JINST covers major areas related to concepts and instrumentation in detector physics, accelerator science and associated experimental methods and techniques, theory, modelling and simulations. The main subject areas include:
Accelerators: concepts, modelling, simulations and sources
Instrumentation and hardware for accelerators: particles, synchrotron radiation, neutrons
Detector physics: concepts, processes, methods, modelling and simulations
Detectors, apparatus and methods for particle, astroparticle, nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
Instrumentation and methods for plasma research
Methods and apparatus for astronomy and astrophysics
Detectors, methods and apparatus for biomedical applications, life sciences and material research
Instrumentation and techniques for medical imaging, diagnostics and therapy
Instrumentation and techniques for dosimetry, monitoring and radiation damage
Detectors, instrumentation and methods for non-destructive tests (NDT)
Detector readout concepts, electronics and data acquisition methods
Algorithms, software and data reduction methods
Materials and associated technologies, etc.
Engineering and technical issues
JINST also includes a section dedicated to technical reports and instrumentation theses.
INIS Atomindex (International Nuclear Information System)
NASA Astrophysics Data System
Instructions to Authors
General information
Title, Authors (first and family names), affiliations and e-mail addresses of all authors must be clearly indicated.
If you have posted your preprint on the Archives, please enter its ID number in the submission form (in the field "arXiv number").
The abstract should briefly summarize the content of the contribution and must fit in the first page.
Please avoid formulae and references in the title and abstract.
At the time of submission you must characterize your work with a number of keywords selected, by order of preference or relevance, from the JINST keyword list. Please indicate these keywords after the abstract.
Text and style
Please divide the text into sections. Write your work in standard, comprehensible English. Conciseness is strongly encouraged, but clarity and consistency are more important. Short and simple words and sentences are helpful for readers. Please keep jargon and acronyms to a minimum.The Journal will not make language corrections; preprints submitted with poor English will be returned to the authors and publication will be delayed until they can provide a new version. The Editors will consider whether the content is of sufficient scientific interest compared to the overall length and may recommend ways of shortening the text.
Tables, figures and multimedia
Tables and figures can be used to improve the information in the text. This is true for both theoretical and experimental preprints.
Particularly large tables and figures or multimedia materials can be submitted as attachments to the contribution, by clicking the "upload file" button after the submission of the main files for the preprint has been successfully completed. They will undergo the same review process but, in case of acceptance, will not be typeset or transformed in any way. Authors are therefore advised to use standard formats to prepare them, so that Editors, Referees and Readers will be able to read them. SISSA and IOP bear no responsibility for uncommon formats, viruses and other problems that may arise.
References
JINST uses the sequential numerical system for references in the text. The sequential numbers occur within square brackets, and the reference list at the end of the preprint lists the references in numerical order, not alphabetically. Please write the reference as in the following example:
Kachru S and Silverstein E, 4-d conformal theories and strings on orbifolds, 1988 Phys. Rev. Lett.80 4855 [hep-th/9802183]
Author Manual
In order to make JINST papers as homogeneous as possible, authors are invited to follow the instructions described in the manual Instructions for authors: jinst-author-manual.pdf
File preparation
The following instructions should be followed for preparing papers/technical reports/proceedings contributions.
Manuscripts can be prepared in MS-Word or TeX/LaTeX. Source files submitted will be automatically transformed by the system in PDF files.
TeX and LaTeX
Your contribution can be one of the following:
a single .tex file
a file archive (a zipped or a gzipped tar archive) If your preprint includes more than one file the files will have to be archived. In this case it is essential for the master file to be saved in the root (main) directory, while the other files may be included in subdirectories. Please note that if two or more source files have the same extension (i.e. "abc.tex" and "def.tex"), in making the submission you must specify the master file name in the appropriate field, otherwise the submission will fail.
a file or archive plus attachments (additional figures, large tables, videos, etc.). In this case an additional step will be requested of you when you see the upload confirmation screen. Please click on the button "upload file" (at the bottom of the page), and you will be able to recursively upload additional material. These will be viewed as separate file attachments throughout the review procedure and on the preprint's publication.
