Reviews, Analyses, and Instructional Studies in Electrochemistry (RAISE)

This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Reviews, Analyses, and Instructional Studies in Electrochemistry (RAISE).

All final submission must use and follow the journal template, which can be found at the link below.

Template for Journal Article

Formatting Requirements

A detailed checklist can be found at: publication checklist. Some general guidelines are listed below:

• Do not include a title page. (A title page will be added to your paper by the editors.)
• Write your article in English.
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (PDF files are accepted).
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
• All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1 inches (3.8 cm), including your tables and figures.
• Single space your text.
• If figures are included, use high-resolution figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (eps).
• When possible, there should be no pages where more than a quarter of the page is empty space.
• Copyedit your manuscript. The publication checklist can aid you in copyediting

All text should be left-justified (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented). Where possible, it should also be right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin). "Where possible" refers to the quality of the justification. For example, LaTeX and TeX do an excellent job of justifying text. Word does a reasonable job. But some word processors do a lousy job (e.g., they achieve right justification by inserting too much white space within and between words). We prefer flush right margins. However, it is better to have jagged right margins than to have flush right margins with awkward intra- and inter-word spacing. Make your decision on whichever looks best.

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Article Length

Because this journal publishes electronically, page limits are not as relevant as they are in the world of print publications. We are happy, therefore, to let authors take advantage of this greater "bandwidth" to include material that they might otherwise have to cut to get into a print journal. This said, authors should exercise some discretion with respect to length.

Colored text

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. We encourage authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, etc., however, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black & white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.

Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text. (You may need to "accept all changes" in track changes or set your document to "normal" in final markup.)

Emphasized text

Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.

Font faces

Except, possibly, where special symbols are needed, use Garamond, Times, or the closest comparable font available.

Font size

The main body of text should be set in 11pt. Figure and table captions should be set in 10pt. Avoid the use of fonts smaller than 6pt in figures, tables, and body of the text.

Foreign terms

Whenever possible, foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Headings

Headings (e.g., start of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text by being numbered, set on their own line, and bolded. Use the same font face for all headings as the body of the text. There should be space above and below headings as formatted in the manuscript template.

Main text

The font for the main body of text must be black and, if at all possible, in Garamond, Times, or closest comparable font available.

Titles

Whenever possible, titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper. Footnotes should be in 10 pt. Garamond, Times, or closest comparable font available, they should be single spaced, and there should be a footnote separator rule (line). Footnote numbers or symbols in the text must follow, rather than precede, punctuation. Excessively long footnotes are probably better handled in an appendix. All footnotes should be left and right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin), unless this creates awkward spacing.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must be a single or double column width and should be within the margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.

Mathematics

Roman letters used in mathematical expressions as variables should be italicized. Roman letters used as part of multi-letter function names should not be italicized. Whenever possible, subscripts and superscripts should be a smaller font size than the main text.

Short mathematical expressions should be typed inline. Longer expressions should appear as display math (on their own line). Also expressions using many different levels (e.g., such as the fractions) should be set as display math. Important definitions or concepts (e.g., chemical reactions) can also be set off as display math.

Equations should be numbered sequentially, in order of appearance in the text. Equation numbers are in parentheses and right justified. Long equations should be avoided, but when needed may occupy two lines. Equations longer than two lines should be shortened by using defined grouping of variables (e.g., a = bc/d)

Symbols and notation should be defined at their first appearance. If a symbol or notation appear again, it should not be defined again. Unusual fonts should be avoided. This will not only enhance the clarity of the manuscript, but it will also help insure that it displays correctly on the reader's screen and prints correctly on her printer. When proofing your document under PDF pay particular attention to the rendering of the mathematics, especially symbols and notation drawn from other than standard fonts.

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. After the last sentence of your submission (or after acknowledgements, if included), please insert a line break—not a page break—and begin your references on the same page, if possible, with the heading "References" (see the manuscript template). References should have margins that are both left and right- justified. You may choose not to right-justify the margin of one or more references if the spacing looks too awkward. References and citations should be numbered and follow the IEEE format. References numbering should follow the order of citation appearance in the body of the text. Please consult the IEEE Reference Guide for more details. The use of citation manager, such as Zotero, EndNote, etc., is encouraged to minimize the author's time spent on formatting references. Citation managers can format and track reference according to a number of different styles, but it is the author's responsibility to ensure that references are formatted properly.