The IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems is a quarterly journal that publishes papers concerned with the various aspects of systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environments. The boundaries of acceptable subject matter has been intentionally left flexible so that the Transactions can follow the research activities to better meet the needs of the members of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. The topics of current interest are best summarized in the titles of the editorial areas published in the inside front cover of the transactions and on our website at http://www.ieee-aess.org.
Restrictions on Publication: The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society publishes only original material that has not been either published or submitted for publication elsewhere. However, prior publication of an abbreviated and/or preliminary form of the material in conference proceedings or digests shall not preclude publication in the transactions when notice is made at the time of submission. Notice of prior publication of an abbreviated version of the manuscript must be given at the time of submission to the transactions. Submission of the manuscript elsewhere is precluded unless it is refused for publication or withdrawn by the author. Concurrent submission to other publications and these transactions is viewed as a serious breach of ethics and, if detected, will result in immediate rejection of the submission.
Sanctions for Plagiarism: If a manuscript is substantially similar to any previous journal submission by any of the authors, its history and some explanation must be provided. If a manuscript was previously reviewed and rejected by a different journal, the authors shall provide to their technical editor copies of all correspondence involving the earlier submission. In addition, the authors must discuss the reasons why it has been re-submitted and be prepared to deliver further material if more is requested. The authors of a manuscript that is found to have been plagiarized from others or contain a crossover of more than 25% with another journal manuscript by any of the authors will incur sanctions by the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. The following sanction will be applied for any of the above-noted infractions: (1) immediate rejection of the manuscript in question; (2) immediate withdrawal of all other submitted manuscripts by any of the authors to any of the Society's publications (journals, conferences, workshops); (3) prohibition against all of the authors for any new submissions, either individually, in combination with the authors of the plagiarizing manuscript as well as in combination with new coauthors, to ALL of the Society's publications (journals, conferences, workshops). The prohibition shall continue for at least two years from notice of suspension.
Types of Contributions: Contributions may be in the form of regular papers or correspondence. The distinction between regular papers and correspondence is not one of quality, but of nature. Regular papers are to be a well-rounded treatment of a problem area, while a correspondence item makes one or two points concisely. In regular papers, the title, abstract, and introduction should be sufficiently informative to illuminate the essence of the manuscript to the broadest possible audience and to place the contributions in context with related work. The body of the manuscript should be understandable without undue effort by its intended audience. Correspondence should be less discursive but equally lucid. Authors should be aware that a well-written correspondence usually can be published more rapidly that can a regular paper.
Submission of Manuscript for Review: While authors may submit paper copies of their manuscript via mail, authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically via the internet at http://taes.msubmit.net. Each submission should include a cover letter with the names and addresses of four potential reviewers of your manuscript. The manuscript should be double-spaced in a single column and single sided. Each manuscript should include a list of key words and title of less than nine words. Discovery of the work via a computer-assisted search should be facilitated by the title's relevance. An abstract of 75 words or less that clearly indicates the purpose and content of the paper and that includes the key words must be included as part of the manuscript. Correspondence items should include an abstract of 50 words or less. For paper copies, authors should submit five legible copies of the manuscript and one signed copy of the IEEE copyright form directly to the appropriate editor. If there is reference material that is both essential for the reviewing process and unavailable to the reviewers, the authors should provide an electronic copy via the Internet or five copies of relevant excerpts for the sake of expediting their review process. Authors should follow the guidelines at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/information.html. LaTeX users are urged to adopt the ieeetran.cls document class file in single-column draft mode. These transactions do not place limits on a submitted manuscript's length, but authors should be aware that over-long manuscripts may receive unfavorable reviews.
Submission of Revised Manuscript: It is often the case that reviewers have comments, suggestions and concerns about a submitted manuscript. The revised and resubmitted manuscript should address all of these, and it is strongly recommended that it be accompanied by a "Reply to Reviewers Comments" document that discusses both the comments and the modifications. In the interest of timely publication, authors must resubmit revised manuscripts within 6 months of the date the previous decision was returned. After 6 months the manuscript will be considered withdrawn, and a revision received after that date will be treated as a fresh submission.
Submission of Final Manuscript: When all reviews and revisions are completed, your contribution will be forwarded to our Administrative Editor who will provide you with tentative publication information and request any items that are missing or unusable for publication. You will be advised as the need for original illustrations, biography, photo, and similar essential items and ask if your material is available in electronic form (disk or CD). Provision of your material in this form may be able to save us time and effort. Authors should be careful to ensure that the electronic form is identical to the paper copy that you submitted for review, including all revisions. Note that many times the electronic form of a contribution does not reflect what is printed on paper. When the paper copy and the electronic copy different, the paper copy is used as the standard. The preferred format is 3.5-inch disk in Windows with text in ASCII file format and coding in TEX. If you are using TEX or LATEX, please submit both text and macro files.
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Copyright: It is the policy of the IEEE to own the copyright to the technical contributions it publishes; authors are required to sign an IEEE copyright transfer form before publication. This form appears in this and IEEE journals from time to time and is available on the web site listed above. If a copy is not submitted with the manuscript, it will be requested upon contribution acceptance. Publication will not take place without a completed copyright form.
Page Charges: When material has been accepted, the author’s company or institution will be requested to pay $110 per final printed page to cover part of the costs of publication. Page charges for IEEE Transactions, like those for journals of the professional societies, are traditional; their payment is not a prerequisite for publication. The author will receive 100 reprints without covers if the charge is honored. Information will be forwarded upon acceptance and scheduling for publication; additional information will accompany your publication proofs.
Discloseability: The IEEE must, of necessity, assume that material submitted for publication is properly available for general dissemination to the audiences the IEEE is organized to serve. It is the responsibility of the author, not the IEEE, to determine whether disclosure of materials requires prior consent of other parties, and, if so, obtain it.
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