Guide for Authors
including metallic glasses
Intermetallics publishes Research papers, review papers, short communications, and comments on papers
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Submission
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through
the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts source files to a single PDF file of the article, which is
used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF files 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 removing the need for a paper trail.
Editor Selection and Requirements
In the interest of fast turnaround times and the workload of each editor,
authors' wishes for handling Editor may not be guaranteed.
Editor selection:
Contributors in the Americas may submit
their papers to:
Dr C.T. Liu
Metals and Ceramics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
USA
Contributors
from Japan and Korea may submit their papers to:
Professor Y. Mishima
Materials Science and Engineering
Tokyo Institute
of Technology
Yokohama
Japan
Contributors from the UK and India may submit their papers to:
Professor D. Morris
Department of Physical Metallurgy
CENIM, CSIC
Madrid
Spain
Contributors from Continental Europe may submit their papers
to:
Professor Vaclav Paidar
Institute of Physics
Academy of Sciences
Na Slovance 2
182 21 Praha 8
Czech Republic
or
Dr G. Sauthoff
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Düsseldorf
Germany
Contributors
from China may submit their papers to:
G. Chen
University of Science and Technology
Beijing PRC
Authors from other
countries should submit to any Editor. Editors will reach their decisions independently.
Editor's requirements:
(1)
Research Papers (experimental or theoretical). An abstract and five key words are required.
(2)
Review Papers.
These will normally be invited by one of the Editors, but suggestions for topics and/or authors will be welcomed. Such suggestions should
be sent to the Chairman of the Editors.
(3)
Short Communications. These should not exceed 1000 words and should have no
more than three illustrations. A very brief abstract and five key words are required.
(4)
Comments on papers published in Intermetallics.
Such comments will normally be published together with a reply from the Author(s).
Use of wordprocessing software
It is important that the file be saved
in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as
possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's
options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed "graphically
designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table
grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns.
The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with
Elsevier:
http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate
their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on Electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of your wordprocessor.
Article structure
Subdivision - numbered sections
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.
Material 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/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
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore
the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive
citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The
main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion
or Results and Discussion section.
Glossary
Please supply, as a separate
list, the definitions of field-specific terms used in your article.
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 on.
Essential title page information
•
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 ambiguous (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 will 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.
•
Present/permanent address.
If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent
address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained
as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the
principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.
For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon
abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and 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.
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do
not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help
during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
Math formulae
Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/)
instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of
e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately 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 separately 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.
Artwork
Electronic artwork
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, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
•
Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
• Submit each figure as a separate file.
A detailed guide
on electronic artwork is available on our website:
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
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: color or grayscale 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 (color or grayscale): 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.
Color
Artwork
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 color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge,
that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations
are reproduced in color in the printed version. It is not necessary to submit BW figures in addition to your color figures as these can
be reproduced in BW in the print version.
For color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier
after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for color in print or on the Web only. For further information
on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see
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Please note: Because
of technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to "gray scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for
color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, 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.
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.
References
Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference
cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full.
Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these
references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution
of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that
the item has been accepted for publication.
Web references
As a minimum,
the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.),
should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired,
or can be included in the reference list.
Reference style
Text:
Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s)
must always be given.
Example: "..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ...."
List:
Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article,
J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2000) 51-59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan,
New York, 1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of
your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 1999, pp. 281-304.
Journal abbreviations source
Journal names should be abbreviated according to
Index Medicus journal
abbreviations:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html;
List of serial title word abbreviations:
http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php;
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):
http://www.cas.org/sent.html.
Supplementary
material
Elsevier 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:
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submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data are 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. Video files:
please supply 'stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or make a separate image. These will be used instead
of standard icons and will personalize the link to your supplementary information. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork
instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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 designated as corresponding Author:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone
and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including
title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been "spellchecked" and "grammar-checked"
•
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)
•
Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced
in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only color on the Web is required, black and white
versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
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Use of the Digital Object Identifier
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 (example taken from a document in the journal
Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When
you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
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your article if no response is received.
Offprints
The corresponding author,
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Keywords for Intermetallics
The keywords for Intermetallics
are separated into seven categories:
A. MATERIAL TYPE
B.
ASPECT OR PROPERTY STUDIED
C. PROCESSING (INCLUDING SYNTHESIS)
D.
STRUCTURAL FEATURES
E. THEORY
F. CHARACTERIZATION
G.
