Richard W. Lee
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
USA
E-mail: rwlee@berkeley.edu
Steven J.
Rose Imperial College
UK
E-mail: s.rose@imperial.ac.uk
Submission of articles
General
Submission of
an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published
lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all Authors
and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published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.
Upon acceptance
of an article, Authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://elsevier.com/authors).
This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding Author confirming
receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided.
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 on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
On-line submission to the journal prior to acceptance
Authors can submit their articles and any supplementary material
electronically via the journal's on-line submission and peer-review systems at http://ees.elsevier.com/hedp. The system
automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please
note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed
for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision,
takes place by e-mail and via the Author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
Electronic format requirements
for submitted articles
General points
We accept most wordprocessing 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.
Word processor
documents
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column
format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article.
In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text 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 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hedp). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate
their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. 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.
LaTeX documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will be produced without rekeying the text. The article should
preferably be written using Elsevier's document class "elsart", or alternatively the standard document class "article".
The Elsevier
LaTeX package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained from http://elsevier.com/locate/latex
or from the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN): see below, in the directory /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/elsevier.
It consists of the files: elsart.cls, guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing
articles with LaTeX".
CTAN is an archive with up-to-date copies of all the public-domain versions of TeX, LaTeX, Metafont and ancillary
programs, which is made available via a mirrored network of FTP servers. You can enter the CTAN archive via a Web interface in the UK
(http://www.tex.ac.uk), in the USA (http://www.ctan.org), or in Germany (http://www.dante.de/software/ctan)
(page in German). You can search for a package on CTAN via http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/ctan/. You can also enter the archive via FTP at
ftp.tex.ac.uk, at ftp.dante.de, at ctan.tug.org, or at one of the many mirror servers; see for a list the UK or USA CTAN Web pages. When
a CTAN server does not respond, please try another one.
Note that CTAN is not related to Elsevier, and that Elsevier's author
support cannot accept complaints or answer questions about the availability of any CTAN server.
Figures may be inserted in the
usual way using an \includegraphics command, at the position in the article where they are cited.
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).
Authors in Japan please note that, upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide authors with a list
of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier,
4F Higashi-Azabu, 1 Chome Bldg, 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; phone: (03)-5561-5032; fax: (03)-5561-5045; e-mail:
jp.info@elsevier.com.
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 (PACS 2003 at http://www.aip.org/pacs/) 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.
References in the text to other publications
should be numbered consecutively within square brackets and listed together at the end of the text.
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 typed with particular consideration given
to characters that maybe misinterpreted.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier 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 our artwork instruction pages
at http://elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used.
- Provide all illustrations as separate files.
- Provide captions to illustrations separately.
- Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
A detailed guide
on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
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 embedded graphics in your word processor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
- 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 For any further information please contact the Author
Support Department at authorsupport@elsevier.com.
After acceptance
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher
it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as "drafts".
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be
sent by e-mail to the corresponding Author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and
subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
A form with queries from
the copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
The Publisher
reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated. Return corrections within 2 days of receipt of the
proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and
published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF) proof of your article
for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections
will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any less time to make your
corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
No page charges. Publishing
in High Energy Density Physics is free.
Free offprints. The corresponding author, at no 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. An offprint order
form will be supplied by the publisher for ordering any additional paid offprints.
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Author enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit http://elsevier.com/authors.
This site also provides the facility to track accepted articles and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has
changed, as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions and more.
Contact details for
questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after registration of an article
for publication.
