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Submission Checklist
Your article
Structure – Ensure the submission is structured as requested by the journal and contains all relevant sections. See 'Preparation of Manuscripts' for further details.
Title page – All submissions must have a title page stating all of the relevant information. See 'General' for further details.
Format – All submissions should follow the journal guidelines for word count, page margins, and line numbering. See 'General' for further details.
Reported data – Data accuracy is crucial. Authors are strongly encouraged to double-check all reported data for accuracy and to confirm that all units of measurement are correct and consistent.
References – Please see ‘References’ for full details of the journal’s required style.
Graphics – All figures and tables should be presented in a clear and informative manner with accompanying legends.
Ethical compliance – All articles are required to meet the requirements outlined in our ethical policy. Ensure you have included all relevant ethical approval statements.
Before submitting
Uploading your submission
Manuscript Categories
Authors are encouraged to use the IJCE Microsoft Word template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. The total amount of data for all files must not exceed 120 MB. If this is a problem, please contact the Editorial Office [email protected] . Accepted file formats are:
Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in Microsoft Word, we encourage you to use the IJCE Microsoft Word template file. Please insert your graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) in the main text after the paragraph of its first citation.
Research
All research submissions should be formatted in the following sections:
Include a separate title page with:
The abstract should be a single paragraph of not more than 300 words, clearly stating the objective of the study or review, the methods used (where applicable), and summarizing results and conclusions. Avoid abbreviations and references in this section.
The introduction should set the study in context by briefly reviewing relevant knowledge of the subject; follow this with a concise statement of the objectives of the study.
The paper paragraphs start from here to the end and they are only separated by headings, subheadings, images, and formulae. The headings are organized by numbers: 1, 2, 3…… and so on, bold, and 9.5 pt. Please follow the further instructions provided in the current template for authors.
A figure, table, equation, and the corresponding text which is describing it should be placed on the same page. Otherwise, it may be placed on the page immediately following it. One page may contain images no more than 2/3 of its entire content. Do not add multiple or irrelevant photos in your article. If necessary, put two figures on horizontal arrangement. The elements from any photo must be explained using numbers, letters, etc. Photos must be crystal clear with high resolution to allow visibility of fine details. The text within a figure or photo must have the same style, shape and height as the caption.
All figures should be numbered (1,2,3,….). Every figure should have a caption and should be inserted directly after mentioning them in the text. All photographs, schemas, graphs, and diagrams are to be referred to as figures. Line drawings should be good-quality scans or true electronic output. Low-quality scans are not acceptable. Figures must be embedded into the text and not supplied separately. The preferred format of figures is TIF with at least 300 DPI resolutions as this will ensure good output.
The figure number and caption should be typed below the illustration in 10 pt and center justified.
All tables should be numbered and every table should have a caption. Headings above tables left justified. The tables should be as simple as possible. Below is an example of how the tables should be. Please insert the tables after mentioning them in the text directly.
Equations and formulae should be typed in Mathtype, and numbered consecutively on the right-hand side of the page. They should also be separated from the surrounding text by one space.
Just after the introduction materials and methods should be mentioned. Provide sufficient details to enable the experiments to be reproduced. Support the techniques and methods used with references. Metric and standard international units should be used in this section and throughout the manuscript. Specify the computer software used for simulation/statistical analysis and define terms, abbreviations, and symbols applied.
Focus on original results and discuss those results compared with results from references. You can also compare simulations with experimental results. Do not compare simulations with other simulations if you do not have a very good reason to do so. Do not expect the reader to search for your results throughout the article and references. Do not present results as a well-known theory. A good result may contain only a good explanation of your novel idea, a measuring methodology, a design or all of them. Be specific naming your results: the results are purely theoretical, simulations, simulations followed by experimental measurements, experimental measurements followed by manufacturing prototypes, etc. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order of their mention in the text. All Tables and figures must have a title or caption and a legend to make them self-explanatory.
Deals with critical review and interpretations of the results, and supported by relevant updated references. Repetition of data should be avoided. It should end with brief conclusions. Results and discussion can be written in one section.
In this section, you should present the conclusion of the paper. Conclusions must focus on the novelty and exceptional results you acquired. Allow sufficient space in the article for conclusions. Do not repeat the contents of Introduction or the Abstract. Focus on the essential ideas of your article.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. Financial support affiliation of the study, if exists, must be mentioned in this section. Thereby, the Grant number of financial supports must be included.
References
References (According to APA style)
Before Submission of Article
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 that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Revised Submission
When you revise your manuscript, upload your revised submissions including the following files:
Revised manuscript:
Clarifying the changes you have made since the original submission by using the "Track Changes" option in Microsoft Word. Upload this as a "Revised Article with Changes Highlighted" file.
Revised manuscript (clean copy):
Upload a clean copy of your revised manuscript with names, which does not show your changes. Upload this as your "Final Revised Manuscript" file.
Response to reviewers:
Type the specific points made by each reviewer. Include your responses to all the reviewers' and editors' comments and list the changes you have made to the manuscript. Upload this document as a "Response to reviewers" file.
All of the above should be requested from the corresponding author and all authors must signature it.