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abstracts are not included in the page count. For regular papers,
the revised manuscript may not exceed 16 double-column pages
(10 point font), including title; names of authors and their complete
contact information; abstract; text; all images, ﬁgures and tables,
appendices and proofs; and all references. For Overview Papers,
the maximum length is double that for regular submissions at
each stage (please reference http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/
publications/overview-articles/ for more information).
Note that any paper in excess of 10 pages will be subject to
mandatory overlength page charges. Since changes recommended as
a result of peer review may require additions to the manuscript, it
is strongly recommended that you practice economy in preparing
original submissions. Note: Papers submitted to the T RANSACTIONS
ON M ULTIMEDIA in excess of 8 pages will be subject to mandatory
overlength page charges.
Exceptions to manuscript length requirements may, under extraordinary circumstances, be granted by the Editor-in-Chief. However,
such exception does not obviate your requirement to pay any and all
overlength or additional charges that attach to the manuscript.
Resubmission of Previously Rejected Manuscripts. Authors of
manuscripts rejected from any journal are allowed to resubmit their
manuscripts only once. At the time of submission, you will be asked
whether your manuscript is a new submission or a resubmission
of an earlier rejected manuscript. If it is a resubmission of a
manuscript previously rejected by any journal, you are expected to
submit supporting documents identifying the previous submission
and detailing how your new version addresses all of the reviewers'
comments. Papers that do not disclose connection to a previously
rejected paper or that do not provide documentation as to changes
made may be immediately rejected.
Author Misconduct. Author misconduct includes plagiarism, selfplagiarism, and research misconduct, including falsiﬁcation or misrepresentation of results. All forms of misconduct are unacceptable
and may result in sanctions and/or other corrective actions. Plagiarism
includes copying someone else's work without appropriate credit,
using someone else's work without clear delineation of citation,
and the uncited reuse of an author's previously published work that
also involves other authors. Self-plagiarism involves the verbatim
copying or reuse of an authors own prior work without appropriate citation, including duplicate submission of a single journal
manuscript to two different journals, and submission of two different journal manuscripts which overlap substantially in language
or technical contribution. For more information on the deﬁnitions,
investigation process, and corrective actions related to author misconduct, see the Signal Processing Society Policies and Procedures
Manual, Section 6.1. http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/aboutsps/governance/policy-procedure/part-2. Author misconduct may also
be actionable by the IEEE under the rules of Member Conduct.
Extensions of the Author's Prior Work. It is acceptable for
conference papers to be used as the basis for a more fully developed
journal submission. Still, authors are required to cite their related
prior work; the papers cannot be identical; and the journal publication
must include substantively novel aspects such as new experimental
results and analysis or added theoretical work. The journal publication
should clearly specify how the journal paper offers novel contributions when citing the prior work. Limited overlap with prior journal
publications with a common author is allowed only if it is necessary
for the readability of the paper, and the prior work must be cited as
the primary source.
Submission Format. Authors are required to prepare manuscripts
employing the on-line style ﬁles developed by IEEE, which include
guidelines for abbreviations, mathematics, and graphics. All manuscripts accepted for publication will require the authors to make ﬁnal
submission employing these style ﬁles. The style ﬁles are available
on the web at the IEEE Author Digital Toolbox under "Template
for all T RANSACTIONS." (LaTeX and MS Word). Please note the
following requirements about the abstract:
* The abstract must be a concise yet comprehensive reﬂection of
what is in your article.
* The abstract must be self-contained, without abbreviations,
footnotes, displayed equations, or references.
* The abstract must be between 150-250 words.
* The abstract should include a few keywords or phrases, as this
will help readers to ﬁnd it. Avoid over-repetition of such phrases
as this can result in a page being rejected by search engines.
In addition to written abstracts, papers may include a graphical
abstract; see http://www.ieee.org/publications standards/publications/
graphical abstract.pdf for options and format requirements.

