INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
X-RAY MIRROR DESIGN,
FABRICATION, AND METROLOGY

Tuesday 22nd September - Thursday 24th September 2009
Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Rules for the submission of article at the proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON X-RAY MIRROR DESIGN,
FABRICATION, AND METROLOGY

Dear contributors, please use this short guide to prepare the article(s) for the special issue of Nuclear Instrument and Method A, dedicated to this workshop.

The deadline for submission of the manuscript is September 13. The site will be close on September 15 and after these date only correction suggested by the referee will be possible.

Article length

Please make sure Your contribution has at least 4 journal pages and not more than 10.

Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand-alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

General article style and rule

It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word-processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier: External link http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on Electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of your wordprocessor.

It is important that you add line numbers to your document, to enable reviewers and editors to give clear feedback on your article. To add line numbers to a Word document:

• Click "File" at the menu bar and then click "Page Setup"
• Click "Layout"
• Click "Line numbers"
• Check "Add line numbering"
• Click "Ok"

Further instruction can be found at:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505701/authorinstructions

Submission

To submit the article for the proceeding, please go at the following address:

http://ees.elsevier.com/nima_proceedings/

It should look like this:

If You never submit an article to NIM A or EES You must register Yourself. To register use the “register” button in the upper part of the page.
In the same bar, there is also the link on the guide for author.
Once You are registered You can submit the article, clicking at the “submit paper” button

VERY IMPORTANT

Before to proceed, You are required to select the article type. Please be sure to have elected ”Special issue X-ray mirror” as shown in the next figure:

Next step is the introduction of the title.
PLEASE use the same title You used in the abstract submitted to the workshop, otherwise, please inform us about the change.
Then follow the instruction and submit the article.

If You have problem with system query, please write to authorsupport@elsevier.com

For any further detail please use the EES instruction pages or contact us.

Kazuto Yamauchi
Valeriy Yashchuk