you may use Slide
Show to get a full-screen image. Move the cursor so it is out
of the way. Press “Print Screen” on your keyboard; this copies
the screen image to the Windows clipboard. Open Microsoft
Photo Editor and click Edit > Paste as New Image. Crop the
image by clicking the Select button; select the part you want,
then Image > Crop. Adjust the properties of the image by
using File > Properties to get a width of 3.45 inches. Save the
file by using File > Save As in TIFF with no compression
(click “More” button).
G. Converting WMF to TIFF
A way to convert a figure from Windows Metafile, which
has the WMF indicator, to TIFF is to paste it into Microsoft
PowerPoint, save it in JPG format, open it with Microsoft
Photo Editor or similar converter, and re-save it as TIFF.
IV. STYLE
A. Units and Symbols
Use SI, MKS, or CGS as primary units. SI units are strongly
encouraged. English units may be used as secondary units (in
parentheses). An exception is when English units are used as
identifiers in trade, such as “3½ in disk drive.” Avoid
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combining SI and CGS units, such as current in amperes and
magnetic flux density in gauss. This often leads to confusion
because equations do not balance dimensionally. If you must
use mixed units, clearly state the units for each quantity in an
equation.
A common mistake made by authors is neglecting to
separate a number and its unit by a non-breaking space. In
Word use ctrl-shift-space to create a non-breaking space. For
example, “4.2 K” is correct, whereas “4.2K” is incorrect. A
second frequent mistake is the use of Roman face for
symbols instead of the Italic face. Italic face is required by
the IEEE Style Guide, e.g., current density J is correct and J is
incorrect. The SI unit for magnetic field strength H is A/m.
However, if you wish to use units of T, either refer to
magnetic flux density B or magnetic field strength symbolized
as µ0H. Notice that units of T become confused with the
symbol for temperature T if the proper type face is not used.
Use the center dot to separate compound units, e.g., “A·m2.”
B. Figures and Tables
Because IEEE will do the final formatting of your paper,
you do not need to position figures and tables at the tops and
bottoms of columns. In fact, all figures, figure captions, and
tables can be at the end of the paper. Please mark in the text
where the figures and tables are supposed to appear, like the
example below. In the final copy, figures and tables will float
to the top or bottom of the column nearest to your indicated
location. Large figures and tables may span both columns.
Authors that choose to position figures at the end of the text
are still responsible for ensuring that the manuscript length
will conform to requirements for the special issue.
All figures and tables must also be referenced in the order in
which they appear. For example, a reference to or discussion
about Fig. 2 should not be placed in the text earlier than the
first reference to or discussion about Fig. 1.
TABLE I HERE
A third frequent mistake made by authors is the
reduction of figure and table size below graphics
standards. Fig. 1 compares acceptable and unacceptable
graphics. While reducing the size of figures or tables can
create space for additional text, font sizes and line widths can
fall below the graphics standards discussed in the previous
section. The reduced graphics may be enlarged when IEEE
produces the final formatting of figures and tables, which can
result in text extending beyond the manuscript page limit and
the assessment of an extra page fee. Authors should display
figures in a size that is both appropriate for the information
they wish to convey, and which meets graphics standards.
FIG. 1 HERE
Frequently, figures are reduced in size to accommodate the
placement of many figures into limited text space. Authors
are strongly discouraged from attempting this practice.
Crowding too many figures and tables into your manuscript
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will likely produce a paper that lacks sufficient explanation,
which may not pass the peer review process.
Place figure captions below the figures; place table titles
above the tables. If your figure has two parts, for example,
include the labels “(a)” and “(b)” as part of the artwork.
Please verify that figures and tables that you mention in the
text actually exist. Please do not include captions as part of the
electronic figures. Do not put captions in separate text boxes
linked to the figures. Instead, if you choose to use a text box,
incorporate the electronic graphic file and the text caption
together in a single text box as is done at the end of this
document. Captions that do not require more than one line of
text may be centered. Do not put borders around the outside of
your figures, tables, or the text boxes they reside in. Use the
abbreviation “Fig.” even at the beginning of a sentence. Do
not abbreviate “Table.” Tables are numbered with Roman
numerals.
