Instructions for Authors

• Example Highlight Article (PDF)

Format for the Highlights

• Less than 800 words for the complete document (i.e. main text, references and legends), preferably in .doc or .rtf format
• Please include a brief but clear introduction to the subject area and a concise conclusion that emphasises the main result
• Only 2 figures or images

Many readers will not be specialists in your field, so please summarise and simplify. Use a short, concise title, rather than duplicate that of the original publication. Space is limited in the printed publication, therefore we request that you limit the number of figures to two per article. Please keep their legends brief, and in the main text please refer to figures in the style Figure 1 when explicit, or otherwise (Figure 2).

Essential to the document are the Authors' names, lab, country, and the reference of the principal publication. References contained in the principal publication do not need to be listed again here. Please just use one or two to highlight the authors work; it will help us if you use the format given below [1,2].

References
[1] C.R. Smith, H. Brown, F.-J. Dubois, Phys. Rev. Lett. 22, 111-116 (1999).
[2] A. Faber, in Spectroscopy Techniques, B. Richards, H. Evans (Eds.), Oxford University Press, New York, 1-34 (1999).

Principal publication and authors
C.R. Smith (a, b), F. Müller (a), J.-P. Martin (b), J. Sync. Rad. 5, 99-102 (2000).
(a) Laboratoire de Physique des Materiaux, CNRS, Marseille (France)
(b) ESRF

Fig. 1: Please use brief figure legends whenever possible.
Fig. 2: Remember, the reader can always refer to the principal publication for more precision.

An example Highlight article is "Roughness as a motor for reaction oscillations", B.L.M. Hendriksen et al., ESRF Highlights, p36-37 (2010).

Preparation of Images

The images are usually printed with a maximum width of 8.4 cm, at 300 dpi.  But larger images are welcome. Scalable vectorial images are ideal (e.g. eps format). Otherwise, if you are making bitmap images, please create your images for this size and resolution or higher (after cropping to remove unnecessary white space). Please do not add a coloured background to charts or graphs. We prefer the formats TIF or EPS, but are able to use a variety of other image formats, though a loss in quality may occur during conversion. Examples are .ps, .psd, .bmp, .pct, .wmf, .jpg, .gif, .ai, .pdf, cgr, cdm, ras, raw, wpg; etc. Sending us the images individually is far better than inserting them within a word document.

Small images (e.g. less than 6 mb) can be sent as e-mail attachments, whereas larger images are best transferred using FTP. Consider making an archive or "zipping" your files to simplify transfer. FTP instructions for authors external to the ESRF's computer systems are available on request.