This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Progress in Scale Modeling, an International Journal.

Formatting Requirements

• Provide a Title Page
• Followed by the title page, provide the Abstract and Keywords as separated page
• Write your article in English (unless the journal expressly permits non-English submissions).
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word, RTF, or PDF files are accepted, however, MS word and pdf are highly recommended).
• Page size should be either A4 or Letter size (8.5 x 11-inches).
• All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), including your tables and figures.
• 1.5 line space your text.
• Use a single column layout with both left and right margins justified.
• Font:
  1. Main Body—12 pt. Times New Roman or the closest comparable font available
  2. Footnotes—10 pt. Times New Roman or the closest comparable font available
• When any mathematical expressions (e.g. equations, symbols) appear in the body, using MS equation editor (or equivalent) is highly recommended
• If figures are included, use high-resolution figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (eps).
• Copyedit your manuscript.

Additional Recommendations

Title page

Title page includes the title; all authors’ names, affiliations, mailing and email addresses; corresponding author’s name; and type of article to be submitted (regular, review or rapid communication)

Abstract and keywords

The Abstract shall be less than 300 words and describe the content of the article, along with a statement about its relevancy and/or implications. After the Abstract, include a line entitled Keywords that lists five Keywords reflecting the article contents.

Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification

Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading. An indent should be at least 2 em-spaces.

Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.

Don't "widow" or "orphan" text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph).

All text should be left-justified (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented). Where possible, it should also be right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin). "Where possible" refers to the quality of the justification. For example, LaTeX and TeX do an excellent job of justifying text. Word does a reasonable job. But some word processors do a lousy job (e.g., they achieve right justification by inserting too much white space within and between words). We prefer flush right margins. However, it is better to have jagged right margins than to have flush right margins with awkward intra- and inter-word spacing. Make your decision on whichever looks best.

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Article Length

Regular and review articles have no page limitation; rapid communications shall be less than or equal to six (6) printed pages.. For more information, please see Aims and Scope page (section of "Categories of Publication").

Colored text

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. We encourage authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, etc., however, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black & white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.

Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text. (You may need to "accept all changes" in track changes or set your document to "normal" in final markup.)

Emphasized text

Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.

Font faces

Except, possibly, where special symbols are needed, use Times New Roman or the closest comparable font available. If you desire a second font, for instance for headings, use a sans serif font (e.g., Arial or Computer Modern Sans Serif).

Font size

The main body of text should be set in 12pt.

Foreign terms

Whenever possible, foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Headings

Headings (e.g., start of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text by their fonts or by using small caps. Use the same font face for all headings and indicate the hierarchy by reducing the font size. There should be space above and below headings.

Main text

The font for the main body of text must be black and, if at all possible, in Times New Roman or closest comparable font available.

Titles

Whenever possible, titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper. Footnotes should be in 10 pt. Times New Roman or closest comparable font available, they should be single spaced, and there should be a footnote separator rule (line). Footnote numbers or symbols in the text must follow, rather than precede, punctuation. Excessively long footnotes are probably better handled in an appendix. All footnotes should be left and right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin), unless this creates awkward spacing.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5" margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.

Mathematics

When mathematical expressions (e.g. equations, symbols) appear in the body, using MS equation editor (or equivalent) is highly recommended

Roman letters used in mathematical expressions as variables should be italicized. Roman letters used as part of multi-letter function names should not be italicized. Whenever possible, subscripts and superscripts should be a smaller font size than the main text.

Short mathematical expressions should be typed inline. Longer expressions should appear as display math. Also expressions using many different levels (e.g., such as the fractions) should be set as display math. Important definitions or concepts can also be set off as display math.

Equations should be numbered sequentially. Whether equation numbers are on the right.

Symbols and notation in unusual fonts should be avoided. This will not only enhance the clarity of the manuscript, but it will also help insure that it displays correctly on the reader's screen and prints correctly on her printer. When proofing your document under PDF pay particular attention to the rendering of the mathematics, especially symbols and notation drawn from other than standard fonts.

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. After the last sentence of your submission, please insert a line break—not a page break—and begin your references on the same page, if possible. References should appear right after the end of the document, beginning on the last page if possible. References should have margins that are both left and right- justified. You may choose not to right-justify the margin of one or more references if the spacing looks too awkward.

References shall be numbered and lost by order of cited in the body, where cited as number-with-bracket (e.g., "[1]" or "[1,2]"). Each reference should give the last names of all the authors, their first names or first initials, and, optionally, their middle initials. The hierarchy for ordering the references is:

1. Last name of first author
2. Initial of first name of first author
3. Last name of second author (if any). Co-authored work is listed after solo-authored work by the same first author (e.g., Edlin, A. S. would precede Edlin, A. S. and Stefan R.).
4. Initial of first name of second author
5. Publication date
6. Order cited in text

The information to be given with each citation in the references is as follows:

Articles in traditional journals:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of article, name of journal, volume number, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), page numbers.

[example] Stevens, C. E., Hume I. D., “Contributions of microbes in vertebrate gastrointestinal tract to production and conservation of nutrients,” Physiological Reviews 78(2): 393–427, 1998.

Optional (but desirable): issue number and month/season of publication. For forthcoming (in press) articles, put expected year of publication and substitute "forthcoming" for the volume and page numbers.

Optional(but desirable): A hyperlink to the article.

Books:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of book, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), publisher, publisher's address, edition (if not first). For forthcoming (in press) books, put expected year of publication and add "forthcoming."

[example] Kleiber M., The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics, Wiley, New York, NY, USA, 1961.
In case to list the article in the edited book;
[example] Saito, K., Williams, F. A., “Scale modeling in the age of high-speed computation,” in: Saito, K. et al. (Eds.), Progress in Scale Modeling, Volume II, Springer, 2015, pp. 1–18.

Conference papers:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of article, name of conference, location, day/month/year of presentation(or "n.d." if no date), page numbers.

[example] Martini, L., De Rosa, S., Franco, F., “The structural response of a three plate assembly by scaled finite element method,” ISMA, Leuven, Belgium, Sept. 20–22, 2008.

URL:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of article, year of information, corresponding URL.

[example] Ponsioen, T., “Updated carbon footprint calculation factors,” March 12, 2014 (referred from URL at https://www.pre-sustainability.com/updated-carbon-footprint-calculation-factors).

Chapters in collections or anthologies:

Required: Name(s) of author(s) of chapter, name(s) of editor(s) of book, title of chapter, title of book, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), publisher, publisher's address, and edition (if not first). For forthcoming (in press) books, put expected year of publication and add "forthcoming."

Working papers:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of working paper, year (or "n.d." if no date), location (e.g., "Department of Economics Working Paper, University of California, Berkeley" or "Author's web site: http://www.someurl.edu/author." If the working paper is part of series, then the series name and the number of the working paper within the series must also be given.

Other works:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of work, year (or "n.d." if no date), and information about how the reader could obtain a copy.

Any Question?

Submit manuscript online at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psmij/. Click “Submit Article” to start the submission process. Registration for an account is required. Questions and/or information requests should be sent to journal [at] scale-modeling.org.