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AUTHOR'S GUIDE FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Oct.27th 2023 added: Manuscripts should include at least 30 references. See ‘References’ section below.
These instructions have been written specifically for the authors of manuscripts to be submitted for publication in the NIMB
Special Issue devoted to the 26th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis – IBA-2023 and the 18th International
Conference on Particle Induced X-ray Emission – PIXE-2023, held in Toyama, Japan, from 7 to 13 October 2023. Thesubmission procedures may differ slightly from those for authors of regular papers in "Beam Interactions with Materials andAtoms - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B" (NIMB).
Types of contributionsContributed papers
Invited papers

Submission of contributions
Authors shall submit their papers using the Elsevier Editorial Manager system (EM):https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/nimb_proceedings/
After accessing EM follow the link 'Submit a Manuscript'. If you are a registered user enter your username and password,otherwise follow the link 'Register Now' and fill in the registration form. After you have registered, follow 'Submit New
Manuscript'.
When asked for the 'Article Type', please be sure to select 'VSI: IBA&PIXE2023' from the list shown below.

In submitting a manuscript for publication in the Special Issue, the author states: (i) the manuscript has not been publishedpreviously, (ii) it is not being simultaneously considered for publication elsewhere and, (iii) the authors have obtained thenecessary authority for publication. For example, if you need to show any figures taken from an article in Physical Review
A, use “Reuse & Permissions” button on the web page of the article. Even if you are one of the authors of the article, youmust obtain the approval from the publisher of the journal.
Deadline for receipt of manuscripts to be considered for the IBA&PIXE2023 conference Special Issue: January 7, 2024.
Late papers will not be accepted.
Instructions to authors for manuscript preparation
Format of manuscripts
The manuscripts will be published in English. Authors' manuscripts must be consistent in style, spelling and syntax. Please
note that neither the Conference Editors nor Elsevier Editors have the facilities to provide language editing for papers, so ifEnglish is not your native language you are advised to ask English speaking colleagues (or co-worker) to check your paperor have it edited by a professional. Papers with inadequate English will not be published. The manuscripts should besubmitted in double-spaced typing (not 1-1/2 spaced typing), 12 point Times font, on consecutively numbered pages ofuniform standard size such as A4 or US Letter, with 3.0 cm margin on the left and 2.0 cm margins on top, bottom and right.

