Checklist camera-ready general - IAENG

1 Page 1 of 14 Checklist of a camera - ready paper If the PDF file is generated from the MS word template, please submit both the MS word and the PDF. If the PDF file is generated from the LaTeX template, please submit the PDF file. Do not simply copy and paste the prepared content to the template. This method overrides the format of the given template and should not be used. Only papers satisfying the required format will be processed. Please check the paper against the following list before submitting the paper . For the reference format of our publications, please refer to [30] to [35] of the reference section of the MS word template. The submitted works must represent the authors contributions and must not be copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has to be appropriately cited or quoted. The authors must disclose all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

2 Copyright issue: For a paper that contains any materials under copyright, the author himself/herself is responsible for obtaining permissions to any such materials under copyright. paper Setting [1010] The paper size is A4 and all pages are portrait. [1013] The paper is printed in BLACK AND WHITE only. Do not use colours to differentiate/highlight anything. [1015] No cover page/ blank page [1016] No unnecessary blank area. Please fill in the blank area with the paper content. [1020] The margin area should be blank. Anything in the margin cannot be printed properly. Don t put anything such as paper title, page numbers, headers, footers, texts, figures, tables, etc. Remove any header/footer. Even it seems to be blank, its space and etc will make the margin wider. [1021] No page number. Page 2 of 14 [1030] See the following figure for the page setup of the WHOLE paper ( Apply to should be set to Whole document).

3 The dimensions are in inches. [1040] The paper is in two-column style, except the paper title and the author name(s). [1045] The spacing between the two columns is inch and the two columns should be equal in width. [1050] Use Times New Roman as the font type for the whole paper . Page 3 of 14 [1060] The first page is like the below figure: * There is no frame for paper Info & Author Info. The frame above is used to show the correct position only. * [1065] Alignment Centre : paper Title, Author Names, Section Headings Justified : paper Content, Reference [1070] One file only. Do not separate the paper into several files. [1080] Do not use any page/section break unless it is necessary. If you use it, you must check [1016], [6015], [6050] as well. [1090] Suppose something ( table/figure/equation) is too large, you can use the 1-column style for it instead. It should not be put in the middle of the page.

4 Please put it either on the top or bottom. See [1080] as well. If there are many such large items, you are advised to group them together and please them at the end of the paper to avoid distorting the flow of the paper . paper Title [2010] Use font 24, not bold, not italic, centre, single line spacing. No sub-title. No full stop at the end. [2020] Use both capital letters and small letters, with Each Initial Letter Capitalized (Note: prepositions and articles should be lowercase, except the first word) For example paper Title Correct Format Preparation of Papers in camera - ready Format Yes PREPARATION OF PAPERS IN camera - ready FORMAT No Preparation Of Papers In camera - ready Format No Preparation of papers in camera - ready format No Preparation of papers in camera - ready format No Page 4 of 14 [2030] The paper title should be in simple characters only which can be input directly from an English language computer keyboard. Do not use characters such as Subscript / Superscript, n2, CO2, H , etc.

5 European letters, , Greek letters, , , , etc Mathematical symbols, , , etc Other symbols, , , , , etc Double Quotation Mark, [2040] Do not use any paper sub-title. Please integrate it to the paper title. [2050] Is the paper title correct / complete? Author Information [3010] Place author names only under the paper title. Use font 11, not bold, not italic, centre, single line spacing. No comma at the end. Do not put other things such as Title, Prof., Dr, Mr, Ms, etc Award, PhD, Msc. Author sequence, First, Second, 1, 2, ..etc Author details. See [3030] [3015] The author names under the paper title should be separated by comma. There should be no comma within an author name. [3020] Leave one line space between the paper title and the author names. [3025] Leave some space between the author names and the paper content. [3030] The author details are compulsory and are arranged in the left-bottom of the first page (not in the margin area).

6 Please leave some space between it and the paper content. Use font 8, not bold, not italic, justified, single line spacing. Please refer to [1060] and the paper template for the proper position and format. [3032] The author details must include the current affiliation, role in the affiliation, contact email of each author. [3035] The author details show the current position and contact only. It is not for the educational background or past working history like the bibliography. If you want to add such details, you can add a section, Bibliography, after the reference section instead. [3038] Leave some space between the paper content and the author details. [3040] Use proper information. In the template, First A author, F. A. Author, etc should be replaced by the name of the author. Manuscript received XXXX; revised YYYY should be replaced with proper dates, where XXXX is the initial paper submission date while YYYY is the date for revised paper submission.

7 Remove all tips which inform you how to prepare this session such as (Write the date on which you submitted your paper for review.), etc. [3045] Only two dates are required in the format as stated in [3040]. Do not add, acceptance date, second revision date, etc. Please use the latest revised date. [3050] There is no paper content under the author details, see [1016] and [1060] as well. Page 5 of 14 [3060] Please use same date format. Abstract [4010] Use font 9, bold, not italic, justify [4020] Avoid quoting any references and URLs in the abstract. [4030] Make it concise. It should be within 350 words. [4040] The content of the abstract comes after ABSTRACT (see [1060]), ABSTRACT - This paper is .. Instead of ABSTRACT - This paper is .. Index Terms [5010] Use font 9, bold, not italic, justify [5020] Leave one line space between the abstract and the index terms. Content [6010] Use font 10, not bold, not italic, justify for general content.

8 [6012] See the below for the paragraph setting. Page 6 of 14 [6013] The indentation of all paragraphs should be consistent. [6015] The flow of the content starts from the left column, then the right column of the same page, and then the next page, and etc. [6020] Use section headings (Use font 10, not bold, not italic, centre, all capital letters and numbered in Roman, I, II, III, ..), I Introduction. No colon at the end. [6025] Check to ensure the correctness of the sequence of the section numbers and the consistence of the format. [6027] Some section headings are without section numbers. Please add them back. [6030] Avoid using blurred equations. Ask a third party to read the page in actual size (no enlargement) from the screen and/or the printed version to see whether he can read the page clearly without guessing. [6035] There are some strange symbols in the equations. Please check to see whether they are valid.

9 [6040] For any bulleted/numbered list, the format should be consistent, the style, the line spacing, etc. [6050] Check to ensure the correctness of the number sequence of all sections / figures / tables / equations / lists / references and the corresponding numbers in the paper content, especially after any changes, , inserting a section, adding a new figure, deleting a table, changing the sequence of equations, swapping items in a list, rearranging the references, making section break, etc. [6060] Usually, it is better to use a concise format to represent a number, instead of and instead of Tables and Figures general [7010] Give a label to each figure/table. See [7020], [7030] and [7040] as well. [7015] Do not use other terms such as algorithms, charts, diagrams, flowcharts, lists, graphs, pictures, etc for figures. Please check [7075] as well. [7020] Each label should be numbered and with a brief description.

10 The description should be a noun or noun phrase. Please refer to the paper template for examples. [7025] Each label should be typed on the paper , not on the image. [7070] Check to ensure the correctness of the sequence of the label numbers and the consistence of the format (see [7030] and [7040]). [7075] Check to ensure the correctness of the label numbers and the corresponding numbers in the paper content. Page 7 of 14 Position [7030] Figure labels should be under the corresponding figures and the label numbers should be in Fig 1, Fig 2, Fig 3, Fig 4, etc. [7040] Table labels should be above the corresponding table and the label numbers should be in Table I, Table II, Table III, Table IV, etc. [7060] Arrange a table/figure and its label in the same column/page if possible. See [1016] as well. [7080] Leave a line space between each figure/table and the content. [7095] Do not insert a figure/table inside a paragraph.