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IEEE supports the publication of author names in the native
language alongside the English versions of the names in the author
list of an article. For more information, see "Author names in native
languages" (http://www.ieee.org/publications standards/publications/
authors/auth names native lang.pdf) on the IEEE Author Digital
Toolbox page.
Reﬁning the Use of English Language in Your Manuscript.
English language editing services can help reﬁne the language of your
article and reduce the risk of rejection without review. IEEE authors
are eligible for a 10% discount at American Journal Experts; visit
http://www.aje.com/go/ieee/ to learn more. Please note these services
are fee-based and do not guarantee acceptance. You are also free to
select another professional editing service, or to ask a colleague who
is ﬂuent in English to assist with editing. However, if the revised
manuscript does not meet the English usage criteria, then you must
use the designated editing service (AJE [http://www.aje.com/en]) for
a fee, or you must withdraw the manuscript.
Open Access. The publication is a hybrid journal, allowing either
Traditional manuscript submission or Open Access (author-pays OA)
manuscript submission. Upon submission of your ﬁnal ﬁles, if you
choose to have your manuscript be an Open Access article, you
commit to pay the discounted OA fee if your manuscript is accepted
for publication in order to enable unrestricted public access. As of
01 January 2017, the OA fee is $1,950. Any other application charges
(such as charge for the use of color in the print format) will be billed
separately once the manuscript formatting is complete but prior to
the publication. Any other application charges (such as overlength
page charge and/or charge for the use of color in the print format)
will be billed separately once the manuscript formatting is complete
but prior to the publication. If you would like your manuscript to be
a Traditional submission, your article will be available to qualiﬁed
subscribers and purchasers via IEEE Xplore. No OA payment is
required for Traditional submission.
Page Charges.
Voluntary Page Charges. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for
publication, the author(s) or his/her/their company or institution will
be asked to pay a charge of $110 per page to cover part of the cost
of publication of the ﬁrst ten pages that comprise the standard length
(two pages, in the case of Correspondences).
Mandatory Page Charges. The author(s) or his/her/their company
or institution will be billed $220 per each page in excess of the ﬁrst
ten published pages for regular papers. (**NOTE: Regular Papers
accepted to IEEE T RANSACTIONS O N M ULTIMEDIA in excess of
8 pages will be subject to mandatory overlength page charges, and
correspondence papers accepted to T-MM in excess of 6 published
pages will also be subject to overlength page charges.) These are
mandatory page charges and the author(s) will be held responsible
for them. They are not negotiable or voluntary. The author(s) signiﬁes
his willingness to pay these charges simply by submitting his/her/their
manuscript to the T RANSACTIONS. The Publisher holds the right to
withhold publication under any circumstance, as well as publication
of the current or future submissions of authors who have outstanding
mandatory page charge debt. No mandatory overlength page charges
will be applied to overview articles in the Society's journals.
Color Charges. The color-in-print charge is a ﬂat rate of $275
per ﬁgure. The corresponding author of the article will have the
opportunity to address the color-in-print option during an "Article
Setup" step. All invoices and payments are handled through an
automated payment portal system. The payment portal allows various
payment types such as credit card, bank wire transfers, check, preapproved waivers, special payment circumstances, and third party
billing. Please note that split payments are not supported at this time.
If you have any questions, please contact oaprocessing@ieee.org for
Open Access processing and reprints@ieee.org for all other charges.

*EDICS Webpages:
IEEE T RANSACTIONS ON S IGNAL P ROCESSING:
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/tsp/TSP-EDICS/
IEEE T RANSACTIONS O N I MAGE P ROCESSING :
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/image-processing/tip-edics/
IEEE/ACM T RANSACTIONS O N AUDIO , S PEECH , A ND L ANGUAGE / ACM:
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/taslp/taslp-edics/
IEEE T RANSACTIONS ON I NFORMATION , F ORENSICS AND S ECURITY :
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/forensics/forensics-edics/
IEEE T RANSACTIONS ON M ULTIMEDIA :
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/tmm-edics/
IEEE T RANSACTIONS ON C OMPUTATIONAL I MAGING:
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/tci/tci-edics/
IEEE T RANSACTIONS ON S IGNAL AND I NFORMATION P ROCESSING OVER N ETWORKS:
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/tsipn/tsipn-edics/

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