Author Guidelines

  •  Manuscript Submission
  •  Review Process
  •  Revised and Final Version Submission
  •  Copyright
  •  Page Charges and Re-print


Manuscript Submission

We invites original, previously unpublished, research papers, review, survey and tutorial papers,
application papers, plus case studies, short research notes and letters, on both applied and theoretical
aspects. Manuscripts should be written in English. All the papers except survey should ideally not exceed
12,000 words (14 pages) in length. Whenever applicable, submissions must include the following
elements: title, authors, affiliations, contacts, abstract, index terms, introduction, main text, conclusions,
appendixes, acknowledgement, references, and biographies.

Papers should be formated into A4-size (8.27" x 11.69") pages, with main text of 10-point Times New
Roman, in single-spaced two-column format. Figures and tables must be sized as they are to appear in
print. Figures should be placed exactly where they are to appear within the text. There is no strict
requirements on the format of the manuscripts. However, authors are strongly recommended to follow the
format of the final version.

Papers should be submitted to the Journal's submission email addresses as below, with a covering
email clearly staring the name, address and affiliation of the corresponding author. Paper submissions
are accepted only in PDF. Other formats are not acceptable. Each paper will be provided with a unique
paper ID for further reference.

Authors may suggest 2-4 reviewers when submitting their works, by providing us with the reviewers' title,
full name and contact information. The editor will decide whether the recommendations will be used or
not.

Submission email addresses:

Submission implies that the manuscript has not been published previously, and is not currently
submitted for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that the corresponding author has consent
of all authors. Upon acceptance for publication transfer of copyright will be made to Academy Publisher,
article submission implies author agreement with this policy


Review Process

Submissions are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has been neither
submitted to, nor published in, another publication. Concurrent submission to other publications will
result in immediate rejection of the submission.

All manuscripts will be subject to a well established, fair, unbiased peer review and refereeing procedure,
and are considered on the basis of their significance, novelty and usefulness to the Journals readership.
The reviewing structure will always ensure the anonymity of the referees. The review output will be one of
the following decisions:
  1. Accept
  2. Accept with minor changes
  3. Accept with major changes
  4. Reject

The review process may take approximately three months to be completed. Should authors be requested
by the editor to revise the text, the revised version should be submitted within 3 months for a major
revision or 1 month for a minor revision. Authors who need more time are kindly requested to contact the
Editor. The Editor reserves the right to reject a paper if it does not meet the aims and scope of the journal,
it is not technically sound, it is not revised satisfactorily, or if it is inadequate in presentation.


Revised and Final Version Submission

Revised version should follow the same requirements as for the final version to format the paper, plus a
short summary about the modifications authors have made and author's response to reviewer's
comments.

Authors are requested to use the Academy Publisher Journal Style for preparing the final camera-ready
version. A example paper is available (LaTex source: examplepaper_latex.tgz). A template in PDF
(template.pdf) and an MS word (template.doc) template can also be downloaded. Authors are requested
to strictly follow the guidelines specified in the templates. Only PDF format is acceptable. The PDF
document should be sent as an open file, i.e. without any data protection. Authors should submit their
paper electronically through email to the Journal's submission address. Please always refer to the paper
ID in the submissions and any further enquiries.

Please do not use the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to generate the PDF file. Use the Adobe Acrobat Distiller
instead, which is contained in the same package as the Acrobat PDFWriter. Make sure that you have used
Type 1 or True Type Fonts (check with the Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Writer by clicking on File>Document
Properties>Fonts to see the list of fonts and their type used in the PDF document).


Copyright

Submission of your paper to this journal implies that the paper is not under submission for publication
elsewhere. Material which has been previously copyrighted, published, or accepted for publication will not
be considered for publication in this journal. Submission of a manuscript is interpreted as a statement of
certification that no part of the manuscript is copyrighted by any other publisher nor is under review by any
other formal publication. By submitting your manuscript to us, you agree on Academy Publisher copyright
guidelines. It is your responsibility to ensure that your manuscript does not cause any copyright
infringements, defamation, and other problems.

Submissions previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for consideration provided that
the author informs the Editors at the time of submission and that the submission has undergone
substantial revision. In the new submission, authors are required to cite the previous publication and very
clearly indicate how the new submission offers substantively novel or different contributions beyond those
of the previously published work. The appropriate way to indicate that your paper has been revised
substantially is for the new paper to have a new title. Author should supply a copy of the previous version
to the Editor, and provide a brief description of the differences between the submitted manuscript and the
previous version.

If the authors provide a previously published conference submission, Editors will check the submission
to determine whether there has been sufficient new material added to warrant publication in the Journal.
The Academy Publisher’s guidelines are that the submission should contain a significant amount of new
material, that is, material that has not been published elsewhere. New results are not required; however,
the submission should contain expansions of key ideas, examples, elaborations, and so on, of the
conference submission. The paper submitting to the journal should differ from the previously published
material by at least 30 percent.

Submitted papers are assumed to contain no proprietary material unprotected by patent or patent
application; responsibility for technical content and for protection of proprietary material rests solely with
the author(s) and their organizations and is not the responsibility of the Academy Publisher or its Editorial
Staff. The main author is responsible for ensuring that the article has been seen and approved by all the
other authors. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain all necessary copyright release permissions
for the use of any copyrighted materials in the manuscript prior to the submission. Click here for more
information about Permission Request.

Authors are asked to sign a warranty and copyright agreement upon acceptance of their manuscript,
before the manuscript can be published. The Copyright Transfer Agreement can be downloaded here (in
editable PDF).


Page Charges and Re-print

All the journals published by Academy Publisher are Open Access journals, which means that  the
publication cost should be covered by the author's institution or research funds. Click here to learn more
about Open Access model.

The author's company or institution will be requested to pay EUR 240 for an accepted manuscript that is
within 8 Journal's printed pages, and a page charge of EUR 50 per page exceeding 8 printed pages. The
page charges are mandatory. The maximum mandatory page charges are EUR 500 (14+ pages). In
addition, translation paper undergoes professional language checking will be charged EUR 10 per 1000
words (~1 page).

Authors can order hard copies of the issue with a price of EUR 100 for 1 copy, 160 for 2 copies, 180 for 3
copies, 50 per copy for 4 copies or more. Reprints of the paper can be ordered with a price of EUR 100 for
20, 160 for 40, 180 for 60, 50 per 20 for 80 or more reprints (without covers).

The Payment Form can be downloaded here (in editable PDF).

Manuscripts arising from research in developing countries may be eligible for half waiver of both
publication and print charges. A half waiver may also be granted for individual researchers without a host
institution. Such application however will be handled case by case.