Submission Guidelines
All submissions to Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics (JMMP) are handled electronically. Manuscripts must be submitted online via Editorial Manager (EM), 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.
Detailed instructions for preparation of manuscripts are available in:
General Submissions should include a cover letter, a manuscript text file, individual figure files, and optional supplementary information files. For first submissions (i.e. not revised manuscripts), authors may incorporate the manuscript text and figures into a single file up to 25 MB in size; the figures may be inserted in the text at the appropriate positions or grouped at the end. Supplementary information should be combined and supplied as a single separate file, preferably in MSWord format.Cover letter
Authors should provide a cover letter that includes the affiliation and contact information for the corresponding author. The authors should briefly explain why the work is considered appropriate for JMMP. Authors are asked to suggest the names and contact information for scientific peer reviewers and they may request the exclusion of certain referees with reasons provided.
Format of manuscripts
In most cases, we do not impose strict limits on word counts and page numbers, but we encourage authors to write concisely and suggest authors adhere to the guidelines below.
As a guide, the main text (not including Abstract, Methods, References, and figure legends) should be no more than 7,500 words. The maximum title length is 40 words. The Abstract (without heading) ¡ª which must be no more than 400 words long and contain no references ¡ªshould serve both as a general introduction to the topic and as a brief, non-technical summary of the main results and their implications.
ONLY the following file types can be uploaded for manuscript text:
- docx, doc, txt, tex
The main body of the text is followed by Acknowledgements (non-compulsory) and References. Figure Legends are limited to 450 words per figure. Tables should have a maximum size of one page.
Authors who do not incorporate the manuscript text and figures into a single file should adhere to the following: all textual content should be provided in a single file, prepared preferably using Microsoft Word; figures should be provided as individual files.
Manuscripts published in JMMP are not subject to in-depth copy editing as part of the production process. Authors are responsible for procuring copy editing or language editing services for their manuscripts, either before submission, or at the revision stage.
References
References should be numbered sequentially, first throughout the text, then in tables, followed by figures; that is, references that only appear in tables or figures should be last in the reference list. Only one publication is given for each number. Only papers that have been published or accepted by a named publication or recognized preprint server should be in the numbered list; preprints of accepted papers in the reference list should be submitted with the manuscript. Published conference abstracts and numbered patents may be included in the reference list. Grant details and acknowledgments are not permitted as numbered references. Footnotes are not used as references.
Please strictly follow the reference format below.
Journal papers
[1] B. W. Bestbury. R-matrices and the magic square. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 36(7), pp. 1947¨C1959, 2003.
[2] J. M. Landsberg and L. Manivel. Triality, exceptional lie algebras, and deligne dimension formulas. Advances in Mathematics 171(1), pp. 59¨C85, 2002.
Conference proceedings
[3] R. K. Gupta and S. D. Senturia. Pull-in time dynamics as a measure of absolute pressure, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'97), Nagoya, Japan, January 26¨C30, pp. 290¨C294, 1997.
[4] C. H. Mastrangelo and R. S. Muller, Fabrication and performance of a fully integrated ¦Ì-pirani gauge with digital readout, Proceedings of Transducers' 91, San Francisco, CA, June 24¨C27, pp. 245¨C248, 1991.
Books:
[5] F. Moss. Stochastic resonance: From the ice ages to the monkey's ear, in Contemporary Problems in Statistical Physics, ed. G. H. Weiss (SIAM, Philadelphia), pp. 205¨C253, 1994.
[6] R. V. Churchill and J. W. Brown. Complex Variables and Applications, 5th edn (McGraw-Hill), 1990.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be brief and should not include thanks to anonymous referees and editors, or effusive comments. Grant or contribution numbers may be acknowledged.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
World Scientific Publishing will only issue an official invoice for the payment of an Article-Processing Charge if you opt for Gold Open Access, and after your paper has been accepted. Before responding to any payment request, we advise you to check on your submission's status at Editorial Manager website, or contact the Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor, to ensure your submission has officially been "Accepted" for publication. Please disregard any payment request if otherwise. When in doubt, contact us at World Scientific (editor@wspc.com).