C. Color Figures
Color figures will be available for the online version and the
version distributed via CD. Please be certain that the blackand-white print version is understandable without the color
information. Color print versions of articles are not available
for conference special issues.
Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Use
words rather than symbols. As an example, write the quantity
“Magnetization,” or “Magnetization, M,” not just “M.”
However, if there is not enough room on the axis to specify
the quantity, write just the symbol “M,” but define it in the
figure caption.
IEEE allows two ways to designate units in graphs and
tables. 1) Put units in parentheses. As in Fig. 1, for example,
write “Magnetization (A/m)” or “Magnetization, M (Am1)”
but do not write just “A/m.” 2) Label axes with a ratio of
symbols and units. For example, write “Magnetization,
M/(Am1)” or “Temperature, T/K” but do not write
“Temperature/K.”
Multipliers can be especially confusing. Write
“Magnetization (kA/m)” or “Magnetization (103 A/m).” Do
not write “Magnetization (A/m)  1000” because the reader
would not know whether the top axis label in Fig. 2 meant
16000 A/m or 0.016 A/m. Figure labels should be legible,
approximately 8–12 point type when reduced to journal
column width.
FIG. 2 HERE
D. Footnotes and References
Footnotes are not common. Number footnotes separately in
superscripts by using Insert > Footnote.1 Place the actual
footnote at the bottom of the column in which it is cited; do
not put footnotes in the reference list or in endnotes. Use
letters for table footnotes as shown in Table I.
Number citations consecutively in square brackets [2].
Authors should note that the brackets are part of the
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It is recommended that footnotes be avoided except for the unnumbered
footnote with the receipt date on the first page. Instead, try to integrate the
footnote information into the text.
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citation! This is different than the citation style used by other
journals. The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [3].
Multiple references [3], [4] are each numbered with separate
brackets [1]–[3]. Notice the use of the en dash to denote a
series of references. When citing a section in a book, please
give the relevant page numbers [3]. In sentences, refer simply
to the reference number, as in [4]. Do not use “Ref. [4]” or
“reference [4]” except at the beginning of a sentence:
“Reference [4] shows ...” Unfortunately the IEEE document
translator cannot handle automatic endnotes in Word;
therefore, type the reference list at the end of the paper using
the “References” style.
Note that IEEE referencing style is quite different from that
used by most physics journals. Give all authors’ names; do not
use “et al.” unless there are six authors or more, as in [5]. Use
a space after authors’ initials. Papers that have not been
published should be cited as “unpublished” [6]. Papers that
have been submitted for publication should be cited as
“submitted for publication” and do not need to include the
journal [7]. However, it is very important to cite other
papers from the same conference by including: “IEEE
Trans. Appl. Supercond. (submitted)” [8]. Papers that have
been accepted for publication but not yet assigned to an issue
should be cited as “to be published” and include the journal
abbreviation [9]. Please give affiliations and addresses for
private communications [10].
Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for
proper nouns and element symbols. References that omit paper
titles are considered to be incomplete by IEEE Publications,
and a query will be issued in such cases. Paper titles are
helpful to your readers and are strongly recommended. For
papers published in translation journals, please give the
English citation first, followed by the original foreignlanguage citation [11].
Since 2012, the TRANSACTIONS has used article numbers
instead of page numbers [5],[12]. This practice permits the
online publication of articles in partial issues, well in advance
of the publication date for the entire collection of articles from
a conference in a special issue. The format for citing articles
with article numbers generally replaces the volume, issue
number, and page numbers with a single number.
E. Abbreviations and Acronyms
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F. Equations and Mathematics
If you are using Word, use either the Microsoft Equation
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

0
(1)
exp (  | z j  zi | )  J 1 ( r2 ) J 0 ( ri ) d .
1
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a) item 1, b) item 2, c) item 3, and so on;
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such as plot (a) or Fig. 1(a).
