◈ Quick Overview

PIER Journals are a family of journals supported by the PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), which has become a major symposium in the area related to photonics and electromagnetics. The scope includes all aspects of electromagnetic theory plus its wide-ranging applications. Hence, it includes topics motivated by mathematics, sciences as well as topics inspired by advanced technologies.

The main PIER journal primarily publishes high quality and high impact articles on hot topics. PIER B publishes comprehensive and tutorial review articles. PIER C publishes papers on circuits, wireless communications, and other topics related electromagnetics technologies. PIER M publishes papers on methods and measurements of electromagnetics, and related topics. PIER Letters publishes succinct original articles on the frontiers of electromagnetics, and related math and science papers.

All PIER journals are using the same manuscript track and review system.  When online submitting the manuscript, the author is requested to select target journal, main PIER or not.

• If the author only wants to publish with main PIER, the editors will make a quick decision of acceptance or rejection after review process.
• If the author agrees to publish with PIER B, C, M and Letters, after review/revision and typeset process, the editors will make the final decision to schedule accepted papers into specific journals based on considerations of topical relevance, page lengths, review inputs, time constraint for publication, and etc..

Each journal has its different minimum and maximum page limits. The overlength page charge is USD 100 for each journal page in excess of the page limit. Authors are strongly advised to pay attention to the page limits and publication charge before submitting the manuscripts. The following table gives a quick overview of all PIER journals related to page lengths.

 

	PIER	PIER Letters	PIER M	PIER C	PIER B
Minimum Pages	10 pages	5 pages	9 pages	10 pages	18 pages
Maximum Pages	24 pages	10 pages	15 Pages	18 pages	36 pages
Free Page Charge within this Limit	16 pages	6 pages	10 pages	16 pages	24 pages
Overlength Charge per Page	USD 100	USD 100	USD 100	USD 100	USD 100
Paper Charge	USD 300	USD 0	USD 0	USD 0	USD 0
Total Publication Charge	= Overlength Page Charge + Paper Charge