Manuscripts should be preferably prepared in LaTeX using the LaTeX class JINST.cls. A LaTeX sample file is also available. Other macro packages are also accepted, but preprints in these formats are inevitably processed more slowly after acceptance. If you are using other LaTeX formats, you should try to use standard packages. Some frequently used macro packages, (i.e.: aastex, elsart, feynman, harvmac, lanlmac, j-phys, phyzzx and revtex), even if old and/or deprecated, are installed at the JINST site, in addition to the standard TeX inputs. If you are using an unrecognised package, please include it in the submission. Always consider that the submission can be completed only if your file compiles successfully on the JINST server. If you have used BibTeX, you must include the .bbl file. The .bib file may also help. Figures must be in PostScript format (.eps or .ps).If you use packages like feynmf that require the use of metafont please include the .pk, .tfm and .t1, .t2, ..., files in your archive.
If the document consists of a stand-alone (La)TeX file this alone can be submitted as it is, without compressing it.
MS-Word
Your contribution can be one of the following:
a single .doc file Please note that if the .doc file contains figures it should be submitted as a file archive (see point 2).
a file archive (.ZIP) If your preprint includes more than one file the files have to be uploaded as an archive. In this case it is essential for the master file to be saved in the root (main) directory, while the other files can be included in subdirectories. Please note that if two or more source files have the same extension (i.e. "File1.doc" and "File2.doc"), in making the submission you must specify the master file name in the appropriate field, otherwise the submission will fail. If the word document contains figures they must appear in the .doc file. Make sure they are also included as separate files (GIF, JPEG, TIFF) in the compressed archive.
a file or archive plus attachments (additional figures, large tables, videos, etc.). In this case an additional step will be requested of you when you see the upload confirmation screen. Please click on the button "upload file" (at the bottom of the page), and you will be able to recursively upload additional material. These will be viewed as separate file attachments throughout the review procedure and after publication.
For documents prepared in Microsoft Word for Windows or Macintosh, please use only True Type fonts (also for Greek letters and mathematical symbols). Equations must be prepared using Equation preprintEditor, version 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 or MathType.
We also provide a sample article in MS-Word format.
Put all the files that make up your manuscript in a folder. The folder is called paper in our example. To create a .tar.gz file issue these commands from a terminal:
$ cd paper/ $ tar -cvzf article.tar.gz *
You will find the file article.tar.gz inside the folder.
Submission
Preprints can be submitted only via the Internet by authors previously registered to JINST. To register to JINST please complete the appropriate form available on the home page of the Journal. Registration is free (see also General).
You can submit two different types of contributions:
Papers (including a proceedings contribution)
Technical reports
JINST has a regular papers section and a technical reports section which share the same Advisory and Editorial Boards. Papers and technical reports can be submitted only from the SISSA editorial website by authors previously registered to JINST. The person making the submission (Corresponding author) must be one of the authors. To register to JINST please complete the appropriate form available on the home page of the Journal. Registration is free (see also General).
Authors are asked to submit a completed Assignment of Copyright form to IOP at the same time as submitting their contributions to SISSA. If you cannot assign copyright an agreement giving License to Publish will be required instead. Please consult permissions@iop.org if the standard form is not appropriate for your circumstances. The transfer of copyright assumes that all authors have received the final version of the contribution and have agreed to it being submitted to the journal. The copyright assigned to IOP covers all formats and media (including electronic, microform and paper).
To submit a contribution please connect to the JINST website at SISSA and upload the necessary files, or simply give the arXiv number corresponding to the preprint to be submitted. You will find the following links:
submit a paper - this is for regular research paper submissions that will be published in the Papers section of the journal on the IOP Publishing website.
submit a technical report - this is for technical report submissions, reports on innovative technical achievements of interest to the community
submit a proceedings contribution - this is to be used exclusively for conferences that have announced to participants the publication of proceedings in JINST.
