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Prepare your manuscript for IEEE Access.

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Article types

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Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Article: Authors must define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the article, even if they have already been defined in the abstract.

Keywords

  • You must select a minimum of 3 (and a maximum of 10) manuscript keywords upon submission.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text.
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  • Article: As indicated in the required IEEE Access templates, biographies of all authors should be included directly within the article below the references section.
  • All research works should be carefully referenced.
  • The references should cite both background material and advanced material for the reader to dig deeper.
  • Do not include references that are not relevant to your work, and carefully check each reference for accuracy and ensure that they have not been retracted, as retracted references can undermine the validity of your work.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Article: If your article has video (maximum file size is 100MB), have it ready to upload with the submission since all video must be peer reviewed with the article.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Review: Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.
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  • Article: Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.

Title page and author information

  • The submitting author is required to have an ORCID ID associated with their account.
  • The ORCID profile must be publicly visible and populated.

Statistical reporting

  • Include or confirm the statistical reporting required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Article: The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section.

Other submission requirements

  • Article: The maximum page limit for a comment article is 2 pages; anything longer will require EIC approval.
  • File sizes should not exceed 40MB.
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  • The manuscript should be prepared in a double column, single-spaced format using a required IEEE Access template.
  • A Word or LaTex file and a PDF file are both required upon submission.
  • Author lists should be carefully considered before submission.
  • Article: The article should not be submitted elsewhere at the same time.
  • The list of updates should have the following regarding each comment: 1 reviewers’ concerns, 2 authors’ response to the concerns, 3 actual changes implemented.
  • Article: An article that is descriptive, without a framework, and instead expounds a particular topic should be this type.
  • The topic should not be one that is well understood or well represented in textbooks.
  • Article: The article must add to the existing literature to benefit the readership.
  • The content on each file must match exactly.
  • Article / Review: If the article was previously rejected after peer review with encouragement to update and resubmit, then a complete “list of updates” must be included in a separate document.
  • Article / Review: On this page you will find the following: A Submission Checklist to review and check before you submit your article.
  • Article: Article submissions that do not follow the guidelines below will be returned to draft or immediately rejected.
  • We do not allow subsequent Comments and Replies.
  • Article: The article’s analysis concludes with identifying a clear set of open questions that the community needs to work on in order to make further progress.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Article / Review: Authors who have a special reason to submit a paper over 20 pages (not including Supplementary Material or Appendices, or if the article type is a Topical Review or Survey) must first make a pre-submission inquiry to seek permission from the EIC.
  • You will be required to select a manuscript type during submission.
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  • You will be required to select a manuscript type upon submission.
  • Article: If you are unsure, please select “Research Article”. *Please note that should your article be accepted, the manuscript type will be published on the article.
  • Article: The manuscript type should be selected carefully since it will be included in the published article.

Authorship and originality

  • Article: Contributors who do not meet IEEE’s definition of authorship should be included in the Acknowledgment section of the article.
  • All authors should be listed on both the source file (Word of LaTex file) and the manuscript PDF file.
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  • Article: Short biographies are required for ALL authors on an article submission.

Language and text style

  • Article: The article should be thoroughly reviewed for proper grammar before being submitted.

Manuscript structure

  • Article / Review: A review article that has a well-defined framework for selecting and excluding papers and draws an overall conclusion from the body of those papers should be this type.
  • The objectives and prerequisite background required by the reader should be clearly identified in the introduction.
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Source transparency

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