IEEE MICROWAVE MAGAZINE

The Magazine in the News

For two years in a row, the magazine has been honored with awards at the Society for Technical Communications (STC) New York Metro Area Annual Competition. In 2001-2002, the magazine received the Award of Distinguished for Technical Art, Magazine Design. In 2002-2003, the March 2003 issue received the Award of Distinguished, Best in Show, for Technical Art, Cover Design. The same cover went on to win an Award of Excellence at the STC's International Technical Art Competition in the Cover Design category.

September 2001

March 2002

Purpose and Scope

The Magazine is intended to serve primarily as a source of information of interest to professionals in the field of microwave theory and techniques. In addition, it also strives to introduce this field to others, including professionals in other technical and scientific fields; policy makers; financial, legal and management communities and public.

History

The Magazine made a debut as a quarterly publication in the year 2000, with the first issue (volume 1, number 1) appearing in March 2000.

Contents

A typical issue of the Magazine includes:

Departments and Columns

The various departments and columns that appear regularly or occasionally include the following:

1. Wireless Investor
2. Health Effects
3. Microwave Surfing
4. Application Notes
5. Outside the Bandwidth
6. New Products
7. Conference Calendar
8. Book/Software Reviews
9. Speakout/Opinion
10. Letters to the Editor

In addition, MTT Society news is carried in a number of columns such as the following:

1. MTT Society and Adcom News
2. President's Report
3. Division Director's Report
4. Chapter News
5. Transnational News
6. Technical Committee News
7. Education Committee News
8. MTT-S Ombudsman's Report

Information for Authors and Contributors

The Magazine invites contributions from potential authors, including feature articles, application notes, contributed columns, letters to the Editor and other items of potential interest to the readership. See Guidelines for Authors.

Indexing

Articles appearing in the Magazine are indexed in IEEE Explore and in other abstracting and indexing services.

Subscription Information

A subscription to IEEE Microwave Magazine is included with membership dues in the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. Individual copies are available to IEEE members for US $10.00 (first copy only); non-members pay US $20.00 per copy. Subscription rates are available upon request from the IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 USA. Telephone: +1-732-981-0060, Fax: +1-800-678-4333, Web: http://shop.ieee.org/store/HelpDesk/subscribe/pricelist.asp

Permissions

Permission for reproducing material published in the Magazine should be directed to:

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Advertising

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Inquiries in this regard should be addressed to:

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Contacts

For editorial matters: Email the editor at microwave.editor@ieee.org

For new product announcements: Email the Associate Editor for New Products at microwave.newproducts@ieee.org

For Advertising Matters: Email the Business Development Manager of IEEE Magazines at ss.ieeemedia@ieee.org

Past Issues

All past issues are electronically accessible through IEEE Explore. The table of contents can be viewed free of charge; access to full text of articles requires IEEE Explore availability.

Guidelines for Contributions to the Departments / Columns

A number of columns appear in the Magazine, with varying degrees of regularity, authored by regular as well as guest columnists. Contributions are sough for many of these departments, particularly the following:

1. Microwave Business
2. History of Microwaves (including pictorial history)
3. Educators' Column (A column for teachers of undergraduates and graduates)
4. Out of the Bandwidth (A light-hearted column)
5. Speakout (An opinions column)

Please consult the earlier issues of the Magazine for samples of past columns. Contributions for the columns can be sent directly to the associate editors who organize the respective columns.

Please contact the column editors for any discussion regarding a proposed or submitted column.

Guidelines for Letters to the Editor

IEEE Microwave Magazine welcomes Letters to the Editor for publication in the Magazine. The guidelines below are intended to encourage rather than inhibit submission of letters.

1. Subject Matter. Letters can either be comments on previously published material, or raise new issues of technical or professional interest. Typically, comments on earlier material might correct errors, present alternative viewpoints, draw attention to omissions, add a historical or personal perspective, point out extensions, or place the earlier material in context. Newly raise issues can bring up controversies relevant to the domain of interest of the Magazine. In either case, the Editor reserves the right to invite rebuttals from earlier (or other) authors for concurrent publication. In particular, letters are not intended for promotional purposes, or to make announcements of products or services.
2. Length. The letters must be succinct and focused. The Editors will determine if the length is excessive, and can edit the letters for brevity, if needed. Submissions with more than 250 words can be accommodated as letters only if there are compelling reason for their length.
3. Criteria. The primary selection criteria for letters are their interest or value to the readership; freedom from errors and readability.

Guidelines for Authors of Feature Articles

Author Guidelines for Featured Articles

1. Author guidelines appropriate for all IEEE Magazines are available on the IEEE web sitehttp://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/magazines/guides.htm and contain information about electronic submission. The guidelines listed below are provided solely for the assistance of authors planning a feature article for IEEE Microwave Magazine.
2. Feature articles in the Magazine are both solicited and contributed, and the editors welcome ideas and suggestions for both. Prospective authors can send manuscripts of proposed articles, as well as discuss ideas for one with the editors. Authors are invited to submit a proposal to the editor prior to the preparation of a complete article to ascertain suitability and interest. There is no prescribed format for the proposal.