An essential stage in the submission procedure is the selection of the keywords to characterise your work. These are then used by the software to select the appropriate Editor in charge of the editorial procedure. You are required to select from 2 to 4 keywords.
The submission procedure
The procedure for submitting papers and technical reports is the same. After logging in to JINST, you are asked to choose between papers and technical reports at the beginning of the submission procedure, by clicking on the appropriate link on the JINST home page in the section "Submit":
submit a paper
submit a technical report
submit a proceedings contribution
There are two ways to make a submission
A)Submission from the arXiv
If you have already posted your preprint on the arXiv, you can submit it to JINST just by selecting the keywords and sending the arXiv reference number. This submission mode only works for TeX/LaTeX files. To submit your contribution, please follow the steps below:
A.1) Keyword selection
You are first requested to select the keywords that most adequately characterise your work from a multiple choice menu.
Click here to see the complete list of keywords. Please choose from 2 to 4 keywords (they can be taken from more than one section), that most accurately describe the subject of your work.
After you have chosen your keywords, press the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. Should you then realise that your choice was not appropriate, at this stage you can still go back and make a change. Requests for changing keywords after the submission has been completed will not be accepted.
A.2) Give the arXiv reference number
The next step is to select the appropriate archive and fill in the preprint number for your contribution. On the same page you are also reminded of the keywords you have chosen and can assign a value to each keyword to establish its relevance for the preprint. The default value is [100], meaning that all keywords will be considered equally relevant. You can then click on "submit".
Please DO NOT double-click: push the upload button just once and please wait. The software will process your files and this can take about one minute or more depending on their size.
To upload additional figures, tables and multimedia see below point C.
B)Submission via web upload
B.1) Preparation of the archive
On your computer please prepare a compressed file archive (tar.gz) containing the LaTeX (or TeX) file(s), all the .eps (or .ps) figures, any nonstandard package, and, if you use bibtex, the .bbl file. If you use MS Word prepare your .zip archive containing the full text with figures and all the figures in separate files. (See also Preparation of the file)
You can also submit pdflatex documents which allows you to use .pdf, .png and .jpg images. To ensure pdflatex compilation you must add the \pdfoutput=1 statement within the first five lines of the preamble of the main pdflatex file. Note that in this case .ps and .eps images are not allowed.
B.2) Keyword selection
You are first requested to select the keywords that most adequately characterize your work from a multiple choice menu.
Click here to see the complete list of keywords. Please choose from 2 to 4 keywords (they can be taken from more than one section), that most accurately describe the subject of your work.
After you have chosen your keywords, press the button "Submit" at the bottom of the page. Should you then realise that your choice was not appropriate, at this stage you can still go back and make changes. Requests for changing keywords after the submission has been completed will not be accepted.
B.3) Upload
Please fill in the upload form with the following information:
The complete list of authors
The title
The arXiv reference number (if any)
The abstract
and select the format of your contribution (TeX or doc).
In "Enter the file to process" put the file (tar.gz or .zip) containing your contribution. If there is more than one .tex file you should also fill in the (optional) field "Master file name", for the software to know which is the main file for the article. The indicated master file name must include the appropriate extension (.tex or .doc), which must match the extension of the actual master file.
On the same page you are also reminded of the keywords you have chosen and can assign a value to each keyword to establish its relevance for the preprint. The default value is [100], meaning that all keywords will be considered equally relevant. You can then click on "upload file".
Please DO NOT double-click: push the upload button just once and wait. The software will process your files and this can take about one minute or more depending on their size.
In both cases A and B, after completing the procedure, a submission report will be shown to you with the data of your contribution, the link to the compilation log file (for (La)TeX users) and the link where you can upload additional materials (the "upload file" button). If, on the other hand, the submission fails the report will inform you of the error(s) occurred. In particular if the (La)TeX compilation fails, please read the .log file, fix the error and try again.
