How to get published


Nuclear Fusion publishes letters, articles and reviews, as well as conferences summaries, book reviews and a calendar of meetings. Letters are limited to four journal pages, should be particularly interesting and timely, and usually are expected to be followed by a more detailed article at a later time. Reviews cover a broad category of research, including results from various research groups.

A category of article, the 'special topic', covers, for example, results from scientific working groups supporting programme planning, or a summary of a limited body of research.

All pre-acceptance enquiries should be directed to the IAEA Editorial Office who continue to manage the peer-review process.

A submission to Nuclear Fusion

Publication must have been approved by all co-authors (if any) as well as by the responsible authorities at the institution(s) where the work was carried out.

Peer review
The peer review continues to be managed by the IAEA Editorial office, however they now have use of the IOP electronic systems. This means that authors can submit their articles and track the status online via IOP Journals Author services.

However all queries on the review procedure should still be directed to the IAEA Editorial office:

Submitting articles electronically
If you submit your manuscript electronically you do not need to send hard copies. For comprehensive information on how to prepare your files for electronic submission, please consult the IOP general Guidelines for authors.

Web
Use the online submissions form at IOP Journals Author services to upload your article's single compressed archive file, or enter your arXiv.org e-print number.

E-mail
Send your article's single compressed archive file, as an attachment, to nf@iaea.org stating electronic submission in the subject line.

FTP
Send your article's single compressed file by anonymous FTP to ftp.iop.org.

Hard copy submissions may be sent to

Checklist
Before sending in your article please ensure that:

  1. Your manuscript has a title page with: title of article, name(s) of author(s) and address(es) of establishment(s) where the work was carried out.
  2. Your manuscript has an abstract, which contains the essential information of the article. It should be complete by itself and suitable for direct inclusion in an abstracting service.
  3. Your manuscript has a complete list of references in either the Vancouver (numerical) or Harvard (alphabetical) system.
  4. Your manuscript has a list of captions for all illustrations and figures.
  5. All figures are numbered and referred to correctly in the text.
  6. All figures are clear and readable. It is worth considering whether your figures will still be legible when reduced in size to fit the available space in the journal.
  7. All acronyms and abbreviations are clearly explained when they first appear in the text, and the units used are consistent throughout the article.
  8. You do a literature search to check for relevant references you may have missed.
  9. An English speaking colleague has read through the manuscript or you have at least put your manuscript through an English language spell checker. (This does apply to native English speakers!).
  10. You have included all relevant classification codes and keywords for your article.
  11. You have provided copies of any unpublished or obscure references that may be necessary for the refereeing process.
  12. We have your current correspondence address as well as any address changes for the coming year.

You are encouraged to include a list of potential reviewers who could provide an independent opinion of the article.

Further information
For information on article types, article lengths and subject coverage please see the Journal scope.
 
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