- Submission
- Aims & Scope
- Article Publication Charge
- Steps to publication
- Manuscript Categories and Requirements
- Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
- Preparing the Submission
- Publication process after acceptance
- Post Publication
- Editorial Office Contact Details
Please carefully read through the Author Guidelines and prepare your manuscript according to these instructions, including structuring your manuscript based on the chosen article category. Manuscripts that do not follow the instructions may be returned to the authors for corrections.
- LaTeX Class File
- MS Word Template
- Proofreading Service for Authors
IJEEE publishes papers of interest to a diverse audience of researchers and professionals working in any area of electrical engineering and computer science in academia, industry or government, including but not limited to scientists, engineers, consultants, etc. The journal will give priority to quality papers that are accessible to a broad readership and discuss sustainable, state-of-the-art approaches to shaping the future of engineering. Please see the full Aims & Scope here.
To encourage researchers to publish in our journal, publication costs will be paid by the College of Engineering / University of Basrah. Now, you can publish with us for Free!
Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, the steps to publication are:
- Submit or confirm your submission on the online site.
- We will send you an email confirmation of your submission details
- After review and acceptance, you will be prompted to sign the Open Access Agreement form.
- You will receive notification that your proof is ready for review, and be able to make corrections to your article.
- Your article will be published on IJEEE Library. If you have previously signed up for alerts through IJEEE Author Services, you will be sent an email when your article is published online.
Data protection
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed.
If you have any difficulties with the submission process please contact the Editorial Office: manager@ijeee.edu.iq
5. MANUSCRIPTS CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS
The manuscript should contain an abstract; a brief introduction; details of experimental procedures in sufficient detail to allow replication of the experiment; results, either tabular or graphical; conclusions; references. Here is a sample of a Research Article.
A full-length review provides a summary and discussion of the relevant literature about any topic covered within the aims and scope of the journal. Review articles provide accessible, authoritative and balanced overviews of a field or topic. A good definition is also given in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Chapter 1, Section 1.2, p. 10): “review articles are critical evaluations of material that has already been published. By organizing, integrating, and evaluating previously published material, the author of a review article considers the progress of current research toward clarifying a problem. In a sense, a review article is a tutorial in that the author
- Defines and clarifies the problem;
- Summarizes previous investigations in order to inform the reader of the state of current research;
- Identifies relations, contradictions, gaps, and inconsistencies in the literature; and Suggests the next step or steps in solving the problem.”
A tutorial article is an educational piece providing a practical tutorial on tools, methodologies, and approaches in electrical engineering and computer science. Tutorials provide an overview and example application of advanced methods to readers who might be less familiar with the topic. Tutorials aim to increase the awareness and potential of multidisciplinary applications, introduce a specific methodology to newcomers interested in model-based approaches, and provide further training and specialized guides to those already working in the field.
Perspective
A Perspective is a scholarly opinion piece about current or future directions in a field. A Perspective can serve to assess the science or engineering directly concerned with a particular topic or report on relevant issues that may arise from the discipline (for example, policy, effects on society, philosophical and ethical implications, regulatory issues and controversies). Perspectives that address interdisciplinary research areas or experimental results with significance to a broader audience are of particular interest. Single-author articles are preferred as perspectives are heavily dependent on the author’s perspective. Perspectives do not contain unpublished or original data. These articles promote scientific discourse that challenges the current state of knowledge in engineering or computer science.
The aim of publishing a Short Communication article is to present useful and novel preliminary results of interest to a wide, interdisciplinary audience. The manuscript should contain an abstract; a brief introduction; details of experimental procedures in sufficient detail to allow replication of the experiment; results, either tabular or graphical; conclusions; references. Short Communications should not exceed 4000 words.
6. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Peer Review and Acceptance
Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper reports original and technically sound results of primary research, which adheres to accepted ethical and scientific publish standards. All of our articles are thoroughly assessed using our single-blind or transparent peer review process, depending on the authors’ choice, and submissions will be sent for peer review if the Editors determine that the article meets the appropriate standards. Please also read our Peer Review Policy for a detailed description of the peer review process in IJEEE.
Conflict of Interest
Engineering Reports requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as influencing an author’s objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to, patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker’s fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication in this journal. Declaring such a relationship will help reviewers and readers understand the transparency and scientific integrity of the manuscript.
If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to list on the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief, in the manuscript (under the Acknowledgements section), and in the online submission system ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.
Example of the phrasing of such statements are as follows:
Authors have no conflict of interest relevant to this article.
Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; and
Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article, all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.
Publication Ethics
All articles must comply with COPE on Publishing Ethics. Authors are required to declare that the work submitted to Engineering Reports has been done in accordance to these guidelines and that is has been performed ethically and responsibly, with no research misconduct, which includes, but is not limited to data fabrication and falsification, plagiarism, image manipulation, unethical research, biased reporting, authorship abuse, redundant or duplicate publication, and undeclared conflicts of interest.
Similarly, reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of the peer-review process and declare any competing interests.
