Author Instructions for Camera Ready Paper for ENTCS
This page contains instructions for authors of papers recommended for ENTCS on how to prepare and submit the camera ready version of their papers.
Invited papers to ENTCS will be published in a special proceedings of CLEI 2013 and in ENTCS. These papers will not be published in IEEE Xplore. The following restrictions will be apply for publication in the ENTCS journal:
- The invited papers to ENTCS should be presented in CLEI 2013
- They must be written in English
- The final manuscript submitted to the journal must follow the ENTCS LaTex format.
Instructions for the Special Proceedings of CLEI 2013
Invited papers to ENTCS will be published in a special proceedings of CLEI 2013. Final paper submission for the special proceedings of CLEI 2013 consists of five critical steps:
- Step 1: Make enhancements to your paper according to the reviewer’s recommendation
- Step 2: Format final version of your paper according to IEEE style
- Step 3: Generate a PDF file for you paper
- Step 4: Submit the final PDF version of your paper
- Step 5: Send your Registration
Failure to comply with all the required elements by July 31st, 2013, will lead to the removal of the papers from both the technical program of CLEI 2013 (special proceedings of CLEI 2013) and the invitation to ENTCS journal.
Step 2 – Format final version of your paper according to IEEE style
The formatting instructions provided in this section MUST be strictly followed in order for your paper to be included in the special proceedings of CLEI 2013.
General Instructions
- The camera ready version of your paper must not exceed 12 double column pages, including an abstract of up to 150 words, keywords, figures, acknowledgments, and references. The reference format for the submission of articles is the IEEE standard (Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings).
- Use single-space, two-column US Letter page size (8.5″ x 11″).
- Caption of figures must be centered bellow them.
- Caption of tables must be centered above them.
- Verify that your figures and tables have a high resolution and that text inside them can be easily read. Papers with low resolution figures or tables will be removed from the technical program and the conference record.
- Use IEEE style for your references.
- DO NOT put hyperlinks in your manuscript (you can have references to web pages, but these references must not be linked).
- DO NOT page number your manuscript.
- DO NOT apply security settings to your PDF file.
- Only PDF format is accepted.
Step 3 – Generate a PDF file for you paper
Camera ready version of papers invited to ENTCS for the special proceedings of CLEI 2013 must be submitted as a PDF file. Generate the corresponding PDF file. Verify that the file does not have hyperlinks, does not have more than 12 pages, and that the structure of your manuscript (flow layout) was not changed by the PDF conversion. Check that your figures and tables have high resolution, that you used the IEEE reference format and that your citations to the references were successfully generated.
Step 4 – Submit the final PDF version of your paper
The final PDF version of your paper must be submitted through EasyChair by July 31st, 2013. Failure to comply with all the required elements by July 31st, 2013 will lead to the removal of the paper from both the technical program of CLEI 2013 (special proceedings of CLEI 2013) and the invitation to ENTCS journal.
Before you proceed to upload your camera ready paper, check that you did not add page numbers to it and that your figures and tables have high resolution. Also, verify that you used IEEE style for your references and US letter format (8.5″ x 11″).
Step 5 – Send your Registration
For registration, please visit the Registration Web Page.
Instructions for ENTCS Journal
Soon, we will add more information here.
Important dates:
Invited papers should be send by: 09/30/13
Decision regarding the written English: 10/15/13
Final version: 10/30/13
