Format Your Manuscript
Presenting and publishing your research in Proceedings of SPIE has many professional and business benefits, including global access to major research and educational organizations, indexing in the world's leading science and technology databases, and establishing precedent for your research.
Manuscript Formatting Guide and Templates
General manuscript preparation and submission information:
Using LaTeX
Style files are available to authors who are preparing manuscripts with LaTeX here: SPIE Proceedings Paper LaTeX Style Files.
You can also use the Overleaf authoring tool explained below.
The SPIE Proceedings template is now available in the Overleaf authoring tool. Originally developed to simplify LaTeX authorship, this free online tool has numerous benefits, including:
- real-time collaboration between authors
- an intuitive user interface
- easy document sharing and security options
- real-time preview of formatting and equations
- inline error warnings
- a rich-text mode that will look familiar to collaborators who are more comfortable authoring in Microsoft Word
- quick submission to SPIE proceedings by following the link "Submit to SPIE Proceedings" at the top of the Overleaf template.
The SPIE Proceedings template can be found on Overleaf, along with helpful LaTeX tutorials and a free introductory course for authors who are new to Overleaf and LaTeX.
Author Benefits
Proceedings of SPIE are uniquely valuable as they are used by researchers worldwide, and lead in patent cites among optics and photonics collections. They frequently rank among the 50 most used serials, out of 50,000 analyzed by Ex Libris. If it is ready for journal publication, your proceedings paper can be submitted with minimal or no revision for consideration in the relevant SPIE journal.
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Publish your research in Proceedings of SPIE
- Make your presentation available to those who heard your work and want to contact you, missed your presentation and want to learn about your research, or are seeking to understand your research more fully
- Disseminate your research in a form that suits your needs
- Proceedings of SPIE are published promptly, indexed, easily found, cited, and available to researchers worldwide