We will investigate all allegations of misconduct, as outlined in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct, and we reserve the right to contact research institutions, employers, funders, or the relevant national statutory body to fulfill these investigations. Further, Note this journal uses EDAS software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
As mentioned above, authors have a responsibility to respond to editorial queries in a timely way, and should be available after publication to respond to critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information should question about the paper arise after publication. Besides, IJEEE encourages authors to share the research data supporting the results of their study, which includes but is not limited to raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials, in an appropriate public repository. In these cases, authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, so that this statement can be published alongside their manuscript.
Funding
Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/
Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. IJEEE is committed to a more open research landscape, facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodology, and reporting standards. We encourage authors to share their research data including, but not limited to raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials.
Manuscripts must be submitted in grammatically correct English. Manuscripts that do not meet this standard cannot be reviewed. Authors for whom English is a second language may wish to consult an English-speaking colleague or consider having their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. IJEEE Editing Services can be found here and below, under the section “Article Preparation Support“. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
A manuscript is considered for review and possible publication on the condition that it is submitted solely to IJEEE, and that the manuscript or a substantial portion of it is not under consideration elsewhere.
Disclosure statement
IJEEE requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Permissions
Information reproduced from another source must be properly cited. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission from the appropriate authors and/or copyright holders to use previously published or copyrighted material. Signed permission statements from the copyright holder for both print and online reproduction must be sent to the IJEEE Editorial Office upon manuscript submission. Permission statements also must be obtained from at least one author when citing unpublished data, in press articles, and/or personal communications.
Authors’ Professional and Ethical Responsibilities
Should possible scientific misconduct or dishonesty in research submitted for review be suspected or alleged, IJEEE reserves the right to forward any submitted manuscript to the sponsoring or funding institution or to other appropriate authorities for investigation. The journal also screens manuscripts for incidents of plagiarism; please ensure that manuscripts present original data written in a unique language. All co-authors must consent to submission of the manuscript.
Authorship and contributorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Prior to submitting the article, all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.
Cover Letters
Cover letters are not mandatory; however, they may be supplied at the author’s discretion.
Manuscript preparation
We place very few restrictions on the way in which you prepare your article, and it is not necessary to try to replicate the layout of the journal in your submission. We ask only that you consider your reviewers by supplying your manuscript in a clear, generic and readable layout, and ensure that all relevant sections are included. Our production process will take care of all aspects of formatting and style. The list below can be used as a checklist to ensure that the manuscript has all the information necessary for successful publication.
- Title page, including title, authors’ names, authors’ affiliations, and contact information*
- Abstract (maximum 400 words) and 4–6 keywords
- Text
- Tables and Figures must be inserted into the body of the manuscript immediately next to their in-text citation
- Tables may be uploaded as a separate file if necessary
- Figure legends if Figures are supplied
- Acknowledgments, including details of funding bodies with grant numbers
- Conflict of Interests (If there is no conflict of interests to declare, please state: “Authors have no conflict of interest relevant to this article.” Please also read the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below)
- Literature cited (see below for tips on references)
Article Preparation Support
IJEEE Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Author biographies
Authors of accepted papers are highly encouraged to supply a biography for each author (maximum length of 500 characters) and photo.
File types
Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are .doc, .rtf, .ppt, .xls. The MS Word Template of IJEEE is available here.
LaTeX files may be submitted provided that an .eps or .pdf file is provided in addition to the source files. The LaTeX Class File of IJEEE is available here.
New Manuscript
Non-LaTeX users: Upload your manuscript files (including any figures or tables or other material for review). At this stage, further source files do not need to be uploaded.
LaTeX users: For reviewing purposes you should upload a single .pdf that you have generated from your source files. You must use the File Designation “Main Document” from the dropdown box.
Revised Manuscript
Non-LaTeX users: Editable source files must be uploaded at this stage. In addition to the revised manuscript with figures and tables inserted into the body of the manuscript, figures and tables must also be uploaded as separate files.
LaTeX users: When submitting your revision you must still upload a single .pdf that you have generated from your revised source files. You must use the File Designation “Main Document” from the dropdown box. Please use “article” class for LaTeX submissions and include any associated packages/files with the submitted LaTeX source files. For all your source files you must use the File Designation “Supplemental Material not for review”. Previous versions of uploaded documents must be deleted. If your manuscript is accepted for publication we will use the files you upload to typeset your article within a totally digital workflow.
Tables
All tables must be cited in the text in the order that they should appear. Tables must be inserted into the body of the manuscript immediately next to their in-text citation.
Figures
All figures must be cited in the text in the order that they should appear. Figures must be inserted into the body of the manuscript immediately next to their in-text citation. Illustrations are an important medium through which to convey the meaning in your article, and there is no substitute for preparing these to the highest possible standard. It is very difficult to improve an image that has been saved or created in an inappropriate format. We realize that not everyone has access to high-end graphics software, so the following information may help if you are having difficulty in deciding how to get the best out of the tools at your disposal.
- As a general rule of thumb, images that contain text and line art (graphs, charts, maps, etc.) will reproduce best if saved as EPS or PDF. If you choose this option, it is important to remember to embed fonts. This ensures that any text reproduces exactly as you intend.
