Journal of Cellular Plastics operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.
Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Authors should expect to have reviewer’s comments within approximately (eg) 6 weeks. In general, Editors will seek advice from two or more expert reviewers about the scientific content and presentation of submitted articles.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Submitting Papers to the Journal:
1. Electronic submission of the manuscript as a PDF or MS Word file attached to an
E-mail message sent to Park@mie.utoronto.ca is the desired format for submission of papers. Otherwise, three double-spaced hard copies and one electronic version (on a 3.5 in. disk or CD using Microsoft Word in an IBM/PC format) should be submitted to:
Chul B. Park,
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road
Toronto, ON MS5 3G8
Canada
Three copies of the revised manuscripts should be resubmitted in final print and electronic versions.
2. Centred title should be brief, followed by centred name, affiliation, address, country, and postal code (zip) of author(s). Indicate to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent, including a telephone number, fax number and e-mail address.
3. Include an abstract of maximum 300 words and a list of key words.
4. ILLUSTRATIONS
Artwork should be supplied as EPS files, or TIFF files at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi for superior reproduction.
Lettering should be planned for 50% reduction; text should be readable after reduction.
Illustrations should be referred to as Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.
5. JOURNAL AND BOOK REFERENCES should be identified in the text using the Vancouver system [numbered notes throughout text, numbered list at end of article].
6. TABLES
Number consecutively and type on a numbered, separate page.
Please use arabic numerals and supply a heading. Column headings should be explanatory and carry units. Do not include vertical rules.
7. UNITS & ABBREVIATIONS
SI units should be used.
8. SYMBOLS
A list of symbols used and their meanings should be included if a
large number of symbols appears in the text.
9. PROOFS AND OFFPRINTS
Authors will receive page proofs, which
they should correct and return as soon as possible. Access to 25 free e-prints will be provided; the corresponding author will receive one complimentary copy of the journal for each contributor (maximum 5).
Disclaimer: The authors, editors, and publisher will not accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made in this publication. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein
11. HEADINGS
Your article should be structured into sections. Normally two headings are used as follows:
Main Subhead: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS [all capital letters, centred]
Secondary Subhead: Description of Model [capitalize first letter of main words, left justified]
12. EQUATIONS
Number equations with arabic numbers enclosed in parentheses at the right-hand margin. Type superscripts and subscripts clearly above or below
the baseline, or mark them with a caret. Be sure that all symbols, letters, and numbers are distinguishable (e.g., 0 for zero, one or lowercase ''el'', ''vee'' or Greek
nu).
13. PERMISSIONS
The author is responsible for obtaining releases from other publishers for SAGE to publish material copyrighted by someone else.
GENERAL
Neither Journal of Cellular Plastics nor the editorial board is responsible for the views expressed by individual contributors in articles published in the Journal.
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SAGE Open. If you wish your article to be freely available online immediately upon publication (as some funding bodies now require), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Open subject to payment of a publication fee. Manuscript submission and refereeing procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Open. For further information, please visit http://www.uk.sagepub.com/sageopen.sp
