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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Before your submission, please check that your manuscript has been prepared in accordance to the step-by-step instructions for submitting a manuscript to our online submission system.

Manuscript Format

Your manuscript should be in MS Word. You are advised to download the document,  EnPress Manuscript Submission Template，as a template for more details on preparing your submissions to Ceramic Sciences and Engineering for consideration. All manuscripts must be written in clear, comprehensible English. Both British and American English are accepted. Usage of non-English words should be kept to a minimum and all must be italicized with the exception of “e.g.”, “i.e.” and “etc.” If you have concerns about the level of English in your submission, please ensure that it is proofread before submission by a native English speaker or a scientific editing service.

Types of Submissions Accepted

 Ceramic Sciences and Engineering accepts several types of manuscripts – original research articles, reviews, editorials, brief commentary, perspectives, case reports, etc. Please read further for the definition of each type and select the appropriate option in the submission system. Submissions exceeding the suggested requirements such as ‘entire manuscript length’ will still be processed for consideration and peer review. However, article processing charges will differ in exceptional cases. The article processing charge will then be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Original research articles: scientific articles on original basic and applied research and/or analysis.

Review articles: a summary highlighting recent developments and current/future trends of the field.

Editorials: Solicited concise commentary highlighting prominent topics in the Journal issue. These are the official opinions of the editors of the journal or special issue. 

Brief commentaries : Unsolicited commentaries or analysis from reader(s) targeting specific published articles in the journal. Commentaries will be subjected to peer-review. This manuscript type typically has 3,500 words.

Perspectives articles: These are author’s personal opinions on a subject/topic. Unlike Review articles, Perspective articles may cover a more specific, narrow part of the field. However, these are still required to uphold the spirit of academia to be objective as well as aim to initiate or further discussions and novel experimental procedures in the field. Therefore, it will undergo peer review and be indexed if accepted.

Case reports: summarize the execution of a collaborative research program that is directly related to the advancement of ceramic science research.

Erratum: is a notification of a significant error made by the editors that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. An erratum is always accompanied by Publisher Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles. Authors who notice an error in their published articles should contact editorial-cse@enpress-publisher.com.

Cover Letter

All submissions should include a cover letter as a separate file. A cover letter should contain a brief explanation of what was previously known, the conceptual advancement with the findings and its significance to broad readership. The cover letter is confidential and will be read only by the editors. It will not be seen by reviewers.

Manuscript Submission Template

Title

FIRST Author¹, SECOND Author², THIRD Author^3*

¹ Department, University Name, City, Country

² Affiliation

³ Affiliation

* Corresponding Author: Name, Corresponding address, Country. E-mail address.

ABSTRACT

Use the word “ABSTRACT” as the title, boldface type, centered relative to the column, fully capitalized. It should briefly state the purpose, method and results of the paper. All manuscripts must be in English.

Keywords: Please use about 3 to 8 keywords; capitalize the first letter; separated by semi-colon.

1. Introduction

Please follow the steps outlined below when submitting your final draft to the EnPress Publisher. These guidelines include complete descriptions of the fonts, spacing, and related information for producing your manuscript.

2. Main Title

2.1 Sub-heading

Capitalize the first letter. Please initially capitalize only the first word in other titles, including section titles and first, second, and third-order headings.

2.1.1 Sub-subheading

Sub-subheadings should be typeset with only the first word capitalized (see example above).

3. Tables

Place tables as close as possible to the text they refer to and aligned center. A table is labeled Table and given a number (e.g., Table 1. Sample Datasheet) it should be numbered consecutively, and the title appear above the table, aligned center and bold face, no additional blank line.

In cases where the caption needs to be extended over to the second line, the title should be aligned left.

In cases where the tables need to be extended over to the second page, the continuation of the table should be preceded by a caption, e.g., “Table 1. (Continued)”. Footnotes in tables should be written in superscript lowercase letters and placed below the table.

                               Table 1. Table label

4. Figures

Place figures as close as possible to the text they refer to and aligned center. Photos, graphs, charts or diagram should be labeled Figure (do not abbreviate), and assigned a number consecutively (Figure 1). The title should appear underneath the figure, aligned center, no additional blank line.

In cases where the title needs to be extended over to the second line, the title should be aligned left.

 For example: 

                              Figure 1. Figure label

5. Equations

Including symbols and equations in the text, the variable name and style must be consistent with those in the equations. Equations should be aligned center and numbered at the right margin of the next line; equation number is enclosed with open and close parenthesis (). Do not put the equations inside the inserted table.

For example:

    (1)

Acknowledgments

The acknowledgements section is not required. If possible, authors should declare all financial and non-financial support that have the potential to be deemed as a source of competing interest in relations to their submitted manuscript in this section. Financial supports are generally in the form of grants, royalties, consulting fees and more. Examples of non-financial support could include the following: externally-supplied equipments/biological sources, writing assistance, administrative support, contributions from non-authors.

Conflict of Interest

All authors are required to declare all activities that have the potential to be deemed as a source of competing interest in relations to their submitted manuscript. Examples of such activities could include personal or work-related relationships, events, etc. If no conflict of interest, please state that, for example "The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest".. Please refer to the policy of Conflict of Interest.

Appendix A.   This is the Appendix

Supplementary materials that are excluded in the main body of the paper may be included in the appendices. These include derivations of equations and details of algorithms. Appendices should be used only when advanced technical details are essential to the paper.

References

List and number all bibliographical references that make an important contribution to the paper. The number of in-text citation should be enclosed in square brackets, for example^[1]. (See examples below)

Journal Article

Format as the following: numerical order, point, family name, blank, initial letter(s) of names (use et al. if more than three authors), point, Title of the cited article. Journal Title, blank, year of publication, semicolon, volume number, issue number with brackets, published year, volume(issue number),semicolon, numbers.

For example:

1. Tom C, John EF, Matt GH, et al. Study on persistent organic pollutants in Southern Town. Journal of Smart Construction 2013; 1(2): 5–8.

Article in a language other than English

For example：

1. Massone L, Borghi S, Pestarino A. Localisations palmairespurpuriques de la dermatite herpetiforme (French) [Purpuric palmarsites of dermatitis herpetiformis]. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie 1987; 114(12): 1545–1547.

2.  Koplatadze AM, Bondarev IA. Lechenie ostrykh anal'nykhtreshchin (Russian) [Treatment of acute renal fissures]. Vestn Khir 1990; 144(1): 110–112.

Book

Format as the following: numerical order, point, the author’s name, point, book title, point, edition (if not the first edition), city of publication, colon, publisher, semi-colon, year of publication, point, p. initial and last page numbers.

For example:

1.  Carr I, Kidner R. Statutes and conventions on international trade law. 4^th ed. London: Cavendish; 2009. p. 11–14.

2.  Rojko JL, Hardy WD. Feline leukemia virus and otherretroviruses. 3^rd ed. In: Sherding RG (editor). The cat: Diseasesand clinical management. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1989. p. 229–332.

Patent

1. Blanco EE, Meade JC, Richards WD (inventors). Ophthalmic V (assignee). Surgical Stapling system. US patent. 4,969,591. 1990 Nov 13.

 Conference publication

1. Vivian VL (editor). Child abuse and neglect: A medical community response. 1st AMA National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect; 1984 Mar 30–31; Chicago. Chicago: American Medical Association; 1985. p. 256.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

The Author(s) warrant that permission to publish the article has not been previously assigned elsewhere.

Author(s) shall retain the copyright of their work and grant the Journal/Publisher right for the first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under: 

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