- Images that contain photographic information are best saved as TIFF or PNG, as this ensures that all data are included in the file. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) should be avoided if possible, as information is lost during compression; however, it is acceptable for purely photographic subjects if the image was generated as a JPEG from the outset (many digital cameras, for example, output only in JPEG format).
- If you are not sure which format would be the best option, it is always best to default to EPS or PDF as these are more likely to preserve the high-quality characteristics of the original.
- Microsoft Office. If you have generated your images in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), or similar, it is often best simply to send us the files in their native file formats.
- Please ensure all images are a minimum of 600 dpi.
References
As with the main body of text, the completeness and content of your reference list is more important than the format chosen. A clear and consistent, generic style will assist the accuracy of our production processes and produce the highest quality published work. If you use bibliographic software to generate your reference list, select a standard output style, and check that it produces full and comprehensive reference listings. A guide to the minimum elements required for successful reference linking appears below.
Minimum reference information
Journal Article
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Article title
Journal title (preferably not abbreviated)
Volume number
Issue number
Page range
Book
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Book title
Place of publication
Publisher
No. Pages
Book Chapter
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Chapter title
Book Author/Editor
Book title
Place of publication
Publisher
Page range
Online resources
References to online research articles should always include a DOI, where available. When referring to other Web pages, it is useful to include a date on which the resource was accessed.
Supporting Information and Appendices
Authors are encouraged to submit Supporting Information that could aid readers in understanding the authors’ findings. This may include (but is not limited to) additional figures, tables, video clips, movies and animations (QuickTime, mpeg, SWF), data sets, and program code. Supporting Information must be submitted at the time of peer review, although the reviewers and editors may also suggest that figures or tables be provided as Supporting Information during the review process. Supporting Information should be numbered in order, but independently of figures in the main article. Please note that supplementary material is not edited by the publisher after final acceptance by the editors, and is posted online in the format in which it is supplied. We would encourage you, where possible and appropriate, to include additional figures and tables in an Appendix in your main manuscript document instead of designating it as Supporting Information.
Graphical Abstract
All authors of articles published in IJEEE have the option to include a graphical abstract image and short text for the Table of Contents (TOC). An attractive full-color image for the TOC should be sent at the time of manuscript submission. The image may be specifically designed for the table of contents and is meant to convey the broader importance of the work and thereby capture the reader’s attention. The image must be square with dimensions of 2 inches/5 cm. The use of graphs and images consisting of several parts is strongly discouraged. The accompanying table of contents text (less than 75 words) is not an abstract but together with the graphic should convey the paper’s essence and wider implications to a non-specialist audience.
Cover Images
IJEEE welcomes suggestions for images to appear on the cover. These illustrations are related to, but not necessarily included in, their manuscript. Please contact the Editorial Office if you would like to suggest a cover image.
8. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Accepted Article Received in Production
When an accepted article is received by IJEEE production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to communicate with IEEE Author Services.
Proofs
Soon after acceptance, you will receive an email alert containing a link to a website to access your proofs for final content correction within our rapid production workflow. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Once you have submitted your corrections, the production office will finalize the layout of your article for publication.
Early View
IJEEE is covered by Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of the publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors’ final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so they cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a unique number called a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. For more information on DOIs, please see http://www.doi.org/faq.html.
Access and Sharing
When the article is published online:
- The author receives an email alert (if requested).
- The article is immediately freely available to read, download and share.
Promoting the Article
Your research deserves to be seen. Great ways to showcase your work are:
- Graphical Abstract: Draw readers into your research story with a Graphical Abstract. All authors of articles published in IJEEE have the option to include a graphical abstract image and short text for the Table of Contents (TOC). An attractive full-color image for the TOC should be sent at the time of manuscript submission. The image may be specifically designed for the table of contents and is meant to convey the broader importance of the work and thereby capture the reader’s attention. The image should be a visually engaging and scientifically precise graphical abstract that clearly communicates your findings – enhancing the discoverability of your work. The image must be square with dimensions of 2 inches/5 cm. The use of graphs and images consisting of several parts is strongly discouraged. The accompanying table of contents text (less than 75 words) is not an abstract but together with the graphic should convey the paper’s essence and wider implications to a non-specialist audience.
- Cover Image: IJEEE welcomes suggestions for images to appear on the cover. These illustrations are related to, but not necessarily included in, their manuscript. Please contact the Editorial Office if you would like to suggest an eye-catching Cover Image featured in your article’s journal issue.
- Video Abstract: create a Video Abstract and turn your findings into an engaging and accessible overview that’s perfect for sharing on websites and social media – extending the reach and visibility of your research. A video abstract can be a quick way to make the message of your research accessible to a much larger audience. IJEEE and its partner Research Square offer a service of professionally produced video abstracts, available to authors of articles accepted in this journal.
Article Promotion Support
IJEEE Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.
10. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS
Please address any correspondence to the Editorial Office: mofeed.rashid@uobasrah.edu.iq