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How to Access JASA Express Letters

Use of the JASA Express Letters site and material accessed through it are subject to our Terms and Conditions. Your use of the JASA Express Letters site and/or material implies that you have read and agree to abide by these terms.

Terms and Conditions to be an Authorized User:
Authorized Users may make all use of the materials published in JASA Express Letters (henceforth, called Materials) as is consistent with the Fair Use Provisions of United States and international law. In addition, these Materials may be used for purposes of research, education or other non-commercial use as follows:

• Display:  The right to electronically display the Materials.
  
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• Modification of Materials:  Users shall not modify or create a derivative work of the Materials without the prior written permission of the Acoustical Society of America.
  
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Information for Authors

Authors of papers published in JASA Express Letters need not be members of the Acoustical Society of America. All submissions for publication are subject to peer review to determine their suitability for publication and all manuscripts must conform with certain standards for the text and format.

Manuscripts must adhere to certain physical requisites to be acceptable for publication in JASA Express Letters. Authors intent on publishing in JASA Express Letters should, before preparing the final manuscript, download and study carefully Information for Contributors to JASA Express Letters (JASA-EL). Authors should also consult the American Institute of Physics Style Manual which can now be downloaded for free from the AIP Home Page.

Submit manuscripts to the JASA-EL Editorial Office at the Peer Xpress online site which can be found at jasa-el.peerx-press.org.

All such manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the latest version of the Information for Contributors to JASA Express Letters document. This document gives explicit instructions regarding the submission of manuscripts including the content of the transmittal letter.

Transfer of copyright, which previously was assumed to be implicit in the act of submitting a manuscript, is necessary under the 1978 U.S. copyright law in order for ASA to continue disseminating acoustical research and applications information as widely as possible. Authors are required to agree to the transfer of copyright on an online copyright form at the time they submit their manuscripts.

Publication Fee: In lieu of page charges, a mandatory publication fee of $350.00 USD is assessed for JASA Express Letters, which must be no longer than six single-column pages. Authors must submit a Publication Fee Agreement at the time they submit their manuscripts.

Proofs and all correspondence concerning papers in the process of publication should be addressed to: