| Instructions for Authors | |
| Journal of Scientific Conference Proceedings (JCP) is an international journal with a very wide ranging coverage, consolidates research activities from scientific meetings in all areas of (i) Physical Sciences, (ii) Biological Sciences, (iii) Mathematical Sciences, (iv) Engineering, (v) Computer and Information Sciences, and (vi) Geosciences. The journal will publish research articles and communications consolidated from scientific meetings in all research fields. | |
| JOURNAL POLICY: It is journal policy to publish only original and unpublished research work therefore Journal of Scientific Conference Proceedings does not wish to receive any papers on research work that has already been reported in parts or contains already published text, data, figures, tables or other illustrations or any copyright materials whatsoever that has been submitted or accepted for publication either in a journal or conference proceedings elsewhere in any form, in print or in electronic media. When submitting a manuscript, authors should make a full statement to the Editors that the research work contained in their manuscript is completely original and unpublished. If redundant or duplicate publication is attempted or occurs authors should expect immediate editorial action to be taken including prompt rejection of the submitted manuscript. Submission of any manuscript that contains redundant or duplicate publication of the same or very similar research work violates the policies of this journal. | |
| SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT: Authors are kindly advised to read Journal of Scientific Conference Proceedings policy and also the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to the journal. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality original research work that has not been published or nor under consideration by other journals or conference proceedings elsewhere. Authors should submit manuscript electronically either as a PDF or Microsoft Word files to the Guest Editors of proceedings per their instructions. Organizing Committee interested in publishing conference proceedings in JCP is advised to contact the Editor-in-Chief. | |
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| To speed up the reviewing process, editors will communicate with authors and the referees via email. ASP or Editors will not return manuscripts to authors and keep any records whatsoever after a formal decision has been made about the manuscript. Editors have the right to reject the manuscript. | |
| COVER ART FROM CONFRENCE: JCP features new cover for each scientific conference proceedings Guest Editors are encouraged to submit high quality color figure/illustration to have their conference featured. | |
| COMMUNICATIONS: Highest priority will be given to the communications reporting important new scientific and technological findings. Rapid publication is provided for concise and up-to-date reports. These articles should not exceed three-four published pages. No section headings should be used for these short communications. | |
| RESEARCH ARTICLES: Full length papers that report original research work on new ideas in the field of scanning probe microscopy. | |
| TYPING: All manuscripts must be in English, typed double-spaced on one side of the page throughout (including footnotes, references, tables, legends) on 8.5" x 11" or A4 white paper leaving at least 1 inch left hand margin. | |
| INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL: The first page of the manuscript should have a concise title limited to about 15 words and the names of all authors, complete mailing address for correspondence, telephone, fax numbers and email address. Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the author to whom correspondence regarding the manuscript should be directed. | |
| ABSTRACT: All manuscripts must contain an informative 150 to 300 words abstract explaining the essential contents of the work, key ideas and results. | |
| FIGURES: It is very important to supply high quality figures in a form suitable for reproduction. All figures, tables, illustrations, photographs should be prepared in such a way that they could be printed in a single column size with a width of 3 1/4 inches or 8.25 cm. Use 14 ARIAL BOLD font for legends and 12 ARIAL font for numbering/wordings in figures, use the same font for all figures. Only if absolutely necessary should figures/tables/photos occupy double columns. Each figure must be referred to in the text and will be printed in black and white unless otherwise instructed by the authors. Each Figure should be submitted on a separate sheet and marked with the name of the author, title of manuscript and figure number. All formulae and figures should be carefully drafted and never drawn freehand. High quality original figures and glossy prints of all photographs are required. Photocopies of the figures and photographs are not acceptable. | |
| FREE COLOR PRINTING: Color illustrations are most welcome by the journal as they are effective in conveying complex graphs and photographs. Free color printing at the Editor-in-Chief's discretion, will provide an opportunity to publish color figures/illustrations in print at NO COST to the authors. | |
| PHOTOGRAPHS: Half-tone illustrations should be supplied as clear, glossy, unmounted prints. The author's name, title of manuscript and figure number should be written on the back. | |
| TABLES: Each table must be referred to in the text. Each table should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet and identified sequentially by Arabic numerals corresponding to the order in which they appear in the text. Each table should have a brief explanatory title, which should be labeled unambiguously. The position of each table should be clearly marked in the text. | |
