Information for Authors

(Updated/Effective November 2016)

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts of LETTERS. Letters are way. You may also submit your manuscript as a MS Word file. The system has
four page articles designed to provide rapid dissemination of original, the capability of converting your files to PDF, however it is your responsibility
cutting-edge ideas and timely, significant contributions in signal, image, to confirm that the conversion is correct and there are no font or graphics issues
speech, language and audio processing. prior to completing the submission process.
Submissions/resubmissions must be previously unpublished and may not 3. EDICS.
be under consideration elsewhere. All submissions must be classified by the author with an EDICS (Editors’
Information Classification Scheme) selected from the list of EDICS published
Every manuscript must: online at the SPL EDICS page [http://signalprocessingsociety.org/publications-
1. provide a clear statement of the problem and what the contribu- resources/ieee-signal-processing-letters/edics]. Upon submission of a new manu-
tion of the work is to the relevant research community; script, please choose the EDICS categories that best suit your manuscript.
2. state why this contribution is significant (what impact it will Failure to do so will likely result in a delay of the peer review process.
have); 4. Additional Documents for Review.
3. provide citation of the published literature most closely related Please upload pdf versions of all items in the reference list that are not pub-
to the manuscript; and licly available, such as unpublished (submitted) papers. Graphical abstracts and
4. state what is distinctive and new about the current manuscript supplemental materials intended to appear with the final paper (see below) must
relative to these previously published works. also be uploaded for review at the time of the initial submission for considera-
By submission of your manuscript to this Letters, all listed authors have tion in the review process. Use short filenames without spaces or special char-
agreed to the authorship list and all the contents and confirm that the work is acters. When the upload of each file is completed, you will be asked to provide
original and that figures, tables and other reported results accurately reflect a description of that file.
the experimental work. In addition, the authors all acknowledge that they 5. Supplemental Materials.
accept the rules established for publication of manuscripts, including agree- IEEE Xplore can publish multimedia files (audio, images, video, pseudoc-
ment to pay color charges, and any other charges and fees associated with ode and detailed algebraic manipulations of proofs), datasets, and software
publication of the manuscript. Such charges are not negotiable and cannot (e.g. Matlab code) along with your paper. Alternatively, you can provide
be suspended. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining consent the links to such files in a README file that appears on Xplore along with
from all co-authors and, if needed, from sponsors before submission. your paper. For details, please see IEEE Author Digital Toolbox [http://www.
In order to be considered for review, a paper must be within the scope of ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html].
the journal and represent a novel contribution. A paper is a candidate for under “Multimedia.” To make your work reproducible by others, the
an Immediate Rejection if it is of limited novelty, e.g. a straightforward TRANSACTIONS encourages you to submit all files that can recreate the
combination of theories and algorithms that are well established and are figures in your paper.
repeated on a known scenario. Experimental contributions will be rejected 6. Submission.
without review if there is insufficient experimental data. The Letters are After uploading all files and proofreading them, submit your manuscript by
published in English. Papers that have a large number of typographical clicking “Submit.” A confirmation of the successful submission will open on
and/or grammatical errors will also be rejected without review. screen containing the manuscript tracking number and will be followed with an
In addition to presenting a novel contribution, acceptable manuscripts e-mail confirmation to the corresponding and all contributing authors. Once you
must describe and cite related work in the field to put the contribution in click “Submit,” your manuscript cannot be changed in any way.
context. Do not give theoretical derivations or algorithm descriptions that 7. Copyright Form and Consent Form.
are easily found in the literature; merely cite the reference. By policy, IEEE owns the copyright to the technical contributions it publishes
on behalf of the interests of the IEEE, its authors, and their employers; and to
New and revised manuscripts should be prepared following the “Manuscript
facilitate the appropriate reuse of this material by others. To comply with the
Submission” guidelines below, and submitted to the online manuscript sys-
IEEE copyright policies, authors are required to sign and submit a completed
tem, ScholarOne Manuscripts. Do not send original submissions or revisions
“IEEE Copyright and Consent Form” prior to publication by the IEEE. The
directly to the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors; they will access your
IEEE recommends authors to use an effective electronic copyright form (eCF)
manuscript electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts system.
tool within the ScholarOne Manuscripts system. You will be redirected to the
Manuscript Submission. Please follow the next steps. “IEEE Electronic Copyright Form” wizard at the end of your original submis-
1. Account in ScholarOne Manuscripts. sion; please simply sign the eCF by typing your name at the proper location and
If necessary, create an account in the on-line submission system ScholarOne click on the “Submit” button.
Manuscripts. Please check first if you already have an existing account which Manuscript Length.
is based on your e-mail address and may have been created for you when you 1. Must not exceed four pages of technical information including title;
reviewed or authored a previous paper. names of authors and their complete contact information; abstract; text;
a All IEEE journals require an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) all images, figures and tables, appendices and proofs; overlapping text
for all authors. ORCID is a persistent unique identifier for researchers and and/or figures is prohibited. A fifth page is available for references only.
functions similarly to an article’s Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The author
2. There will be no exceptions per the EIC in regard to the 5 page maximum
will need a registered ORCID in order to submit a manuscript or review a
page limitation and paying overlength page charges is not an option for a
proof in this journal.
