General Guidelines for Authors

Manuscript Structure and Formatting

General Formatting

The manuscript should use the provided template and adhere to the following:

  • Fonts: Times New Roman for the paper title, abstract, main body, and figure/table captions. Arial is used for the author information.

  • Font Size:

    • Paper Title: 16pt

    • Author Information: 12pt

    • Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion: 10pt

    • Table Titles and Footnotes: 10pt for titles, 8pt for footnotes

    • Figure Captions: 10pt

  • Alignment: Center for author affiliation and figure captions. Justified for the main body sections.

Sections

The manuscript should be organized into the following sections:

1. Title and Author Information

  • Paper Title: Times New Roman, 16pt.

  • Author Names: Arial, 12pt.

  • Affiliation: Arial, 12pt, center-aligned.

  • Corresponding Author: The email of the corresponding author should be provided.

  • Dates: The template includes fields for "Received", "Accepted", and "Published" dates.

2. Abstract

  • Content: A summary of the entire paper, including the purpose, basic design, results, and a brief summary of interpretations and conclusions.

  • Word Count: Must not exceed 250 words.

  • Format: Written as a single paragraph in Times New Roman, 10pt.

3. Keywords

  • A list of keywords should be provided after the abstract.

4. Introduction

  • Content: Highlight the importance of the topic, make general statements, and provide an overview of current research. The introduction should clearly identify the subject area of interest.

  • Formatting: Times New Roman, 10pt.

5. Material and Methods

  • Content: Describe the methods and analysis performed in the research work. A simple strategy is to use keywords from the title in the first few sentences.

  • Formatting: Times New Roman, 10pt, with justified alignment.

6. Results and Discussion

  • Content: This section may be combined or separate. The simplest way to comply with formatting requirements is to type text directly into the template.

  • Formatting: Times New Roman, 10pt, with justified alignment.

7. Conclusion

  • Content: Should summarize the main points of the research work. It should be concise and informative, starting with a summary of the study's outcome in one to two sentences and ending with a line on how the study benefits society and future work. The conclusion must not be the same as the abstract.

  • Formatting: Times New Roman, 10pt, with justified alignment.

Figures and Tables

  • All tables and figures should be inserted in their appropriate place within the main text.

  • Tables:

    • Table titles should be 10pt, Times New Roman, and justified.

    • Table footnotes should be 8pt, Times New Roman, center-aligned, with no space before the paragraph.

  • Figures:

    • Figures should be numbered consecutively (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2).

    • Figure captions should be 10pt, Times New Roman, and center-aligned.

Citations and References

  • In-Text Citations: References should be cited by number(s) in square brackets. For example, ...was reported earlier [1, 2]..

  • Referencing Authors: The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given (e.g., Barnaby and Jones [3] obtained a different....).

  • Reference List:

    • The template will number citations consecutively.

    • Do not use "Ref. [3]" or "reference [3]" except at the beginning of a sentence.

    • Give all authors' names unless there are six or more, in which case you should not use "et al.".

    • Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and element symbols.

    • Papers that have not been published should be cited as "unpublished".

    • Papers accepted for publication should be cited as "in press".