Preparation of Papers for International Journal of

First A. Author, Second B. Author, and Third C. Author

Engineering and Technology (IJET)

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The authors of the accepted manuscripts will be given a
Abstract—These instructions give you guidelines for copyright form and the form should accompany your final
preparing papers for the International Journal of Engineering submission.
and Technology (IJET). Use this document as a template if you
are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Otherwise, use this
document as an instruction set. The electronic file of your
paper will be formatted further at International Journal of III. MATH
Engineering and Technology. Define all symbols used in the
abstract. Do not cite references in the abstract. Do not delete If you are using Word, use either the Microsoft Equation
the blank line immediately above the abstract; it sets the Editor or the MathType add-on (http://www.mathtype.com)
footnote at the bottom of this column. for equations in your paper (Insert | Object | Create New |
Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation). “Float over
Index Terms—About four key words or phrases in text” should not be selected.
alphabetical order, separated by commas.

IV. UNITS
I. INTRODUCTION
Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units
Highlight a section that you want to designate with a are strongly encouraged.) English units may be used as
certain style, then select the appropriate name on the style secondary units (in parentheses). This applies to papers in
menu. The style will adjust your fonts and line spacing. Do data storage. For example, write “15 Gb/cm 2 (100
not change the font sizes or line spacing to squeeze more Gb/in 2).” An exception is when English units are used as
text into a limited number of pages. Use italics for identifiers in trade, such as “3½ in disk drive.” Avoid
emphasis; do not underline. combining SI and CGS units, such as current in amperes
To insert images in Word, position the cursor at the and magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads to confusion
insertion point and either use Insert | Picture | From File or because equations do not balance dimensionally. If you
copy the image to the Windows clipboard and then Edit | must use mixed units, clearly state the units for each
Paste Special | Picture (with “Float over text” unchecked). quantity in an equation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING The SI unit for magnetic field strength H is A/m.
AND TECHNOLOGY reserves the right to do the final However, if you wish to use units of T, either refer to
formatting of your paper. magnetic flux density B or magnetic field strength
symbolized as µ0H. Use the center dot to separate
compound units, e.g., “A·m 2.”
II.PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

A. Review Stage
V. HELPFUL HINTS
Submit your manuscript electronically for review.
B. Final Stage A. Figures and Tables
When you submit your final version, after your paper has Because the final formatting of your paper is limited in
been accepted, prepare it in two-column format, including scale, you need to position figures and tables at the top and
figures and tables. bottom of each column. Large figures and tables may span
both columns. Place figure captions below the figures; place
C. Figures table titles above the tables. If your figure has two parts,
As said, to insert images in Word, position the cursor at include the labels “(a)” and “(b)” as part of the artwork.
the insertion point and either use Insert | Picture | From File Please verify that the figures and tables you mention in the
or copy the image to the Windows clipboard and then Edit | text actually exist. Do not put borders around the outside
Paste Special | Picture (with “Float over text” unchecked). of your figures. Use the abbreviation “Fig.” even at the
beginning of a sentence. Do not abbreviate “Table.” Tables
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Manuscript received October 9, 2001. (Write the date on which you are numbered with Roman numerals.
submitted your paper for review.) This work was supported in part by the U.S. Include a note with your final paper indicating that you
Department of Commerce under Grant BS123456 (sponsor and financial request color printing. Do not use color unless it is
support acknowledgment goes here). Paper titles should be written in
uppercase and lowercase letters, not all uppercase. Avoid writing long necessary for the proper interpretation of your figures.
formulas with subscripts in the title; short formulas that identify the elements Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Use
are fine (e.g., "Nd–Fe–B"). Do not write "(Invited)" in the title. Full names of
authors are preferred in the author field, but are not required. Put a space
words rather than symbols. As an example, write the
between authors' initials. quantity “Magnetization,” or “Magnetization M,” not just
F. A. Author is with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, “M.” Put units in parentheses. Do not label axes only with
Boulder, CO 80305 USA (e-mail: author@ boulder.nist.gov).
units. As in Fig. 1, for example, write “Magnetization
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S. B. Author was with Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA. He is
now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, (A/m)” or “Magnetization (A m1),” not just “A/m.” Do
CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar. colostate.edu).
T. C. Author is with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of
not label axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For
Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, on leave from the National Research example, write “Temperature (K),” not “Temperature/K.”
Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan (e-mail: author@nrim.go.jp).
 Multipliers can be especially confusing. Write Engineering and Technology” in the title of this article).
“Magnetization (kA/m)” or “Magnetization (10 3 A/m).” Do
D. Equations
not write “Magnetization (A/m)  1000” because the reader
would not know whether the top axis label in Fig. 1 meant Number equations consecutively with equation numbers
16000 A/m or 0.016 A/m. Figure labels should be legible, in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). First
approximately 8 to 12 point type. use the equation editor to create the equation. Then select
the “Equation” markup style. Press the tab key and write
TABLE I: THE ARRANGEMENT OF CHANNELS the equation number in parentheses. To make your
Channels Group 1 Group 2 … Group c equations more compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the
Main channel Channel 1 Channel 2 … Channel c exp function, or appropriate exponents. Use parentheses to
Assistant channel Channel 2 Channel 3 … Channel 1 avoid ambiguities in denominators. Punctuate equations
when they are part of a sentence, as in

