The web-based submission and resubmission, including via eprint servers, for all manuscripts to The American Physical Society (APS) is preferred over other methods. Editorial processing of an electronic submission cannot begin until at least review-quality copies of the figures are received. A resubmission may consist of no more than a response to a referee's report. For Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams (PRST-AB) and Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research (PRST-PER), only web-based submissions are accepted. There are no publication charges for PRST-AB, but PRST-PER's financial model requires publication charges to the authors or to the authors' institutions. Physical Review X also requires payment of an Article Processing Charge similar to the charge for PRST-PER; see the PRX site for more information.
For the other journals except for Reviews of Modern Physics (RMP), prior to acceptance, submission in some electronic formats qualifies for a publication charge discount (Physical Review Letters) or waiver (Physical Review A, B, C, D, E). Acceptable formats for the discount or waiver are currently REVTeX (preferred), LaTeX, Harvmac, Plain TeX, or MSWord; with any figures provided as individual electronic files (for MSWord, this means figures must be submitted twice, once as part of the MSWord file containing the entire manuscript, and once as separate files for each figure). Such submissions can make a greater contribution to the speed and efficiency of our editorial-review process by, for example, the automatic extraction of metadata about the manuscript for our database.
Manuscripts submitted to the journals must contain original work which has not been previously published in a peer-reviewed journal, and which is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. Specific guidelines on the types of work considered for publication for each journal and their current editorial procedures are available here for Physical Review A, B, C, D, E, X, Letters, RMP, PRST-AB, and PRST-PER.
Authors should consult the Physical Review Style and Notation Guide for detailed information on standards for presentation of material for publication. The individual journals may also have specific information on their requirements where they differ from the general style guide - see the "Information for Contributors" here for Physical Review A, B, C, D, E, X, Letters, RMP, PRST-AB, and PRST-PER.
You may wish to consult the list of older web browsers and platforms that do not fully support the file upload feature we use for web submissions. If your browser is on the list it is still possible to send a web-based submission via the Los Alamos eprint server (www.arxiv.org). If your web browser is recent or not on this list, all web submissions should work for you. Please note that direct web submissions also face a limit on the size of accepted files or packages (currently 30 MB) - please use compression when transmitting your files.
This server now requires you to sign in using an APS Journal Account. From there you can go straight to the Login page. On this page your existing contributor information is displayed and you are:
We encourage you to logout whenever you have completed your current task or are likely to leave your browser session unattended for any length of time. A "Logout link" is presented at the foot of every web page.
Changing your contact information
You are only required to complete your contact information when you first register. However, since it is only sensible for your contributor information to be accurate at all times, throughout the submission process there is always a link available to update your contact information. This link may be available from within a page, such as the Login page, or else as a link as part of the header information at the top of every web page.
We require information for your first and last name, address, and telephone number. A fax number is optional.
What would you like to do?
It is important that we know what you would like to do. This is so that we may lead you through the correct process. There are 4 choices.
Submitting a new manuscript means that you have never submitted your manuscript before to the APS.
Resubmission applies to any manuscript where you have completed the new (first-time) submission process. A resubmission includes a response to editor or referee comments, new files to resolve technical issues, transfers from one APS journal to another, or any other changes. When resubmitting, send the complete file for the text if there have been any changes. For further details see the section on resubmissions.
It is best if you complete the submission process for a manuscript in one session. However, this may not always be possible and you can leave the process at any stage and come back to complete, or remove, the submission at a later time. It is important to realize though that until you click on the "Submit this manuscript" at the end of the submission process your manuscript will not receive attention at the Editorial Offices.
If you are submitting a new manuscript for the first time, select the "Submit a new manuscript" button and this will lead you to the next page where you will first be prompted to select which journal you wish to submit to.
You may view the PDF of your submitted manuscript that will be used for review purposes only after you have received an accession code (e.g., LA1234) from us.
It is important to realize that your manuscript has NOT been submitted to the Editorial Offices and thus will not receive any editorial attention until you have completed all the required information, clicked on the "Submit this manuscript" button at the end of the cover letter, and you have received (immediately) by email a confirmation of submission message from us. The process for new submissions is detailed but not complicated. For your manuscript to receive efficient attention and be sent out for review as quickly as possible, it is essential for the Editorial Offices to gather at least minimal information. You will find, therefore, that responses to some items are required while others are optional. When information is required, you will receive an error message if it has not been supplied or if it is incorrect and you will be unable to proceed with the submission process. Much of the information you supply is fed directly into our database so it is important that it be as accurate as possible to maintain an acceptable level of efficiency.
