Publication Categories

The second category of papers is proceedings (conference) papers. Proceedings (conference) papers bring a practical, usable message to the industry and have a theme generally in keeping with the goals of the conference. Proceedings papers should be at least two but no more than six pages long. Proceedings papers are submitted electronically using a conference-specific Web site usually listed in the conference's call for papers. These papers are typically reviewed by peers chosen by the appropriate technical committee conference liaison. The PES Author's Kit addresses all formatting issues and conventions of proceedings papers.

The third category is made up of transactions papers, papers that have the completed record of an "idea" that is ready for implementation. IEEE transactions papers are submitted through Web sites operated by Manuscript Central. The URLs of these sites are provided below. Submitted transactions paper manuscripts are managed by an editor-in-chief who assigns each paper to an appropriate editor in the technical area covered by the submitted paper. The editor chooses peer reviewers, obtains the reviews, and makes a recommendation to the editor-in-chief who makes the final decision of acceptance or rejection based on the input received.

Papers submitted to transactions should be papers that are of archival value. The following will help in defining what is archival.

Papers of archival value should

• present new methods of analysis or experimentation
• present a new process, design, or technology
• discuss and provide fresh thoughts on the effects of evolving public and environmental policies on the technologies we address and operate.

Papers to be published in the transactions must be

• written in clear and understandable language
• of interest to the reader of our journals
• of long-term value for the profession because of the above attributes.

• plagiarize or regurgitate old and well-proven thoughts
• represent a minor variant of an old thought or analysis
• are written exposing the same or similar ideas in other publications
• have copied others' ideas without proper acknowledgment
• are poorly written or written in an obscure manner.

The PES Author's Kit contains instructions and templates for Transactions papers. Also on the Author's Kit Web site are a number of documents that will help a prospective author to develop a better paper.

Reviewing Transactions Papers

Scopes of the Transactions

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

IEEE Power Engineering Letters

All papers considered for transactions or letter status must be submitted through the appropriate Manuscript Central Web site. Instructions for obtaining an account or submitting a paper through Manuscript Central are available on the

Manuscript Central Web sites.

Each PES transactions is published four times a year. The final issue of the year for each contains an index of all paper published that year. A discounted subscription to either the paper version or the electronic version can be obtained during the annual IEEE membership renewal or by contacting IEEE Member Services at member.services@ieee.org. All accepted transactions and letters are posted in IEEE Xplore, the IEEE electronic database.

—S.S. Mani Venkata,
Vice President, Technical
Information Services Activities,
and Society Editor-in-Chief

In Memoriam: Daniel J. Senese Daniel J. Senese, 62, died Saturday 6 January 2007. Dan retired from his position as executive director of IEEE in 2004, having served in the position for nine years. He was previously with Bellcore as vice president, quality, and had been at Bell Laboratories from 1968 to 1984. Dan's pioneering work on electronic switching led to three patents on computer architecture and the coauthoring of two of the three best papers written during 1973, as selected by the IEEE Computer Society. Dan was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he was active for many years on the Youth Ministry Team and Long-Range Planning Team. Dan's hobbies included model railroading and remote-control airplanes. He was a member of the Jersey Coast Sports Fliers. His wife, Joan and his two daughters, Margaret and Amy, survive him.