Submissions
Author Guidelines
In order to achieve rapid publication, the texts will be printed directly from the author's typescripts. The authors are kindly requested to observe the following instructions in manuscript preparation.
Some flexibility of presentation will be allowed, but authors are urged to arrange the subject matter clearly under such headings as Introduction, Experimental details, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, References, etc. Each paper should have an abstract (approximately 2000 characters). In addition, the author is requested to submit the keywords of the paper (5 - 10 words).
The length of a paper text is not limited.
The files should be saved in the native format of the word processing program used (preferably Microsoft Word).
Units: SI units must be used in the text, tables, and graphs.
Illustrations: Figures, tables, and formulas should be arranged in such a way that they would fit into one (84 mm width) or two columns. Graphs should be prepared using a computer (word processor Microsoft Word or compatible).
One line spacing should separate the figures and tables from the text.
Formulae: All mathematical expressions should be computer-typed. Numbers that identify mathematical expressions should be enclosed in parentheses. Equations that might extend beyond the width of one column (84 mm) should be fitted into two columns or should be rephrased to go on two or more lines within the column width.
One line spacing should separate mathematical expressions from the text.
Software specifications: Manuscript should be typed with single spacing using the Microsoft Word processor. Times New Roman font should be used. The text should be typed in two columns on A4 format sheets; spacing between columns should be 6 mm. The following margins should be ensured:
- top - 20 mm,
- bottom - 25 mm,
- left - 18 mm,
- right - 18 mm.
The title of an article should be printed in 14 pt (Bold), author's name - 12 pt (Bold), the title of the institution - 10 pt (Italic), headings of the chapters - 11pt (Bold), the body text and abstract - 10 pt, indexes - 8 pt, text of the tables - 9 pt, formulae in the text - 10 pt, indexes - 6 pt, subindexes - 5 pt (all symbols - Italic, vectors - Bold, numbers - Normal). Italic characters should be used for symbols from the figures and graphs mentioned in the text.
References: References should be numbered consecutively (numerals in square brackets) through the text and collected together in a reference list at the end of the paper.
Further details: The following data (METADATA) about the authors should be presented: name, family name, affiliation, position, mailing address, telephone (office and home), fax, and email.
Potential reviewers: Please provide 5 names of potential reviewers, indicating: First Name, Family Name, e-mail address, Affiliation, and keywords presenting the field of interests.
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- 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).
- The official institution e-mail(s) of the author(s) is/are provided through the submission process under Step 3 (Enter Metadata). Please note that Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, or any other free e-mail addresses are not acceptable. If you use another person's email address or Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail, the submission will be rejected without further notice (the same applies to co-authors' emails).
- The submission file is a Microsoft Word document (*.doc, *.docx). The submitted paper in any other format will be rejected without further notice
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which are found in About the Journal/Submissions (Paper template).
- The list of five potential international reviewers is provided as a supplementary file, indicating first names, family names, e-mail addresses, affiliations, and keywords presenting the field of interests.
- The author's name and affiliation are placed through the submission process under Step 3 (Enter Metadata). In the case of multiple authorship of the submitted paper, the author name and affiliation of each author are specified under the same Step 3 by clicking 'Add Contributor'.
- Materials Science – Medžiagotyra is an open-access journal with publishing fees of 70 EUR/journal page for an accepted paper. I confirm that I will pay the open access fee if my manuscript is accepted for publication.
Copyright Notice
The copyrights for articles in this journal are retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal. By virtue of their appearance in this open-access journal, articles are free to use with proper attribution in educational and other non-commercial settings.
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