C) Submission of the additional materials
Your contribution can be completed with additional tables and figures, multimedia or any other attachment. To submit additional material, please click on "upload file" in the "Submission report" page after successfully uploading the main files for your contribution.
Attachments have to be uploaded one at a time: in the form you can enter a title, a caption or description, choose the type and upload the file. After clicking on "upload file" you can repeat the procedure as many times as necessary.
The attachments will be processed along with the main document.
D) Correspondence with the editor and the Editorial Office
If you wish to communicate with the editor-in-charge of your preprint or with the Editorial Office after you have submitted your preprint, please go to "my Author pages (corresponding author)" from the JINST home page. Click on the appropriate preprint number and scroll down the page. You will find, amongst others, the "write to editor" and "write to the editorial office" buttons. You will be able to communicate in this way at every stage of the editorial procedure. Please do so for the correspondence to be stored in the system.
Revised versions
Revised versions can be submitted only if requested by the editor, contributions must therefore be submitted in their final form.
Once accepted, revised preprints will be labelled as "revised". If the revision required is only a minor revision, the preprint, once accepted, will not be labelled as "revised".
The revisions are listed in your author page in "State of preprints" in the sections "To be revised (major revision)" and "To be revised (minor revision)" respectively.
Authors that have been asked to revise their preprints must tend to the requested modifications. The time frame for resubmitting major revisions is 4 weeks, while for minor revisions it is 2 weeks. After 3 weeks and 1 week respectively the author will receive a message from the Editorial Office, reminding him/her of the deadline. If the revised version is not submitted by the deadline the original submission will be withdrawn and any revised version will have to be considered as a new submission. For proceedings contributions, please liase with the editor-in-charge about the desired schedule for publication. For proceedings contributions please liase with the editor-in-charge about the desired schedule for publication.
The revised preprints must be uploaded from the preprint page by clicking "submit revision"/"submit minor revision". You can make your resubmission using the submission via the arXiv or by web upload.
The cover letter is mandatory and should clearly describe all the changes with respect to the previous version and explain whether or not you have addressed the editor's requests. You will be asked to enter the cover letter in a text area at the beginning of the upload procedure (i.e. before uploading the file for the revised version). Please make sure you save it in a file on your computer before uploading it as a network failure could cause the resubmission to fail and the cover letter might get lost. Should you forget to enter the cover letter when resubmitting your preprint, please connect to your JINST Author pages and send it with the "WRITE TO EDITOR" e-mail tool.
After rejection
Contributions are selected, processed and reviewed as fairly as possible, with no discrimination by active scientists in the field. Authors of contributions that have been rejected can appeal and reply to the editor and referee(s). Appeals must be scientifically justified and not polemic. Please send your rebuttal letters by connecting to the preprint page and using the "write to Editorial Office" button.
Author inquiries and appeals
In the case of regular papers and technical reports, although the identity of editors is anonymous, authors can communicate at all times with them through the appropriate "write to editor" button on their pages, or through the Editorial Office. For proceedings contributions, the editor is not a regular member of the JINST Editorial Board, but rather a member of the Organizing Committee and is therefore known to the authors.
Addendum/Erratum
Authors can publish an addendum or erratum that will be included in the very file for the published paper (or technical report/proceedings contribution) after the references. The presence of an addendum/erratum will be indicated on the IOP website. Authors wishing to do so should send the source file (TeX/LaTeX or MS Word) to the (
Production Manager ). The procedure requires that the editor-in-charge of the paper/ technical report be informed and after his/her consent is given the addendum/erratum is published.
Papers evaluated as technical reports
Editors evaluating a submitted work may decide that it is not suitable for publication as a regular paper. However, if it contains very relevant technical information they can suggest that the author(s) publish it as a technical report instead. In such cases the editor will contact the author who will either resubmit the work as a technical report in its present form, or revise it before resubmission.
