Guide for Authors
Types of Contribution
Original research papers, rapid communications, review articles, discussions of previously
published articles in
JSV and book reviews. Authors are advised that papers whose contribution is not concerned with fundamental
issues in sound and vibration are not normally accepted; such material should be directed to more appropriate publications.
Papers
published in
JSV should contain new results, of potentially wider application than the specific situation reported; otherwise
they should contain new insights of value to the acoustics and vibration community (for example by synthesizing material from traditionally
separate fields), or provide authoritative reviews of progress in a defined area. Each paper submitted for publication is normally subject
to review and criticism by two independent, anonymous referees, and authors are provided with copies of these reviews so that they can
make revisions and improvements to their manuscripts before publication. For more information about how the peer review process is conducted
for this journal, please take a look at the 'Peer review policy statement'
here
.The normal time limit for the submission of an author's revised manuscript is six months; revised manuscripts received after this time
may be considered as new submissions and subject to full re-review.
Authors should aim to produce a manuscript
that can be reviewed on its own, without assuming that earlier or later parts will be published. The Editors strongly encourage authors
considering the submission of multiple papers (eg: Part I, Part II, etc.) to instead combine them into one paper - in such cases this
is a common recommendation of the reviewer(s). Alternatively, authors may choose to submit the respective parts sequentially, once the
outcome of the review of the earlier manuscript is known. Authors in any doubt should contact the editor to whom the submission will
be made.
Rapid Communications: These are short articles that are fast-tracked through the production system. They will
- Introduce new perspectives or novel results
- Be likely to stimulate follow-up work
- Be accepted/rejected after one review
cycle*
- Contain a maximum of 10 journal pages, including the Abstract and any figures
- Ideally, be published online within
12 weeks of submission
(*Normal peer review procedures will operate, but on a shorter timescale. Submissions that require re-review
will be redesignated as regular articles.
Discussion: Comments, of either a specific or a general
nature, on work previously published in
JSV should be submitted as Discussion items. The same length limitations and peer review
procedures apply as for Rapid Communications. Discussion items do not require an abstract. Should the Discussion item be accepted,
JSV
policy is that the authors of the original article will be offered the opportunity to submit a response for publication. The timescale
for authors to submit a response, to ensure publication within the same issue, is approximately 4-6 weeks.
Review Articles
The Editors wish to encourage publication of scholarly review articles in the Journal. Review articles are typically 20-40 journal pages
in length (about 20,000 words), and may focus on any area of sound or vibration likely to interest
JSV readers. They may be
relatively broad in scope - thereby serving a tutorial function - or quite specialized, aimed at researchers in the chosen field.
Before
submitting a review article please contact the Editor-in-Chief with an outline of the proposed manuscript (
jsv@isvr.soton.ac.uk).
Book Reviews
Book reviews are by invitation only. Books for review should be submitted to the Book Reviews
Editor, Dr. M.C.M. Wright, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. Tel: +44
23 8059 2153, Fax: +44 23 8059 3190, E-mail:
mcmw@isvr.soton.ac.uk
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.
Policy and ethics
The work described in your article must have been carried out in accordance with
The
Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans 
http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html;
EC Directive 86/609/EEC for animal experiments http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/legislation_en.htm;
Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals http://www.icmje.org. This must be stated
at an appropriate point in the article.
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 and verification
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, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection software iThenticate. See also
http://www.elsevier.com/editors/plagdetect.
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.
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. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the homepage of this journal (
http://www.ees.elsevier.com/jsv)
you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to
a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. You will be asked to approve the PDF once
it has been built. If equations appear corrupted at this stage please upload a locally made PDF. Please keep source files safe as they
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 and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
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.
Additional Information
Each
manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and their significance.
Concise manuscripts
are appreciated and aid the review process.
See Guidance
on keeping manuscripts short
Use of Word Processing
Software
Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. For the main text (including Abstract),
a minimum font size of 11 pt and a minimum line spacing of 18 pt are appropriate. Authors should adopt a consistent hierarchy of headings
to assist the typesetter; this can be done in LaTeX using Elsevier's document class 'elsart'. Authors using other software should try
to follow
JSV style, as far as is reasonably possible.
