Information for Authors

Fusion Science and Technology, a research journal of the American Nuclear Society, publishes original research and review papers on fusion plasma physics and plasma engineering, fusion nuclear technology and materials science, fusion plasma enabling science technology, fusion applications, and fusion design and systems studies.  Authors are encouraged to submit complete papers or work summarized in the Transactions of the American Nuclear Society and in other proceedings.  Concise versions of detailed reports of limited distribution will also be considered.

Fusion Science and Technology publishes Technical Papers, Technical Notes, Critical Reviews, Book Reviews, Meeting Reports, and Letters to the Editor.  Technical Notes report preliminary results and extensions of previously reported work.  Technical Papers and Notes and Critical Reviews are reviewed for technical content.  Letters to the Editor provide an expeditious medium for comments for editorial policies and for discussions on the content of other contributions.

Author rights under Copyright Law are transferable to the American Nuclear Society.  These rights, as well as author responsibility for protecting proprietary and third-party rights, are specified in the author-ANS agreement to be made before publication.  All materials accepted for publication are protected by copyright obtained by ANS.

Authors are informed of the partial cost of publication - reflected in a page charge based on manuscript length.  Manuscripts accepted by the Editor are published without regard to page charge payment; however, this source of revenue is essential in maintaining the Society's journal publishing services.  Authors receive a PDF file of published materials upon payment of page charges.  Publication of manuscripts unsupported by page charge payment is necessarily limited, and some delay in presentation may occur.  The currently estimated compensation rate for the author-related costs of publishing is $165 per published page; however, authors who send in electronic versions of final accepted papers will be billed at $60 per published page.  Please note that authors will be required to send these final files to fst@ans.org or upload them to the ANS/FS&T upload page.

Journal Editor and Associate Editors

Editorial Office

Editorial Advisory Board

Electronic Manuscript Submission System

Fusion Science & Technology uses an electronic submission and review system, Editorial Manager, for its journal submission system.  Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically as either Word (or any common language, including TeX/LaTeX) or PDF files to: fst.edmgr.com.

If you are a first-time user: Go to fst.edmgr.com and click on the word "Register" in the navigation bar at the top of the page and enter the requested information.  Upon successful registration, you will be sent an e-mail with instructions to verify your registration.  NOTE: If you received an e-mail from us with an assigned user ID and password, DO NOT REGISTER AGAIN.  Simply use that information to login.  Usernames and passwords may be changed after registration (see instructions below).

If you are a repeat user: Please click the "Login" button from the menu provide at fst.edmgr.com and proceed as appropriate.

Authors: Please click the "Login" button from the menu and login to the system as "Author."  You may then submit your manuscript and track its progress through the system.

To change your username and/or password: Once you are registered, you may change your contact information, username and/or password at any time.  Simply log in to the system and click on "Update My Information" in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

Instructions for Manuscript Preparation

General Style

Authors are referred to any recent issue for examples of format and general style and are advised to consult the 1990 edition of the style manual prepared by the American Institute of Physics (AIP Style Manual).  Use of technical terms as defined in the American Nuclear Society Glossary of Terms in Nuclear Science and Technology is encouraged.  Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to fst.edmgr.com.

Abstracts

The abstract should be typed on a separate page (complete with the title and names of the authors).  The abstract should not exceed 200 words.

Keywords

Authors should provide up to three (3) keywords at the end of the abstract.

Text

Manuscripts must be typed, double spaced, with wide margins and indented paragraphs.  Each manuscript must be complete with figures, tables, references, etc.  The first page must contain the title, name and affiliation of each author, the name and complete mailing address of the person to whom proofs and the page charge invoice are to be sent, and a list of the total number of pages, tables, and figures.  Please provide an E-mail address and/or a fax number.  The second page of a technical paper and of a technical note must contain the abstract.

Units

Use SI units.  Conventional (non-SI) quantities may follow parenthetically if the author desires.

References

Citations in the text to references shall be numerics strictly in order of their first appearance.  References must be in the format of the AIP Style Manual (see recent issues of Fusion Science and Technology for examples).  In particular, proceedings references must indicate the location and date of the conference, and references to reports must indicate the full name of the organization where the report was prepared.  Also, authors are strongly encouraged to supply the full titles for the respective references.  References must be listed in numerical sequence, double spaced, on a separate page.

Footnotes

Footnote citations in the text should be lower-case superscript letters.  These footnotes, appropriately lettered and double spaced, should be listed consecutively on a separate page.  Footnotes in tables are also cited by lower-case superscript letters.  These footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the table.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be designed to fit one- or two-column widths (85 and 173 mm, respectively).  The height of lower-case letters should not be less than 1.5 mm after reduction; thus, a figure or a table that must be reduced to one-third its original size should have lower-case letters at least 4.5 mm high.  Each table must be typed on a separate page, numbered consecutively with Roman numerals, and must have a complete title.  Authors are strongly encouraged to submit figures in a high-resolution electronic format.  Preferred electronic format for figures include: TIFF (line drawings at least 600 dpi, halftone or grey-scale images at least 300 dpi); EPS (with embedded fonts); Postscript or PDF (with embedded fonts).  Lines and rules in figures should be at least 0.5 points (half-point rules) with an absolute minimum 0.25 points.  Figures should be placed on separate pages following the text, rather than being inserted in the text.  Figures should be consecutively numbered in Arabic numerals in the order they are called out in the text.  A descriptive caption must be prepared for each figure, and all figure captions should be typed, double spaced, on a separate page.  Each figure should be labeled in the margin or under the figure with the manuscript title, author's name and figure number.

Color figures will be placed online in the journal without an additional fee (print version will still be black and white).  For black and white (grayscale) reproduction of color figures, do a test printing in black and white (avoid light blue, yellow, green neon colors) to ensure that no information is lost when printed in black and white.  Two sets of figures can be submitted - one set for black and white printing and one set for the online color version.  These need to be clearly marked.  Figure captions should avoid reference to color as print will be in black and white.  Should an author want color in print, prepayment of the costs associated with color print will be required in additional to approval from the journal editor (current cost estimated at $525/page).

Mathematics

All mathematical equations should be carefully written and checked so that a compositor can follow the copy easily.  Greek letters, upper-and lower-case letters, superscripts, subscripts, vectors, and matrices should be identified in the margin.  Equation numbers should be Arabic numerals enclosed in parenthesis in the right-hand margin.

Proofs

Proofs of all material except letters to the editor will be supplied.  Proofs are to be read carefully and all printing errors corrected; however, alterations from the original text that cost more than 10% of the composition costs will be charged to the author.

Reprints

The author will receive a PDF file gratis when the page charge is paid; instructions on use will be provided.  Hard-copy reprints may be purchased and ordered at the time the author approves the proofs.