Submission of articles
There are two options available for DKE:
Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their papers
electronically by using Elsevier's Editorial System (EES) for online manuscript submission at http://ees.elsevier.com/datak/.
Authors interested in online submission are requested to go to the website and upload their manuscript and its associated artwork. An
electronic (PDF) proof is generated and the reviewing process is carried out using that PDF. In some cases, authors may be asked by the
editor-in-chief or the editor for Europe to send five printed copies of their paper in addition to the electronic submission, to be used
during the reviewing process. The PDF file may be edited after acceptance to follow journal standards.
Alternatively, authors
can send five copies of their paper (including one original of the figures) to the appropriate editor.
For the names and
addresses of the editor-in-chief and the editor for Europe, please refer to the list of editors in each issue of the journal or on the
journal's homepage
General
Articles must be written in good English.
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by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same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.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will
be asked to transfer copyright. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to
the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided. If excerpts
from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s)
in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases. Please contact ES Global Rights Department, P.O. Box
800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.co.uk.
Upon
acceptance of an article, the authors will be asked by the editors to supply a photo (passport size) and short biography of each author.
Sending accepted articles to Elsevier in electronic format
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is
preferred. An electronic version of the text should be submitted together with the final hardcopy of the manuscript. The electronic version
must match the hardcopy exactly. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Label storage media with
your name, journal title, and software used. Save your files using the default extension of the program used. No changes to the accepted
version are permissible without the explicit approval of the Editor. Electronic files can be stored on 3.5 inch diskette, ZIP-disk or
CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
LaTeX documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will be produced without
rekeying the text. The article should preferably be written using Elsevier's document class 'elsart', or alternatively the standard document
class 'article'.
The Elsevier LaTeX package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained from Elsevier's
web site: http://www.elsevier.com/authors. It consists of the files: elsart.cls (use this file if you are using LaTeX2e,
the current version of LaTeX), elsart.sty and elsart13.sty (use these two files if you are using LaTeX3.09, the previous version of LaTeX),
guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX".
Presentation
of manuscript
Print the entire manuscript on one side of the paper only, using 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.
Letter to the editor
Please include a brief abstract
of your paper of not more than 25 words in your letter to the editor.
Title page
The title page should contain
the article title, author(s) names and affiliations, related footnotes, an abstract not exceeding 100 words, and a list of one to five
keywords. Please ensure that at least two of the keywords for your submission are selected from the "Classification of fields relevant
to DKE" at www.elsevier.com/locate/datak.
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.
References
References should be listed alphabetically, in the same way as the following examples:
For a paper in a journal: D.E. Knuth,
Theory and Practice, Theoretical Computer Science 90 (1) (1991) 1 - 15
For a book: E. Borger, Computability, Complexity,
Logic (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989).
For a paper in a contributed volume: A.K. Lenstra and H.W. Lenstra, Jr., Algorithms
in number theory, in: J. van Leeuwen, ed., Handbook of Computer Science, Vol. A (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990) 673 - 715.
M. Li, Lower
bounds by Kolmogorov complexity, in: Proc. ICALP '85, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 194 (Springer, Berlin, 1985) 383 - 393.
For an unpublished paper: A. Rajasekar, Semantics for logic programs, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University
of Maryland, 1989.
In text, references should be indicated by [number].
Figures
Provide all illustrations
on separate pages as high-quality printouts, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction). Number illustrations consecutively
in the order in which they are referred to in the text. Clearly mark all illustrations on the lower front side with the figure number.
Proofs
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded
as 'drafts'.
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing.
No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. It is important to ensure
that all proof corrections are made in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending
is complete. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
Author enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of
articles, please visit the journal's web site at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/datak. The web site also provides the facility
to track accepted articles and set-up e-mail alerts to inform you of when and article's status has changed, as well as detailed artwork
guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions, and more. Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an
article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.
Author benefits
No page charge is made. 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. Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on
all Elsevier books.
NB:Papers submitted to Data and Knowledge Engineering may also be posted on The Computer Science Preprint
Server http://www.compscipreprints.com. Such posting on The Computer Science Preprint Server is in conformity with Elsevier
copyright policy and in no way conflicts with submission to Data and Knowledge Engineering.
