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Submission of manuscripts Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously and is not under consideration of publication
elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or academic thesis or has been partially presented in conference).
Upon acceptance of an
article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of
information.
Manuscripts for consideration should be submitted online at: http://jbe.jlu.edu.cn or email to: fsxb@jlu.edu.cn
or to: j.f.v.vincent@bath.ac.uk
Preparation of manuscripts
Microsoft Word (*.doc) should be used in
typewriting manuscripts.
1. Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly
advised to have their manuscripts checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. 2. Manuscripts should be prepared
in single column with wide margins and double spacing throughout. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references,
tables, etc. should be numbered. All variables and Greek letters should be in italic, and all constants should not be in italic. Vectors
or matrix variables should be in bold and italic. 3. Manuscripts in general should be organized in the order: Title page, Abstract,
Keywords, Text, Acknowledgement, References, Figures, Tables, List of figure captions.
Title page: This page should contain a concise
and descriptive title with no more 80 characters, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), city, zip code, country, full telephone, E-mail
of the corresponding author.
Abstract: The abstract should be clear, informative and not longer than 300 words to outline
the objective, method and main results.
Keywords: Authors are asked to provide 3-6 items for cross-indexing of this paper.
The keywords should be placed below the abstract with one space line apart from it.
Text: The text should contain an Introduction
to put the paper in proper perspective for the audience, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion sections. Section
and subsection headings must be numbered in decimal system, e.g. 1, 1.1,1.1.1 etc.; section and subsection headings should not be run
within the text; they should be typed on a separate line, without indentation. Upper-case is only used for the first letter of the first
word of the headings. Equations should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand margin and cited
in the text, e.g. Eq. (2).
Illustrations: Each illustration must be prepared in a separate page; never embody the illustrations
in the Text. Illustrations should be companied by appropriate captions and numbered according to their sequence in the text, e.g. Fig.
1, Fig. 2a. The text should include references to all illustrations. A separate page should be used to list the captions of the illustrations
in the end of the manuscript. The width of a single column illustration is 8 cm and that of a crossing page illustration is 16 cm; therefore,
if possible, make illustrations near to these two sizes; otherwise, attention should be paid that after reduction the illustrations should
be clearly readable. In illustrations, main lines should be distinguishable from accessorial lines by thickness.
Tables:
Each table must be prepared in a separate page; never embodying the tables in the Text. Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory
title and be numbered according to its sequence in the text, e.g. Table 1, Table 2. The text should include references to all tables.
The headings of columns should include proper abbreviations of units in parentheses, e.g. (g), (mm). Any explanation essential to the
understanding of the table should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.
Acknowledgements: Individuals or units other than
the authors who of direct help in the work could be acknowledged. Information of research grants could be mentioned here.
References: References should be typed on separate page. All references should be numbered in Arabic numerals according to their sequence in
the text and bracketed, e.g. [1], [2, 3] and [4-7] as superscripts. Personal communications and unpublished data are not acceptable as
references. Different kinds of references should be referred to as follows.
Papers in periodicals should be referred
in the order: name of author(s), title of paper, name of periodical (in italic), year, Vol.(in bold), pages. For example:
[1] Vincent
J F V. Dynamics of drying in phenolically tanned materials. Journal of Bionics Engineering, 2004, 1, 4-8.
Books should
be referred to in the order: name of author(s), title of books (in italic), publishing house, city, year, pages. For example:
[2] Ren
Lu-quan. Optimum Design and Analysis of Experiments, 2nd ed., High Education Press, Beijing, 2003,179-191.
Papers in
conference proceedings should be referred to in the order: name of author(s), title of paper, name of conference (in italic), city, country,
year, pages. For example:
[3] Ren Lu-quan, Tong Jin, Li Jian-qiao, Chen Bing-cong. Soil adhesion and biomimetics of soil-engaging components
in anti-adhesion against soil: A review. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of ISTVS, Munich, Germany, 1999,233-240.
Website online publication should be referred in the order: name of author(s) (if available), title of paper or web page, [date],
website address. For example:
[4] Andrew Stockman, Lindsay T. Sharpe. Colour & Vision database, [2005-04-05], http://cvision.ucsd.edu
Offprints Twenty-five free offprints of each paper will be provided to the corresponding author.
Disclosure
and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest
that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project
should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership,
honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should
be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures
or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work
involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were
performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved
them. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects.
The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