Selecting the correct journal
For a new submission, the first page requires you to select the journal you want to submit to; and either to specify the type and number of files you will be uploading, or enter the eprint number.
You can select one of ten journals: Physical Review A, B, C, D, E, X, Letters, RMP, PRST-AB, or PRST-PER. Since the practices differ among the journals, it is not only required that you select a journal, but it is also important that you select the correct one otherwise you might encounter an "error" later in the process.
Selecting the number and type of files, or the eprint number
By the end of your submission, it is critical for us to have established an accurate map of all your manuscript files. A file map typically consists of the name of each file comprising the manuscript, its description, format, whether it should appear in color in the print journal, its size, and a timestamp. The file map is only used internally, you will never see it, but as an aid to understanding the process a typical file map looks similar to this:
file name="myfile.tex" desc="text" fmt="tex" size="23979" timestamp="10 Jan 2001"
file name="smit.cvr" desc="other" fmt="cvr" size="14531" timestamp="26 Sep 2000"
file name="fig1.eps" desc="fig1" fmt="eps" size="9686" timestamp="30 Aug 2000"
file name="fig2.eps" desc="fig2" fmt="eps" size="24459" timestamp="30 Aug 2000"
file name="fig3.eps" desc="fig3" fmt="eps" size="53123" timestamp="30 Aug 2000"
On this preliminary web page, we start to build the map by asking you to describe the number and type of your files. Unless you are submitting using an eprint number, you do not upload your files on this page, that happens on the next page. It is also preferable if you only identify here files that make up your manuscript; any auxiliary files, for example, those containing reference material, should be identified and uploaded a little later in the process.
If you are not submitting from an eprint, you are required to select the type of file(s) you will be uploading. File names should have standard extensions: for example, .tex for REVTeX or LaTeX, .ps for PostScript, and .doc for MSWord.
Since the most important thing we are trying to do here is start to develop an accurate file map (see just above), it is important that you tell us the total number of files you will be uploading. For example, one manuscript file and 3 figure files will be 4 to upload. We are concerned with your manuscript files here, it is better to upload any auxiliary files, containing reference material for instance, later. Depending on the number you enter here, you will be presented with the corresponding number of lines on the next page. (Do not worry, if you make a mistake you will be able to add or delete files throughout the submission process.) Now click on the "Continue" button.
You may choose to submit your manuscript using an eprint number. All you need do here is enter the eprint number, for example hep-ph/0000000, and click on the "Continue" button. We will now go out to the relevant preprint server and upload your manuscript, and lead you to the next page where the results will be displayed within a few seconds
Identifying and uploading the files
You will notice that by this page your potential submission has already received a temporary ID number. However, it is important to realize that your manuscript has NOT been submitted to the Editorial Offices and thus will not receive any editorial attention. Your manuscript has only been submitted once you have completed all the required information and clicked on the "Submit this manuscript" button at the end of the cover letter and you have received (immediately) by email a confirmation of submission message from us. If you have not completed all the required information throughout the submission process, when you click on the "Submit this manuscript" button, you will receive an error message and be directed to complete the necessary information. Until we have gathered the required information, you will be unable to complete the submission process and the editorial process will not begin.
This page allows you to identify the files you want to upload. All the files should be clearly identified, allowing us to create an accurate file map. This is especially important for the figures.
Depending on the number you entered for the number of files you want to upload on the previous page, a corresponding number of lines (boxes) will appear on this page. If there are too few, or too many, lines, do not worry. If, in fact, you do not need all the lines you will still be allowed to continue. If, for some reason, there are not enough lines, then you will be able to upload any additional ones or auxiliary files as part of the next step on the succeeding page.
If you have used an eprint number, then you will skip this page and be taken straight to the uploaded files page.
For file mapping purposes, while you can have only one file that constitutes the body - or text - of your manuscript, you must have this one file regardless of its format. You can describe this file as being "text" or "text+figs". "text+figs" should be used only when the figures and tables are included in the text file, so that figure files do not have to be separately appended. For example, if myfile.tex calls in the figure this way:
\begin{figure}
\epsfig{file=fig1.ps}
\caption{}
\end{figure}
then this should be described as "text+figs". MSWord, PostScript, and PDF files containing figures are described as "text+figs".