r2
 0
F ( r ,  ) dr d  [ r2 / ( 2 0 )]

 exp(   | z j  zi | ) 1 J 1 (  r2 ) J 0 (  ri ) d .
0

(1)

Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been

defined before the equation appears or immediately
following. Italicize symbols (T might refer to temperature,
Fig. 1. Magnetization as a function of applied field. but T is the unit tesla). Refer to “(1),” not “Eq. (1)” or
“equation (1),” except at the beginning of a sentence:
B. References “Equation (1) is ... .”
Number citations consecutively in square brackets [1]. E. Other Recommendations
The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [2]. Multiple Use one space after periods and colons. Hyphenate
references [2], [3] are each numbered with separate complex modifiers: “zero-field-cooled magnetization.”
brackets [1]–[3]. When citing a section in a book, please Avoid dangling participles, such as, “Using (1), the
give the relevant page numbers [2]. In sentences, refer potential was calculated.” [It is not clear who or what used
simply to the reference number, as in [3]. Do not use “Ref. (1).] Write instead, “The potential was calculated by using
[3]” or “reference [3]” except at the beginning of a (1),” or “Using (1), we calculated the potential.”
sentence: “Reference [3] shows ... .” Number footnotes Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25,” not “.25.” Use
separately in superscripts (Insert | Footnote). 1 Place the “cm3,” not “cc.” Indicate sample dimensions as “0.1 cm 
actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it is 0.2 cm,” not “0.1  0.2 cm2.” The abbreviation for
cited; do not put footnotes in the reference list (endnotes). “seconds” is “s,” not “sec.” Do not mix complete spellings
Use letters for table footnotes (see Table I). and abbreviations of units: use “Wb/m 2” or “webers per
Please note that the references at the end of this square meter,” not “webers/m 2.” When expressing a range
document are in the preferred referencing style. Give all of values, write “7 to 9” or “7-9,” not “7~9.”
authors’ names; do not use “et al.” unless there are six A parenthetical statement at the end of a sentence is
authors or more. Use a space after authors' initials. Papers punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like this). (A
that have not been published should be cited as parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
“unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been submitted for parentheses.) In American English, periods and commas
publication should be cited as “submitted for publication” are within quotation marks, like “this period.” Other
[5]. Papers that have been accepted for publication, but not punctuation is “outside”! Avoid contractions; for example,
yet specified for an issue should be cited as “to be write “do not” instead of “don’t.” The serial comma is
published” [6]. Please give affiliations and addresses for preferred: “A, B, and C” instead of “A, B and C.”
private communications [7]. If you wish, you may write in the first person singular or
Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for plural and use the active voice (“I observed that ...” or “We
proper nouns and element symbols. For papers published in observed that ...” instead of “It was observed that ...”).
translation journals, please give the English citation first, Remember to check spelling. If your native language is not
followed by the original foreign-language citation [8]. English, please get a native English-speaking colleague to
C. Abbreviations and Acronyms proofread your paper.
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
used in the text, even after they have already been defined
in the abstract. Abbreviations such as SI, ac, and dc do not VI. SOME COMMON MISTAKES
have to be defined. Abbreviations that incorporate periods The word “data” is plural, not singular. The subscript for
should not have spaces: write “C.N.R.S.,” not “C. N. R. S.” the permeability of vacuum µ0 is zero, not a lowercase letter
Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are “o.” The term for residual magnetization is “remanence”;
