YOSEMITE PROCEEDINGS

ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTS

AUTHOR AREA

Schedule
Authors: please be advised that there is a strict schedule for the submission of your manuscript. The dates on the schedule should be considered hard deadlines. Papers not accepted by the Deadline for Acceptance (23 August) may still be published in a regular issue of JASTP if they are eventually accepted. This strict schedule has been established because the most common complaint by authors of papers in meeting proceedings is that publication is excessively long, because some authors do not submit their papers on time.
__________________ 17 Apr 2006: Submission Deadline
__________________ 23 Aug 2006: Deadline for Acceptance

Language
Only manuscripts written in good grammatical English will be published in the journal. Those whose command of the English language is not optimal should be advised to have their manuscript checked for language problems before it is submitted for review. This will hopefully minimize the extra burden on potential reviewers and Guest Editors. To ensure a smooth review process that keeps within the schedule, please thoroughly proof-read your manuscript!

Manuscript Submission

A Few Details of Manuscript Submission
______ o File Format: PDF. (No Word, or LaTEX, please.) Please submit a single PDF file for each paper, with all figures, text, etc. included. Authors who submit more than one file per paper (e.g., figures as separate graphics files) will be asked (nicely) to merge them into a single PDF.
______ o Cover Letter: Include with your submitted manuscript a cover letter (in a separate TEXT file) containing the following information:
___________ 1. Author list
___________ 2. Title of paper
___________ 3. Abstract
___________ 4. Five (5) suggested reviewers
______ Your manuscript submission will not be accepted without this cover letter.

Submission: Upload your files directly via FTP!
For this special issue of JASTP, please do NOT use the online submission procedure in the Author Gateway. Please submit your electronic manuscripts via anonymous FTP:

REVISED MANUSCRIPT: Please make sure your manuscript submission is a single file, in PDF format. When submitting a revised manuscript, please name your file according to the following convention:
[Author first initial]_[Author last name]_REV.pdf.
For example, author Maria Spasojevic would name her revised manuscript file "M_Spasojevic_REV.pdf".

COVER LETTER: Please submit your cover letter as a text file.
Acceptable formats include
________ Plain text / ASCII (.txt),
________ Microsoft Word (.doc),
________ Rich Text Format (.rtf), etc.
Please name your file according to the following convention:
[Author first initial]_[Author last name]_cover.[3-character extension].
For example, author Maria Spasojevic would name her ASCII-format cover letter file "M_Spasojevic_cover.txt".

REVIEWER RESPONSE LETTER: Please submit your reviewer response letter as a text file.
Acceptable formats include
________ Plain text / ASCII (.txt),
________ Microsoft Word (.doc),
________ Rich Text Format (.rtf), etc.
Please name your file according to the following convention:
[Author first initial]_[Author last name]_response.[3-character extension].
For example, author Maria Spasojevic would name her ASCII-format response letter file "M_Spasojevic_response.txt".

___ Questions?
If you have any questions about how to submit your manuscript, please contact Maria Spasojevic.

Include a list of potential reviewers!
The preliminary table of contents contains 36 papers. To help the guest editors in obtaining referees for this large number of papers, please include a list of (at least) FIVE (5) potential reviewers with your manuscript. Your submission will not be accepted without this list.

Writing and Submitting Your Paper
This section contains some important information and documents from Elsevier. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Patricia Massar, or any of the guest editors.

Author Gateway
An online guide to publishing with Elsevier is posted Here. When you get to this site, use the console on the right hand side of the page to navigate. Click on "Guide to publishing with Elsevier" to get started:
                                       

Selected Links for Author Submission
All the information you need can be found by navigating through the Author Gateway above. However, for your convenience, here are some useful links. Please keep in mind these are posted here for convenience, but are not necessarily complete! (I don't intend to update this site unless there is incorrect information. See "Still Confused?" below if you have any questions.

         ._._._._._. Introduction for authors
         ._._._._._. Cover Letter to the Editor
         ._._._._._. Text file guidelines
         ._._._._._. LaTeX Users
         ._._._._._. Language editing
         ._._._._._. Submission Checklist

Still Confused?
If there is any information you need that is not contained in these links, please go to the Author Gateway, or send an email to Patricia Massar, or any of the guest editors.