Figures for RMP Articles

Style for Electronic Figures

RMP can accept PostScript (PS) or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. We suggest the use of either Times Roman or Arial font for the lettering in your figure. Some other fonts that are available in graphics applications packages are not handled well by our production system or by major web browsers that will be used to access your article online (i.e., Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc.).

Label the parts of multipart figures (a), (b), (c), ... using pairs of parentheses rather than a), b), c).

If numbers of five or more digits appear in the figure, insert a thin space (rather than a comma) every three digits, e.g., 60 000 or 1 500 000. Close up four-digit numbers: 5000.

Quantities less than 1 should have a zero to the left of the decimal point: 0.01 rather than .01.

Naming Figure Files

Please name your electronic figure files following this model:

authorname_fig01.eps

Sending Figure Files

For initial submission, a pdf file with figures embedded in the text is preferred. This is used for refereeing. However, when sending the Latex source file and figure files for production, please do not combine text and graphics, as these are handled separately in production. A double-spaced list of figure captions should be provided at the end of your article.

Figure files, named according to the model above, may be sent individually or compressed and sent as a batch. Use one of the following modes of submission:

• Email to rmptex@aps.org
• Use the APS manuscript upload site at http://publish.aps.org/ESUB/. Follow the instructions, which include registering if you are a first-time user of this site. You will be able to select Reviews of Modern Physics as you go through the submission process and to send figures only, if so desired. Your submission will be assigned a code. The system then advises RMP that we have a submission with that code name, and we retrieve it from the e-server.

Color Figures

When color figures are provided as usable electronic files, they will appear in the online edition in color, at no cost to authors. The same figures will appear in black and white in the print edition unless other arrangements are made. Captions for such figures should be worded so as to be usable for both versions and should begin with the words (Color online) after the figure number, e.g., Fig. 1. (Color online) Diagram of ...

RMP can accommodate color figures in the print edition under the following conditions:

1. The cost of the color printing is normally borne by the authors. Information about our pricing and payment policy may be found at http://authors.aps.org/tips.html.
2. Authors also pay a color surcharge for their reprints, $40 per color page per 100 reprints.
3. The editorial office should be advised as early as possible of your desire to have color in the print edition, since this entails extra steps in the post-acceptance process.
4. The caption of print-edition color figures should begin with the word (Color) after the figure number, e.g., Fig. 1 (Color) Diagram of ...