A checklist to read before preparing a submission.

IEEE TVCG Submission Guidelines — General Summary

This is an AI-generated summary of general IEEE Computer Society journal submission procedures, with a focus on IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), based on the author resources.

It is a personal reference, not the journal's official instructions. Figures and procedural details quoted below come from the original March 2026 summary and have not been independently verified for every TVCG article type. Check the journal's current instructions for page limits, fees, abstract length, file requirements, and the submission system before submitting.

1. Choosing a publication

IEEE Computer Society publishes journals and magazines:

• Journals / Transactions: peer-reviewed publications for complete research results, such as TVCG, TPAMI, and TSE.
• Magazines: publications with a stronger emphasis on overviews, applications, and trends; review procedures depend on the publication.

TVCG's focus

TVCG covers computer graphics, visualisation, and VR/AR. Important aspects of a submission include technical completeness, thorough experimental validation, and reproducibility. The original summary cited an acceptance rate of approximately 25%; treat that as an unverified contextual figure, not a current official statistic.

2. Preparing the manuscript

File formats

The original summary lists LaTeX, Microsoft Word, and plain text among general IEEE preparation formats. Use the journal's official templates and confirm which submission files its current portal accepts. The IEEE LaTeX Analyzer can be useful for checking a LaTeX manuscript.

Abstract

The original summary gives a general journal abstract length of 100–200 words. Confirm the requirement for your article type. A useful abstract states:

• The research problem
• The approach
• The main results
• Their significance

Keep the abstract self-contained, without references or mathematical notation that requires explanation elsewhere.

Page limits

The original summary quotes a standard length of 12 formatted pages, including the abstract and references, and an excess-page charge of USD 220 per page. These figures must be checked against the current TVCG instructions and your article type; they are not a quotation of a verified current fee schedule.

It also suggests submitting appendices as supplemental material. Confirm the journal's current rules before separating material essential to understanding or evaluating the work.

Figures and tables

Prepare figures at an appropriate resolution; the original checklist gives 300 dpi as a general reference. Place them near the relevant discussion, make labels and legends legible, and follow the publisher's requirements for final figure files.

The original checklist suggests filenames such as lastname-fig1 and lastname-fig2a. A good figure should communicate a method or result clearly without overcrowding the image.

References

Use IEEE reference formatting, numbered in citation order. A schematic entry is:

[1] Author(s), Title, Journal/Conference, Year, pages.

Supply the bibliographic information appropriate to the source: authors, full title, venue, year, volume and issue where applicable, and page range or article number.

Writing style

Consult the IEEE Editorial Style Manual. Prefer clear sentences and active voice where appropriate, avoid repetition, and define abbreviations on first use.

A common research-paper structure is:

1. Introduction
2. Related Work
3. Method
4. Results
5. Discussion / Conclusion

3. Supplemental material

Useful supplements can include videos, animations, additional figures and tables, code, and extended experiments.

Upload them as separate files when requested by the portal. The original summary quotes a 350 MB limit; check the current upload limits rather than assuming that value applies to every submission. Follow the journal's rules for appendices and ensure the main paper remains understandable on its own.

4. Sharing data and code

The original checklist highlights IEEE DataPort for data, and Code Ocean or GitHub for code. Well-documented data and code can support reproducibility and make the work easier to use and evaluate. Choose a suitable repository, licence, and release format for the material you can share.

5. Originality and related work

Original work

A submission must follow the journal's policies on originality and simultaneous submission. Disclose relevant previously published work rather than presenting it as new.

Extending a conference paper

Where a journal extension is allowed:

• Cite the original paper.
• Explain the additional contributions.
• Provide the earlier paper when requested.

Editors and reviewers assess whether the extension contains sufficient new material.

Duplicate submission

Do not submit the same manuscript to multiple publications at the same time. Undisclosed overlap with published work can also lead to rejection.

6. Submitting the paper

Follow the submission link on the journal's official website. The original summary mentions ScholarOne and IEEE Author Portal; the current journal page determines which system to use.

The usual steps are:

1. Create or sign in to an account and provide an ORCID when required.
2. Enter author information.
3. Upload the manuscript and supporting files.
4. Select keywords.
5. Review the submission and submit it.

Keywords

Keywords help route the manuscript to appropriate editors and reviewers. The original summary recommends at least three terms from an ACM taxonomy; use the classification and number requested by the actual portal.

Suggested or excluded reviewers

If the portal allows it, suggest reviewers without conflicts of interest. Requests to exclude reviewers should include an appropriate reason and follow the journal's policy.

7. Peer review

The original summary describes single-anonymous review, in which reviewers know the authors' identities but authors do not know the reviewers'. Review models differ between journals and submission tracks; do not assume a double-anonymous option exists without checking.

A typical workflow is:

1. Editorial screening
2. Assignment to an associate editor
3. Reviewer invitations
4. Reviews
5. Editorial decision

The original checklist describes three or more reviewers and two to four months per round as general expectations, not guarantees for an individual manuscript.

Possible outcomes include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, and rejection.

8. Ethics and permissions

Attribute all sources, obtain any required permissions for reused images or other material, and make sure every author agrees to the submission. Follow IEEE's policies on plagiarism and publication ethics.

For research involving human participants or animals, provide the applicable ethics approval and explain it in the manuscript as required by the journal and your institution.

9. Fees and open access

Distinguish traditional publication from open access. Open access may involve an article processing charge; excess-page charges or other fees may be separate. Traditional publication does not necessarily mean that every possible charge is waived.

The original summary quotes USD 220 per excess page. Check the current journal fee schedule, applicable article type, and any institutional agreement before relying on that figure.

10. After acceptance

Final materials

The requested package may include:

• LaTeX or Word source files
• Figure files
• Supplemental material
• Copyright or licence forms

Early Access

Early Access can make an accepted article available and citable before assignment to a regular issue. Follow the publisher's instructions for proofs and corrections; do not assume that a posted article can simply be replaced.

Final publication

Complete the publisher's production and proof stages, then check the published version and its metadata.

11. Practical submission checklist

Technical content

• Explain the complete pipeline.
• Include suitable quantitative and qualitative evaluation.
• Compare with relevant state-of-the-art methods.

Presentation

• Make the abstract clear.
• State the contributions precisely.
• Use figures that explain the work.

Common weaknesses include insufficient evaluation, confusing figures, unclear contributions, and incomplete coverage of related work.

12. Main points

The checklist centres on originality, technical completeness, convincing evaluation, clear writing, and compliance with the journal's format and submission requirements. Acceptance depends on the research itself, the evidence supporting it, and how clearly the manuscript communicates those contributions.