Submission Guidelines
- Manuscripts must be submitted online via Editorial Manager (EM) at http://www.editorialmanager.com/brl/login.asp, a fully web-based submission, peer-review, and tracking system. New Authors: If you are submitting via this new system for the first time, you will first be required to register. From the account you create, you will be able to monitor your submission and make subsequent submissions.
- Hardcopy submissions or submissions via email to the managing editors are not encouraged.
- Authors are requested to include the mailing address to which proofs and reprint order form should be sent.
- All contributions should be written in English with a brief abstract.
- Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals.
- Authors are encouraged to typeset their submissions using the LaTeX2e style files provided.
- Any manuscript which does not conform to the instructions may be returned to authors for revision before publication.
- Once the paper is accepted, authors are assumed to transfer copyrights of the paper to World Scientific Publishing Company.
- No page charge is levied. Authors receive FREE PDFs of their published articles (rather than free paper offprints). Authors who would like paper offprints will still be able to order them at reasonable rates (please request an order form). IMPORTANT: Visit our Author Rights page to find out about the permissions given to authors to use their PDFs as well as their submitted or accepted preprint articles.
- Submission under Rapid Communication
Short letters submitted to "Rapid Communication" should be no longer than 8 pages following our format (excluding references), with no more than 6 figures and/or tables.
Illustrations and Images:
Please prepare all line drawings, halftones (gray scale) and color illustrations in high resolution.
The Requirements
- 600 dpi for line drawings (black and white).
- 300 dpi for halftones (gray scale). Do not convert from color images as they reproduce very poorly.
- 300 dpi for color images. Must be in CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) for color separation. RGB (Red, Green and Blue) is unacceptable for color separation work.
- Ensure all labels/annotations are sharp and clear for reproduction. Easy-to-read typeface/font like Arial, Helvetica or Times Roman are recommended for the labels.
- To provide softcopy of the illustrations in either eps, ps, tif, jpg, gif or bmp format, preferable on a PC platform. All illustrations should be embedded in the text. At the same time provide the illustration, example, John_fig1.eps, Hogn_fig2.eps, or John_fig1.tif, John_fig2.tif.
- If soft copies are not available, authors are requested to submit good original glossy prints for clear reproduction. Figure number must be clearly labeled on the back and preferably indicate which side of the figure is the top by using an arrow pointing upwards.
The pdf version of the articles available online is in full color, but contributors have to pay the cost of US$200 for each color illustration/figure in the print version. Please refrain from submitting color images to be printed in black and white as they convert poorly.
Please indicate illustrations/figures that are designated for color print during the submission of the accepted manuscript/LaTeX file(s).