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Author's Guide

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

(also available as a pdf document)

FORM AND PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Applied Spectroscopy publishes full-length articles and research notes. Submissions are handled electronically through the journal’s online submission system, AllenTrack. Manuscripts can be submitted by visiting http://applspec.allentrack.net and following the instructions. Most word-processing files are acceptable, including MS Word (.doc), WordPerfect (.wpd), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and ASCII text (.txt). Files will be accepted in LaTeX (.tex) although, because of the difficulty in translating files in this format to the Allen Press system, we would prefer one of the other formats. Graphic files containing figures must also be uploaded, preferably in high-resolution, in the following native applications: Tagged Image File Format (.tif); Encapsulated PostScript (.eps); Joint Photographic Expert’s Group (.jpg); Graphics interchange format (.gif); Adobe Photoshop (.psd); Adobe Acrobat (.pdf); Illustrator (.at); Corel Draw (.cdr); Canvas (.cvs); PowerPoint (.ppt); MS Word (.doc); Excel (.xls); InDesign (.id); PageMaker (.pmd); or QuarkXPress (.qxd). Halftone and color images should be scanned at a minimum of 200 pixels per inch (ppi), and ideally at 350 ppi, and line art at a minimum of 600 ppi, and ideally at 1200 ppi.

Manuscript files should not contain any embedded links or linked content, including reference-generating programs such as EndNote.

To be acceptable for publication in the JOURNAL, a manuscript must adhere to certain formatting standards.

  1.  It must be composed in a 12-point font and double-spaced throughout; this requirement holds for abstracts, references, footnotes, tables, and all captions, as well as for text material.
  2. Wide margins, at least 2 cm top and bottom and on each side, must be used.
  3. The body of the paper, as well as tables and figures, must all be numbered consecutively. Tables and figures may be integrated into the first draft of the text but should be separated out in the final version that is sent for copy editing. References should not appear as footnotes; a separate reference list that meets the conventions described later in these instructions should be provided at the end of the text, after any acknowledgments.
  4. For authors who do not have internet access or otherwise must submit their manuscripts via mail, our Journal Office staff will create a scanned PDF file and enter the manuscript into the system. Two copies plus an original manuscript (with original figures for each copy) should be submitted, along with electronic files meeting the specifications above. Hard copies of manuscripts should be sent to: Peter R. Griffiths, Editor-in-Chief, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 442343, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, U.S.A.