| UNITS: Internationally accepted units of measurement must be used. The units of measurement are used in conjunction with their numerical values; the units should be abbreviated as suggested below. If more commonly used units are adopted, conversion factors should be given at their first occurrence. Greek symbols may be used. | |
| %, ºC, nm, µm (not m), mm, cm, cm3, m, h (or hr), min, s (or sec), µg, mg, g (or gm), kg, cal, kcal, in. (or write out inch), ml [write out liter(s)]. | |
| The American Physical Society style guide can be used as a general reference on matter of units, grammar and formatting. | |
| ABBREVIATIONS: No abbreviations are allowed in the title and abstract and should be defined the first time they are used within the text. The "Journal of Scientific Conference Proceedings" should be abbreviated as J. Sci. Conf. Proc. for the citation purpose. | |
| REFERENCES: References should be in the proper format on a separate page, numbered in the sequence in which they occur in the text. Cite references numerically as superscripts in the text and list at the end of the manuscript. Do not use abstracts and websites as references. References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as "in press". Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations" with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a "personal communication" unless it provides essential information not available from a public source. For scientific articles, authors should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication. References should be listed in the following style. The references must be verified by the authors against the original documents. | |
| 1. Journal article Koziara JM, Lockman PR, Allen DD, and Mumper R J, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6, 2712 (2006) 2. Book Nalwa HS, Editor, Handbook of Nanostructured Biomaterials and Their Applications in Nanobiotechnology, Vol. 1-2, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2005) 3. Chapter in a Book Schalkhammer T, in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Edited by Nalwa HS, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2004), Vol. 1, pp.329-360. 4. Conference Proceedings Kimura J and Shibasaki H, Editors. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology, (1995) October 15-19; Kyoto, Japan 5. Conference Paper Bengtsson S, Solheim BG, In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, Editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North-Holland; (1992) pp. 1561-1565. 6. Scientific Report Field MJ, Tranquada RE, Feasley JC, editors. Health services research: work force and educational issues. Washington: National Academy Press; (1995) Contract No.: AHCPR282942008. Sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 7. Dissertation Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly's access and utilization [dissertation]. St. Louis (MO): Washington University (1995). 8. Patent Larsen CE, Trip R, Johnson CR, Inventors; Novoste Corporation, assignee. Methods for procedures related to the electrophysiology of the heart. US Patent 5,529,067. June 25 (1995). |
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| Do not use the phrases "et al." and "ibid." in the references. in the reference section. Instead, the names of all authors in a reference must be listed. | |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: These should be brief and placed at the end of the text before the references. | |
| PROOFS: Page proofs for the correction of printer's errors only will be dispatched to the corresponding author denoted with an asterik (*) unless otherwise requested. Alterations at this stage are not allowed as they are expensive and may have to be charged to the authors. The proofread copy and reprint order form must be returned within 72 hours. | |
| OFFPRINTS: Authors may order offprints of articles with a minimum of 100 from American Scientific Publishers (ASP) prior to publication. An order form accompanying the page proofs will be sent directly to the corresponding author (*). Please return your offprint order form with the page proofs. | |
| ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Upon acceptance of the manuscripts for publication, Guest Editors should submit to the publisher all manuscripts together as a single package; a CD containing the final version of all manuscripts accompanied by a hard copy printout of each manuscript to improve the accuracy and speed up the typesetting process. The CD should be clearly labeled with the conference' title and the hardware and software package used in preparation. The preferred medium is a CD in Windows/MS-DOS or Macintosh having TeX. We are also able to accept line artwork/graphics on CD if you supply us the source files to enables us to modify the artwork as required for the journal format. | |
| COPYRIGHT: All authors are responsible for the complete contents of their manuscript. The author(s) warrant that the work contains no unlawful or libelous statements and opinions and liable materials of any kind whatsoever, do not infringe on any copyrights, intellectual property rights, personal rights or rights of any kind of others, and contain any materials, instructions, procedures, information or ideas that might cause any harm, damage, injury, losses or costs of any kind to person or property. It is authors' responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions from other sources for reproduction of any figures, tables, photos, illustrations, text or other copyright materials from previously published work. It is the policy of American Scientific Publishers to own the copyright of all contributions it publishes. To comply with the U.S. Copyright Law, a Copyright Transfer Form that transfer copyright of the article to the publisher must be completed by the authors prior to publication of an accepted article in this journal. Authors must submit a signed copy of this form with their manuscript. | |
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