APPLICATION
A. TYPES OF MATERIAL
aluminides, miscellaneous
beryllides
composites
intermetallics,
miscellaneous (not otherwise listed, including model systems)
iron aluminides (based on Fe3Al)
iron aluminides (based on FeAl)
Laves
phases
long-period superlattices
magnetic intermetallics
molybdenum silicides
multiphase intermetallics
nanostructured
intermetallics (including preparation methods)
nickel aluminides, based on Ni3Al
nickel aluminides, based on NiAl
niobium aluminides
(see also 'trialuminides')
rare-earth intermetallics
silicides, various
ternary alloy systems
titanium aluminides, based
on Ti3Al
titanium aluminides, based on TiAl
titanium silicides
trialuminides (TiAl3, NbAl3 etc.)
B. ASPECT OR PROPERTY STUDIED
age-hardening
alloy design
anisotropy
biocompatibility
bonding
brittleness
and ductility
cavitation (see 'erosion', this section)
corrosion
creep (properties and mechanisms)
crystal chemistry of intermetallics
crystallographic
texture (see 'texture', this section)
crystallography
deformation map
diffusion
dispersion strengthening
elastic properties
electronic
structure of metals and alloys
electrical resistance and other electrical properties
environmental embrittlement
erosion
fatigue
resistance and crack growth
fracture mode
fracture stress
fracture toughness
glasses, metallic
grain growth (see 'recrystallization',
Section C)
hydrogen embrittlement (see 'environmental embrittlement', this section)
hydrogen storage
internal friction
irradiation
effects
magnetic properties
martensitic transformations
mechanical properties at high temperatures
mechanical properties
at ambient temperature
microalloying
order/disorder transformations
oxidation
phase diagrams
phase identification
phase
transformation (crystallographic aspects kinetics and mechanisms) (see also 'martensitic transformations', this section)
plastic deformation
mechanisms
precipitates
shape-memory effects (including superelasticity)
solid-solution hardening
strain-aging
stress-corrosion
superconducting
properties
superplastic behaviour
surface properties
texture (macro- and micro-; including ODFs) (see also 'grain-boundary character
distribution', Section D)
thermal properties
thermal stability
thermoelectric properties
thermodynamic and thermochemical
properties
tribological properties
twinning
work-hardening
yield stress
C.
PROCESSING (INCLUDING SYNTHESIS)
casting (including segregation)
coatings, intermetallic and otherwise
crystal growth
electroplating
extrusion
heat treatment (see also 'furnace furniture', Section G)
hot isostatic pressing
interstitial content, control
isothermal
forging
joining (welding, brazing, diffusion-bonding, etc.)
laser processing
machining
mechanical alloying and milling
melting
microwave
heating
nanocrystals (see 'nanostructured materials', Section A)
near-net-shape manufacturing
plasma spraying
plastic forming,
cold
plastic forming, hot
powder metallurgy, including consolidation
purification
rapid solidification processing
reaction
synthesis
recrystallization and recovery (including grain growth)
rolling
single-crystal growth (see 'crystal growth', this
section)
sintering
superplastic forming
surface finishing
thermomechanical treatment
thin films
vapour deposition (physical
and chemical)
welding (see 'joining', this section)
D. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
defects: antiphase domains
defects: constitutional vacancies
defects: dislocation geometry and arrangement (including superdislocations)
defects:
point defects
defects: planar faults
grain boundaries, structure
grain-boundary character distribution
martensitic structure
microstructure
(as-cast. Deformation-induced, recrystallization-induced)
phase interfaces
site occupancy
Widmanstätten morphology
E. THEORY
ab-initio calculations
defects: theory
electronic structure, calculation
mechanical properties,
theory
phase stability, prediction
ordering energies
phase diagram, prediction (including CALPHAD)
physical properties, miscellaneous
simulations,
atomistic
simulations, Monte Carlo
F. CHARACTERIZATION
(to be indexed
only where the technique is the main topic of the paper)
analysis, chemical
atom probe
calorimetry
chemical map
corrosion
behaviour
diffraction (electron, neutron and X-ray)
electrochemical characterization
electron microprobe
electron microscopy,
scanning
electron microscopy, transmission
field ion microscopy
internal stress measurement
ion-beam methods
mechanical
testing
metallographic techniques
microprobe
microscopy, various
non-destructive evaluation
residual stress measurement
scanning
tunneling electron microscopy, including atomic force microscopy
secondary ion mass spectrometry
spectroscopic methods, various
stereology
(quantitative metallography)
texture, macro- and micro-, techniques of measurements (see 'texture', Section B)
tomography
trace
element analysis
G. APPLICATION
aero-engine components
aerospace constructional
uses
ambient-temperature uses
automotive uses, including engines (and other transportation uses)
biomedical applications
catalysis
corrosion-
and erosion-resistant applications
dental intermetallics
Diesel engines (see 'automotive uses', this section)
energy systems
(including energy conversion)
environmental applications
furnace furniture, including heating elements
hydrogen storage
load-bearing
applications, miscellaneous
magnetic applications
shape-memory alloy applications (actuators, couplings, etc.)
superconducting
applications
thermoelectric power generation
wear-resistant applications
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