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Lines should not be numbered. Do not use templates or style sheets imitating final journal styles. The number of total pages
in the printed style should be 3-6 pages. More than 3 pages are recommended to maintain good scientific quality. Manuscriptsthat increase in length by one additional page in the publication process are acceptable.
Organization of manuscripts (Each item should begin on a new page)
1. Title page containing the following (centered, starting at the top): title, names, affiliations and addresses of allauthors. This is followed by the abstract (left-justified and double-spaced), which must include a concise statementof results and conclusions. (Note that the abstract may extend onto a second page if necessary but should be limited
to about 300 words).
2. Text, double-spaced, which will generally consist of sections such as Introduction, Experimental, Methods, Results,Discussion, Conclusions.
3. List of references
4. Tables (caption above each table)
5. Figures with captions below.
Nomenclature and units Authors are required to use the SI system for units and nomenclature.
Comment: Subunits like mm, GW, etc. are of course allowed, as is cm. A few non-SI units like eV and Å are so engrainedthat use may continue. Prefixes and abbreviations must be correct, i.e., keV, not KeV, cm, not cms, g, not mkg, etc. Finally,dose may only be used where appropriate i.e., for absorbed (deposited) energy density. Otherwise fluence should be used.
Note that the dimension of dose is energy/mass (J/kg or Gray, Gr) while the dimension of fluence is particles/area (mostoften cm-2).
References(Oct.27th 2023 added) Sufficient reference to relevant literature is required for all articles. Authors of IBA&PIXE2023
Proceedings manuscripts to be published in the NIMB Special Issue are also expected to comply. Please include at least 30
references. The text of the reference list is not counted as manuscript pages.
The references should be numbered consecutively throughout the text and should be collected in a reference list at the endof the paper. Authors should ensure that every reference appearing in the text is included in the list of references and viceversa. In the text, numerals for references are given in square brackets [ ] full-size, not as superscripts; numerals referring toequations are enclosed in parentheses.
The following examples illustrate the reference style for (1) a journal article, (2) a book, and (3) a multi-author book:
1. R. Angers, M.R. Krishnadev, R. Tremblay, J.-F. Corriveau, and D. Dube, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 262 (2009) 9.
2. A. Nadai, Theory of Flow and Fracture of Solids, Vol.1, 2nd ed. (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2010), p.350.
3. R. Ferro, G. Zanicchi, and R. Marazza, in Ternary Alloys, ed. by G. Petzow and G. Effenberg, Vol.6 (VCH, Weinheim,2006), p.318.
Authors may also opt to give the full titles of papers published in journals. In this case, full titles must be given for all journal
articles listed.
Conference proceedings which are not published in archival journals cannot be used as references. For PhD theses, provide
the title, name of university, and year. A "personal communication" should be referred to only when permission has beenobtained from the person who made the personal communication and should include the affiliation of the individual. A
reference to "in press" implies that the paper has been accepted for publication and must include the name or title of thepublication. "Unpublished results" and oral presentations are not acceptable references. Each reference should be complete;thus, the use of ibid., idem., etc. is not permitted. The author list of references for which there are more than ten authors may
be abbreviated to “Author1, Author2 … Author10, et al.” Abbreviations for the titles of journals should follow the systemused by the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index and Supplements.
We encourage authors and reviewers to make strong efforts to ensure that reference lists in submitted manuscripts aresufficiently complete. Not only is complete referencing important for setting priorities, but now that statistics based onreferencing are increasingly been considered in the decisions of science administrators and fund-granting bodies, you do thejournal, the field of beam-matter interactions and yourself a common service through being meticulous in fully citing all therelevant references, be they in NIMB or other journals.
TablesTables are to be numbered with Roman numerals and should have captions which make their general meaning
understandable without reference to the text. The units in which results are expressed should be given at the top of eachcolumn and should not be repeated on each line of the table. It should be remembered that the length of a printed page isalways greater than its width. Tables printed sideways (landscape) should only be used in extraordinary circumstances.

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FiguresFigures should be numbered with Arabic numerals, with grouping of figures permitted and labelled with lower-case letters(e.g., figure 2a, 2b, etc.). If possible, graphs, schematics, spectra, etc. should be submitted in the actual size at which theyshould be published. The width of figures (in the actual size) would be less than 8 cm, which is the maximum width ofcolumns in the journal. If necessary, the publisher may reduce the size of particular graphs, schematics, spectra forpublication as appropriate. All letters and numbers in figures at the actual size should be at least 3 mm in height. Care should
be taken in the use of computer-generated figures in that they often contain extraneous information or do not write exponents,subscripts, formulas, or symbols correctly (e.g., CR2O3 for chromium oxide on a figure is not acceptable). For micrographs,
a scale bar (sometimes called a micron marker) must be placed on the micrograph.
Version of applied code
We intend to make stronger efforts to ensure that whenever significant results from calculation by a computer program aregiven, the name and version of the code, and the origin of underlying data such as stopping powers or cross sections aregiven in sufficient detail to enable an independent check of the calculation. Authors and reviewers are encouraged to pay
particular attention to reporting this aspect of methodology.’
Acknowledgement
Correct acknowledgement of effort is also important when considering authorship. We remind you that all significant
contributors to the work should be included as authors, and it is important that all authors listed on submitted manuscripts
have in fact contributed significantly to the work and have given approval for their authorship prior to submission. It is
important to note that responsibility for the content of a manuscript is shared jointly and equally by all the co-authors.

Refereeing
The manuscripts will be evaluated according to the regular standards of the journal. The corresponding author of eachmanuscript will be notified about the recommendations of the referees. If revisions are requested, the corresponding author
is expected to provide a response and possibly revised manuscript promptly.
The corresponding authors will be notified about final acceptance or rejection of their respective papers.
Publishing Procedure
Page proofs Page proofs are sent out by the Publisher to the Author in order to check that no undetected errors have arisenin the typesetting or file conversion process. Only typesetting and minor language errors such us spelling mistakes may becorrected in the proofs. No substantive changes in, or additions to, the accepted paper will be accepted.