Each figure file should be described as such and must have a number, for example, "3" or "3c" if only part of figure 3. It is quite acceptable to have a file figure called, for example, graph.ps, but it should be described with an appropriate number such as Fig number 1. Only in those rare instances when a table is formatted using PostScript should the description "tbl" be used.
Authors must find a way to pay for any figures to be printed in color; the cost for the number of color figures you have selected will be displayed before you submit. Should your paper be accepted, an invoice will be sent and will need to be paid before your article is prepared for publication. In identifying the files to be uploaded, you have the opportunity to indicate whether the figures should be color in print or not. You can also adjust these selections later in the process. To select color you must click on the check mark. Note that this choice only affects the print publication; the online publication will feature your figures as you supply them, in color or black and white, as long as they are appropriately-prepared electronic files.
Once you have browsed and identified the files you want to upload, and described them, they will be uploaded when you click on the "Upload" button. If we detect an error, you will receive an error message immediately and be given the opportunity to correct it.
Adding/Deleting any files; Describing the files
This page lists the files you have uploaded to us. If any of the information is wrong, you may correct it here. Here you also have the opportunity to add or delete files. Any auxiliary files should be added here and described as "other".
The file format should be .tex for REVTeX or LaTeX, .pdf for Portable Document Format, .ps for PostScript, .doc for MSWord, .jpeg or .jpg for JPEG figure files, .png for PNG figure files, and so forth. Any file that is not the manuscript (text), a figure (fig), a PostScript table (tbl), or a video, should be described as "other".
You can also adjust here your selection of which, if any, of your figures are intended to be printed in color. Appropriately-prepared electronic figures will be published online as they were submitted (color or black and white). If you choose to have your figures appear as color in print, you will need to pay for this before publication.
If any of the files that have been uploaded are not needed for this submission, you can delete them on this page by putting a checkmark by the relevant file and clicking the "Delete" button.
It is possible to convert your manuscript to the PDF format here if it is formatted using TeX or MSWord. It is important that your manuscript file is described accurately, i.e., as "text" or "text+figs" for the conversion to be accurate. If it is not accurately described, your figures are likely to be included twice. Please note that if, for example, your file is described as "text" and it should be "text+figs", you will need to change the description and click on the "Continue" button for the change to take effect. You can then return to the files page and convert to PDF. The PDF format is used for all PRST-AB reviews and increasingly for Physical Review and Physical Review Letters (but for all journals the PDF file is used only during the review process and not the production one). The conversion may take a little while; if your files are very big (complex figures frequently are), the conversion may take as long as 15 minutes. If the conversion process has not completed within 5 minutes, it is best if you hit the browser "Stop" button thus abandoning the PDF conversion process, and continue with your submission.
Many authors find this conversion feature useful. Occasionally, the conversion fails. We have found that, usually, the reason for the failure is trivial and can easily be fixed at the Editorial Offices. Consequently, you are advised not to be concerned if your manuscript fails to convert but to proceed with your submission.
If your text file includes author names shown with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters, please check the box to indicate this.
If you have uploaded all the files you need for your submission and they are described correctly, you may continue the submission process by clicking the "Continue" button. If we detect an error, you will receive an error message immediately and be given the opportunity to correct it. Please note that the submission process is not complete at this point, no editorial action will be taken just because you have uploaded files to us.
If you need to add more files for any reason, you may do so at this point.
Completing manuscript/journal details
Note: Submitters for large collaborations should follow the collaboration submission guidelines to ensure that long author lists are automatically extracted in a reliable fashion.
This page allows us to capture necessary information for our manuscript database. Certain information is required and you will be unable to proceed with the submission until it has been gathered. If your manuscript is formatted using REVTeX or LaTeX, we are able to extract certain information and display it already so you need only verify it. However, from some files we are unable to extract any information, in this case you must complete the necessary information yourself. Other information we have gathered earlier in the submission process and it is displayed again here for verification purposes. The importance of verification cannot be over-stated. It is surprising how often, for instance, the incorrect journal has been selected at the very beginning of the process. You have the opportunity to correct it here. Any changes that you make here do not affect your files at all, only our database.
