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Formatting Requirements for Accepted Journal Papers
This file, Format.pdf, may be downloaded in a .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.After your paper has been accepted, we require a double-spaced hard copy, and a disk copy. We do not want a camera-ready copy. Your paper will be formatted for publication using LaTex.
Over the past few years, we have received manuscripts on disks from authors created in many different programs. Our success rate in reading the files has been fairly high: most of the files have been translatable, however, some of the disks are just not readable.
The best way to send your file to us is "the simpler the better". The hard copy and the disk copy must be identical. The double-spaced manuscript that was accepted by us is the same paper that we need on the disk. If you revise the manuscript in any way after acceptance, we need a revised disk copy as well.
Please send in your disk file to us by mail or send it electronically as an e-mail attachment (to journals@iasted.com quoting your paper number). Your paper will ultimately be formatted using LaTex; therefore, this is our preferred format for paper submission. We can also translate files submitted in: Tex, a common word processing program (such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect), or ASCII. We can accept either Macintosh or IBM-compatible disks (3.5-inch). Do not compress the files, and please include your name and the manuscript number on the disk label, as well as the program name. Do not worry about the appearance of your equations on the disk copy: as long as we have the correct (easily readable) equations in the original paper received for copy editing, then the typesetter will be able to insert the equations. (Note that papers submitted in LaTex and Tex have the equations already formatted for us and are preferred.) Please include a high-resolution electronic copy of your figures, if possible. We are able to read a variety of figure formats, with JPEG files being our preference. Alternatively, please include a high-quality hard copy of your figures suitable for scanning purposes.
Please DO NOT send us your manuscript saved as UNIX, Postscript, or Frame Maker files. We are unable to accept them for typesetting. A Postscript file is acceptable, however, to produce a clear printout of your manuscript, but must not be the only format in which you submit your paper to us.
After your manuscript has been copy edited and typeset, you will receive a copy of the paper to proof and return, noting any errors and clearly indicating the corrections to be made. Please check the manuscript carefully, paying particular attention to the equations.
The content is the most important part of your manuscript. The manuscript must have a Title (try to keep the title to a maximum of 10 words); complete names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of all authors; an Abstract; four to six Key Words; an Introduction; a Conclusion (must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations and possible applications); a Reference section (a numbered [1] reference list MUST be included: only those references actually cited in the manuscript can be listed); and finally BRIEF Biographies for all authors. Small passport-size Photographs of the authors may also be included.
Thank you for your assistance and we look forward to receiving your manuscripts.
Common Formatting Errors
Authors please note the following commonly made errors in the format of submitted papers. Formatting the papers correctly saves a great deal of editing time, which in turn ensures publication of the papers in a timely manner. Papers not formatted correctly will be returned.
The title of the paper
should be written in all capital letters. The author's given name(s)
should be provided only as an initial
preceding family names e.g. J.H. Smith.
Please include the
authors' e-mail addresses. Phone and fax numbers
should only be included in the covering letters, they should NOT appear
on the paper.
All titles and subtitles
should be flush left and set in bold face (NOT
underlined), including "Abstract" and "Key Words".
Number each section of the
paper beginning with the introduction (i.e., 1.
Introduction) and ending with the conclusion. When a section has
numerous subsections, they are numbered as:, 2.1, 2.2, etc.
Figure captions should be
flush left and presented in the following fashionbelow the figure:
Figure 1. Semantics of the RPC transaction.
When referring to the figure in the text, the abbreviation "Fig" should be
used. For example: "As shown in Fig. 1, the..."
Table captions should be
centered and presented in the following fashion
above the table:
