A journal of nuclear and radiation techniques and their applications in the physical, chemical, biological, medical, earth, planetary, environmental and engineering science.
Guide for Authors
Submission of Manuscripts
Submission for all manuscripts to Applied Radiation and Isotopes must be done on-line.
E-mail submission directly to one of the editors is accepted only in special circumstances. Via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) website
for this journal at http://ees.elsevier.com/ari you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various
files. Once the uploading is done, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All
correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by e-mail. In general, no separate
proof is sent to you: the PDF is your proof. A proof will be provided only when the final layout of the article has to differ significantly
from that in the initial PDF.
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Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or
as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication
is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted,
it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Manuscript Preparation General: Manuscripts must be typewritten, double-spaced with wide margins on one side
of white paper. Good quality printouts with a font size of 12 or 10 pt are required. The corresponding author should be identified (include
a Fax number and E-mail address). Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of the
journal for style if possible. An electronic copy of the paper should accompany the final version. The Editors reserve the right to adjust
style to certain standards of uniformity. Authors should retain a copy of their manuscript since we cannot accept responsibility for
damage or loss of papers. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original
material after use.
In manuscripts describing experiments with living animals, authors should state clearly in the text that they
experiments were carried out in compliance with the relevant national laws relating to the conduct of animal experimentation, or, where
such laws do not exist, that the studies were performed in accordance with some internationally recognized code of practice such as the
United Kingdom Biological Council's Guidelines on the Use of Living Animals in Scientific Investigations, 2nd edn. Abstracts:
An abstract of not more than 80 words must be supplied for all articles, and preferentially a short summary for Technical Notes. Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements,
Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The corresponding author
should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be identified with superscript
Arabic numbers. Units: Preferably, Systeme International (SI) units should be used throughout with equivalent quantities
in older usage indicated in parentheses. NBS Special Publication 330 The International System of Units (SI) or the Systeme International
d'Unites' may be helpful in this respect. Chemical and biological nomenclature should conform to International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC) recommendations. The IUPAC Rules can be found in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton,
FL. Radioactive labels should be indicated by the radionuclide's symbol in square brackets before the labelled compound, e.g. [3H]H2O,
[14sC]Carbon dioxide, 2-amino-4-([11C]methylthio) butyric acid (not [11C]methyl-methionine), N-[11C]methyl-nomorphine,
etc. Carrier-free compound only should be designated as 3H2), 13NH3, etc. No-carrier-added
compounds should be written as [13N]NH3, [11C]CO2 unless proof of specific activity is given.
Metastable (isomeric) and ground state of nuclei are designated by an "m" or "g" respectively, placed after the atomic-mass number, e.g. 99mTc and 99gTc although the "g" may be omitted if no ambiguity results. References: All publications
cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author's
name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. "Since Peterson (1993) has shown that ?" or "This is in agreement with results
obtained later (Kramer, 1994)". For three or more authors use the first author followed by "et al.", in the text. The list of references
should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors'
names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
References should be given in the following form:
Dadachova, E., Smith, S.V., Mirzadeh, S., 1996. Electrolytic reduction of carrier-free rhenium-188. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 47 (3), 289-292.
Walling, D.E., Quine, T.A., He, Q., 1993. Investigating contemporary rates of floodplain sedimentation. In: Carling, P.A., Petts, G.E.
(Eds.), Low-land Floodplain Rivers: Geomorphological Perspectives. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 166-184.
DOI citations. The
digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character
string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore,
it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly "Articles in press", because they have not yet received their full bibliographic
information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows:
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.033
For Articles in Press,
please do not include an "In Press" denotation to your citation. When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web,
they are guaranteed never to change.
Illustrations: All illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable
for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)"
and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be
included within the text. All illustrations should be clearly marked on the back with the figure number and the author's name. All figures
are to have a caption. Captions should be supplied on a separate sheet.
Line drawings: Good quality printouts on white paper produced
in black ink are required. All lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be sufficiently large and bold to permit reproduction
when the diagram has been reduced to a size suitable for inclusion in the journal. Dye-line prints or photocopies are not suitable for
reproduction. Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations. Photographs: Original photographs must
be supplied as they are to be reproduced (e.g. black and white or colour). If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph.
Please note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable. Colour: Figures may be published in colour, if this is judged
essential by the editor. The author will be charged for colour at current printing costs. Tables: Tables should be numbered
consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table
and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented
elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs).
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary
material (e-components) to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the Author additional possibilities
to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary
files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
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Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the author (first-named author
if no corresponding author is identified on multi-authored papers) by PDF wherever possible and should be returned within 48 hours of
receipt, preferably by e-mail. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any other amendments made may be charged to the
author. Any queries should be answered in full. Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as
quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are returned to us in one all-inclusive
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Devon EX1 2AH, UK.
Offprints
Twenty five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Additional offprints and copies of
the issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has been
accepted. Orders for reprints (produced after publication) will incur a 50% surcharge.
Copyright
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the "Transfer of Copyright" agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier Ltd to protect the
copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author's proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive
rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions
of similar nature and translations. This includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs,
including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining
from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.
Author Enquiries
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relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/apradiso.
You can track accepted articles at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an
article's status has changed, as well as copyright information, frequently asked questions and more.
Author Benefits
No
page charges: Publishing in Applied Radiation and Isotopes is free.
Fast online publication: Accepted articles will
be published online in their untypeset version within five days after acceptance. These articles can be cited by doi.
Free
offprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25
free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover
image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Additional paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order
form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.
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