Withdraw
A preprint can be withdrawn at any moment during the review process, by clicking on the appropriate button on the author pages.
Coauthors
A coauthor is a registered user selected by the corresponding author that has access to the author pages without being able to view the correspondence relating to the preprint or change the status of the preprint.
Select Coauthors
After you have submitted your preprint it is possible to select coauthors for your preprint. From the JINST home page select the "my Author pages (corresponding author)" and click on the appropriate preprint number. At the bottom of the page you will find the "Select Coauthor" button which allows you to select and notify the coauthors of the preprint. A coauthor role allows you to access some basic information about the submission and, in case of need, allows the corresponding author to enable one of the coauthors to upload revisions/proofs in his/her place ("switch corresponding author" below)
Please note that in order to be selected as a coauthor the person must already be a registered JINST user. If the person you wish to select as a coauthor is not already registered, please ask them to register by completing the appropriate form available on the home page of the Journal. Remember that registration is free (see General for further details).
Switch Corresponding Author
Once a coauthor has been selected it is also possible to change the corresponding author to one of the coauthors using the "Switch Corresponding Author" button.
With this operation, the existing corresponding author becomes a coauthor and the selected coauthor becomes the new corresponding author.
Editorial Board
Scientific Director
Amos Breskin Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Advisory Board
Georges Charpak CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Leon Lederman Fermilab, USA Dave Nygren LBL, USA Armando P.L. Policarpo LIP, University of Coimbra, Portugal Veljko Radeka BNL, Upton, USA Alexander Skrinsky Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russia Albert Walenta Siegen University, Germany Bill Willis Columbia University, USA
Editorial Board
Torsten Akesson Lund University, Sweden Mike Albrow Fermilab, Batavia, USA Elena Aprile Columbia University, New York, USA Ronaldo Bellazzini INFN, Pisa, Italy Wladyslaw Dabrowski AGH University, Krakow, Poland Chris Damerell CLLRC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Volker Dangendorf PTB, Braunschweig, Germany Mats DanielssonKTH, Stockholm, Sweden Boris Dolgoshein MEPHI, Moscow, Russia Chris Fabjan CERN, Switzerland Grigori Feofilov, St Petersburg State University, Russia Amnon Fisher Technion-Haifa, Israel Daniel Fournier LAL-Orsay, France George Fraser Space Research Centre, Leicester, UK Eusebio Garate UCI, Irvine, USA Siegfried Glenzer Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Heinz Graafsma ESRF,Grenoble, France Geoff Hall Imperial College, London, UK Peter Krizan Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Wim Leemans LBNL, USA Rob Lewis Monash University, Australia Eckart Lorenz Max-Planck-Institut f眉r Physik, Munich, Germany Gerhard Lutz Max-Planck-Institut, Semiconductor Laboratory, Munich, Germany Alessandro Marchioro CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Robert McGreevy ISIS Diffraction and Muons Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Oleg Meshkov BINP, Novosibirsk, Russia Stephen Milton ANL, USA Marek Moszynski Soltan Institute, Swierk, Poland Jerry Nolen ANL,Argonne, USA Bob Ott Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK Vladimir Peskov Institute for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Anatoly Rozenfeld Medical Radiation Physics, Wollongong University, Australia Rob Ryne LBNL, USA Reinhold Schuch Stockholm University, Sweden Helmut Schuhmacher PTB, Braunschweig, Germany Lev Shekhtman BINP, Novosibirsk, Russia Vladimir Shiltsev Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, USA Graham Smith BNL, USA Paraskevas Sphicas CERN, Switzerland Eiichi Takada HIMAC, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan Michal Turala IFJ PAN, Krakow, Poland Joao Varela LIP-Lisbon, Portugal David Vartsky Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel Naoto Yagi Spring-8, Hyogo, Japan Daniel Zajfman Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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