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. The Introduction
should not be split into sub-sections. and all subsections should be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Introduction
1.
Clearly set out the objectives of the paper and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of
the results.
2. Make clear what new contribution the present paper offers relative to existing published work.
3. If appropriate,
give a brief outline of the structure of the rest of the paper.
Conclusions
The main conclusions
of the paper should be presented in a conclusions section, which should not form a subsection of the discussion or results, but should
stand alone.
The Conclusions should:
1. Give a summary of the problem considered and the results obtained.
2. It may also
stress the importance of the paper's findings.
3. It is not JSV style to discuss possible future work in depth in the Conclusions
but a short statement of intentions can be given if this is felt to be appropriate.
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
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 full publication details should be given. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential
they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
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 a short collection of bullet points that
convey the core findings of the article. Highlights are optional 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
Abbreviations that appear
in the abstract and the body of the text should be defined when they first appear. 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.) Funding sources may be acknowledged here, as well as individuals who provided help during the research and writing stages of the
work.
Nomenclature and Units
Units:
The international system of units (SI) should be
used as far as possible. When quantities are expressed in other units, give their equivalent in SI. For unit symbols, follow standard
SI conventions. Thus Roman (normal upright) type is used, with spaces after the number. Spaces also separate unit symbols that are to
be multiplied, e.g. 5 N m. Superscript powers, e.g. 30 mm
2s
−1, are preferred (rather than 30 mm
2/s).
Symbols:
Letter characters should be limited to the Latin and Greek alphabets. Authors wishing to present a table of nomenclature
should do so on the second page of their manuscript. The following order should be used within this table: Latin characters should appear
first, arranged a, A, b, B etc.; then Greek characters, similarly arranged; sub/superscripts, abbreviations, special functions etc. usually
come as a separate final group. More detailed guidance is available
here.
Math Formulae
Mathematics is printed using Latin or Greek symbols. Formatting conventions used in JSV
are listed below. In order to assist the copyeditors and typesetters as far as possible, authors are kindly asked to ensure that the
mathematical symbols used in the final version of their manuscript sent for typesetting follow
JSV conventions. The Editors
may request corrections of this nature before the manuscript can be accepted.
For additional guidance and examples, refer to
STYLE or to any recent issue of
JSV.
•
Use Roman (normal upright) type for: Differential operators (e.g.
d in differential); i or j (square root of -1); exp or e (base of natural logarithms); Re or Im (real or imaginary part); log, ln, sin,
cos, etc.; abbreviations such as c.c. (complex conjugate); multiletter symbols (e.g. TL for transmission loss)
•
Use italic
(sloping) type for: all scalar quantities represented by a single letter symbol (Latin-alphabet), except where noted above;
•
Use upright bold for: vectors, matrices and tensors;
• Script (calligraphic) font may be used for operators,
or for variables where the standard form of a Latin character has already been used.
Figures
When
preparing Figures, authors are reminded that the lettering and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions,
so as not to become illegible or unclear after possible reduction. Fonts smaller than 11 pt (or subscripts smaller than 8 pt) should
be avoided. Typically, a reduction factor of two to three will be applied. The degree of reduction will be determined by the Publisher.
Illustrations will not generally be enlarged.
It will often be helpful to consider the page format of the journal when designing
the layout of Figures. Gridlines should be avoided when constructing graphs.
Ensure that each figure has a caption. Multipart figures
require a single caption that describes all the parts (see
example).
Each figure and table file should be uploaded with an editable text caption (including figure/table number) attached, unless such captions
already appear in the main text with figures/tables embedded(see Structure ).
Captions should contain sufficient information to allow
the reader to interpret the figure, including any legends/keys not already described in the figure itself. No titles should appear above
or below the figure; use the caption for this purpose.
