Guide for Authors
ISA Transactions is a journal of advances and state-of-the-art in the science and engineering
of measurement and automation, of value to leading-edge industrial practitioners and applied researchers.
The topics of measurement
include: sensors, perception systems, analyzers, signal processing, filtering, data compression, data rectification, fault detection,
inferential measurement, soft sensors, hardware interfacing, etc.; and any of the techniques that support them such as artificial intelligence,
fuzzy logic, communication systems, and process analysis. The topics of automation include: statistical and deterministic strategies
for discrete event and continuous process control, modelling and simulation, event triggers, scheduling and sequencing, system reliability,
quality, maintenance, management, loss prevention, etc.; and any equipment, techniques and best practices that support them such as optimization,
learning systems, strategy development, security, and human interfacing and training.
The intended audience is research and development
personnel from academe and industry in the field of process instrumentation, systems, and automation.
The journal seeks to bridge
the theory and practice gap. This balance of interests requires simplicity of technique, credible demonstration, fundamental grounding,
and connectivity to the state of the art in both theory and practice.
Manuscript Types and Categories
We
publish articles (primarily relating to research or to practice), letters, or errata.
Errata
: These publications represent
an authors' or editor's correction to an article.
Letters
: Letters to the editor would be short, one-paragraph, or
so, affirmations, questions, challenges, or answers to articles or letters.
Research Articles
: These can be from either
of the categories that follow, and will primarily relate to research, investigation, and to possibilities. Research Articles focus on
the fundamental analysis or mathematics of a technique and are illustrated with simulations, and are written by and for those in research.
Practice Articles
: These can be from either of the categories that follow, and will primarily relate to the practice or
to applications. Practice Articles focus on the pilot-scale or full-scale application and the heuristics and post implementation audit
of an application. They are concerned with application results and interpretation, and are written by and for those implementing measurement
and control.
Articles (research or practice) may be from one of the following categories:
Analysis
: Clearly develop
a fundamental, mathematical analysis of a practice-relevant application or methodology. Explicitly state implications and recommendations
for its application. Provide credible examples.
Design
: Present a complete "how-to" guide. Connect design procedures
to first principles. Explicitly state heuristics and limits of applicability. Provide evidence that the procedures are practicable.
Application
: Present the results of new (or under-utilized) techniques or novel applications. Provide a complete description
of results, including pilot- or plant-scale experimental data, and a revelation of heuristics and shortcomings.
Tutorial/Review
:
Present what might become a chapter in a text - a comprehensive exposition or survey of the analysis, design and application of a technique
that is practice-important but not yet common textbook material. Include a critical review of the state of the art to guide practitioner
choices.
Editorial
: Present a balanced and learned perspective on the implications of historical trends or developing
issues that reveal needs and direction for action or change. The concepts could be aimed at research, standards, products, criteria
for evaluation, or organizations.
Technical Notes
: Present new concepts or initial proof-of-concept results on innovative
approaches. The manuscripts would be short, perhaps two journal pages, and would not require extensive comprehensive defence required
of regular papers. However, they would be critically reviewed for compliance to ISA T Aims and Scope. Technical notes are intended
to accelerate the dissemination of ideas, and will be given priority in the publication queue. The title must start with the identification
"Technical Note:"
Page charges
This journal has no page charges.
Ethics in publishing
For information on Ethics in publishing and Ethical guidelines
for journal publication see
http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including
any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work
that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also
http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
Submission declaration
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 including electronically in the same form, in English or in any
other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
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: contact Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax
(+44) 1865 853333, e-mail
permissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage (
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names
in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add
or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted
manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation
(e-mail, fax, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal
of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author
will be forwarded by the Journal Manager to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above. Note that: (1)
Journal Managers will inform the Journal Editors of any such requests and (2) publication of the accepted manuscript in an online issue
is suspended until authorship has been agreed.
After the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Any requests
to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published in an online issue will follow the same policies as noted above and
result in a corrigendum.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked
to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement'' which transfers the copyright to ISA (for more information on this and copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/authors).
Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding
author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form.
Retained
author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details you are referred to:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the funding source
You are requested
to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe
the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report;
and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated.
Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier
has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply
with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements
and policies please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Author's Guidelines
Review
Quality is important. We aim to provide useful material to the ISA T readers. Accordingly, about 3 or 4 experts (at least one from
academe and one from industry) review each submission to feedback balanced and comprehensive direction for manuscript improvement. The
review process normally takes 2 to 4 months. To minimize bias, to achieve a double-blind review process, authors are asked to submit
their names and affiliation on the separate cover letter.
Length
Include all necessary material; but only that which is
necessary to define the need, develop the contribution, and defend the conclusion. Including figures and tables, manuscripts should be
from 10 to 20 double-spaced letter-sized papers.
Format
Manuscripts should be typed in double spacing, single column in
12-point, conventional font. All pages should be numbered consecutively. Place tables and figures at the end. Once accepted, the publisher
will format the final layout.
Language
The language of the journal is English. Manuscripts will be reader-friendly. Proficient
English usage is essential.
Style
For review the manuscript should be organized in the following order: Title; abstract
(less than about 125 words in length); keywords (3 to 5); main body of paper (divided into numbered sections and subsections); acknowledgement
(where applicable); references; tables; figures; appendices (where applicable). An abbreviated title of less than 40 characters (including
spaces) should also be suggested. (Authors' names and affiliations will be included once the manuscript has been accepted.) Organization
is that of a standard scientific paper. See previous articles published in ISA Transactions as examples.
Layout
Title. Authors
names, affiliation, and full contact information (on coversheet). Abstract - an explicit description of the contribution/impact of the
manuscript of less than about 125-words. Keywords (less than about 5). Sections as appropriate, with a bold title, and numbered consecutively
in base-10, real, Arabic numerals (1., 2., 3., etc.). Subsections, as appropriate, numbered sequentially (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc.). The Conclusion
section will be the last numbered section. Acknowledgment (if appropriate). References. Tables numbered sequentially using Roman numerals
(I, II, III, IV, etc.). Figures numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals (1., 2., 3., etc.). Appendices (if appropriate) identified
with capital letters (A., B., C., etc.).
Content
Commercialism (any attempt to promote product, enterprise, country, or
viewpoint) is strictly forbidden. Claims must be supported by evidence, and be consistent with any limits or idealizations of the development.
Submission
Authors must submit their manuscript via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at
http://ees.elsevier.com/isatrans.
Authors will be asked to select the Associate Editor or Editor-in-Chief whose technical interests most nearly match the manuscript. When
in doubt, use the Editor-in-Chief.
There are three essential elements to be submitted:
1) The manuscript must be a single file
(including tables, figures, etc.), of less than 1 Meg, using either an Adobe-compatible portable document format or an MS Word *.doc
(preferred). Submit the manuscript without the authors' names and affiliation (Blinded).
2) Submit a cover page/letter that includes
the manuscript title, names and affiliation and contact information of all authors (full postal and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers).
The cover letter could also reveal to the editor any special aspects of the manuscript or review process that should to be considered.
3) Submit Highlights, a bulleted list of 3 to 5 items indicating what was studied and the authors' claims about the work. This
is a relatively new trend in scientific journals.
Highlights is neither the Abstract, Conclusions, nor Key Words. An Abstract talks
all about the paper, but usually does not provide the bottom-line results. The Abstract is a teaser that gets people to look at the
article, hoping the article provides the solution they need. The Conclusion provides bottom-line results, but full paragraph text is
not a user-convenient way to sort through manuscript applicability or contribution. And, often the Conclusion does not provide scope
or grounding. The Keywords help in e-sorting, but do not convey applicability or results. Highlights will be a bulleted list of scope
and results. It will be published with the article, and represents a trend in improving the functionality of search engines in the e-database
to find articles that are relevant to the searcher's enquiry. To help understand, Elsevier has a link with a few examples of bad and
good Highlights:
http://www.elsevier.com/highlights. Highlights are not a copy of the conclusions, abstract, or keywords.
It is not a forecast of future work. Reviewers for ISA Transactions will be expected to comment on the authors' Highlights as they
have commented on all other parts of the paper that are integral to the published article.
Referees
Please
submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of three potential referees. Note that the editor retains the
sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.
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. 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).
Note that source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text. See also
the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check'
functions of your wordprocessor.
LaTeX
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 'elsarticle', or alternatively any
of the other recognized classes and formats supported in Elsevier's electronic submissions system, for further information see
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/latex-ees-supported.