unavoidable (for example, “International Journal of the adjective is “remanent”; do not write “remnance” or
“remnant.” Use the word “micrometer” instead of
1
It is recommended that footnotes be avoided (except for the unnumbered
footnote with the receipt date on the first page). Instead, try to integrate the “micron.” A graph within a graph is an “inset,” not an
footnote information into the text.
“insert.” The word “alternatively” is preferred to the word described information. For example, a specimen's
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that chemical composition need not be reported if the main
alternates). Use the word “whereas” instead of “while” purpose of a paper is to introduce a new measurement
(unless you are referring to simultaneous events). Do not technique. Authors should expect to be challenged by
use the word “essentially” to mean “approximately” or reviewers if the results are not supported by adequate
“effectively.” Do not use the word “issue” as a euphemism data and critical details.
for “problem.” When compositions are not specified,
separate chemical symbols by en-dashes; for example,
“NiMn” indicates the intermetallic compound Ni 0.5Mn0.5 IX. CONCLUSION
whereas “Ni–Mn” indicates an alloy of some composition A conclusion section is not required. Although a
NixMn1-x. conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not
Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might
“affect” (usually a verb) and “effect” (usually a noun), elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest
“complement” and “compliment,” “discreet” and applications and extensions.
“discrete,” “principal” (e.g., “principal investigator”) and
“principle” (e.g., “principle of measurement”). Do not APPENDIX
confuse “imply” and “infer.”
Prefixes such as “non,” “sub,” “micro,” “multi,” and Appendixes, if needed, appear before the
“"ultra” are not independent words; they should be joined to acknowledgment.
the words they modify, usually without a hyphen. There is
no period after the “et” in the Latin abbreviation “et al.” (it CONFLICT OF INTEREST
is also italicized). The abbreviation “i.e.,” means “that is,” Please declare whether or not the submitted work was
and the abbreviation “e.g.,” means “for example” (these carried out with a conflict of interest. If yes, please state any
abbreviations are not italicized). personal, professional or financial relationships that could
An excellent style manual and source of information for potentially be construed as a conflict of interest. If no,
science writers is [9]. please add "The authors declare no conflict of interest".

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
VII. EDITORIAL POLICY Please state each author's contribution to this work, it can
The submitting author is responsible for obtaining be up to several sentences long and should briefly describe
agreement of all coauthors and any consent required from the tasks of individual authors. e.g., AB conducted the
sponsors before submitting a paper. It is the obligation of research; CD analyzed the data; AB wrote the paper; ...; all
the authors to cite relevant prior work. authors had approved the final version.
Authors of rejected papers may revise and resubmit them
to the journal again. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
American English is without an “e” after the “g.” Use the
VIII.PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES singular heading even if you have many acknowledgments.
The contents of the journal are peer-reviewed and Avoid expressions such as “One of us (S.B.A.) would like to
archival. The journal International Journal of Engineering thank ... .” Instead, write “F. A. Author thanks ... .”
and Technology publishes scholarly articles of archival Sponsor and financial support acknowledgments are
value as well as tutorial expositions and critical reviews of placed in the unnumbered footnote on the first page.
classical subjects and topics of current interest.
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