J-MEMS Information for Authors

JMEMS will accept manuscripts for review either in a Letters format or in the traditional eight-page maximum length Original Manuscript format.  (See below for exceptions to the eight-page limit.)

Authors are invited to submit their papers to JMEMS using the web-based submission software of SCHOLARONE Manuscripts, uploading their manuscripts to the JMEMS SCHOLARONE Manuscripts Website.

Papers submitted may not have been published elsewhere nor be under consideration for publication except by JMEMS. Authors are required to reference all relevant prior work of significance to the paper including publications authored by themselves. To avoid plagiarism, submissions may be cross-checked by sophisticated computer routines.

A typical accepted submission to JMEMS will contain: a brief and clear synopsis of the paper in an abstract; an introduction that establishes the context for the paper; a section that details results including experimental data and a thorough discussion of these results; and a final section that states conclusions and implications from the results described in the paper.

Every author of a JMEMS paper is expected to share substantial contributions to the research and the manuscript. Contributions of ideas, advice, and other support do not correspond to authorship, but are properly given notice in the Acknowledgments section of the paper. Therefore the number of authors of a JMEMS paper is limited to six authors. Exemptions may be accepted by the EIC based on a proposal emailed to the EIC, which clearly indicates the contributions of all proposed authors and which is signed by all authors.

Authors should confine the length of their published papers to eight or fewer pages. Consider carefully the contents and sizes of figures and tables and the necessity for including them. If your manuscript is likely to exceed 10 printed pages (typically 24 to 30 pages of double-spaced, typed copy), you will need to convince editors that this size is necessary. Keep in mind that your submission will be studied carefully by reviewers; help them to do this effectively by coupling figures with their captions, and by making clear the placement of figures in the text.