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Preparation of Papers for IEEE Sensors Letters (Revised November 2016)

First A. Author1,2, Second B. Author Jr.2*, and Third Author (第三著者)3,4**

1
School of Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
2
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
3
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
4
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
* Senior Member, IEEE
** Fellow, IEEE

Received 1 Nov 2016, revised 25 Nov 2016, accepted 30 Nov 2016, published 5 Dec 2016, current version 15 Dec 2016. (Dates will be inserted by
IEEE; “published” is the date the accepted preprint is posted on IEEE Xplore ®; “current version” is the date the typeset version is posted on Xplore ®).

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Most authors will be able to prepare images in one of the allowed
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formats listed above. No matter how you convert your images, it is a
in Fig. 1 meant 83,125,000 Hz or 0.000083125 Hz. Figure labels
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journal column width.
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Table 1. Units for magnetic properties.
PDFs to Submit Graphics.”
A. Sy C. Conversion from
B. Quantity a
83.125 mbol Gaussian and cgs emu to SI b
D.  E. magnetic flux F. 1 Mx  108 Wb = 108
Resonance Frequency (MHz)

Experimental Data
Exponential Fit V·s
G. B H. magnetic flux J. 1 G  104 T = 104
density, Wb/m2
83.1225
I. magnetic
induction
K. H L. magnetic field M. 1 Oe  103/(4) A/m
strength
83.12 N. m O. magnetic moment P. 1 erg/G = 1 emu
Q.  103 A·m2 = 103
J/T
R. M S. magnetization T. 1 erg/(G·cm3) = 1
emu/cm3
83.1175 U.  103 A/m
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 V. 4 W. magnetization X. 1 G  103/(4) A/m
Time (103 s) M
Fig. 1. Resonance frequency as a function of time. Note that “Fig.” is Y.  Z. specific AA. 1 erg/(G·g) = 1 emu/g
abbreviated. It is good practice to explain the significance of the figure magnetization BB.  1 A·m2/kg
in the caption. CC. j DD. magnetic dipole EE. 1 erg/G = 1 emu
moment FF.  4  1010 Wb·m
Because IEEE will do the final formatting of your paper, you do GG. J HH. magnetic II. 1 erg/(G·cm3) = 1
not need to position figures and tables at the tops and bottoms of polarization emu/cm3
columns. Large figures and tables may span both columns. Place JJ.  4  104 T
KK.  LL. specific MM. 1 cm3/g  4 
figure captions below the figures; place table captions above the
susceptibility 3 3
10 m /kg
tables. If your figure has two parts, for example, include the labels
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tables that you mention in the text actually exist. Please do not
Sensors Letters uses a numbered reference style, as in most other
include captions as part of the figures. Do not put captions in “text
IEEE journals. Cite articles by number in square brackets [1]. The
boxes” linked to the figures. Do not put borders around the outside
sentence punctuation follows the brackets. Multiple references are
of your figures. Use the abbreviation “Fig.” even at the beginning of
combined within brackets [1, 2] or [1-4]. When citing a section in a
a sentence. Do not abbreviate “Table.” Tables are numbered with
book, please give the relevant page numbers [7]. If the reference is
Arabic numerals.
part of the sentence, refer to the authors with the year in brackets, as
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There is no charge for color figures. Since Sensors Letters is
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unambiguous exposition of what is being shown.
Biomed Engineer.ens).For journal articles, please include the Digital
Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Use words
Object Identifier if you can find it at www.crossref.org/guestquery.
rather than symbols. As an example, write the quantity “Pressure,”
In the reference list, give all authors’ names; do not use “et al.”
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been submitted for publication should be cited as “submitted for
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publication” [1]. (Since the paper may not be accepted, it is best to
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communications [6]. writers is [9]. A general IEEE style manual is available at
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nouns and element symbols. For papers published in translation ournals.html. (The style for Sensors Letters differs in many
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original foreign-language citation [8].
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
F. Abbreviations and Acronyms
Only the Acknowledgment and References may extend to this last column on Page 4.
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in American English is without
the text, even after they have already been defined in the abstract. an “e” after the “g.” Use the singular heading even if you have many acknowledgments.
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in the title unless they are unavoidable (for example, “IEEE” in the REFERENCES
title of this article).
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The font for symbols should be similar to Times Roman. Use the
“Symbol” style. Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been
defined either before the equation appears or immediately following.
Italicize symbols (T might refer to temperature, but T is the unit
Tesla). Refer to “(1),” not “Eq. (1)” or “equation (1),” except at the
beginning of a sentence: “Equation (1) is ... .”
Please confine equations to one column width and break equations
at appropriate algebraic symbols.

H. Supplementary Information
Authors may not include any supplementary information. The
journal’s rapid-publication model requires short articles that
can be reviewed relatively quickly and no supplementary
material is allowed.

IV. CONCLUSION

A conclusion section is not required. Although a conclusion may

review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract in
the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of
the work or suggest applications and extensions.
An excellent style manual and source of information for science

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