NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A: ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Guide for Authors
Coordinating Editor:
W. Barletta, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, MS 50-149, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Editors:
R. Klanner, Inst. für Experimentalphysik, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
F. Parmigiani,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Via Valerio, 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
F. Sauli, Cern, Div. EP, 1211 Geneva
23, Switzerland
D. Wehe, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, 3038 Phoenix Laboratory,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2100, USA
Founding editor:
K. Siegbahn, Institute of Physics, Box 530, S-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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Electronic
format requirements for submitted articles
General points
We accept most word processing formats, but
Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using
the default extension of the program used. No changes to the accepted version are permissible without the explicit approval of the Editor.
Color printing of figures is possible, but will be at the author's charge; refer to the detailed instruction under "Manuscript Preparation".
Word processor documents It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used.
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or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations
or tables, but prepare these using the word processor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one
grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic
text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts. (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/howtosubmitpaper).
The figures should be placed both in the text file and uploaded separately. See also the section on Preparation
of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your word processor.
It is important that you add line numbers to your document, to enable the reviewers and editors to give clear feedback on your article.
To add line numbers to a Word document: •Click "File" at the menu bar and then click "Page Setup". •Click "Layout"
•Click "Line Numbers" •Check "Add Line Numbering" •Click "Ok"
LaTeX documents
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To
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file's document body.
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Figures may be inserted
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Manuscript preparation
General
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Italics are not to be
used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands
(10 000 and above).
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Use double line spacing and wide margins
on numbered, single column pages.
The title page(s) should contain the article title, author(s) names and affiliations,
the text of related footnotes and the text of the abstract. The author to whom the proofs should be sent must be indicated with her/his
full postal address, telephone number, e-mail address and/or fax number. One to four classification codes and up to six keywords of the
author's choice should be given below the abstract.
Tables should be typed on separate sheets at the end of the manuscript.
In addition to its serial number, each table should have a sufficiently detailed caption to explain the data displayed in it.
Figures
should be numbered and their captions listed together at the end of the manuscript.The figures themselves should be placed within the
manuscript. Unless the authors explicitly accept the charges of color printing, submissions should be compatible with both electronic
posting and black and white printing. The price of each colour figure is EUR 473. Alternatively, the authors can submit two versions
(Color and Black and White) of the concerned figures, after thorough verification that there is no explicit reference to colors in the
figure, text and figure captions. A simple black and white printing of the color figure does not produce a good result, particularly
when color is used to indicate levels (a conversion to gray level scale is recommended).
References
References
in the text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but
the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: ..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different
result ....
Reference list: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear
in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, J. Sci. Commun.
163 (2000) 51 59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York,
1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction
to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing, Inc., New York, 1994, pp. 281 304.
DOI citations. The digital object identifier (DOI)
may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to
a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium
for citing a document, particularly "Articles in press", because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The
correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows:
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.033
For Articles in Press, please do not
include an "In Press" denotation to your citation. When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed
never to change.
Formulae in the manuscript should be clearly written or typed with particular consideration given to characters
that maybe misinterpreted. Unusual symbols should be explained in pencil in the margin.
Letters to the editor should not be divided
in chapters or sections and be limited to 1,500 words and two figures.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier now accepts
electronic supplementary material (e-components) to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the Author
additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets,
sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier
Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is
directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic
format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit
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Preparation of electronic illustrations
Submitting your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity
and a high level of detail.
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original
artwork. • Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font. • Only use the following fonts in your illustrations:
Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol. • Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text. • Use
a logical naming convention for your artwork files. • Provide captions to illustrations separately. • Produce images
near to the desired size of the printed version.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following
formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector
drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300
dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a
minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT:If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please
supply "as is".
Please do not: • Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution
is too low; • Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution
is too low; •
Supply files that are too low in resolution; • Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Submission
checklist
This list can be used during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal's Editor for review.
Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
•
One Author designated as corresponding Author: • E-mail address • Full postal address • Telephone and fax
numbers • All necessary files have been uploaded • Keywords • All figure captions • All tables (including
title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been "spell checked"
• References
are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice
versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)
• Colour
figures are clearly marked as being intended for colour reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced in
colour on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only colour on the Web is required, black and white
versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
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Department at authorsupport@elsevier.com.
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