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Preparing Electronic Figure Submission
For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use JPG or TIFF format.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
When preparing image files, size figures to fit in the column width. For most journals, the figure width should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm and the height not more than 234 mm.
Line Art
Definition
: Black and white graphic with no shading.
Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
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Halftone Art
Definition
: Photographs, drawings or paintings with fine shading, etc.
If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Proof of the subject's consent to publish must be provided for photographs featuring people.
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Combination Art
Definition
: A combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
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Color Art
Color art is free of charge for online publication. Color printing of figures, micrographs, etc. is available at a cost of US$1,150 per article.
If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a printout to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colors are still apparent.
If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.
Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
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Figure Lettering
To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).
Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.
Figure Numbering
All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.).
Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, "A1, A2, A3, etc." Figures in online appendices (Electronic Supplementary Material) should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure Captions
Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
Figure captions begin with the term Fig., followed by the figure number and a period. Also include punctuation at the end of the caption text.
Example
: Fig. 4a. Steady state creep rate vs. applied stress for a P91 steel.
Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption. Use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure Placement and Size
When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
For most journals the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
For books and book-sized journals, the figures should be 80 mm or 122 mm wide and not higher than 198 mm.
PERMISSIONS
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online formats. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
ACCESSIBILITY
To give people of all abilities access to your content, please make sure that:
All figures have descriptive captions to enable visually impaired users to use a text-to-speech software or a text-to-Braille hardware.
Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colors for conveying information.
Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
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Types of Papers
Descriptions of article approaches that
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contributors can select from, as well as word counts.
Editorial Calendar
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devotes each issue to a theme that is explored through the scholarship of two to three technical topics. The Technical Emphasis Calendar provides descriptions of upcoming and open topics.
Manuscript Submission Checklist
Before you submit your manuscript online to
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, please review this checklist to make sure all of your information and materials are assembled and readily accessible.
Author Obligations
Review author expectations and key considerations involved with publishing in
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.
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Style Guide
A "how to" resource on preparing your text for submission, as well a reference style guide.
Submitting Artwork to
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A detailed guide for preparing your artwork for electronic submission to
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.
eProofing Tutorial (PDF)
This tutorial, developed by Springer, will take you step-by-step through the online author correction process.
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