Information for Authors

Preparing your proceedings paper

IOP Conference Series uses author-supplied PDFs for all online and print publication. Authors must prepare their papers using Microsoft Word or LaTeX, according to the journal guidelines and templates, and then convert these files to PDF.

It is important to ensure that when you submit your paper, it is in its final form ready for publication, and has been thoroughly proofread. IOP do not copyedit or reformat papers and will not send out author proofs prior to publication. Post-publication changes are not permitted, so please ensure your paper has been checked for errors.

The IOP Conference Series titles do not ask authors to assign copyright. Since 1 January 2010 all new proceedings publishing agreements ensure that copyright is retained by the author and/or their employer. There are no forms to download or sign. By submitting a paper an author and all co-authors are assumed to agree with the terms of the IOP Proceedings Licence.

Do not submit your papers directly to IOP Publishing; please contact your conference organizer for submission instructions

Templates and guidelines

• Please follow these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:
  Guidelines for Authors
• Authors must prepare their papers using our Microsoft Word or LaTeX2e templates, and then convert these to PDF format for submission:
  Microsoft Word templates
  LaTeX2e class file
• If you would like to submit multimedia to accompany your paper, you might find these guidelines useful:
  Multimedia Guidelines

When preparing your paper please check that:

• Paper size is European A4.
• Margins are at least 25mm all round.
• The paper includes the author name and affiliation (full address including country).
• There are no page numbers, or headers and footers, within the paper.
• The PDF is free of formatting errors (e.g. corrupt equations, missing or poor resolution figures), since conversion from Word to PDF can introduce formatting errors.
• Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
• The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
• All pages are portrait (landscape pages should be rotated).
• Reference lists are checked for accuracy. References can only be linked via CrossRef if they are correct and complete.
• Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document.
• A thorough proof read is conducted to check standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.