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Friendly Reminder (for Initial Submission ONLY)
Please make sure your manuscript satistifes the following requirements before submitting.
1. PDF ONLY
2. Double spaced
3. Page numbers are included
4. Line numbers are included
5. Tables should be within the printable area
6. Figures should be in high-resolution or readable
7. Manuscripts must be in one-column format
General Guidelines:
Full research articles should not exceed 40 pages. Review articles should not exceed 60 pages in length. A4 or letter-sized paper and double spacing should be used for the page setup.
Please include page numbers and line numbers in your submission to allow reviewers to refer to the text. If you do not know how to include line numbers in a Word document, please refer to the following procedures:
- In Word 2007 or 2010, go to Page Layout. Click the Line Numbers drop-down menu and choose "Continuous".
- In Word 97-2003, go to File > Page Setup > Layout > Line Numbers> Add Line Numbering> OK
Organization:
The manuscript may be organized as follows: title page, abstract, introduction, main research, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgement, and reference sections.
The title page should contain the article title, author name(s), affiliation, and contact information. Corresponding author(s) should be marked.
The abstract typically should not exceed 250 words. You should provide three to five keywords for the submitted article.
Heading one: Cambria, size 16, Bold, and numbered as the style of “1. Introduction.”
Heading two: Cambria, size 11, Italic, and numbered as the style of: “2.1 Materials.”
Text: Cambria, size 11.
Reference:
In the main text:
(a) For single author: the author's name and the year of publication. For example: Smith (1999) developed….
(b) Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication. For example: Smith and Jones (1999) developed…
(c) More than two authors: only the first author name plus “et al.” and the year of publication. For example: Smith et al. (1999) developed…
For a group of references in the main text, citations should be ordered chronologically. For example: The methods were used in many areas (Thomas, 1998; Smith et al., 1999; Jones and Smith, 2002).
Citations in the reference list should be ordered alphabetically first. If necessary, it should be further ordered chronologically.
For more than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year, “a”, “b”, etc can be used after the year of publication for differentiation in both the main text and the reference list.
In the reference list, the last name and the initials of the first and middle names (if available) for all the authors should be listed. Please refer to the following examples:
Journal publication:
Iwaniec, J., 2006. Novel approach to modal model reduction by means of the balanced realization method part 2-applications. Molecular and Quantum Acoustics 27, 119-132.
Book:
Constantinides, A., Mostoufi, N., 1999. Numerical methods for chemical engineers with MATLAB applications. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River. 608.
Book chapter:
Govindjee, Jursinic, P.A., 1979. Photosynthesis and fast changes in light emission by green plants, In: Smith, K.C. (Ed). Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews V4. Plenum Press, New York. 125-205.
Conference paper
Caicedo, J.M., Marulanda, J., Thomson, P., Dyke, S., 2001. Monitoring of bridges to detect changes in structural health. Proc. of the American Control conf., Arlington, VA.
Tables and Figures:
Number tables according to the order of their appearance in the text.
Number figures according to the order of their appearance in the text.
Figures should be referred to in the style of “Fig. 1” or “Figs. 1 and 2” in the text.
If authors request color reproduction in print copies, they should pay the extra cost.
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