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still, omit statements of observation and just report what you
measured: “The susceptibility decreased with temperature”
instead of “We observed that the susceptibility decreased with
temperature.”
Remember to check spelling. If you are not fluent in
English, please get a colleague to proofread your paper.
V. SOME COMMON MISTAKES
The word “data” is plural, not singular. The subscript for
the permeability of vacuum µ0 is zero, not a lowercase letter
“o.” The term for residual magnetization is “remanence”; the
adjective is “remanent”; do not write “remnance” or
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an alloy of some composition NixMn1-x.
Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones
“affect,” which is usually a verb, and “effect,” which is
usually a noun, “complement” and “compliment,” “discreet”
and “discrete,” “principal,” for example in “principal
investigator,” and “principle,” for example in “principle of
measurement.” Do not confuse “imply” and “infer.”
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An excellent style manual and source of information for
science writers is [13]. A general IEEE style guide,
Information for Authors, is available at http://ieeecsc.org/sites/
ieeecsc.org/files/style_manual.pdf. However, the style for
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY is a
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related to the physics and engineering of superconducting
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A conclusion section is not required but is strongly
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might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest
applications and extensions.
APPENDIX
Appendixes, if needed, appear before the acknowledgment.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
American English is without an “e” after the “g.” Use the
singular heading even if you have many acknowledgments.
Use the follow formats: “S. B. Author, Jr., would like to thank
A. Person for ...” or “The authors would like to thank T.
People for…” Do not put sponsor and financial support
acknowledgment in this section; it belongs in the first page
footnote.
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TABLE I
UNITS FOR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (SHORT TITLE HERE IN SMALL CAPS)
Symbol

B
Quantity
H
m
magnetic flux
magnetic flux density,
magnetic induction
magnetic field strength
magnetic moment
M
magnetization
4M

j
J
magnetization
specific magnetization
magnetic dipole
moment
magnetic polarization
, 


susceptibility
mass susceptibility
permeability
r
w, W
N, D
relative permeability
energy density
demagnetizing factor
Conversion from Gaussian and
CGS EMU to SI a
1 Mx  108 Wb = 108 V·s
1 G  104 T = 104 Wb/m2
1 Oe  103/(4) A/m
1 erg/G = 1 emu
 103 A·m2 = 103 J/T
1 erg/(G·cm3) = 1 emu/cm3
 103 A/m
1 G  103/(4) A/m
1 erg/(G·g) = 1 emu/g  1 A·m2/kg
1 erg/G = 1 emu
 4  1010 Wb·m
1 erg/(G·cm3) = 1 emu/cm3
 4  104 T
1  4
1 cm3/g  4  103 m3/kg
1  4  107 H/m
= 4  107 Wb/(A·m)
  r
1 erg/cm3  101 J/m3
1  1/(4)
No vertical lines in table. Statements that serve as captions for the entire
table do not need footnote letters. A longer description of the table would go
here.
a
Gaussian units are the same as cgs emu for magnetostatics; Mx =
maxwell, G = gauss, Oe = oersted; Wb = weber, V = volt, s = second, T =
tesla, m = meter, A = ampere, J = joule, kg = kilogram, H = henry.
1
(a)
Published Manuscripts
7
41
by subject group
84
Special Topics
40
Digital circuits
Detectors
46
47
Large systems
Magnets
32
Power systems
Conductors
Materials
105
Properties
Facilities
139
(b)
Published Manuscripts
41
7
by subject group
1
Special Topics
84
40
Digital circuits
Detectors
46
47
Large systems
Magnets
32
Power systems
Conductors
Materials
105
Properties
139
Facilities
Fig. 1. (a) Graphic image that does not meet publication. (b) A more suitable
image that conforms to font size and line width guidelines. Note that IEEE
Publications may re-size graphics to produce acceptable quality. More info
on figure captions can be found on page 17 on the style manual.
Fig. 2. Magnetization as a function of applied field. Note that “Fig.” is
abbreviated. There is a period after the figure number, followed by two
spaces. It is good practice to explain the significance of the figure in the
caption.