GUIDE TO WRITING PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Transaction Papers: The IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics prints papers that deal with subjects relating to the design of products purchased or leased by consumers. Papers that do not meet this requirement normally will be rejected, but those that describe the generation of information for use by a consumer device, in a way that aids understanding of the design requirements for that device, may be accepted. Papers for publication in the Transactions can be submitted directly to the editor, or to ICCE staff if they are publication versions of papers presented there. All papers are subject to review prior to final acceptance for publication.

The Society awards the Chester Sall Award to the outstanding paper and we encourage authors to compete for this award. As guidance in preparing a well-organized paper, we offer the following outline advice. We also recommend viewing the web pages Fourteen Steps to a Clearly Written Technical Paper and Good Examples for Presentations and Publications.

Outline: An author's contribution is of value to the reader only if the information is presented in a clear and well-organized way. Papers and summaries that follow an outline similar to that below are likely to provide readers with the best information as to their value.

a) Introduction. This section should provide the motivation for the paper. Why is this an interesting and important topic to which the reader should allocate time and effort? How does it differ from prior art? A brief description of the research and development process, and the results, should follow.

b) Review and overview. The author should describe the present state of knowledge and, if appropriate, provide references. This should lead to an overview of the new direction taken.

c) Development method/procedures. The methods and reasons for the design choices should be described in sufficient detail for readers to be able to judge the validity, reliability and general applicability of the results.

d) Results. Important results should be well summarized. More complete experimental results are expected in a paper than space allows in a summary. The results should be directly related to the topics presented in the introduction and in the overview of the new direction taken.

e) Conclusion. The final section should highlight the author’s contribution. That is, what do we now know that we did not know before this paper was presented? It should also mention limitations of the work and provide suggestions for future improvement in this area.

f) References. A good paper lists references that support key statements and assumptions.