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IEEE Makes It Easier to
Submit Articles
For Conferences
The Author Center's new guide helps
researchers through the process
find people who call themselves engineers and they
don't have the national
accreditation nor the superior studies. They do it
thinking it will help them
gain a better social position. This is a deception and
a crime, in my opinion.
-Victor Fermín Gómez
Anyone who applies existing science to solve a problem is engaged in the act
of engineering and can
be described as an "engineer." A person who gets
paid to do so is, in fact, a
"professional engineer." If
a governing body imposes
limitations on who may
engage in certain types of
engineering, then one of
those authorized persons
becomes a "(insert governing
body name here) licensed
engineer." Any person or
body who says otherwise
should complain to lexicographers. I get tetchy when
anybody tries to restrict my
use of a word or phrase to
accurately communicate.
-Sallie McRae
This blog post originally
appeared online as "U.S. Judge
Rules Mats Järlström's First
Amendment Rights Were Infringed."

THE IEEE Author

accurately report their data, and
Center recently added
properly credit all those who
a conference section for people who
contributed.
want to publish their work at an
For people writing a conferIEEE conference. The new section
ence paper for the first time,
provides best practices and guidance and those who need a refresher,
as well as tips and tools.
the Write Your Paper section
Submitting a paper for a confergoes over the basics, such as
ence differs from submitting one
the organizational structure the
for a journal. To help submitters,
paper should follow. There are
the Become an IEEE Confertemplates available in Word and
ence Author section shares some
LaTeX that format an article,
considerations, including the
and tips for improving any
requirement that authors must
graphics. A checklist is provided
present and defend their work at
to ensure the paper meets the
a conference.
requirements for publishing it in
To help authors select the most
the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
appropriate IEEE conference
The Understand Peer
suited for their scholarly article,
Review section explains what
this section provides a link that
the experts evaluating the article
lets people search across 1,800
are looking for to ensure it
IEEE conferences for matches to
meets standards for acceptance
their research topic.
and publication. There's also
There's also a description of
an explanation of what their
the various types of conference
decisions mean.
papers that an author might be
Once your paper is accepted,
asked to submit.
the Get Published section walks
To ensure you get credit for your you through the next steps.
work, there are instructions for obtain- That includes how to transfer
ing an open researcher and contribu- the copyright to IEEE, ways to
tor ID. The unique, persistent ORCID increase the impact of your data,
identifier distinguishes you from and suggestions for improving the
other researchers and is required visibility of your work.
for authors who publish with IEEE. -KATHY PRETZ
Under the Author Ethics section,
This article originally appeared online as
there's a guide to ensure writers
"New Resource Makes Submitting Research
properly cite their sources,
Articles to IEEE Conferences Easier."
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