If your file is formatted using a variety of TeX, we will try to extract certain information from it and automatically fill in some of the fields here. Unfortunately, the source lines for author names often contain coding which make it very difficult to extract accurate information. Coding for umlauts, etc., is acceptable and should be left in. If you are using REVTeX, then this is a sample of good coding:
\author{S.~Bloggs, J.~A.~Other, and K.~M\"{u}ller}
\address{Department of Physics, APS Ridge, NY 11961}
\author{Jane~L.~Author}
\address{Technology Division, Physics Laboratory, London, England}
\author{Donald Duck}
\address{Disney World, Florida, USA}
Another frequent way of displaying authors and their affiliations is with the use of superscripts. For example,
\author{A. Anybody$^1$, G. Person$^2$, and T. Mouse$^1$}
\affiliation{
$^{1}$Department of Physics, Ridge University, Ridge, NY 11961\\
$^{2}$Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Atlantis University, USA}
This will result in the author names appearing as, for example
A. Anybody$^1$
but that does not matter as we will automatically strip out the unnecessary superscript coding subsequently for the author names.
The macros for specifying authors and their affiliations have changed significantly for REVTeX 4 (see auguide.tex). They have been improved to save labor for authors and in production. You are encouraged to use this latest version.
An example of a suffix is "Jr", "III", etc.
The name of the first author always needs to appear at the top of the list of authors. Even if your manuscript has only one author, then that author name needs to appear again in the author list.
If your text file includes author names shown with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters, please check the box to indicate this.
If your manuscript is a Comment on, or an Erratum to, an article that has already been published, then it is a sequel and it is helpful for us to know the author and volume and page of the article you are commenting on. Alternatively, your manuscript might be part of a series. For example, you may be submitting 2 manuscripts that are separate but have strong links and it makes sense for them to be published at the same time. Again, it is very helpful if such manuscripts are identified as such.
With the exception of Physical Review D and Physical Review X, all the APS journals require you to enter at least the principal PACS code. A PACS code consists of 8 characters including 2 dots (full stops).
The number of figures and tables in your manuscript is required information. If you have Figure 1a, 1b, and 1c, this counts as one figure (the same for tables). If you have no figures or tables, "0" must appear in the boxes otherwise you will receive an error message. The number you enter here should be the total number of figures and tables for your manuscript regardless of how you are sending them to the Editorial Offices.
You may find numbers prefilled in the boxes. These numbers have been extracted automatically but they may be inaccurate and you must verify them.
We have found that it is easy for discrepancies to occur with regard to the information about figures and whether or not they should be printed in color. If you have checked a figure(s) as being "color" when uploading the file(s), but select the "No" button here, you will be warned about the inconsistency and given the chance to correct it when you move on from the Manuscript/journal details page. Similarly, if you have not checked any figure file(s) as "color" but select the "Yes" button you will be warned. Please note that figures will be published online in the format in which we received them (color or black and white).
If your manuscript contains figures, the preferred way of sending them is by including them with your web submission. Sometimes, if the figure files are very large and the upload time is slow, it is acceptable to send them separately by email to the relevant journal address (e.g., pratex@aps.org, prbtex@aps.org, etc.) together with some identifying information such as the manuscript title and authors - be sure to include identifying information. Very occasionally, it is necessary to send figures by conventional mail or fax.
We need to know this information in order to maintain an accurate file map for your manuscript. If you make any changes to your files when resubmitting, this information will be required again.
Once you have completed and verified all the information on this page, you may click on the "Continue" button. If an error is detected, you will receive an error message immediately and be given the opportunity to correct it.
When this page has been successfully completed, the only outstanding requirement in order to complete the submission is to create the cover letter. However, you are strongly encouraged to take advantage of certain services we offer on the web: the ability to check the length of your manuscript; and the ability to check the accuracy of your references. The prompt completion of these tasks can help in avoiding possible subsequent delay in publication.
Checking the length of your manuscript
All articles submitted to Physical Review Letters and some submitted to Physical Review, such as Rapid Communications and Brief Reports, are subject to length restrictions. RMP has a limit of 50 pages for articles and 20 pages for Colloquia. There are no length restrictions for articles submitted to PRST-AB or PRST-PER, though PRST-PER publication charges are based on the length. You may choose to check the length of your manuscript. Since there are many factors, particularly figures, that can adversely affect the accuracy of an automatic length count, the result should be regarded as a guide only. However, its accuracy is estimated to be ±10%.
