MORE INFORMATION, LESS SPACE: USE ELECTRONIC ANNEXES!


The International Journal of Multiphase Flow encourages its authors to submit electronic annexes and other supplementary information. The use of electronic annexes permits authors to convey in a concise manner their results without sacrificing full details of their work, which remain available in the electronic annex. Typical material suited to be communicated in this form includes validation tests, numerical or experimental details, algebra, error analyses, additional graphs and tables, movies and computer codes. All this material will be taken in consideration in the review process. Please refer to the Artwork Instructions (Multimedia files) at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for details.




Short Overview

Manuscript Preparation:
General
Structure
Text Layout
Corresponding Author
Abstract
Keywords
Symbols
Units
Maths
References
Illustrations
Colour Costs and Queries
Free Online Colour
Tables
Electronic Annexes


Other:
Notification
Copyright
PDF Proofs
Author Benefits
Online Paper Tracking
Enquiries
Useful Links



Submission of papers:

Online submission only: Please upload the full paper including graphics and all figures as graphics file separately at the online submission site of http://ees.elsevier.com/ijmf or click here for further information and to register.

The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Even though manuscript source files are converted to a single PDF at submission for the review process, the individual source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the Author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail and shortening publication time. If you need any further help, please do not hesitate to contact our Author Support Department: authorsupport@elsevier.com

Submission language: English (Link to the Oxford English Dictionary http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl)

Authors in Japan kindly note that, upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide a list of people who can check and improve the English of an article before submission. Contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier Japan K.K., 1-9-15 Higashi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-044, Japan; Tel: 0081 3 5561 5032; Fax: 0081 3 5561 5045; e-mail: jp.info@elsevier.com

Types of contributions: Original research papers, reviews, short communications.

Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including post-publication. Ensure that a telephone number (with country and area code) is provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal and e-mail addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.

Original material: Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously in a similar or substantially similar form (except in an academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same or substantially similar form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. If the paper was previously submitted to another journal, please include a copy of the related correspondence with your submission.

Detailed instructions on manuscript preparation and artwork instructions can be found below. The editor reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not conform to the instructions for manuscript preparation and artwork instruction, as well as papers which do not fit the scope of the journal, prior to refereeing.

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Manuscript Preparation:

General:
Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Please use Word, Word Perfect or LaTeX files for the text of your manuscript. (For further information about LaTeX submission, please go to http://www.elsevier.com/latex.)
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Structure:
Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title (an abbreviated title of less than 40 characters [including spaces] should also be suggested), Authors, Affiliations, Abstract (not exceeding 200 words in length), up to 4 Keywords (papers without keywords will not be published), Main text (divided into numbered sections and subsections), Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, either as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
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Text Layout:
Use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions. Number all pages consecutively, use 12 or 10 pt font size and standard fonts.
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Corresponding author:
Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including post-publication. Ensure that a telephone number (with country and area code) is provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal and e-mail addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.
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Abstract:
A self-contained abstract outlining in a single paragraph the aims, scope and conclusions of the paper must be supplied.
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Keywords:
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of four keywords (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be used.
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Symbols:
Authors should use accepted symbols. All symbols must be defined in the text and not in a separate nomenclature section.
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Units:
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If numerical values in other units are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI.
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Maths:
Particular care should be exercised in identifying all symbols and in avoiding ambiguities. Distinction should be made between the number one (1) and the letter l and between zero (0) and the letter O. Vectors and tensors should be bold. Equation numbers should be consecutive and appear in parentheses at the right of the equation. Use the following sequence of parentheses: {[( )]}.
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References:
In the list of references, all publications cited in the text should be presented in alphabetical order by first author as in the following examples:
Bonometti, T. and Magnaudet, J., 2007. An interface-capturing method for incompressible two-phase flows. Validation and application to bubble dynamics. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 33, 109-133.
Faghri, A. and Zhang, Y., 2006. Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Takamasa, T., Hazuku, T., Kobayashi, K., 1998. Measurements of the interfacial waves on a film flowing down plate wall in an entry region measured with laser focus displacement meters. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow, CD-ROM, #453

Two or more papers with the same author(s) and year are labeled a, b, etc.

In the text, references should be referred to by name and year, e.g. "as shown by Esmaeeli and Tryggvason (2004)", or "it has been shown in previous work (Esmaeeli and Tryggvason 2004) that..." or "it is well known (see e.g. Esmaeeli and Tryggvason 2004) that ...".

Reference to papers with 3 authors should show all the authors at first occurrence, and the name of the first author followed by "et al." thereafter. Papers with more than 3 authors should use this form (first author followed by "et al.") from the start.
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Colour Costs and Queries:
For colour illustrations, a colour printing fee is charged to the author per colour page. Further information concerning colour illustrations and costs is available from Author Support at authorsupport@elsevier.com, and at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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FREE ONLINE COLOUR
If, together with your accepted article and black/white figures, you submit usable colour figures, Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. ' Usable' means the formats comply with our instructions. See the information about Illustrations at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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Tables:
Tables should be numbered consecutively and given suitable captions and each table should begin on a new page. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in graphs). Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters.
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Electronic Annexes
Authors are encouraged to submit electronic annexes, such as short videos, computer-enhanced images, audio clips and large databases. Please refer to the Artwork Instructions (Multimedia files) at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for details on file types to be used. In the text of your article you may wish to refer to the annex. This is not mandatory. However, if you do wish to refer to the annex in the text then please do so using this example: "?see Electronic Annex 1 in the online version of this article." Production will insert the relevant URL at the typesetting stage after this statement.
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Notification:

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the editor. The Publisher will also send a notification of receipt of the paper in production.
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Copyright:

All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the authors' 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. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.
For more information please go to our copyright page http://www.elsevier.com/copyright.
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PDF Proofs:

One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. The corrections should be returned within 48 hours. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely the author's responsibility. Any queries should be answered in full. Please correct factual errors only, or errors introduced by typesetting.
For more information on proofreading please go to our proofreading page http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication. Please note that once your paper has been proofed we publish the identical paper online as in print.
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Author Benefits:

No page charges: Publication in this journal is free of charge.

Free offprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. 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.

Author discount: Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. See http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors for more information.

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Online Paper Tracking:

Authors can track the status of their accepted paper online at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle using the reference supplied by the Publisher.

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Author enquiries:

All author enquiries should be made to: authorsupport@elsevier.com

Useful links:
•A submissions checklist can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication
•Register for free to receive email updates from the article tracking service at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle
•If you are interested in submitting a book in this area, go to http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors