ARCHIVAL PUBLICATION OPTION

To all attendees of the PVSC, we encourage you to publish your work in the PVSC Conference Proceedings and want to make you aware of an option for a potential archival publication to accompany your conference paper: an enhanced manuscript in the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (J-PV), based on your conference paper.

No copyright overlap to worry about: because IEEE holds the copyright to your PVSC proceedings paper, no reprint permissions are required to submit an enhanced version to J-PV.

Guideline for new materialAbout a third or more
Submission deadlineNone: submit any time

Guidelines for Submitting an Enhanced Manuscript

These guidelines apply to a J-PV manuscript that has been published in part in another IEEE venue, typically a conference proceeding such as the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. The enhanced manuscript is submitted like any other manuscript. IEEE publications policy has two requirements for publishing enhancements of papers, to ensure clarity in the literature:

  1. Cite the initial paperYour enhanced manuscript must cite the initial conference paper.
  2. Explain the enhancement in the introductionState specifically how the initial paper has been enhanced.

It is anticipated that at least a third of an enhanced manuscript will contain relevant material that was not in the initial paper. This is not a rigid quantitative requirement, but a guideline for editors and reviewers.

Suggestions for Enhancing Your Manuscript

These pointers are not meant to be comprehensive, but should improve the likelihood that an editor will recommend your conference paper for publication:

  • New results from additional experiments or modeling, the most obvious enhancement.
  • Expanded interpretation of the results.
  • Lessons from your presentation: questions from conference attendees often reveal areas of ambiguity, critical gaps in the data or questionable conclusions.
  • A fuller discussion that explains subtleties or clarifies the domain of validity of the conclusions.
  • A broader introduction and references explaining why the study was needed or why a particular model was chosen.
  • Better figures: improved labels and captions, new figures to illustrate a point, or removal of redundant ones.
  • Complete experimental details, such as sample preparation, equipment and measurement methods. Methods and equipment that are not unique should only be referenced.

Please note: the enhanced manuscript is reviewed like any other submission and, if accepted, appears as a normal paper in the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, so acceptance is not guaranteed. We hope papers accepted at PVSC will be viewed favorably by reviewers. Papers that do not meet the two requirements above will be returned to the authors, although a new submission that addresses them would clear that hurdle.

Questions about enhanced manuscripts? Contact the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. As of this posting, that is Angus Rockett, [email protected].