FASTTIMES Author Guidelines

FastTIMES is a quarterly electronic newsmagazine for the near-surface geophysical sciences published by the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. It showcases novel uses of near-surface geophysics in a manner that is intended to be interesting to geophysicists as well as accessible to others who may be interested in using geophysics for a particular class of problems. The FastTIMES audience is mostly near-surface geophysicists, but the publication is also distributed to other professional societies with an interest in the engineering, environmental, and geological applications of geophysics. Per-issue downloads typically number about 10,000.

As a potential author, you should review the most recent issues of FastTIMES to get a feel for article style and length. Length is open, but it is best not to make your paper overly long or overly technical to encourage the broadest possible readership. Roughly speaking, four to six pages of manuscript text and a few compelling figures are reasonable goals. Submissions can be longer or shorter.

Audience

FastTIMES technical articles provide a timely overview of a geophysical topic, application, method, or issue to a broad science and engineering audience who may be interested in applying the information to their work. Most readers will not be detailed subject matter experts on your specific topic. The audience for the technical articles is geoscience professionals, including EEGS members, research scientists and engineers, policy makers, program managers, resource managers, and related science and technical professionals. FastTIMES is distributed to EEGS members, offered to several associated professional societies within and outside the geophysics community, and available online through the EEGS website.

Length

FastTIMES technical articles typically do not exceed four to six pages. Manuscripts can be longer or shorter, but the intent is for the manuscript to be read by a general geoscience audience. Please include at least 2 high-quality figures and/or photos that add value to the manuscript.

Manuscript File Format

Manuscripts should be submitted as a Microsoft Word file (.docx) with text, figures, and tables included in the document (single column, font Times Roman 11 pt). Individual image files should also be provided separately from the document.

• The standard FastTIMES technical article structure is:
• (1) Title; (2) Author(s)’ first name(s) and last name(s); (3) Affiliation for each author; (4) Email address for each author; (5) Abstract; (6) Introduction; (7) Data; (8) Methods; (9) Results and Discussion; (10) Conclusions; (11) List of References; and (12) Author Biographies.
• Include the complete text of any table captions in the document.
• Images:
• All figures should be embedded in the Word file at the appropriate location relative to the text.
• In addition to embedding any images in the Word document, please provide each image as a separate file, with a clear, human-readable file name.
• All image files must be a raster format, such as jpg, png, or tiff formats.
• Images should be at least 1800 pixels in both dimensions with a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch (120 pixels per cm).
• In the Word document, include a caption for each figure or photo.
• Assign each figure a number in the order they are referenced in text (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.)
• Any images for which the authors do not hold copyright ownership must include credit and affirmation of permission to use by the copyright holder. EEGS may re-use the figures in FastTIMES, on the EEGS website, on social media, and/or in other organizational print or digital materials.
• At this time, FastTIMES does not accept animated gifs or videos.
• You may send a PDF version of your manuscript in addition to the Word file and the separate image files. A PDF cannot be submitted in lieu of the Word file.

Citations & References

For citations and references, please follow this format:
Smith, A. B., Collins, R. A., and Simpkins, T. V., 2008, Amazing and incredible results from time-domain EM: FastTIMES, v. 12, no. 3, p. 55-67. https://doi.org/10.9999/0000000.

References such as this one should be cited in the manuscript text as Smith and others, 2008.

Fees:

There is no charge for publishing articles in FastTIMES. However, voluntary contributions to EEGS are welcome. If you choose to contribute, please use the link to make your contribution to support FastTIMES.

Content inquiries should be sent to the FastTIMES Editor, Cian B. Dawson ([email protected]).