Special Issue in JVST B

• Papers will be reviewed according to criteria set by the JVST and must meet JVST standards for both technical content and written English. All manuscripts are reviewed to the same standards as regular JVST submissions.

• No Page Charges: AVS Journals do not require page charges. AVS also offers free membership for one year to the corresponding author on accepted JVST papers, which includes journal access.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING JVST MANUSCRIPTS

Submit your manuscripts to JVST B and select the Special Topic Collection: Papers presented at the International Symposium on Sputtering & Plasma Processes 2026 using the journal’s online manuscript submission system, the JVST Peer X-Press site: http://jvstb.peerx-press.org

In preparing your article, you should follow the instructions for contributors, which may be found on the Information for Contributors link at http://avs.scitation.org/jvb/authors/manuscript.

Authors are encouraged to use the JVST templates. The easiest way to prepare your manuscript is to use the available JVST Article Template to delete and replace text as necessary. Article templates can be found at the link above.

Note that acceptance to present at the conference does not guarantee the acceptance of your manuscript in JVST B.

To be published in JVST, the manuscript must:

• present original findings, conclusions or analysis that have not been published previously by the authors or others,

• be free of errors and ambiguities,

• support conclusions with data and analysis,

• be written clearly, and

• have high impact in its field, which must be within the scope of topics covered by the journal

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Manuscript deadline: November 30, 2026.

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Note: Please observe the deadline to allow for timely processing. JVST will try to include papers submitted after this deadline in the collection, but late papers may not be included.