It happens that i compiled a file which was shifted to new page when author affiliations were entered. Moreover, the abstract appeared to be a normal text. Below is the remedy of this. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran} \IEEEoverridecommandlockouts \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{cite} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{array} \ifCLASSINFOpdf \else \fi \begin{document} \title{A sample paper} \author{Author 1, Author 2 , Author 3, Author 4% <-this % stops a space \thanks{Author...