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a cloud-based hub for scholarly collaboration—integrating authoring and productivity tools with a global community dedicated to technology professionals.</p><p>Discover what IEEE Collabratec can do for you.</p><ul><li>Tap into its global network to help generate ideas for articles and find co-authors in real time.</li><li>Save time creating your article by using tools that help you organize, store, and classify content in your own personal online library. Integrated tools will allow you to create bibliographies and easily manage your references.</li><li>Write and edit documents using Microsoft Office, Google Docs, and the LaTeX editor Overleaf (see <a href="#overleaf">About the Overleaf Authoring Tool</a> below to learn how to connect the Attached Services in IEEE Collabratec).</li><li>Join in discussions, share ideas, and ask questions related to publishing your research in the <a href="https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/community/18/activities">IEEE AuthorLab</a><u>.</u></li></ul> <a id="overleaf" href="#maincontent">Back to Top</a> <h3>About the Overleaf Authoring Tool</h3><p>Writing in LaTeX has never been easier with <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/">Overleaf</a>, an online collaborative LaTeX and rich text authoring tool. </p><p>With Overleaf you can do the following:</p><ul><li>Easily switch between a rich text WYSIWYG editor and a full LaTeX editor. The structured and typeset document is compiled automatically as you type.</li><li>Format your article automatically with preloaded IEEE article templates.</li><li>Insert graphics, bibliographies, and custom styles. </li></ul><h4>Connecting to Overleaf with IEEE Collabratec</h4><ol><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">To get Overleaf access in <a href="https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/">Collabratec</a>, go to <strong>Settings</strong> in the top menu bar and, in the dropdown menu, choose <strong>Attached Services</strong>.</li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the list of </span><b>Services to Connect</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, scroll down to Overleaf, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">click </span><b>+ Connect</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and then </span><b>Add</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Sign into Overleaf. <span style="font-weight: 400;">In the </span><b>Attached Services</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> section of Collabratec you can now see that Overleaf is connected to your account.</span></li></ol><p>New to LaTeX? Get started with the free online course “<a href="https://www.overleaf.com/latex/learn/free-online-introduction-to-latex-part-1#.WKzVXm8rJhE">Introduction to LaTeX</a>” offered by Dr. John Lees-Miller from Overleaf.</p><p><a href="https://www.overleaf.com/for/community/resources">Overleaf and LaTeX resources</a> are available online for both beginners and advanced users. Choose from a variety of quick guides, tutorials, webinars, and detailed documentation based upon your individual needs and level of expertise. </p> <a id="ORCID" href="#maincontent">Back to Top</a> <h3>About ORCID</h3> <p><span>You should get credit for your work. That is why IEEE journals require an ORCID for all authors who publish with us.</span></p> <p><span>Get full credit for your research with an </span><a href="https://orcid.org/"><span>Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)</span></a><span>, a unique and persistent identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher. It will connect you with your research throughout your career.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>IEEE journals require an ORCID for all authors. You will need a registered ORCID in order to submit your article for peer review, as well as to review your article proof once accepted for publication.</span></p> <p><span>ORCID </span><a href="https://orcid.org/register"><span>registration</span></a><span> is free and only takes a minute. Please note that ORCIDs cannot be added to articles after the article proof has been reviewed by the corresponding author.</span><span></span></p> <p>Watch a <a href="https://vimeo.com/97150912">short video</a> for more information on ORCID.</p> <a id="data-code" href="#maincontent">Back to Top</a> <h3>About Sharing Your Data and Code</h3><p>Increase the impact of your work. Share your data and code for others to view, build upon, and reuse. </p><p>Benefits to sharing your data and code include the following.</p><ul><li>Improving the discoverability of your data by hosting it in an easily accessible repository.</li><li>Making your data citable with a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for your dataset.</li><li>Increasing the pace of scientific advancement by enabling other researchers to build upon your work.</li><li>Following best practices of reproducible research by archiving your article’s underlying data.</li><li>Ensuring long-term preservation and accessibility of your data through the repository’s archival curation. </li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul> </ul><p> </p><h4> Data </h4><p><a href="https://ieee-dataport.org/">IEEE DataPort</a>™ is an easily accessible repository of datasets developed by IEEE. Authors can use it to store datasets, access datasets, and manage datasets associated with funded research. </p><p>IEEE DataPort is designed to make uploading and storage of datasets up to 2TB easy for authors. Authors can upload standard (i.e., non-Open Access) datasets for free at <a href="http://ieee-dataport.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IEEE DataPort.</a> Each dataset is provided with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) so it is always referenceable. </p><p>IEEE DataPort is fully integrated with <a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/">IEEE <em>Xplore</em></a> and will include a link to the dataset so readers will be able to obtain more details about your research. </p><p>More information about IEEE DataPort is found below.</p><ul><li>IEEE DataPort datasets can be downloaded or accessed directly in the AWS Cloud so data analytics can easily be performed. Please note that you can include supplemental material on IEEE DataPort such as documents, scripts, visualizations, etc. In addition, you can include a link to your published article on your IEEE DataPort dataset entry.</li><li>For all authors who are currently in the process of publishing an article, visit <a href="https://ieee-dataport.org/submit-dataset">IEEE DataPort</a> to upload your dataset today. Simply include the dataset DOI provided by IEEE DataPort in your article during the submission or publishing process and the dataset will be automatically linked to your article. </li><li>Authors who have published with IEEE in the past five years can upload their dataset to IEEE DataPort and link it to the article published in IEEE <em>Xplore</em>. Contact <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=melissa.handa@ieee.org">Melissa Handa </a>to associate an IEEE DataPort dataset with a previously published article.</li></ul><p>IEEE also recommends <a href="https://figshare.com/">figshare</a>, <a href="https://zenodo.org/signup">Zenodo</a>, and <a href="http://datadryad.org/">Dryad</a> as alternative data repositories.</p> <h4 id="code">Code</h4><p> </p><p><a href="https://codeocean.com/"><span>Code Ocean</span></a><span> is a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform that allows code to be stored, shared, and run in the cloud. Anyone can run code posted to Code Ocean, modify it, and test the modifications, without changing the original code. </span><span></span></p><p><span>When uploading to Code Ocean, you will be asked to create a “</span><a href="https://help.codeocean.com/getting-started/what-is-a-compute-capsule"><span>compute capsule</span></a><span>”. The compute capsule creates a home for the code to live in and is the key to having your code work for everyone who runs it from Code Ocean.</span><span></span></p><p><span>Authors who have published with IEEE in the past five years can upload their code to Code Ocean and link it to the article published in IEEE <i>Xplore</i></span><span>. Articles with linked code have a Code & Datasets tab where readers can run the code without installing or downloading anything.</span><span></span></p><p> </p><p>Follow these steps to upload your code and link it to your IEEE <em>Xplore </em>article.</p><ul><li>Log in or create an account on <a href="https://codeocean.com/signup/ieee">Code Ocean</a>. Once you log in, you should arrive at your dashboard.</li><li>Click the blue New Capsule button and select whether you want a blank capsule or to import from an existing Git repository. 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