The length of files formatted using REVTeX or LaTeX can be checked. Plain TeX files can also be checked, although not so well.
The premise of the check is the removal of all TeX formatting commands, reformatting of the remaining text, and then a direct count of the number of lines. The number of figures, tables, references, equations are determined, primarily, from the manuscript file and/or from our records. These numbers are factored into the total count. Each figure and table is counted as 20 lines; 20 lines per figure/table is a gross approximation, some figures may be much larger or smaller.
It is very difficult to give an exact breakdown of the various different contributions to the overall length. The final number is more accurate than some of its parts.
Sometimes a very bad estimate is made. This is usually due to a large number of equations, nonstandard TeX, and/or a failure by our program to remove all the TeX commands properly.
On the page showing the results of the length check, you will see the number of figures and tables that we have based our check on. If these numbers are incorrect, you should enter them correctly on the Manuscript/journal details page (number 14). For resubmissions we rely on the manuscript file.
Checking the references of your manuscript
Typographical errors in references are a very common mistake. It is all too easy to mistype a number causing a volume or page number to be incorrect, or to misspell an author's name. Incorrect references in published papers are of great concern to us. We strongly encourage you to check the validity of your references. This service is not available for PostScript or PDF files.
What does the program do?
This program checks the validity of references by comparison of the input source file with the computer records of The American Physical Society.
What records are available to compare against?
Author names, journal name, volume, page and published year for the APS journals Physical Review (A, B, C, D, and E), Physical Review Letters, PRST-AB, and PRST-PER from 1977 until today. RMP articles published after 2005 will also be available.
What source files can be checked?
The program will try to resolve and check the references in any TeX-based or MSWord file. MSWord files are converted automatically to LaTeX before the references are checked. The program relies on certain standard ways to write the references in the LaTeX/REVTeX style. It has been tested on thousands of source files from many different authors. It tries hard to accommodate certain nonstandard TeX styles. The program will fail occasionally on certain freeform or nonstandard styles of references. It is usually evident from the output whether the program has successfully interpreted the reference section properly.
What should the output look like?
The onscreen output should contain only the references that the program believes to be in error. It may happen that no errors are detected. The number of references found, the number actually checked, and the number of possible errors found are listed below. Some examples of common errors with explanations are given below. Some reference errors are quite subtle, e.g., a typo of a single letter in a name, so the output requires quite close checking. Users should first examine the reference itself and the "Translated as" line to check that the program has interpreted the source style properly. Errors by the program can be detected here. Then, compare the "Your paper" and "Our record" lines to detect differences. A brief overview of the type of error is listed by the program, as well as help in certain cases to find the correct reference.
Is the program completely accurate?
No. It is not always easy to resolve the intended reference from the TeX source file. This is especially true for nonstandard TeX, for multiple references under the same number, for references with introductory words in them, for complicated author names, etc. MSWord files are more prone to reference-resolution errors. Such problems usually result in a reference being spuriously listed as an error. This is usually obvious from inspection of the output. There may also be errors in the APS records, which we would appreciate hearing about. Note, however, that there are many ways, for example, for authors to write author lists in references. Our records show the way the original authors wrote their author list, except first names are shortened to initials. References with et al. only have their first authors checked. The use of et al. is discouraged in references unless the author list is prohibitively long, e.g., more than 10-20 authors.
What should I do if the program cannot read my references properly?
If your manuscript is accepted for publication, it is helpful to our production department if you use the Physical Review style for references, see here. However, as long as your source file can be converted into PDF and hardcopy output, then the review process will not be affected by nonstandard reference styles.
What should I do if errors are detected?
We suggest you revise your source file appropriately, upload it again, and recheck your references. The review process of your manuscript will not be delayed if reference errors exist, but it is important if your manuscript is published that the references are accurate, especially now that references are linked to the actual papers.
Should I report problems with the reference checking software?
It depends on the type of problem. Obviously, we have had access for several years now to the source files of all papers submitted to our journals and much effort has gone into looking at these files. We do know why certain source files cause problems for the software so reports of such problems are not very useful to us. We are very interested in cases where you believe the data in our records is inaccurate. Please report such cases to esub-adm@aps.org.
