Guide for Authors
Precision
Engineering - Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology is devoted to the multidisciplinary
study and practice of high accuracy engineering, metrology, and manufacturing. The journal takes an integrated approach to all subjects
related to research, design, manufacture, performance validation, and application of high precision machines, instruments, and components,
including fundamental and applied research and development in manufacturing processes, fabrication technology, and advanced measurement
science. The scope includes precision-engineered systems and supporting metrology over the full range of length scales, from atom-based
nanotechnology and advanced lithographic technology to large-scale systems, including optical and radio telescopes and macrometrology.
Precision Engineering was first published in January 1979; since 1986 it has also been known to many of its readers as the Journal
of the American Society of Precision Engineering. Now, with effect from January 2000, it assumes a new look, proudly proclaiming itself
the Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology.
In addition to its continuing association
with the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE), the journal is now associated with two further bodies: the newly established
european
society for
precision
engineering and
nanotechnology (eu
spen) and the Japan Society for Precision
Engineering (JSPE), founded in 1933.
For more information about each of these three societies, please visit their home pages:
ASPE:
http://www.aspe.net
eu
spen:
http://www.euspen.org
JSPE:
http://www.jspe.or.jp
Types of Paper
Original research papers, reviews, short communications, letters, letters to the editor, news
items, calendar inserts.
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.
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 complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (for more information on this and copyright
see
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'
form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles
including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution
outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions).
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 consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions.
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.
Open access
This journal offers you the option of making your article freely available to all via the ScienceDirect
platform. To prevent any conflict of interest, you can only make this choice after receiving notification that your article has been
accepted for publication. The fee of $3,000 excludes taxes and other potential author fees such as color charges. In some cases, institutions
and funding bodies have entered into agreement with Elsevier to meet these fees on behalf of their authors. Details of these agreements
are available at
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies. Authors of accepted articles, who wish to take advantage of this
option, should complete and submit the order form (available at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/openaccessform.pdf). Whatever
access option you choose, you retain many rights as an author, including the right to post a revised personal version of your article
on your own website. More information can be found here:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Language
and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture
of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission please visit
http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices or our customer support
site at
http://support.elsevier.com
for more information.
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.
By
mail: If submission via the website is not possible, authors are requested to submit 4 copies of their original manuscript and figures,
accompanied by a covering letter. To expedite the reviewing process, authors are asked to submit to the most appropriate submission address.
Only after final acceptance a disk/CD ROM needs to be sent with the hardcopy.
Submission addresses:
Members of ASPE,
euspen and authors with no society affiliation; send your manuscript to:
Precision Engineering Editorial Office
PO Box 10826
Raleigh
NC
27605-0826
USA
Tel: +(919) 839-8444, Fax: +1 (919) 839-8039
Members of JSPE; send your manuscript to:
Editorial Committee
JSPE
Kudan-Seiwa
Building 2F
1-5-9 Kudan-kita
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0073
Japan
Tel: +81-3-5226-5191, Fax: +81-3-5226-5192
Alternatively,
manuscripts can be emailed to
ilka_lee@aspe.net. Electronic submissions must also be followed by submission of two hard
copies. (The electronic submission will speed up the review process and the paper copies will assure that the electronic submission was
received correctly).
Submit your article
Please submit your article via
http://ees.elsevier.com/pre.
Additional information
Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence
at all stages of refereeing and publication, including 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. Full postal 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 (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 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.
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.
Article Structure
General:
Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of
uniformity. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material
after use. An electronic copy of the manuscript on disk should accompany the final accepted version. 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.)
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, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure
Captions and then Tables. For submission in hardcopy, do not import figures into the text - see Illustrations. Collate acknowledgements
in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Text Layout:
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, use
12 or 10 pt font size and standard fonts. Print the entire manuscript on one side of the paper only.
Corresponding author:
Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including 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. Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.
Symbols: 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 l and between zero (0) and the letter
O.
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.
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
A self-contained abstract outlining in a single paragraph the aims,
scope and conclusions of the paper must be supplied.
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, please provide keywords (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly
established in the field may be eligible.
Units
Follow internationally accepted rules and
conventions: use the international system of units (SI). Engineering equivalents may be given ib brackets afterwards.
Math formulae
Vectors and tensors should be marked clearly on the manuscript. Equation numbers should appear
in parenthesis and be 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 of parentheses:*)]}.
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.
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
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
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.
In the text make references using a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. "Since Peterson [1] has shown?") and the full reference
should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper.
References should be given in the following form:
[1] Ludwick SJ, Chargin
DA, Calzaretta JA, Trumper DL. Design of a rotary fast tool servo for ophthalmic lens fabrication. Prec Eng 1999;23;236-42
[2] Redhead
PA, Hobson JP, Kornelson EV. The Physical Basis of Ultrahigh Vacuum. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1993
[3] McAdams HT,
Picciano LA, Reese PA. A computer method for hypsometric analysis of abrasive surface. In: Tobias SA, Konifsburger F. editors: Proceeings
of the 9th MTDR Conference, Birmingham, England. 1968. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. 99 1149-71
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.
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.
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.
Files can be stored on diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
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.
Additional information
Figures:
Please note: Authors are strongly encouraged (optional) to include embedded
figures (with figure captions) and tables directly in the body of the manuscript to facilitate the review of the paper. However, you
are still required to upload the figure file(s) as separate file(s) from the main manuscript (either individually or all in one separate
file). If you do not, your manuscript will be returned to you to upload a separate figure file/files. Elsevier's preferred file formats
are
EPS,
TIFF and
PDF.
MS Office file formats are only allowed under certain conditions.
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.
Supplying Final Accepted Text on Disk:
Once the paper has been accepted by the editor, 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. We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect
or LaTeX (see also
http://www.elsevier.com/latex) is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference
and safety. Label the disk with your name, the journal title and any software used. Save your files using the default extension of the
program used. Electronic files can be stored on 3.5 inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
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.
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 hyperlinks to documents on the web, the DOIs are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF files) 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) or, a link will be provided in the e-mail so that authors can download
the files themselves. Elsevier now provides authors with PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe
Reader version 7 (or higher) available free from
http://get.adobe.com/reader. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files
will accompany the proofs (also given online). The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/tech-specs.html.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
them 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 – please let us have all your
corrections within 48 hours. It is important to ensure that all 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.
Offprints
The
corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. For an extra charge, paper offprints can
be ordered via the offprint order form which is sent once the article is accepted for publication. 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.
Additional information
Author Benefits:
Author discount: Contributors to Elsevier
journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. See
http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/booksbutler for more
information.
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.
For inquiries relating to
the submission of articles (including electronic submission) please visit this journal's homepage. Contact details for questions arising
after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, will be provided by the publisher. You can track accepted articles
at
http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. You can also check our Author FAQs (
http://www.elsevier.com/authorFAQ)
and/or contact Customer Support via
http://support.elsevier.com.
