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THE JOURNAL OF LOGIC AND ALGEBRAIC PROGRAMMING

Guide for Authors

Submissions. Manuscripts should be sent to an appropriate Editor or to the Editors-in-Chief. Manuscripts are submitted with the understanding that they are original, unpublished works and are not being submitted elsewhere. Authors should provide an original and one copy of the manuscript. Please make sure to include a complete mailing address for the corresponding author with telephone and facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses. To facilitate the review process authors may submit their initial manuscripts electronically in Postscript® format. Contact the Editorial Assistant for additional instructions.

Manuscript preparation. All manuscripts should be written in good English. The paper copies of the text should be prepared with double line spacing and wide margins, on numbered sheets. Please note that it is not helpful to emulate the final printed product. However, the journal text width should be observed in the layout of equations. See notes below on the electronic version of manuscripts.
Structure. Please adhere to the following order of presentation: Article title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendices, References, Figure captions, Tables.
Corresponding author. The name, complete postal address, telephone and fax numbers and the e-mail address of the corresponding author should be given on the first page of the manuscript.Keywords. Please supply about 5 keywords of your own choice for indexing purposes.
References. References to other work should be consecutively numbered in the text using square brackets and listed by number in the Reference list. Please refer to recent issues for examples.

Illustrations. Illustrations should also be submitted in fivefold: one master set and four sets of copies. Those in the master set should be originals, not integrated in the text but ready for separate processing.

After acceptance. Notification: You will be notified by the Editor of the journal of the acceptance of your article and invited to supply an electronic version of the accepted text, if this is not already available. Copyright transfer: In the course of the production process you will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.

Electronic manuscripts. An electronic version of your accepted manuscript is essential for further processing. For LaTeX articles, the general Elsevier style file should be used. From the internet address External link http://www.elsevier.com/latex a complete LaTeX package containing this Elsart.sty can be retrieved. Please note that when you supply the source file no deviations from the version accepted by the Editor of the journal are permissible without the prior and explicit approval by the Editor. Such changes should be clearly indicated on an accompanying printout of the file.

Papers submitted to the Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming may also be posted on The Mathematics Preprint Server (External link http://mathnet.preprints.org/). Posting on The Mathematics Preprint Server is in conformity with Elsevier copyright policy and in no way conflicts with submission to the Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming.

Author benefits.No page charges: Publishing in the Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming is free. Free offprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Discount: Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books.

Further information (after acceptance): Elsevier, Journal Management, The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, P.O. Box 2759, 1000 CT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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