The Elsevier 'elsarticle' LaTeX style file package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained
from the Quickguide:
http://www.elsevier.com/latex. It consists of the file: elsarticle.cls, complete user documentation
for the class file, bibliographic style files in various styles, and template files for a quick start.
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.
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. Similarly
for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.
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. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
•
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
Abstract
- an explicit description of the contribution/impact of the manuscript of less than about 125-words. Keywords (less than about 5). Sections
as appropriate, with a bold title, and numbered consecutively in base-10, real, Arabic numerals (1., 2., 3., etc.). Subsections, as appropriate,
numbered sequentially (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc.). The Conclusion section will be the last numbered section. Acknowledgment (if appropriate).
References. Tables numbered sequentially using Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, etc.). Figures numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals
(1., 2., 3., etc.). Appendices (if appropriate) identified with capital letters (A., B., C., etc.).
Graphical
abstract
A Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form
designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described
in the article. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Image size: Please provide
an image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. See
http://www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts
for examples.
Authors can make use of Elsevier's Illustration and Enhancement service to ensure the best presentation of their images
also in accordance with all technical requirements:
Illustration
Service.
Highlights
Highlights are mandatory for this journal. They consist
of a short collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article and should be submitted in a separate file in the
online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including
spaces, per bullet point). See
http://www.elsevier.com/highlights for examples.
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.
Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that
are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in
the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout
the article.
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.).
Units
All measurements and data should be given in SI units, or where
other units are used, provide the SI value in parenthesis. Each paper should be self-consistent as to symbols and units, and all are
to be properly defined.
Math formulae
Mathematical expressions - Mathematical symbols and
formulae should be typed. 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 "ell" (l), and between the number zero (0) and the letter "oh" (O). Symbols for vectors
and matrices should be marked clearly on the manuscript. Equation numbers should appear in parentheses, and numbered consecutively. All
equation numbers must appear on the right-hand side of the equation and should be referred to within the text. Use the following sequence
for nested parentheses: ) ] }.
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
Illustrations
Photographs,
charts and diagrams are to be referred to as Figures and should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals in the order in which they
are first mentioned. They should follow the manuscript on separate pages (not imbedded within the manuscript). All illustrations should
be clear and suitable for reduction (to 50% original size). Lettering must be clear and open and must also be large enough to be reduced
by the same proportion. Figure legends should be typed on a separate sheet and placed in a list at the end of the manuscript. The amount
of lettering on a drawing should be reduced as far as possible by transferring it to the legend. Format figures to emphasize the region
of interest.
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.
If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
then please supply 'as is'.
Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (e.g., 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.
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
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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
Particular care is needed to ensure that tables are clearly and legibly set
out. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Roman numerals in the order in which they are first mentioned. They should follow the
manuscript on separate pages (not imbedded within the manuscript). If accepted, original electronic files or line drawings (not photocopies
or scanned versions) should be submitted. Table titles should be typed on a separate sheet and placed in a list at the end of the manuscript.
Only reveal significant figures.
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 and the date when the reference was last accessed. 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.
References
in a special issue
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations
in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue.
Reference management software
This
journal has standard templates available in key reference management packages EndNote (
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp)
and Reference Manager (
http://refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp). Using plug-ins to wordprocessing packages, authors only
need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article and the list of references and citations to these will be
formatted according to the journal style which is described below.
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 (2010) 51–59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed.,
Longman, New York, 2000.
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, 2009, 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 title word abbreviations:
http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php;
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):
http://www.cas.org/sent.html.
Video data
Elsevier accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your scientific
research. Authors who have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their article are strongly encouraged to include these
within the body of the article. This can be done in the same way as a figure or table by referring to the video or animation content
and noting in the body text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that they directly relate to
the video file's content. In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly usable, please provide the files in one
of our recommended file formats with a preferred maximum size of 50 MB. Video and animation files supplied will be published online in
the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.
Please supply 'stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or animation or make a separate image. These will be
used instead of standard icons and will personalize the link to your video data. For more detailed instructions please visit our video
instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. Note: since video and animation cannot be embedded in
the print version of the journal, please provide text for both the electronic and the print version for the portions of the article that
refer to this content.
Supplementary data
Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material
to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting
applications, 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 provide the data 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 our artwork instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Submission checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending
it to the journal 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 the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
•
Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
•
Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' 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
For any further information please visit our customer support site at
http://support.elsevier.com.
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.2010.09.059
When you use the DOI to create URL
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