JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
The International Journal of Chemical and Process Plant Safety
Guide for Authors
Submission checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it
to the journal's Editor for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following
items are present:
One author has been designated as corresponding author
E-mail address
Full postal address
Telephone
and fax numbers
All necessary files have been included
Keywords
All figure captions
All tables (including title,
description, footnotes)
Further considerations
Manuscript has been "spellchecked"
References are in the correct
format for this journal
All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
Permission has been
obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)
Colour figures are clearly marked as being intended
for colour reproduction or to be reproduced in black-and-white.
Online Submission
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online submission page of this journal http://ees.elsevier.com/lospre/ you will be guided stepwise through the creation
and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article,
which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for
the review process, these 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 Authors' homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy
paper trail.
On-line submission is required. Authors can upload their complete article as a single file, including figures, tables,
and references as a LaTeX, Microsoft® (MS) Word®, WordPerfect®, PostScript or Adobe®Acrobat®PDF
document.
During the online submission process, authors are requested to select a handling editor:
R. Dobashi,
Dept. of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan
OrP. Amyotte, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Submissions to P.F. Nolan should be made in hard
copy and submitted to the following address:
P.F. Nolan, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, South Bank University, Borough Road,
London SE1 0AA, UK.
Copyright
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of information.
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2. Presentation of manuscript
General
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage
is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant
right-hand margin.) 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.
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations
and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be unclear(e.g., a double name),
please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all
affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide
the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding
author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.
Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal
address.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract consisting of one paragraph is required (100-200 words). The abstract
should state briefly thescope, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article,
so it must be able to stand alone. The abstract should be informative, not descriptive. It should not serve as an introduction, nor contain
references.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms
and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the
field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. Abbreviations. Define abbreviations that are not standard in
this field at their first occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations
throughout the article.
Arrangement of the article Subdivision of the article. Divide your article
into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ?), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not
included in section numbering).
Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text.' Any subsection
may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Introduction. State the objectives of
the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Experimental/Materials
and methods. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference:
only relevant modifications should be described.
Theory and/or calculation. A Theory section should extend, not repeat,
the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation
section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.
Results. Discussion. This should explore the significance
of the results of the work, not repeat them.
Conclusions. A short Conclusions section is to be presented and should be
divided into specific points.
Glossary. Please supply, as a separate list, the definitions of field-specific terms used
in your article.
Nomenclature. Please supply, as a separate list, the definitions of field-specific terms used in your
article. The use of nomenclature and symbols adopted by IUPAC is recommended.
Appendices. If there is more than one appendix,
they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: (Eq. A.1), (Eq. A.2),
etc.; in a subsequent appendix, (Eq. B.1) and so forth.
Acknowledgements. Place acknowledgements, including information
on grants received, before the references, in a separate section, and not as a footnote on the title page.
References.
See separate section, below.
Figure legends, tables, figures, schemes. Present these, in this order, at the end of the
article. They are described in more detail below. High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text
file (see Preparation of illustrations).
Specific remarks Mathematical formulae. Present
simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Use the solidus (/)
instead of a horizontal line, e.g., Xp/Ym rather than m p YX Powers of e are often more conveniently
denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separate from the text (if referred to explicitly in the
text).
Footnotes. Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript
Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate
the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include
footnotes in the Reference list.
Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the
table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that
the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Nomenclature and units. Follow
internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their
equivalent in SI.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material 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: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended
file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive
caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
Paper
Length: Authors should be brief and should refer to other published work when possible. Papers should be a record of original work
and not exceed 3000 words of text. Only when essential should the same information be represented by both a table and a graph. Short
communications should be no more than 1000 words accompanied by a brief abstract of around 25-75 words.
3. References
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 2-6 authors, all authors are to be listed at first citation,
with "&" separating the last two authors. For more than six authors, use the first six authors followed by et al. Subsequent citations
for three or more authors use author et al.
References should be given in the following form:
Gibbons, D.B., Azzopardi, B.J., & Bott, T.R. (1983). Laser tomographic investigation of the entrained liquid in annular two-phase flow. In International Conference
on Physical Modelling of Multi-Phase Flow. Coventry: BHRA, Fluid Engineering.
Hervieu, E., & Veneau, T. (1996). Experimental
determination of the droplet size and velocity distributions at the exit of the bottom discharge pipe of a liquid propane storage tank
during sudden blowdown. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 9(6), 413-425.
Perry, R.H., & Green, D.
(1984). Perry's chemical engineer's handbook (6th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
Zehn, G., & Leuckel, W. (1995). Influence
of transient injection induced turbulent flow on gas and dust explosions in a closed vessel, Loss and safety promotion in process industries.
In J.J. Mewis, H.J. Pasman, & E.E. De Rademaeker, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium, Antwerpen (p. 257). Amsterdam:
Elsevier.
4. Preparation of illustrations
Preparation of electronic illustrations General points
Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the
font.
Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
Number the illustrations
according to their sequence in the text.
Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
Provide all illustrations as
separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
Provide captions to illustrations separately.
Produce images near
to the desired size of the printed version.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following
formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector
drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum
of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or
greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office
applications please supply "as is".
Please do not: • Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet,
presentation) document; • Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution; • Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Colour illustrations
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files)
and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then 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. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information
regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the
Web only.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for
the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour
illustrations.
Captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions on a separate sheet, not
attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep
text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
5. Proofs
One set of
page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding Author (if we do not have an e-mail address then paper proofs will
be sent by post). Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available
free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany
the proofs.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form)
and return to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then
mark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan
the pages and e-mail, or by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the
text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission
from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure
that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent
corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of
your article if no response is received.
6. 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.
7.
Page Charges
There are no page charges for this journal.
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