Does publishing in the IPX Conference Proceedings prevent me from later publishing my work in a prestigious journal?
No. The Copyright Transfer Form for the JCPS specifically allows authors permission to publish a re-written and extended version of their conference paper elsewhere.
How should I prepare my manuscript?
Use the Word template file for A4 or US letter-sized paper, from the JPCS file links above, as you prefer. There are detailed instructions on layout and formatting in the Example Word Document, also included in the JPCS file links above; please read these instructions very carefully and follow them exactly. In particular, note that References must be included as a numbered list (in order of citation) at the end of the article, and referred to by number. If your cited references are not correctly formatted, it will not be possible for the JPCS to produce a fully cross-referenced list to accompany your paper.
Please note – there will be no copy editing of submitted papers so the quality of the end result is in your hands. Papers may be rejected if they are not written in adequate English, or incorrectly formatted. Please use the JPCS templates!
How should I submit my manuscript?
Your IPX conference paper should be uploaded as a
Word or rtf file (not a pdf! Your files will be converted to pdf during uploading) through the Annals of Occupational Hygiene Manuscript Central site at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/annhyg. Your ‘Author Account’ will have already been created at the proposal stage and your 'User ID' will be your email address. You will be submitting your IPX conference paper as a Revision of your original IPX submission, which you should see listed in your 'Author Centre' when you log in. In addition to your new main document (IPX conference paper), please also upload the JPCS Copyright Transfer form (downloaded from the above JPCS files), which you should print out, sign, and scan so that you can include it as an attachment to your submission. Although your paper should have the Figures embedded within it, please also upload an additional copy of each Figure as a separate file so that we can be sure to resolve any problems during publishing. The additional Fibures should be either Word files or standard image formats (jpg, tiff, gif). If you have any difficulty following the submission process please contact Claire Creed at the email address given below.
When should I submit my manuscript?
As all IPX conference papers will be peer-reviewed, we require papers to be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 30th June 2008. Papers will be sent for initial peer review as soon as they are received and you should receive the comments from reviewers before the conference. Draft papers will be distributed at the conference to delegates, so writing your paper early will make sure that it is in near-final form at this stage. Obviously the earlier your paper is submitted, the more time you will have to revise and resubmit.
Will I have the opportunity to make any final changes after the conference?
We would like authors to have the opportunity to make final changes to their manuscript following discussion at the conference itself, and indeed, your paper’s reviewers may ask for additional changes to be made following the conference. The deadline for making these final changes will be 31st October 2008, following which your manuscript file will be exported from Manuscript Central to IOP for preparation of the JPCS IPX Proceedings. Publication will take between 8 and 12 weeks.
Important dates
February 2008: You receive confirmation of whether your paper has been accepted for IPX. Please start writing immediately.
30 June 2008: Final deadline for submitting your paper to Manuscript Central.
12 September 2008: Deadline for revising your draft paper before pre-publication distribution to conference delegates.
31 October 2008: Final deadline for revisions to papers
February 2009: Latest date for publication of the IPX proceedings.
Assistance
For help with Manuscript Central contact Claire Creed at BOHS,
claire@bohs.org