INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.Each manuscript is reviewed by at least three referees and all manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible.
The Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures has a fully web-based system for the submission and review of manuscripts. All submissions should be made online at The Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures SAGETRACK website
Manuscript submission is entirely electronic. All submissions should be made online at JIMSS SAGETRACK website http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jimss. The system will accept papers in LaTex as well as Word format.
Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. This is a 3-step system that takes a matter of minutes to set up. Log-in information is sent via email immediately upon completion. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the 'Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder.
Submissions should be made via the Author Center and the 'Click here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. For questions and a user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's® Manuscript CentralTM customer support at +1 434-817-2040 x 167. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please contact the Editor-in-Cheif, Daniel J. Inman, at the following email address: journals@vt.edu
Please note that information must be provided for all authors-authors. Please input the titles/salutations, complete mailing address, phone numbers, and email addresses for co-authors as well as the corresponding author. The paper cannot be put into process without this information. All authors and co-authors will have access and be able to check on the status of their paper.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Artwork should be supplied as EPS files or .tif files, at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi for superior reproduction.
Line Drawings. Originals should always be submitted. Wherever possible, graphs should be boxed in, and scale divisions should be marked on the inside of the boxes.
Grids should not be shown. Insofar as possible, explanations should be placed in the legend. Original drawings should not be larger than 20_25 cm (8_10 in.); if this is impossible, they must be accompanied by two sets of small photoprints. Measurements should be indicated in SI units.
Lettering should be planned for 50% reduction; text should be readable after reduction.
Illustrations should be referred to as Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.
JOURNAL AND BOOK REFERENCES should be identified in the text by author-date.
References, author-date, within text:
Last name of author and the year of publication of the work, separated by comma (Smith, 1798)
For works of multiple authorship use names for two or three authors:
(Clark and Lewis, 2002)
Clark and Lewis (2002)
(Byrnes, James and Hoover, 1988)
Byrnes, James and Hoover (1988)
In a reference to a work by two family members with the same last name, the name is repeated:
(Smith and Smith, 2000)
The plurals of the name may be used in the text when the reference is to the persons rather than the work:
The Smiths (2000) maintain that . . .
For more than three authors use the name of the first followed by ''et al.'':
(Brown et al., 1990)
Brown et al. (1990)
Two or more references given together are separated by semicolons:
(Kim, 1983; Park and Inman, 1993; Wynne, 1987)
Several works by the same author are cited by date only and separated by commas; when page numbers are given, the references are separated by semi-colons and the name is repeated. References with the same author and year of publication should be distinguished in the text by appending a lowercase ''a'' to the year of publication of the first cited, a letter ''b'' to the second cited, and so on.
Rogers (1998a) discovered . . .
It was also noted (Carman, 1998b) that . . .
(Carman, 1993a, 1993b, 1999)
Literature references should be listed alphabetically at the end of manuscript.
Author(s), date, ''title of article,'' title of publication, volume, page, etc.
Examples:
Bernhard, A.P.F. and Chopra, I. 1988. ''Hover Testing of Active Rotor Blade-Tips Using a Piezo-Induced Bending-Torsion Coupled Beams,'' Journal of Intelligent
Material Systems and Structures, 9(12):963-974.
Black, J.R. 1980a. ''Rotor Vibration of Ship Turbine Engines,'' Ph.D. thesis, Imperial University, Washington, DC.
Black, J.R. 1980b. ''A Second Publication by the Same Author and Year,'' HartwelI Research Institute, Technical Report ST-91, Norfolk, VA.
Choi, Y. et al. 1990. ''A Publication with Multiple Authors,'' Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 1(1):91-104.
Online First articles are the definitive final version, and are fully searchable and citable using their DOI. When you cite an Online first article, give the paper's DOI at the end of the citation. For example, Author(s) Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures OnlineFirst, day month year (doi:10.1177/1045389x06060219). After print publication, you should give the DOI as well as the print citation, to enable readers to find the paper in print as well as online.
FIGURE, TABLE, EQUATION spelled out in text, capitalized.
Figure 1 Table 1 Equation (9)
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 (see example). Do not include vertical rules.
UNITS & ABBREVIATIONS SI units should be used.
SYMBOLS A list of symbols used and their meanings should be included if a large number of symbols appear in the text and they are not explained as introduced.
PROOFREADING AND E-PRINTS Authors will receive 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 a maximum of five complimentary copies of the journal.
HEADINGS Your article should be structured into sections. Normally two headings are used as follows:
Main Subhead: DESIGN OF A PIEZOCERAMIC MOTOR [all capital letters, centered]
Secondary Subhead: Principle of the Design Method [capitalize first letter of main words, left justified]
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., o or zero, one or lowercase ''el'', ''vee'' or Greek nu).
PERMISSIONS The author is responsible for obtaining releases from other publishers for SAGE to publish material copyrighted by someone else.
GENERAL
Neither the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, nor the editorial board or the publisher is responsible for the views expressed by individual contributors in articles published in the Journal.
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
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