Call for papers – Invitation to authors
Special Issue in physica status solidi
Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-14)
pss (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters(plenary and invited presenters, all topics)

pss (a) – applications and materials science
Optical Devices, Electronic Devices(contributed presenters)pss (b) – basic solid state physics
Growth, Characterization

Yoichi Yamada, Mitsuru Funato, Ryuji Katayama, Kazunobu Kojima,
Shuhei Ichikawa, Hideaki Murotani, Masahiro Uemukai
Submission Deadline:
December 15, 2023 January 15, 2024
Submission at
pss (RRL): www.editorialmanager.com/pssrrl-journal
pss (a): www.editorialmanager.com/pssa-journal
pss (b): www.editorialmanager.com/pssb-journal
Select Section/Category: ICNS-14 - Nitride Semiconductors
Guest Editors:

Dear ICNS-14 presenters,
Following a long row of successful publications from previous meetings since 2002, physica status solidi is once
again planning to publish a special issue highlighting the most exciting new results presented at this year’s 14th
International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors. The papers will be divided among pss (RRL), pss (a) andpss (b). This will make your important works available to a large international audience quickly. In
collaboration with the Guest Editors and the Editorial Office we cordially invite you to contribute a Review,
Perspective (for plenary and invited speakers) or Research Article manuscript related to your presentation.
The physica status solidi journals are designed to reach a broad audience. It is one of the largest
and well-established publication platforms in solid state, applied, device and materials physics –now over 60 years in business – and is widely accessible via Open Access and as part of many
institutional site licenses, evidenced by 1.4 million full-text article accesses annually.
Submitted manuscripts will undergo editorial evaluation and subsequent peer review. According
to the editorial policy of pss, two positive recommendations by independent reviewers are a prerequisite ofacceptance. Peer review and publication occur rapidly on individual manuscript basis. Published in Wiley Online
Library Accepted Articles and Early View shortly after acceptance, your article is citable with DOI or article
number immediately; hence there is no waiting for the remainder of the contributions.
pss is a hybrid Open Access (OA)/subscription journal family. The OA option is compliant with national or fundermandates, supported by an ever increasing number of countries. Wiley has now OA agreements with several
institutions in Japan and worldwide. For more details see Wiley Author Services or contact pss with questions.
If your institution or funder has no OA funds available, you may publish at no costs as subscription article with
Copyright Transfer Agreement. The visibility of these articles has also been significantly improved due to many
additional access licenses and publish-and-read agreements. You may also use green OA options, e.g. arXiv.org.
When all articles are complete, the topical section will be assembled in regular monthly issues of pss. The
clustering of related articles raises the visibility of these articles significantly, and we are confident that this will
become a quality publication reflected by high article access and citation numbers.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Guest Editors:
publication@icns14.jp
pss Editors-in-Chief: Sabine Bahrs, Stefan Hildebrandt pss-rapid@wiley-vch.de, pssa@wiley-vch.de, pssb@wiley-vch.de
Journal homepages:
www.pss-rapid.com, www.pss-a.com, www.pss-b.com

Submission information:
Please refer to the author instructions available on our homepages www.pss-journals.com → Author Guidelines(including optional Word template and LaTeX style files and the link to online submission to pss (RRL), pss (a) or
pss (b) through Editorial Manager - please mention the submission to the ICNS-14 special issue in your cover
letter and select the appropriate section/category ICNS-14 – Nitride Semiconductors to expedite handling).
Papers that were not presented at the conference without unavoidable legal reasons or manuscripts received
after the deadline may be considered for regular publication in the journal. Such submissions will be excluded
from the conference special issue.
Reviews should provide an overview of a current topic in the format of a topical review of about 10–12 (max. 15)
journal pages. Due to this length restriction, a complete bibliographic overview on the existing literature cannot
be expected, but referencing should be well-balanced. The manuscript should represent a snapshot of mostrecent progress, the state of research and particularly relevant aspects, with focus on the highlights and possibly
open or controversially discussed questions. They are intended to inform an audience not immediately familiar
with the specific topic. Original, previously unpublished results may also be included to a certain extent.
Research Articles expose original and previously unpublished work of general interest to the community.
Manuscripts do not have a strict length limit (typical lengths vary from 6 to 10 journal pages). Articles must fulfil
the standards and requirements of the journal. Acceptance of a contribution for presentation at the workshop
does not automatically include publication in the special issue. The main criteria for consideration by pss are:
• The importance, relevance, and novelty of the results match those expected for a regular journal paper.
• The general quality of the manuscript and the amount of information provided is appropriate for aninternational journal. Serial or incremental, pure self-referential and lab-report-style work is discouraged.
• Main results have not yet been published (also not in conference proceedings) and are not underconsideration for publication elsewhere.
Further benefits for pss authors include:
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No page charges or publication costs for authors of subscription articles, free online color
Modern article formats (PDF, Enhanced PDF, HTML compatible also with mobile devices)
Supporting information, e.g. additional data, figures, videos or animations can be published online
Author suggestions for journal cover figures or frontispiece pages, especially for Reviews
Journal print issues, color reprints with cover page, posters etc. are available for purchasepss is indexed in Web of Science and all other major abstracting databases
Promotion of selected content via web portals, e.g. advancedsciencenews.com, newsletters, and press
releases

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Phys. Status Solidi B 2020, 217, No. 4 (DOI 10.1002/pssa.v257.4)
Including the Reviews
Emerging Applications of III-Nitride Nanocrystals
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