Writing Rules
Title page
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
Manuscript Title
Title should be concise and informative reflecting the work
Author information
- The name(s) of the author(s).
- The affiliation(s) of the author(s): (department), institution, city, (state), zip code, country. Footnotes to the list of authors should be indicated by superscript numbers.
- A clear indication and an active e-mail address of all authors.
- If available, 16-digit ORCID number of the author(s); use the following format: Shuaiqi Li(https://orcid.org/0000-0006-3034-6315) and Xiaoxu Han (https://orcid.org/0000-0004-3016-6317 ).
Please do not include address information.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Main Text
Text Formatting
- When preparing manuscripts, we suggest that you use manuscript samples as guide
- Use only standard fonts: 12-point Times New Roman for text, Symbol for Greek symbols.
- Use tab for indents, not the space bar.
- Do not end a line by pressing Enter unless this is the end of a paragraph.
- Make full use of your text editor functions: creation of footnotes, enabling and disabling automatic hyphenation, list formatting, indents, etc. Do not use field functions.
- Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Avoid creating tables by using multiple spaces or tabs.
- Use the International System of Units (SI) for physical quantities and units of measure, and IUPAC nomenclature for chemical compounds.
- Use periods rather than commas in decimals (correct: 0.38, incorrect: 0,38).
- There should not be periods after manuscript title, list of authors, affiliations, keywords, section headings and subheadings, table titles and most of the units of measure.
- Italicize variables and physical quantities, but not abbreviations of words in superscripts and subscripts.
- Save your file in Microsoft Word (docx), format (MS Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older MS Word versions).