Author Guidelines

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SUBMISSION OF THE ARTICLE 

The manuscripts submitted in word format electronically through the Journal Management System. If you have difficulties in using the online system for uploading, please send the paper to ijaesa@Londontechpress.co.uk. After receiving submitted articles, the system will send the article ID and password to the corresponding author for tracking the status of the article. The authors are required carefully to apply all the requirements.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT FORMAT

General: The detailed formatting instructions should be applied by the author(s).

Language: IJAESA accepts only English manuscripts (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

Title: The title should not be more than 15 words.

Authors: The name of the corresponding author should be mentioned along with the other authors’ names.

Text length and formatting of articles: The abstract should be about 150-250 words, the manuscript should be a minimum of 2,000 words and not more than 3,500 words. The number of displays (figures, tables) should be limited to 15 and the suitable number of references is between 20-50.

Section heading: Section headings should be used. The main text of an article may consist of the following headings: Introduction, Description of the Research, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgement and References.

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Authors have historically complained of the time it takes to get a paper published. IJAESA tries hard to process papers as thoroughly, fairly and rapidly as possible. As a result, peer reviewers are asked to submit their comments within 10 business days. All the submitted articles after passing the preliminary check by the editors will go for the peer-review process. Those articles positively recommended by at least two expert reviewers will be finally accepted for publication in IJAESA or after applying the required modifications.

 

DETAILED FORMAT

The following order should be strictly followed while submitting the article:

Title of the article, authors' names, authors' designation, authors' department name, authors' institution/ university name, author's email address, an abstract of about 150-250 words to conveying the content of the article, keywords (4-6 words), main content text with all tables and figures aligned in their location (do not send tables and figures separately unless requested), list of symbols and abbreviations, acknowledgement, references (follow standard format).

The main heading or Title: 16 points and Bold

The subtitles: 12 points and Bold

The content of the article: 10 points

The other titles: Do not capitalize the titles unnecessarily unless required. (E.g. ABSTRACT and other headings should be capitalized.)

We recommend the use of our template to prepare the manuscript.  

 

In-Text Citations

In-text citations consist of the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication.

  • If there is no author, use the title (or a short form of the title, if it is lengthy) and the year. Titles that are italicized in the reference list are italicized in the text; titles that are not italicized in the reference list appear in quotation marks.
  • If there is no date, use “n.d.” (without quotation marks) instead.

Order the citations of two or more works by different authors within the same parentheses alphabetically in the same order in which they appear in the reference list (including citations that would otherwise shorten to et al.). Separate the citations with semicolons.

Example:

Several studies (Miller, 1999; Shafranske & Mahoney, 1998)

Arrange two or more works by the same authors (in the same order) by year of publication. Place in-press citations last. Give the authors' surnames once; for each subsequent work, give only the date.

Example:

Past research (Gogel, 1990, 2006, in press)

Identify works by the same author (or by the same two or more authors in the same order) with the same publication date by the suffixes a, b, c, and so forth, after the year; repeat the year. The suffixes are assigned in the reference list, where these kinds of references are ordered alphabetically by title (of the article, chapter, or complete work).

Example:

Several studies (Derryberry & Reed, 2005a, 2005b, in press-a; Rothbart, 2003a, 2003b)

Exception:

You may separate a major citation from other citations within parentheses by inserting a phrase such as see also, before the first of the remaining citations, which should be in alphabetical order.

Example:

(Minor, 2001; see also Adams, 1999; Storandt, 2007)

Ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list.

Single author: the author’s name (without initials) and the year of publication;

Two authors: Both authors name and also the year of publication of the article.

Three or more than three authors: First author’s name followed by “et al.”. Example: Baskaran, 1998: Crish Rabia and John Pedikri, 2008: Podilinski et al., 2004. Citing web reference can be like the journal article reference.

 

References (APA Style):

References shall be in alphabetic order located at the last part of the article following the underneath given format:

Journals:

[1] Prakash, R., & Ramesh, G.R. (2008). Article title. Journal of American Society of Civil Engineers, 23(2),12-15.

[2] Prajesh, G. (2004). Article title. Journal of Applied Engineering, 45(2),13-17.

Books:

[3]  Gupta, P.K. (2006). Introduction to Operations Research. (3rd ed.). McGraw Hill Inc, pp. 34-96.

Book Chapter:

[4] Botkin, J. (2006). What do you mean by Ecosystem. In: Environmental Science of Living Plater, (3rd ed.). New York: E-age Publishing.

Conferences:

[5] Ganesh Kumar, B. (2011). Geospatial technology for disaster management. International Conference on Disaster Mitigation and Management, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, 234-238.

Web Pages:

[6] Ramesh, J. (2007). How to draw in computers. IOP Publishing Physics Web. Available at: http://company.org/articles/news/11/6/16/2.Accessed26 June 2010.

 

Images and Tables:

Images should be supplied without being inserted in tables, borders or any other format, they can be copy-pasted in the required space. It will be better if the images are given on the last page, the quality of the image and the size should be proper. Tables should be given using tables options, do not draw tables using lines, the table width should be properly given. Also, do not insert any tables as image format, it should be editable. The title of the table should be bolded and should not contain any text box. Supplied images should be of required quality authors are advised not to submit inferior quality images.

 

Tables:

All tables should be numbered in order, the word Table may be bolded. The table number should be properly given, large size tables should be split into two or more tables so that it can be accommodated within the page size. Table width and cell sizing should be even and all the content should be centred. The number of the tables should be given over the tables and without any border, shading.

 

Figures:

All figure number should be arranged orderly; the figures should not be supplied separately but pasted in the proper place. Figure number and title should be given below the figure; the content of the figure should be explained in the title of the figure. All images supplied should have enough resolution, inferior images will be removed.

 

Mathematical Formula:

Present formula using Equation editor in the line of normal text. Number consequently any equations that have to be referred to in the text.

 

PROOFS-EDITING PROCESS

To correct any typesetting errors, the proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. Alterations to the original manuscript will not be accepted at this stage. Proofs should be returned back within 72 hours from the date of receipt.