期刊名称：RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL
|
The Rapid Prototyping Journal publishes global research results and case studies which report on the development and application of rapid prototyping, direct manufacturing and related technologies. International in scope, the journal is peer-reviewed to ensure technical validity. |
 |
Instructions to Authors
Copyright
Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed. Submissions should be sent to:
The Editor
Dr Ian Campbell
Loughborough University,
Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough,
Leicestershire,
UK,
LE11 3TU
Tel: 01509 228312
Fax: 01509 223999
Email: R.I.Campbell@lboro.ac.uk
Editorial objectives
Rapid Prototyping Journal provides academics and industry decision makers with coverage of cutting-edge research in rapid prototyping and direct manufacturing techniques. The journal concentrates on rapid product development in a manufacturing environment but applications within other areas, such as medicine and construction, are also covered.
Editorial scope
The journal covers the full range of research activities related to rapid prototyping, including both technical and implementation aspects. Appropriate topic areas are:
- Rapid/direct manufacturing
- CAD aspects
- Materials aspects
- Benchmarking
- Enhancement of existing processes
- New rapid prototyping processes
- Data preparation and exchange
- Finishing of rapid prototype parts
- Rapid prototyping for tooling
- Reverse engineering
- Integration with design process
- Management implications
Emerald Literati Editing Service
The Literati Club can recommend the services of a number of freelance copy editors, all themselves experienced authors, to contributors who wish to improve the standard of English in their paper before submission. This is particularly useful for those whose first language is not English.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub/editingservice.htm
Manuscript requirements
Three copies of the manuscript should be submitted in double line spacing with wide margins. All authors should be shown and author's details must be printed on a separate sheet and the author should not be identified anywhere else in the article.
As a guide, articles should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words in length. A title of not more than eight words should be provided. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including full name, affiliation, e-mail address and full international contact details. Authors must supply an abstract of 100-150 words. Up to six keywords should be included which encapsulate the principal subjects covered by the article.
Where there is a methodology, it should be clearly described under a separate heading. Headings must be short, clearly defined and not numbered. Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.
Figures, charts and diagrams should be kept to a minimum. They should be provided both electronically and as good quality originals. They must be black and white with minimum shading and numbered consecutively using arabic numerals.
Artwork should be either copied or pasted from the origination software into a blank Microsoft Word document, or saved and imported into a blank Microsoft Word document. Artwork created in MS Powerpoint is also acceptable. Artwork may be submitted in the following standard image formats: .eps - Postscript, .pdf - Adobe Acrobat portable document, .ai - Adobe Acrobat portable document, .wmf - Windows Metafile. If it is not possible to supply graphics in the formats listed above, authors should ensure that figures supplied as .tif, .gif, .jpeg, .bmp, .pcx, .pic, .pct are supplied as files of at least 300 dpi and at least 10cm wide.
In the text the position of a figure should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Figure 2". Authors should supply succinct captions.
For photographic images good quality original photographs should be submitted. If submitted electronically they should be saved as tif files of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Their position in the text should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Plate 2".
Tables should be kept to a minimum. They must be numbered consecutively with roman numerals and a brief title. In the text, the position of the table should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Table IV".
Photos and illustrations must be supplied as good quality black and white original half tones with captions. Their position should be shown in the text by typing on a separate line the words "take in Plate 2".
References to other publications should be complete and in Harvard style. They should contain full bibliographical details and journal titles should not be abbreviated. For multiple citations in the same year use a, b, c immediately following the year of publication. References should be shown within the text by giving the author's last name followed by a comma and year of publication all in round brackets, e.g. (Fox, 1994). At the end of the article should be a reference list in alphabetical order as follows
(a) for books
surname, initials and year of publication, title, publisher, place of publication, e.g.Casson, M. (1979), Alternatives to the Multinational Enterprise, Macmillan, London.
(b) for chapter in edited book
surname, initials and year, "title", editor's surname, initials, title, publisher, place, pages, e.g.Bessley, M. and Wilson, P. (1984), "Public policy and small firms in Britain", in Levicki, C. (Ed.), Small Business Theory and Policy, Croom Helm, London, pp.111-26. Please note that the chapter title must be underlined.
(c) for articles
surname, initials, year "title", journal, volume, number, pages, e.g.Fox, S. (1994) "Empowerment as a catalyst for change: an example from the food industry", Supply Chain Management, Vol 2 No 3, pp. 29-33
If there is more than one author list surnames followed by initials. All authors should be shown.
Electronic sources should include the URL of the electronic site at which they may be found, as follows:
Neuman, B.C.(1995), "Security, payment, and privacy for network commerce", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 13 No.8, October, pp.1523-31. Available (IEEE SEPTEMBER) http://www.research.att.com/jsac/
Notes/Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary. They should, however, always be used for citing Web sites. They should be identified in the text by consecutive numbers enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article. Please then provide full Web site addresses in the end list.
Final submission of the article
Once accepted for publication, the final version of the manuscript must be provided, accompanied by a 3.5" disk of the same version labelled with: disk format; author name(s); title of article; journal title; file name.
Each article must be accompanied by a completed and signed Journal Article Record Form available from the Editor or on http://www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub Authors should note that proofs are not supplied prior to publication.
The manuscript will be considered to be the definitive version of the article. The author must ensure that it is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors.
In preparing the disk, please use one of the following preferred formats: Word, Word Perfect, Rich text format or TeX/LaTeX.
Technical assistance is available from Emerald's Literati Club on http://www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub or by contacting Mike Massey at Emerald, e-mail mmassey@emeraldinsight.com.
- A summary of submission requirements:
- Good quality hard copy manuscript
- A labelled disk
- A brief professional biography of each author
- An abstract and keywords
- Figures, photos and graphics electronically and as good quality originals
- Harvard style references where appropriate
- A completed Journal Article Record form
Editorial Board
Co-Editor
Dr Ian Gibson
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Internet Editor
Terry Wohlers
Wohlers Associates,
Fort Collins,
CO,
USA
Editorial Advisory Board
Professor Alain Bernard
IRCCyN,
Ecole Centrale de Nantes,
France
Dr Dave Bourell
University of Texas at Austin,
USA
Dr G. Bugeda
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya,
Barcelona,
Spain
Professor T. Childs
University of Leeds,
UK
Professor P.M. Dickens
Loughborough University,
Loughborough,
UK
Professor Debasish Dutta
University of Michigan
USA
Dr. Jerry Fuh
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National University of Singapore,
9 Engineering Drive 1,
Singapore
Professor Harris L Marcus
Director
Institute of Materials Science & Engineering
The University of Connecticut
97 Eagleville Road, U-136
Storres, CT 06269-3136
USA
R. Jamieson
University of Newcastle,
UK
Associate Professor Chua Chee Kai
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
S. Loose
Queensland Manufacturing Institute,
Australia
Professor Y. Marutani
Osaka Sangyo University,
Japan
B. Mieritz
Danish Technological Institute,
Denmark
Dipl-Ing H. Muller
BIBA, University of Bremen,
Germany
Professor T. Nakagawa
University of Tokyo,
Japan
Professor Fritz Prinz
University of Stanford,
USA
Professor K. Saito
Gunnma Politech College,
Japan
Professor E. Sachs
MIT,
Cambridge,
MA,
USA
Professor Yan Yongnian
Tsinghua University,
Beijing
China
| 