Letters submission per the EIC.
2. Electronic Manuscript.
Prepare a PDF file containing your manuscript in double-column, single- 3. The DOUBLE-COLUMN version must be a single-spaced (2-column)
spaced format using a font size of 10 points or larger, having a margin of at PDF of 5 pages or less, using a font size of 10 points or larger, having a
least 1 inch on all sides. Upload this version of the manuscript as a PDF file margin of at least 1 inch on all side.
“double.pdf ” to the ScholarOneManuscripts site. Since many reviewers prefer a 4. All SP-L submissions are also required to submit a single-column, double-
larger font, you are strongly encouraged to also submit a single-column, double- spaced version of the manuscript.
spaced version (11 point font or larger), which is easy to create with the Resubmission of Previously Rejected Manuscripts. Authors of manu-
templates provided at the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox [http://www.ieee.org/ scripts rejected from any journal are allowed to resubmit their manuscripts only
publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html]. once. At the time of submission, you will be asked whether your manuscript
Page length restrictions will be determined by the double-column version. is a new submission or a resubmission of an earlier rejected manuscript. If it
Proofread your submission, confirming that all figures and equations are visible is a resubmission of a manuscript previously rejected by any journal, you are
in your document before you “SUBMIT” your manuscript. Proofreading is criti- expected to submit supporting documents identifying the previous submission
cal; once you submit your manuscript, the manuscript cannot be changed in any
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/LSP.2017.2662441
and detailing how your new version addresses all of the reviewers’ comments. • The abstract should include a few keywords or phrases, as this will help
Papers that do not disclose connection to a previously rejected paper or that do readers to find it. Avoid over-repetition of such phrases as this can result
not provide documentation as to changes made may be immediately rejected. in a page being rejected by search engines.
Author Misconduct. Author misconduct includes plagiarism, self-plagia- In addition to written abstracts, papers may include a graphical abstract; see
rism, and research misconduct, including falsification or misrepresentation of IEEE Author Digital Toolbox [http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/
results. All forms of misconduct are unacceptable and may result in sanctions publications/authors/authors_journals.html] for options and format require-
and/or other corrective actions. Plagiarism includes copying someone else’s ments.
work without appropriate credit, using someone else’s work without clear de- IEEE supports the publication of author names in the native language
lineation of citation, and the uncited reuse of an author’s previously published alongside the English versions of the names in the author list of an article. For
work that also involves other authors. Self-plagiarism involves the verbatim more information, see “Author names in native languages” [http://www.ieee.
copying or reuse of an authors own prior work without appropriate citation, org/publications_standards/publications/authors/auth_names_native_lang.
including duplicate submission of a manuscript elsewhere (journal or confer- pdf] on the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox. page.
ence), and submission of two different manuscripts which overlap substantially Open Access. The publication is a hybrid journal, allowing either Traditional
in language or technical contribution. The aforementioned forms of author manuscript submission or Open Access (author-pays OA) manuscript submis-
misconduct also cover materials from third party servers (such as Arxiv). For sion. Upon submission of your final files, if you choose to have your manuscript
more information on the definitions, investigation process, and corrective ac- be an Open Access article, you commit to pay the discounted OA fee if your
tions related to author misconduct, see the Signal Processing Society Policies manuscript is accepted for publication in order to enable unrestricted public
and Procedures Manual, Section 6.1 [http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/ access. As of 01 January 2017, the OA fee is $1,950. Any other application
about-sps/governance/policy-procedure/part-2/]. Author misconduct may also charges (such as charge for the use of color in the print format) will be billed
be actionable by the IEEE under the rules of Member Conduct. separately once the manuscript formatting is complete but prior to the publication.
Submission Format. Authors are required to prepare manuscripts employ- If you would like your manuscript to be a Traditional submission, your article will
ing the on-line style files developed by IEEE, which include guidelines for be available to qualified subscribers and purchasers via IEEE Xplore. No OA
abbreviations, mathematics, and graphics. All manuscripts accepted for pub- payment is required for Traditional submission.
lication will require the authors to make final submission employing these
style files. The style files are available on the web at the IEEE Author Digital Page Charges.
Toolbox [http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/ Color Charges. Color figures which appear in color only in the electronic
authors_journals.html] under “Template for all Transactions.” (LaTeX and (Xplore) version can be used free of charge. In this case, the figure will be printed
MS Word). Please note the following requirements about the abstract: in the hardcopy version in grayscale, and the author is responsible that the corre-
sponding grayscale figure is intelligible. Color reproduction charges for print are
• The abstract must be a concise yet comprehensive reflection of what is
the responsibility of the author. Details of the associated charges can be found on
in your article.
the IEEE Publications page [http://www.ieee.org/documents/graphicsfaq.pdf].
• The abstract must be self-contained, without abbreviations, footnotes,
Payment of fees on color reproduction is not negotiable or voluntary, and the
displayed equations, or references.
author’s agreement to publish the manuscript in these Transactions is considered
• The abstract must be between 150-250 words.
acceptance of this requirement.