International Journal of Science & Technology of Powder & Particulate Materials

Guide for authors

Submission
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Reviews and translated papers of specialized topics are also welcome, after the authors obtain preliminary approval from Editor-in-Chief. Upon acceptance of any article by the Journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the copyright holder. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form.

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the homepage of this journal (http://ees.elsevier.com/apt/) 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. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF 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 and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.

Categories of submissions
-Original research paper
-Translated paper
-Rapid communication/Note
-Review article
-Letter to editor
-Book review

When submitting your article, the author(s) chooses a suitable category, and request a chief of the editorial board you ask to review. If you are not request, your article is to be appropriately handled by the editorial office.

Page charge
There are no page charges.

General:
-Manuscript
Authors are requested to use double line spacing of the text and to be numbered beginning with the title page. The first page of an article should contain the title of the paper, the name(s) and address(es) of all the author(s) and the author to whom correspondence and proofs should be addressed. Even if you want to submit two or more consecutive papers with any sub-title, each paper is treated as an individual paper, so that you are not allowed to use the word "Part I and Part II" and other similar words in the title. An abstract of up to 200 words, as well as up to five keywords, should follow the title page on a separate sheet.

Headings and subheadings for different sections of the paper (e.g. Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion) should be clearly indicated. Units of measurement, abbreviations and symbols should follow the International System of Units (Sl). Equations and formulae should be typewritten. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side of the page.

-Length of text
For the final length of the printed article, authors should cover it within 20 sheets, including all tables and figures, except in the case that Editor-in-Chief admits it in academic benefit.

-Tables and figures:
All tables and figures should be made in electronic file for high-quality printing/reproduction and cited consecutively in the text. All the tables and figures, as well as its list of descriptive captions, should be provided at the end of the article separately from the text as original drawings. Tables should be given short informative titles and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and figures should be submitted in a form tolerable for reproducing and resizing proportionally. Each table and figure should be numbered and each number should be indicated below it. Color printings of tables and figures are acceptable only if the authors pay for the cost. Regarding the cost, please contact the editorial office.

-Language
Papers will be published in English. Authors, especially non-English natives, must carefully check an article in style, spelling and syntax before submission.

-References
References should be cited in the text using a number in square brackets in order of appearance, and listed at the end of the paper in numerical order.

-List of reference
For a periodical
1. E. Otto and H. Fissan, Brownian coagulation of submicron particles, Adv. Powder Technol., 10, 1-20 (1999).

For a book
2. S. K. Friedlander, Smoke, Dust and Haze, pp. 119-142. Wiley, New York (1977).

For an article in a book
3. C. S. Campbell and A.V. Potapov, Computer simulation of particle breakage, in: Powder Technology Handbook, 2nd Edition, K. Gotoh, H. Masuda and K. Higashitani (Eds), pp. 795-809. Marcel Dekker, New York (1997).

For a paper in a conference proceedings
4. H. Takase, K. Higashi and M. Sugimoto, Effect of coal slurry properties on deashing by oil agglomeration, in: Proc. 2nd World Congress Particle Technol., IV, pp. 556-563. Kyoto (1990).

If a publication is in press, the reference should be made as complete as possible, stating the name of the journal and adding 'in press'.

-Proofs
Proofs will be directly sent from the publisher to the corresponding author. No changes of the original manuscript are accepted at this stage. Proofs should be returned as soon as possible.

-Off prints
The corresponding author of all articles in the journal is provided by the publisher with an electronic copy or 25 paper-off prints of the published article without charge.

Further Information
Any questions of the submission should be directed to the editorial office:
The Society of Powder Technology, Japan
No.5 Kyoto Bldg.,181 Kitamachi, Karasuma-dori, Rokujo-agaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8176 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)75-351-2318, Fax: +81-(0)75-352-8530, E-mail: aptj@nifty.com