Proceedings - Instructions for Authors

When submitting your manuscript, be sure to specify
that your submission is intended for the

SPECIAL ISSUE OF PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE
QUASICRYSTALS: THE SILVER JUBILEE

General requirements
Manuscripts submitted to Philosophical Magazine are considered on the strict condition they have not been published previously, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere.  Contributions to the journal must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees.

All articles for the Special Issue should not exceed the lengths, as listed below by contribution type, including figures and references.  Click here for a guide to calculating manuscript length.

Timeline
Manuscripts should be submitted by 1 October, 2007 at the latest. It is hoped to complete the review process by 15 November, 2007.  If necessary, additional time will be given for revising the manuscript.  The date for receipt of final submissions is 15 December, 2007.

Specific instructions
• All manuscripts must be submitted via Manuscript Central, the Journal’s on-line site – see final section of these instructions.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title; authors’ names and addresses; abstract; main text; acknowledgments; appendices (if appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s); figure caption(s) (as a list); figures.
• Contact details for the corresponding author (telephone, fax, e-mail) should be provided as a footnote on the first page.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• Authors must adhere to SI units.  Units are not italicized, but symbols are.  Vectors are in bold face.
• References should be numbered sequentially in the text, ([1], [2-3] etc.) and should be listed in numerical order at the end of the text.
• Authors should restrict their use of color to situations where it is necessary on scientific, and not merely cosmetic, grounds.  Unless prior approval has been given, color figures will be printed in black and white but will appear in color in the on-line version.
• Please consult recent issues of Philosophical Magazine to see the overall style of published articles.

For a full description of the Journal's style click here.

File formats
Contributions can be submitted in Microsoft Word or LaTeX.
To download a Word template for this journal, click here and choose the ‘Save’ option. Save ‘eiasstylea.dot’ to your hard drive and open it for use by clicking on the icon in Windows Explorer, not by opening the file from within Word.
To download a LaTeX style guide and class file, click here.
If a LaTeX file is submitted then it must be accompanied by a PDF because Manuscript Central is unable to convert LaTeX files into PDFs directly.

Opening an account on Manuscript Central and further information
• On the home page: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pm-pml, enter your User ID and Password or, if you do not yet have an account, click Create Account on the top right-hand side of the screen.
• From your Author Centre, click the star to submit a new manuscript.  You will need to have to hand, the postal and e-mail addresses of your coauthors and the files pertaining to your manuscript.
• Follow the on-screen instructions, completing all fields or questions marked ’req’ (required).  You can interrupt the submission at any stage and return to it later from your Author Centre.
• On page 1, under Manuscript Type, select Philosophical Magazine.
• On page 5, in answer to the question ‚ ’Is this manuscript a candidate for a Special Issue of the journal?’, answer ’yes’ and add the name of the Special Issue, namely ‘Quasicrystals: The Silver Jubilee’.
• If you require help in submitting your manuscript, click on User Tutorials on the homepage, or e-mail the Editorial Office: pm@msm.cam.ac.uk