Submission of Papers

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Conditions of publication

It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to IJAC have not been published and will not be submitted or published elsewhere in English or any other language, without the written consent of the publisher. Responsibility for the contents of the paper rests upon the authors and not upon IJAC, the Editors, or the Publisher.

Types of contribution

Submitted articles may be of three basic types:

Regular papers:

Detailed discussion involving new research, applications or developments (12 printed pages, i.e. 12 000 words.)

Brief papers:

Brief presentations of new technical concepts and developments (6 printed pages, i.e. 6000 words.)

Correspondence:

Letters to the Editor about the journal or to authors commenting on previously published papers. In the latter case, the Editor will give the authors an opportunity to respond (3 printed pages, i.e. 3000 words.)

Manuscript preparation

General:

Manuscripts must be typed in double-column single-spaced format with wide margins on one side of A4(297×210mm) paper. A font size of 12pt or 10pt is required. The fax number, e-mail address and postal address of the corresponding author, who should easily be identified with an asterisk and footnote, should be given. Full postal addresses of all co-authors must be included.

Text:

Manuscripts should include the following parts (in order): Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgement if applicable, Appendices, References and Biographies.

References:

All publications cited in the text should be presented in the reference list at the end of the manuscript. References must be listed in the order they were cited (numerical order). It is not necessary to mention the author(s) of the reference unless it is relevant to your text. The names of all authors should be given in the references unless the number of authors is greater than six. If there are more than six authors, you may use et al. after the name of the first author. An example of references is given below:

[1] A. Isidori, A remark on the problem of semiglobal nonlinear output regulation, IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 1734-1738, 1997.

Illustrations:

All illustrations must be provided in a camera-ready form, which are suitable for reproduction. Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)" and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They should be included within the text. Every figure must have a caption.

Tables:

Tables should be numbered consecutively with suitable captions.

Biographies:

A short biography of every author should be provided for regular papers and brief papers.

Electronic preparation of manuscripts

Authors should prepare their manuscripts as pdf, postscript or doc files.

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Proofs

Proofs will be sent to the author (first named author of multi-authored papers if no corresponding author is identified) and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any others may be charged to the author. Any queries should be answered in full.

Copyright

All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright Agreement before the paper can be published. This agreement enables the publisher to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, without affecting the authors' proprietary rights. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any figures or other material included in the paper for which copyright already exists.