Where an author has chosen to split a figure into a number of parts, each
part should be clearly labelled with a lower case letter (a), (b),.... The caption should be a single paragraph below the figure, mentioning
each part of the figure in turn.
Figures and captions can be embedded throughout the text but a separate file for each figure should
also be uploaded at the end of the manuscript for quality checks. If preferred Figures can just be uploaded at the end of the text with
a list of captions.
In the case of colour figures, there are two options open to authors: (1) Separate figure files are uploaded
for (a) the online paper version (colour allowed at no cost), and (b) the print version (black and white figures required). This is the
preferred option.
(2) A single set of figures is uploaded, including colour where required for the online version. In this case
the captions, choice of colours, and system of line codes must be designed so they function adequately when reproduced in black/white
in the print journal. Colour alone will not be enough to differentiate different lines on a graph; different line styles are also needed.
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.
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.
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 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 style
All publications
cited in the text should be included in a numbered References list placed at the end of the manuscript, before the list of figure captions.
Citations in the main text (apart from the Abstract) are indicated with numbers in square brackets, in line with the text; for
example, [7] or Doak [7]. Inclusion of the author(s) is optional, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
References
cited in the Abstract must be cited again (by number) in the main text, so that the reference list provides a complete record.
References format: Number the list of references in the order in which they are cited in the text, beginning from the Introduction.
Please note the following restrictions on citations in JSV:
• Submitted papers
Material that has not yet been accepted for
publication may not be cited as a reference.
• Web-based sources
URLs may be cited in the reference list as backup information,
but will be disallowed as the main support for key steps in the argument of a paper submitted to JSV.
• References in Special
Issues
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any entries in the reference list (and any citations in the text) that
refer to other articles in the same Special Issue.
Reference format examples:
[1] H.Zeng, C.W.Bert, A differential quadrature
analysis of vibration for rectangular stiffened plates. Journal of Sound and Vibration 241 (2001) 247-252. doi:10.1006/jsvi.2000.3295
[2] Lord Rayleigh, Theory of Sound (two volumes), Dover Publications, New York, 1877, re-issued 1945.
[3] P.Sas, Vibration testing:
state of the art and challenges, in: M.D. Gilchrist (Ed.), Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam,
1997, pp.65-74.
[4] R.S. Langley, The dynamic analysis of uncertain structures, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference
on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Southampton, July 2000, pp. 1-20.
[5] Yu.I. Bobrovnitskii, Restoration of the vibrational
field inside a structure through the measurements on a part of its surface, Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Acoustics,
Vol. 1, Trondheim, Norway, 1995, pp. 479-482.
[6] P.M.L. Ribeiro, Geometrical non-linear vibration of beams and plates by the hierarchical
finite element method, PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, 1998.
[7] P.E. Doak, Notes on the theory of sound, University of Southampton,
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Memorandum ISAV 101, 1964.
[8]
http://www.ecgcorp.com/velav/mainbar.html (Accessed
21 August 2006)
[9] A.B. Smith, Personal communication, 1999.
[10] Sysnoise rev. 5.5 User's Manual, LMS International, Leuven,
Belgium, 2000.
[11] International Organization for Standardization ISO 2631-1, Mechanical vibration and shock - evaluation of human
exposure to whole-body vibration - part 1: general requirements, 1997.
[12] P. Lueg, Process of silencing oscillations, U.S. Patent
No. 2,043,416, 1936.
NB: Provide a full list of authors in reference list NOT et al.
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.
Rejected manuscripts
Authors are allowed to resubmit work that has been previously rejected by JSV, provided
(a) significant changes have been made relative to the rejected version (b) the authors supply a covering letter explaining what
changes have been made; (c) six months have elapsed since the previous submission.
Reject - Resubmission
possible
The main differences between this case and the previous one are that (a) resubmission is explicitly offered as
an option, with no 6-month minimum delay imposed; (b) authors should note that if they do resubmit, they need to provide details of
the previous submission, so that editors can refer to the original reviews and, if appropriate, may use the same reviewers.
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
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