Can I get help with interpreting the output?
We regret we will not usually have the resources to answer all routine queries regarding this program. We feel that the output is generally self-explanatory. Feel free, however, to email such queries to esub-adm@aps.org. We shall respond if possible.
Examples of common, and spurious, errors that occur in references are available here.
Creating an html abstract and references page for your manuscript
An automated program will attempt to create an html abstract and references page from your source code (TeX based or MSWord only). This abstract and references page is similar to ones that appear in online journals. It should contain your title, author bylines, abstract, and references. The program attempts to identify valid links for each reference if possible. Currently, such links appear for most published journal articles. This allows authors the chance to verify that references are listed correctly. Authors are free to use the html file as they see fit. Referees of your manuscript will also have a chance to view your abstract and linked references via our referees home page (referees.aps.org/) so it may be in your best interests to check the file for inaccuracies and resubmit your source file if needed. The best way to do this is to click on the "Files" page, delete your current text source file, make the corrections in the file on your computer, and then "Add" the text source file back. Remember to label this file "Text" in the box. We regret it is not possible for you to add a revised text file and replace the existing one with a single action.
A link to the html abstract and references page should appear in the same browser window. It may take tens of seconds for the program to work, especially if your abstract and/or references are complicated. The program may fail to work completely; there is no need to report this to us. We suggest you continue the submission process if this occurs. Clicking on the link to the abstract page will either open the abstract html page in a new browser window or open the file in the same window, depending on your browser preferences. Use the browser "Back" button or delete the new browser window after checking the abstract page if you wish to proceed with the submission process or go back to the "Files" page to replace your existing text source file.
All of the information is extracted automatically from the current source file. No human has checked the output. Due to the complications involved, there may well be inaccuracies in the title, authors, abstract, references, and links. It is not always easy to interpret successfully the author bylines and abstract. Links may be broken for a variety of reasons; the NASA ADS records are known to be incomplete. The reference section shown has been modified from the original text for formatting and interpretation reasons. Some reference sections are not formatted well enough to process properly. The program tries to split multiple references. Occasionally, the numbers of the references are offset by a small number. When referees of your manuscript are given the opportunity to view this page, the title and bylines are often taken directly from our records (entered manually after you complete the submission process) instead of from your source file. There is no need to report such technical problems to the APS. Links to APS journals go either to the archive (PROLA) or to the current contents. Links to NASA are courtesy of NASA's Astrophysics Data System Bibliographic Services. Problems with links can be reported to them directly. We regret we cannot guarantee links to APS or NASA pages will always work. Abstracts and references are available for free but users require a subscription (individual or institutional) to access the full text.
We regret we will not usually have the resources to answer all routine queries regarding these programs. We feel that the output is generally self-explanatory. Feel free, however, to email such queries to esub-adm@aps.org. We shall respond if possible.
Cover letter
Creating the cover letter is the last step in the web submission process. Most of the text displayed here has been automatically gathered throughout the process. While completion of this page will result in your cover letter, it also serves as a review of your submission so far. If any of the information is incorrect, or you want to change it for any reason, you may do so from this page. This includes the chance to add or delete files.
You are encouraged to suggest the names of potential referees. Such suggestions are particularly welcome when a manuscript treats a highly specialized subject. The editors are, of course, not constrained to select a referee from those suggested.
If you are submitting to Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, or are submitting a Rapid Communication, you will be encouraged to include justification as to why publication is warranted.
When you have verified and completed the form, you must click on the "Submit this manuscript" button.
Submission!
Your manuscript will not be submitted until after you have created the cover letter successfully and have clicked on the "Submit this manuscript" button. Immediately upon doing so (and receiving no error message), a web page will be displayed confirming your submission and an email confirmation will be sent to you.
Only after submission will your manuscript receive editorial attention. You can expect to hear by email from the Editorial Offices with a permanent editorial code number (manuscript code number) within 2 business days.
If your manuscript was originally submitted by the web, it should, of course, be resubmitted by the web. If you are travelling there is no problem as a resubmission can be made by the web from anywhere; our security features are not tied to a user's IP address. Even if you submitted originally by email or by conventional mail, the web-based resubmission of manuscripts is preferred over other methods. A transfer from one APS journal to another, even if th