IEEEFigure.m

%% IEEE Standard Figure Configuration - Version 1.0

% run this code before the plot command

%%
% According to the standard of IEEE Transactions and Journals: 

% Times New Roman is the suggested font in labels. 

% For a singlepart figure, labels should be in 8 to 10 points,
% whereas for a multipart figure, labels should be in 8 points.

% Width: column width: 8.8 cm; page width: 18.1 cm.

%% width & hight of the figure
k_scaling = 4;          % scaling factor of the figure
% (You need to plot a figure which has a width of (8.8 * k_scaling)
% in MATLAB, so that when you paste it into your paper, the width will be
% scalled down to 8.8 cm  which can guarantee a preferred clearness.
k_width_hight = 2;      % width:hight ratio of the figure

width = 8.8 * k_scaling;
hight = width / k_width_hight;

%% figure margins
top = 0.5;  % normalized top margin
bottom = 3;	% normalized bottom margin
left = 3.5;	% normalized left margin
right = 1;  % normalized right margin

%% set default figure configurations
set(0,'defaultFigureUnits','centimeters');
set(0,'defaultFigurePosition',[0 0 width hight]);

set(0,'defaultLineLineWidth',0.25*k_scaling);
set(0,'defaultAxesLineWidth',0.25*k_scaling);

set(0,'defaultAxesGridLineStyle',':');
set(0,'defaultAxesYGrid','on');
set(0,'defaultAxesXGrid','on');

set(0,'defaultAxesFontName','Times New Roman');
set(0,'defaultAxesFontSize',6*k_scaling);

set(0,'defaultTextFontName','Times New Roman');
set(0,'defaultTextFontSize',6*k_scaling);

set(0,'defaultLegendFontName','Times New Roman');
set(0,'defaultLegendFontSize',6*k_scaling);

set(0,'defaultAxesUnits','normalized');
set(0,'defaultAxesPosition',[left/width bottom/hight (width-left-right)/width  (hight-bottom-top)/hight]);

% set(0,'defaultAxesColorOrder',[0 0 0]);
set(0,'defaultAxesTickDir','out');

set(0,'defaultFigurePaperPositionMode','auto');

% you can change the Legend Location to whatever as you wish
set(0,'defaultLegendLocation','southeast');
set(0,'defaultLegendBox','on');
set(0,'defaultLegendOrientation','vertical');