ICMS

ICMS manages Proceedings A on behalf of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, from submission to print. Here you will find the Notes for Authors and a LaTeX class file and macros to assist in the production of papers in housestyle.

For more information on Proceedings A and other journals visit the website of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Foundation. The journal is available online from volume 130 onwards. Access is free to those institutions with a print subscription. Use this link to visit the host site up to issue 136.6. As from 2007 (volume 137) this journal is included in the Cambridge Journals Online service which can be found at http://journals.cambridge.org.

Notes for authors on submitting a paper

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A considers for publication papers in all areas of mathematics. Papers should be submitted as a single pdf file attached to an e-mail to proc.rse@icms.org.uk

If it is not possible to send a file by e-mail, then authors should send a pdf on disk or one printed copy of the paper to:
The Editorial Office (Proc A)
International Centre for Mathematical Sciences
15 South College Street
Edinburgh EH8 9AA, Scotland, UK

In their covering letter, authors should suggest the most appropriate Executive Editor to handle their paper. A paper by more than one author should also be accompanied by a statement, from each author, to the effect that the paper in its entirety is approved by the joint authors and naming the author who will be responsible for correspondence. Statements can be sent as individual emails or as signed hard copy to the addresses above. An acknowledgement e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author when the paper is added to the journal database. This will cite a reference number which will be used in all future correspondence regarding the paper.

Authors must prepare their papers as concisely as possible. Although Proceedings A has no page limit, longer papers can be difficult to review in a reasonable time and can be judged more harshly.

Each paper must be accompanied by an abstract, in general not exceeding 200 words, which will be printed. References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order, numbered sequentially. References within the text should be indicated by numbers in square brackets. Authors are encouraged to use TeX typesetting software to prepare their papers. The LaTeX class file and macros package is especially recommended. Once a paper has been accepted for publication, authors will be asked, whenever possible, to supply the appropriate file. This should be a single file, with any relevant macros included in the preamble, and named after the article reference number (e.g. 2010062.tex). Figures should be submitted in postscript form at the same time as the code for the paper.

Proofs and offprints

Authors will be sent proofs of their paper by email in pdf format for checking. Offprints will cease to be printed at the end of volume 141(2011). Thereafter a pdf of the final version of the paper will be sent to the corresponding author shortly after print publication.

Copyright

On acceptance of their paper, authors are asked to assign the copyright of their paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. They are also asked to ensure that any electronic versions of their paper clearly state the official place of publication.

Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, papers published in Proceedings A may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted with the prior permission of the copyright holder, or, in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. The Society permits the making of a single photocopy of an article from an issue (under Sections 29 & 38 of the Act) for an individual for the purposes of research or private study.

Subscription details

The journal is published every two months by the RSE Scotland Foundation. (EISSN: 1473-7124) Subscription fulfilment, distribution and marketing are handled by Cambridge University Press. Orders should be placed with:

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The online version of the journal is free with a print subscription. Volumes 130 to 136 are available (hosted by Ingenta). The issues of volume 137 onwards will be made available shortly before publication of the printed version at the Cambridge Journals Online service.