Founding Editor in Chief: Jin Au Kong

Progress In Electromagnetics Research (PIER) Journals publish peer-reviewed original and comprehensive articles on all aspects of electromagnetic theory and applications. The on-line journal PIER (E-ISSN 1559-8985) was first published as a monograph series on Electromagnetic Waves (ISSN 1070-4698) in 1989. It is freely available to all readers via the Internet. PIER B (ISSN 1937-6472), PIER Letters (ISSN 1937-6480), PIER C (ISSN 1937-8718), and PIER M (ISSN 1937-8726) are new online accessed journals in 2008.

Manuscripts submitted to PIER Journals must not have been submitted simultaneously to other journals. Authors are solely responsible for the factual accuracy and originality of their articles, and all articles are understood to have received clearance(s) for publication. Authors found submitting manuscripts simultaneously to other journals will be suspended for a year from further submission. Authors found submitting plagiarized manuscripts will be banned for three years from further submssion.

All papers should be submitted to JEMWA/PIER Journals via On-Line Sumbission. Usually, succinct papers within 10 pages will be published on JEMWA or PIER Letter; papers with more than 16 pages will be published on PIER B; papers with 10-16 pages will be scheduled on PIER, PIER C, PIER M. However, papers in different topics, or with different pages can also be selected to different PIER Journals. Journals Editorial Board will make final decision to schedule accepted paper into specific journals based on considerations of topical relevance, page budget of the journals, review inputs, time constraint for publication, etc..

1. Page Limit and Overlength Page Charge:

The page limit is 10 pages for JEMWA, PIER Letters, 16 pages for PIER, PIER C, PIER M, and 30 pages for PIER B. The overlength page charge will be USD 75 per page for each journal. Authors are strongly suggested to pay attention to the page limit before submitting the manuscript.

2. On-Line Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted via On-Line Submission by following the instructions.

Manuscripts must be in English.
The first page should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the authors.
Full name, Email of each co-author and Keywords should be provided in the paper file. Name and email of the corresponding author should be clearly indicated.
Abstract should consist of one paragraph and not contain numbered references. Define all nonstandard symbols and abbreviations.
Headings and subheadings of the paper (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Formulation, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion) should be clearly indicated.
Tables and figures should have captions. The maximum width for table and figure is 11 cm.
Figures must be compatible for grayscale use.
Make symbols, line thickness, and lettering in proper scale in relation to the overall figure size so that reduction will not reduce clarity. Times or Helvertica is suggested to be used as fonts in figures.
Equations, Tables, Figures, should be numbered consecutively. In the body of paper, all references, figures, and tables must be cited with an arabic numeral according to the order in which it is discussed in the paper.
References must contain full title, place and year of publication, and be listed at the end of the article in the reference section. Technical reports, memos, unpublished or to be published articles must not be listed as references, only published work in journals and books may be cited as references.
English Grammar: To save the valuable time of our reviewers, authors are encouraged to use some grammar check software or find the help of a native speaker.
Original Contribution: Your own scientific contribution should be clearly stated in the manuscript.

To expedite the process, the following files are required for all submissions:

Source file in TEX (recommended) or DOC format.
* If the source file is in TEX format(LaTeX sample file), Source files of figures in EPS format are required.
* If the source file is in DOC format, EPS format of Figure is NOT required.
A PDF file of the manuscript including all text, equations, and figures.
* English font only.
* Figures must be compatible for grayscale use.
* This PDF version should be carefully prepared as it will be directly sent to the reviewers.
The full name and email of each co-author should be provided in your paper file.

3. Review Process and Proof Read Typeset Version

All manuscripts are peer reviewed by three independent referees. The Editorial Board prescreens all manuscripts to decide whether a manuscript will be peer-reviewed or declined out right without going through the review process. This is to preserve resources of available reviewers. Manuscripts declined up front can be due to poorly written English, contents being out of the scope of the journals, deficiencies in manuscript format, similarity to previous publications, previous decline or withdrawal, banned author due to asserted plagiarism, or that its subject matter is not of interest to PIER and JEMWA, which only publish well-presented contributions in electromagnetics.

To expedite the journal process, some manuscripts will be rejected after review process. Some manuscripts will be required to be revised. Some manuscripts will be typesetted before acceptance. You may be required to proofread it once the typeset version is available. If there is no revision needed for the typeset version, please take no action and do not submit a file without any revision mark.

Only review comments with constructive suggestions will be made public to the authors. If some comments appear online, please do not send revisions via email. Kindly wait for our email notice. The revision checklist will be available online when you are required to revise your manuscript.

Usually, the review process of JEMWA/PIER Journals takes 3-6 weeks. Some special cases need more time.

4. Revision Process

When enough review inputs are received, you may be required to improve your manuscript according to the review comments. A final decision of acceptance or rejection will be made after receiving and evaluating your revised version together with additional new review inputs.

To expedite the process, the following files are required in this revision stage:

The answers to the reviewer comments point by point in a separate file.
A revised version with clear revision marks.
Kindly mark revisions in different color or indicate the page and line numbers where the revisions should be made. Revision Marks will help the editors or reviewers to check the revised version again.
If your paper has not been typesetted, the whole revised article (TEX with EPS figures or DOC files) is recommended to expedite the typeset process.

Revisions are strongly suggested to be submitted via Online Checklist. An acknowledge email will be sent to the corresponding author immediately once the online revision checklist is successfully submitted. Email revision submission is NOT suggested due to unpredictable internet problem, and it will be also possibly delayed due to manual process.

5. Journal Selection and Final Proofread

After the revision process, the Editorial Board will recommend specific journal(s) to publish your paper, based on considerations of topical relevance, page budget of the journals, review inputs, time constraint for publication, etc.. If you would not like the suggested journal(s), you may choose to withdraw your manuscript and take it as a rejection notification. Any revision of reducing contents in this Final Proofread stage will not be acceptable.

You are required to download the PDF file to proof read, check to see if there are additional review reports, and fill in the checklist form in the "To Do" list within 30 hours. The manuscript will not be scheduled until it is approved by the author.

Once it is scheduled, no changes can be made to the paper. If we do not receive the response timely, paper may be withdrawn from our file.

6. Schedule Notice

Approved paper will be in the waiting list of schedule. Once it is scheduled, you will be informed as earlier as possible via email. Only JEMWA papers have printed version. Once paper is approved and scheduled, it can not be withdrawn.

It is possible to purchase a copy/copies of the issue in which your article is published. For 2009 the single issue price for the Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications is EUR 179 / US$ 235 per copy. For combined issues (f.ex. issue 2-3) the price is double. Authors are entitled to a 35% discount on the single issue price. If you wish to order, please send an e-mail to egmonde@brill.nl (Ms Els van Egmond, Marketing Manger Journals, Brill/VSP) including following details: Volume / Issue(s), number of copies required, full shipping address.

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Editor in Chief: Prof. Weng Cho CHEW
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The University of Hong Kong
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