1. Audience. The Magazine is intended primarily to be of interest and service to professionals in the field of microwave theory and techniques; secondarily, it serves to introduce this field to others -- for example, professionals in other technical and scientific fields; public and corporate policy makers; members of the financial, management or legal communities; and lay persons.
   
   
2. Subject Matter. The primary requirement for a feature article is that its subject matter should be of demonstrable interest to the practioners in the field of microwave theory and techniques. The magazine is not limited to technical topics; topics related to professional, career and personal interests of microwave engineers are also appropriate. Material should be submitted for publication in the Magazine does not have to be novel, new or unique -- provided the presentation of the material is new. In fact, unique presentations of fundamental and basic material, and comprehensive overviews of emerging technologies, are actively sought. Of high interest is material that entertains while it educates or informs; humor is welcome in particular.
   
   
3. Scope Limitation. Although the domain of interest of the Magazine is wide, there are three significant limitations to it. First, topics clearly within the domain of interest of other sister IEEE societies are usually not suitable unless there is a special reason; prospective authors are encouraged to discuss their plans with the editor regarding this issue. Second, material that borders on being advertising for products and services can be accommodated in the Magazine only in appropriate departments (such as New Products announcements). Third, we respect the sensibilities (by avoiding politics, religion and advocacy) as well as the law (by prohibiting materials that may be derogatory, obscene, or in violation of copyright).
   
   
4. Level of Technical Depth. The feature articles must be accessible to a broad cross-section of microwave engineers, and not just to experts in the narrow specialty of the article. This is ensure by introducing motivation for the discussions; relating the topic to the broader scheme of things; pointing out analogies with the familiar; avoiding jargon specific to the specialty; defining any terms with special meaning within the specialty; and omitting details of interest only to those working actively in the specialty. The Magazine is not the place to report novel research results; archive data or specifications reached; supply mathematical proofs and derivations or minutia.
   
   
5. Readability. Given the goal of the Magazine, the articles are expected to meet a considerably higher level of readability and lucidity than other publications of the Society. This burden must fall on the authors, because there are no technical writers or editors available to re-write and improve the organization, language or grammar of submitted articles. Where necessary, please consult knowledgeable colleagues, native speakers of English, technical writers or professionals in the field.
   
   
6. Length. Typical articles range between 6 and 12 pages when printed. A full page of text is typically 1000 words. A typical figure with caption that occupies one-third of a single column will replace approximately 200 words. Shorter articles are also welcome, and may be accommodated in some column or department of the Magazine, rather than as a feature article. Longer articles requiring more than 12 pages need some justification and must be discussed with the editor.
   
   
7. Graphics. Colorful, catchy, attention grabbing, photographs and graphics are not only welcome, but also actively sought. We encourage the use of colors in graphs and line drawings to aid comprehension, enhance clarity, add aesthetic appeal, and bring out relationships among details spread over multiple figures by maintaining uniformity. Please get permissions for the use of graphics created by others. The copy editors at IEEE Headquarters have the right to modify graphics to fit the style of the magazine.
   
   
8. Tables. Tables are a particularly efficient way of presenting information, and technical readers are quite accustomed to such two-dimensional presentation of information.
   
   
9. References. A long, exhaustive list of citations is usually not suitable for the aims of the magazine (unless that is appropriate for some special reason -- discuss with the editor). A short, selective list of "Additional Reading Resources" is adequate; these can be annotated if necessary.
   
   
10. Sidebars. It is very important to maintain a continuity and flow of thoughts in the body of a feature article; digressions, details, supplementary material, definitions, background information, mathematical supplements, applications, illustrative examples, explanatory discussions, etc. are often better accommodated in a "box" which we try to place on the relevant page in the magazine.
    
    
11. Controversies. The magazine welcomes discussions of controversial topics where there is a difference of opinion within the microwave community. The editor reserves the right to invite others to write rejoinders or present opposing points of view. However, the magazine is not the place to carry out debates on highly technical issues of narrow interest that are best presented to, and judged by, expert professional peers. Open issues still being debated in the research literature are usually unsuitable, unless presented in a lucid, balanced, and accessible manner for the non-experts.
    
    
12. Publication Schedule and Peer Review. The Magazine is not a rapid publication suitable for establishing precedence over competition or meeting the deadline of a promotion decision. Please be prepared for a slow process - the magazine is published only once in three months; no more than three or four feature articles can be accommodated in an issue; each manuscript is required by IEEE policies to be reviewed by multiple reviewers; the reviewers (and the editor) are volunteers with full-time jobs; each issue of the Magazine has a theme, and a manuscript may not fit-in with the theme of the next few issues.
    
    
13. Revisions and Proofs. Authors are expected to be responsive to changes suggested by peer reviewers. However, once the article has been scheduled for an issue and the final manuscript is submitted, no further revisions can be accommodated. The copy editors at IEEE Headquarters have the right to make minor changes in the manuscript without prior author approval. Proofs (in PDF form) are sent to the authors if necessary, for example to ensure the accuracy of mathematical expressions or changes made by the copy editor; they must be returned within 48 hours.