The editors invite you to submit your Short Communications to be published in Vacuum. Here you will be ensured of the swiftest possible refereeing and publication process. In addition to the regular Instructions
to Authors, the following should be taken into consideration:
• Length of the papers is restricted to 4 printed A4 pages or
2500 words • All papers featured need to report high quality original research • The authors are invited to submit
3 to 4 names for refereeing their work*
* As a special feature, the author may have the paper refereed by a colleague prior
to sending it to the editor and include the referee report/correspondence with the manuscript. The editor will decide whether further
refereeing will be necessary.
Submission of Papers
Authors (other than authors of Conference Proceedings)are encouraged
to submit their papers using the Vacuum Online Submission tool. Alternatively,
they should submit their original manuscript and figures with two copies to one of the following Editors:
J.S.Colligon,
Post Room, John Dalton Extension, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK, Tel. +44 161 247 1452; Fax +44 161 247
6357; E-mail: J.Colligon@mmu.ac.uk G.J. Exarhos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MS K2-44,
902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, WA 99352-1611, USA; Tel. +1 509 375 2440; Fax +1 509 375 2186; E-mail: vacuum@pnl.gov L.G. Hultman, Thin Film Division, Department of Physics, Linkoping University, S-584 83 Linkoping, Sweden; Tel: +46 13 281284;
Fax: +46 13 137568; E-mail: lhn@ifm.liu.se R.E.Hurley, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ashby
Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH, N.Ireland. Tel: +44 (0) 1232 274084; E-mail: rhurley@ee.qub.ac.uk K.
Wasa, Editorial Office Vacuum, Faculty of Science, Yokohama University, 2-7-27 Chiyogaoka, Narashi, 631-0045 Japan;
Tel: +81 742
44 8565; E-mail: kiyotkw@hi-ho.ne.jp
Book Review Editor: W. Steckelmacher, 177 Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley, Sussex
RH11 0HT, UK; Tel: +44 (0) 1293 521931
Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not
under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or
in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher.
Form of contributions
Vacuum welcomes concise
papers, short communications and reviews and will publish those meeting strict refeering standards promptly after delivery to one of
the Editors listed above.
Manuscript Preparation
General: All manuscripts should be typewritten in proper English.
The paper copies of the text should be prepared with double line spacing and wide margins, on numbered sheets. Good quality printouts
with a font size of 12 or 10 pt are required. The corresponding author should be identified (include a Fax number and E-mail address).
Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of the journal for style if possible. An
electronic copy of the paper should accompany the final version. The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of
uniformity. Authors should retain a copy of their manuscript since we cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of papers. Original
manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material after use.
Authors
in Japan please note that information about how to have the English of your paper checked, corrected and improved (before submission) please contact our Tokyo office who will provide you with a list of language polishing services, Elsevier Japan K.K., 1-9-15 Higashi
Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; tel.: +81-3-5561-5032; fax: +81-3-5561-5045; e-mail: jp.info@elsevier.com
Abstracts: Papers should include an abstract, not exceeding 200 words, in which the main points of the paper are summarized. Keywords: Authors are requested to supply a maximum of eight keywords accurately describing the contents of the manuscript. Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements,
Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The corresponding author
should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be identified with superscript
Arabic numbers. Units: All abbreviations should conform to the style of SI units but in addition to the Pascal, pressure
may also be given in bar (bar) or millibar (mbar). Symbols: Letters to be set in Greek type should be clearly indicated.
This may be done by writing, for instance, the words 'Greek rho' in the margin the first time a ρ is used. Equations and formulae
should be clearly and carefully written, taking care to have all the figures and symbols, especially in fractions and equations, in the
alignment in which they are to be printed. Maths: Confusion between the letter I and the numeral 1 when standing alone can
be avoided by looping the letter when typewritten. Similar differentiation between the letter O and zero 0 is advisable. Subscripts and
superscripts should be clearly indicated. Primes (as p' ) should be written or identified so that they will not be interpreted
as a superior figure 1 (p1). Exponential expressions which are at all complicated (e.g. exponentials with subscripts to superscript
letters) should be given in the form 'exp ()', except where it would be less clear mathematically. It would be helpful to have a third
set of any structural formulae attached. The solidus can often be used in mathematical expressions and in expressions involving multiple
units. References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the
manuscript. In the text refer to references by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. Since Ristoiu [1]), and the full reference
should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper.
