As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines.
- Please read the Author Guide before you submit a manuscript.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format. Also, you can see the Guide A.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guide.
- Add DOIs and persistent links to those references that have DOIs, please see the Author Guide.
- Copyrights for articles published in this journal are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author’s responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.
The manuscripts should be in English and typed with single column and single line spacing on a single side of A4 paper. The submitted papers will be published in the category of regular technical papers only. The first page of a paper should contain:
(1) a title of the paper which well reflects the contents of the paper (Arial, 16pt),
(2) all the name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s) (Arial, 12pt),
(3) an abstract of 100–250 words (Times New Roman, 11pt),
(4) 4–6 keywords following the abstract, and
(5) footnote (personal title and e-mail address of the corresponding author (required) and other authors’ (not mandatory)).
The paper should be concluded with proper conclusions which reflect the findings in the paper. The length of paper is NOT within the range of 8–16 journal pages for a single column. Please refer to the Authors’ Guide and the Template for the format of the paper:
Template: MSWord download
Tables and figures: Tables and figures should be consecutively numbered and have short titles. They should be referred to in the text as following examples (e.g., Fig. 1(a), Figs. 1 and 2, Figs. 1(a)–(d) / Table 1, Tables 1–2, etc). Tables should have borders (1/2pt plain line) with the captions right before the table. Figures should be properly located in the text as an editable image file (.jpg) with captions on the lower cell. All of the original figures and tables are required to be placed at a suitable location in the text. It is recommended that a figure or a table does not occupy both columns whenever possible.
Units and mathematical expressions: It is desirable that units of measurement and abbreviations follow the International System of Units (SI), except where another unit system is more suitable. Numbers identifying displayed mathematical expressions should be placed in parentheses and referred to in the text as in the following examples (e.g., Eq. (1), Eqs. (1)–(2)). Mathematical expressions must be inserted as an object (set as Microsoft Equations 3.0) for Microsoft Word 2007 and later versions. Image-copied text or equations are not acceptable unless they are editable. Raised and lowered fonts cannot be used for superscription and subscription.