1 Manuscript submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts using the Online Manuscript Submission, Review and Tracking System at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jace/.
When submitting your manuscript, please provide names and email address of two suggested reviewers.
Permissions. Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere (including in the authors’ own previous papers) are required to obtain permission from the copyright owners (the publisher(s) of the journal, not the authors of the paper) and to state clearly in the figure/table caption or other appropriate locations in the manuscript that such permission has been obtained. All materials received without such statements will be assumed to originate from the authors.
2 Manuscript preparation
Language
The Journal’s language is English. Either British English or American English spelling and terminology may be used, but the system chosen should be followed consistently throughout the manuscript. We request that the language is corrected before submission. Submissions with unsatisfactory English writing will be returned without review.
Length of manuscripts
The Journal publishes regular Research Papers, Rapid Communications and Review Articles.
There are no limits on the number of published pages for both research papers and review articles. Rapid communications, however, will be no longer than four printed pages, including equivalent word counts for figures and tables.
The Journal also publishes Comments and Replies. Any reader may submit for publication a comment on any paper that has been published in the Journal and the author of the paper will be invited to reply. Comments and Replies are limited to two printed pages.
Manuscript structure and instruction
Please follow this order to type the manuscript: Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix (if necessary), Tables, Figure captions, and then Figures.
Title page. The title page should contain: (i) a concise and informative title; (ii) the name(s) of the author(s); (iii) the affiliation(s) and address(es) of the authors; (iv) the email address of the corresponding author.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract not exceeding 200 words must be provided with each paper except Comments and Replies. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. No footnotes, references, figures and tables may appear in the abstract.
Keywords. Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Heading/Section levels (numbered). For regular Research Papers and Review Articles, please use the decimal system of headings. Please divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections and subsections. Sections should be numbered 1, 2, etc. (The abstract is not included in section numbering). Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ….), 1.2, etc. Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to “the text”. Each section and subsection should be given a brief heading and each heading should appear on its own separate line.
For short papers such as Rapid Communications and Comments and Replies, no section levels are needed.
Text formatting. The authors should use a recent version of MS-WORD in either Windows or Macintosh format to prepare their manuscript, using a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times New Roman), double space line, and one column for text.
Footnotes. Essential footnotes to the text should be numbered consecutively and placed at the bottom of the page to which they refer. Footnotes to the table should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks) and placed immediately below the table.
Formulae and symbols. Formulae, symbols and all subscripts, superscripts, Greek letters, and other characters must be legible and carefully checked. Standard mathematical notation should be used. All symbols used in manuscript must be explained. If necessary, a list of symbols may be provided and placed immediately after Reference section.
Equations. Numbering consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text) and referring the equation with Eq. (1), Eq. (2), …, in the text.
For the simple formulae which appear in the line of normal text, please use solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., x/y.
Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by “exp”.
In principle, variables should be presented in italics.
Figures. All digital arts, including micrographs, line arts, and grayscale images, included in the manuscript should be supplied in a separate electronic file in TIFF, EPS or JPEG format with a preferred resolution of 600dpi relative to the final figure size.
All figures should be numbered using Arab numerals (figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters) and supplied with a figure caption. Please make sure that all elements found in the figure are identified in the caption.
Figures should always be cited in text, such as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, in consecutive numerical order.
Color figures will remain in color in both the printed version and the online version of the Journal, at no cost. The authors are encouraged to use color figures in the submitted manuscript.
Tables. All tables should be numbered using Arab numerals and supplied with a table title which explain clearly and concisely the components of the table. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in figures).
Tables should always be cited in text, such as Table 1, Table 2, in consecutive numerical order.
Units. Please follow internationally accepted rules and conventions such as those defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.
Abbreviations. Abbreviations should be used only if deemed absolutely necessary, and should be defined at first mention in the abstract and again in the main body of the text and used consistently thereafter.
Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the Reference section. The name of funding organizations should be written in full. Do not include acknowledgements on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Citation in text. References to the literature are cited by number in square brackets at appropriate locations (before a period, comma, etc.) in the text.
Some examples:
(a) There are several different methods, such as chemical precipitation [1], hydrothermal [2–4], sol–gel [2,5,6], and mechanochemical methods [7,8].
(b) This phenomenon was originally observed by John and Williams [1] in 1980.
List of references. All literature citations should be compiled in a numbered Reference list at the end of the manuscript text (but before the Appendices), in the order of their first citation in the text. Each numbered reference may contain only one literature citation.
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Papers accepted for publication are cited as “in press”. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
Some examples:
(a) Journal article
[1] Han YC, Li SP, Wang XY, et al. Synthesis and sintering of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite powders by citric acid sol–gel combustion method. Mater Res Bull 2004, 39: 25–32.
(b) Book (authored)
[2] Lawn BR. Fracture of Brittle Solids. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 1993.
(c) Book chapter and paper in Proceedings
[3] Craighead HG. Nanostructures in electronics. In Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications. Edelstein A, Cammatata R, Eds. New York: Taylor and Francis, 1998: 565–566.
(d) Others
[4] Hammond PW. Four-quadrant AC-AC drive and method. U.S. patent 6 166 513, Dec. 2000.
[5] Peng ZJ. Surface modification of ceramic cutting tools by energetic ions. Ph.D. Thesis. Beijing (China): Tsinghua University, 2002.
[6] Information on http://www.weld.labs.gov.cn
3 After acceptance
License agreement
Authors will be asked to sign a license agreement of the article to the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of indentation under copyright laws.
Proof reading
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor-in-Chief.
Online first
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
Editor-in-Chief
Longtu LI (Tsinghua University, China)
Associate Editors
I-Wei CHEN (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Cewen NAN (Tsinghua University, China)
Kunihito KOUMOTO (Nagoya University, Japan)
Wei PAN (Tsinghua University, China)
Executive Editor
Jianghong GONG (Tsinghua University, China)
Members of Editorial Board
Li-Nan AN (University of Central Florida, USA)
Yiwang BAO (Chinese Building Materials Academy, China)
Samuel BERNARD (Institut Européen des Membranes, France)
Helen CHAN (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)
Xiangming CHEN (Zhejiang University, China)
Yi-Bing CHENG (Monash University, Australia)
Zhengyi FU (Wuhan University of Technology, China)
Hai-Doo KIM (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, R.O. Korea)
Katsutoshi KOMEYA (Yokohama National University, Japan)
Jingfeng LI (Tsinghua University, China)
Neil MATHUR (Cambridge University, UK)
Clive A. RANDALL (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Yoshio SAKKA (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
Nava SETTER (école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Zhijian SHEN (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Jianlin SHI (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)
Hong WANG (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
Guojun ZHANG (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)
Zhe ZHAO (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Ji ZHOU (Tsinghua University, China)
Yanchun ZHOU (Aerospace Research Institute of Mater. Process. Technol., China)
Yu ZHOU (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
Managing Editor
He CHEN (Tsinghua University Press, China)
Publishing Editor
Rui YANG (Tsinghua University Press, China)
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