References should be given in the following form:
1. Ristoiu D,
Cosma C, Voros A, Ristoiu T. Vacuum 1998;50:359-362.
2. Gerblinger J, Meixner H. J Appl Phys 1993;67:
3. Sze SM.The physics of
semiconductor devices. New York: Wiley,1981. p. 245.
If you are not submitting online, all illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable for reproduction (which
may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)" and should be numbered
consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They should accompany the manuscript, and should be included within the text in
the copies for reviewers. However, if making a hardcopy submission should include diagrams separate from the text with a minimum resolution
of 200 dpi. All illustrations should be clearly marked on the back with the figure number and the author's name. All figures are to have
a caption. Captions should be supplied on a separate sheet. Line drawings: Good quality printouts on white paper produced
in black ink are required. All lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be sufficiently large and bold to permit reproduction
when the diagram has been reduced to a size suitable for inclusion in the journal. Dye-line prints or photocopies are not suitable for
reproduction. Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations. Photographs: Original photographs must
be supplied as they are to be reproduced (e.g. black and white or colour). If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph.
Please note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable. Colour: The normal policy for colour halftones is that these
are charged, but exceptions will be made at the discretion of the Editor if these halftones are judged essential. In case of charging,
the author will be asked to bear part of the extra costs involved. Further information is available from the Author Services Department
(for contact details see below).
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure,
at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether
or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information
regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instructions
pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can
arise by converting colour figures to ′grey scale′ (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please
submit in addition usable black and white prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
Tables: Tables should be numbered
consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table
and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented
elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs).
Electronic Manuscripts
The publisher requires an electronic version of your
accepted manuscript. If there is not already a copy of this (on disk) with the journal editor at the time the manuscript is being refereed,
you will be asked to send a file with the text of the revised manuscript. All major text processing packages can be handled, but text
in either Word or WordPerfect is preferred. As to formats, both MS-DOS and Macintosh formatted disks can be handled. Please note that
no deviations from the version accepted by the editor of the journal are permissible without the prior and explicit approval by the editor.
Such changes should be clearly indicated on an accompanying printout of the file. In case discrepancies between hardcopy and electronic
text are found by the publisher, the hardcopy version of the manuscript will be used (scanned) in all cases. Full details of electronic
submission and other formats can be obtained from the Author Support Department at Elsevier. Also authors wishing to make use of LaTex
and would like to obtain style files are requested to to to http://www.elsevier.com/latex.
Proofs
Proofs will
be sent to the author (first named author if no corresponding author is identified of multi-authored papers) and should be returned within
48 hours of receipt. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any others may be charged to the author. Any queries should
be answered in full. Please note that authors are urged to check their proofs carefully before return, since the inclusion of late corrections
cannot be guaranteed.
Reprints
The corresponding author will be provided with a PDF of the article in its published form.
Authors wishing to order additional paid reprints should indicate the number of reprints required when returning proofs.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement" (for more information on this and copyright
see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a "Journal Publishing
Agreement" form or a link to the online version of this agreement. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s)
must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use
by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com.
Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions.
Author
Benefits No page charges. Publishing in Vacuum is free.
Offprints and reprints
The corresponding
author at no extra cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF
file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining
the terms and conditions of use. Extra copies of oofprints, minimum 50, can be ordered on the form sent out to you.
The corresponding
author will receive 25 offprints free of charge. An offprint order form will be supplied by the publisher for ordering any additional
paid offprints.Discount Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books.
Authors
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