FCE JOURNAL GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

 

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Authors are requested to submit their original manuscript using the electronic submission system to

fce@sakarya.edu.tr

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Submission declaration and verification

Submission  of  an  article  implies  that  the  work  described  has  not  been  published  previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis or as an electronic preprint), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Submission Language

Please write your text in good English and Turkish (with an extended abstract in English).

Notification:

Detailed instructions on manuscript preparation and artwork instructions can be found below. The editor reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not conform to the instructions for manuscript preparation and artwork instruction, as well as papers that do not fit the scope of the journal, prior to refereeing.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Use of word processing software

It is important that the file is saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. can be used. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts. Note that source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text.

Please use the ‘spell-check’ and ‘grammar-check’ functions of your word processor.

Article structure

Subdivision – numbered sections

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to ‘the text’. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Essential title page information

• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower- case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name.

• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a ‘Present address’ (or ‘Permanent address’) may be indicated as a footnote to that author’s name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

Indicate the type of article (full-length, Brief Communication, etc.). If the title is long, a shortened running title having no more than 45 characters and spaces should be provided.

Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required with full-length articles. It should consist of one paragraph of 150-400 words. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, ‘and’, ‘of’). No abbreviations in keywords.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations of chemical compounds or all acronyms should be written in full at their first mention with the abbreviation in parentheses. References that correspond to “for example” should include a comma after e.g.: (e.g., [25-28])

Acknowledgements

Prepare acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.

Nomenclature and units

Prepare a nomenclature list arranged alphabetically, with subscript and superscript symbols listed separately, should be provided. Authors are expected to use the SI system of units.

Math formulae

Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Use fraction exponents instead of root signs. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).): Numbers identifying such equations should be enclosed in parentheses and should be numbered consecutively beginning with “1″ in the text. Refer to equations in the text as “Eq. (1),” etc., or “Equation (1),” etc., at the beginning of a sentence.

Footnotes

Footnotes should be used only when absolutely essential.

Line Numbers

Authors are requested to add line numbering to their article.

Artwork

Electronic artwork

General points

• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.

• Aim to use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.

• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.

• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.

• Provide captions to illustrations separately.

Refer to figures in the text as “Fig. 1,” etc., or “Figure 1,” etc., at the beginning of a sentence. The preferred formats for figures are TIFF or EPS files.

Figure captions

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.

References

Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either ‘Unpublished results’ or

‘Personal communication’. Citation of a reference as ‘in press’ implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

If no template is yet available for this journal, please follow the format of the sample references and citations as shown in this Guide.

Reference style

References should be indicated in the text by full-size numbers in brackets, e.g., [1], and should be numbered in the order cited. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. The numbered reference list at the end of the article should conform to the following style:

Journal article:

[1] A.L. Sánchez, E. Fernárdez-Tarrazo, F.A. Williams, The chemistry involved in the third explosion limit of H H2O2 mixtures, Journal of FCE 161 (2014) 111-117.

Journal article in press:

[2] H. Terashima, M. Koshi, Mechanisms of strong wave generation in end-gas autoignition during knocking combustion, Journal of FCE (2014), doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.12.013.

Book:

[3] P. Prasad, Propagation of a curved shock, Longman Scientific & Technical, Harlow, U.K., 1993. You may also include the page or page range (optional).

Reference to a chapter in an Edited Book:

[4] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281-304.

Symposium Proceedings:

[5] Y. Ju, P. Ronney, Effects of radiative emission and absorption, Sym. Combust. 27 (1998) 2619-2626.

All symposium papers associated with the International Symposium on Combustion published in 2000 or later should be cited in the following way:

[6] A. Attili, F. Bisetti, M.E. Mueller, H. Pitsch, Damköhler number effects on soot formation and growth in turbulent premixed flames, Proc. Combust. Inst. 35 (2015) 1215-1223.

Conference Proceedings:

A conference proceedings should be styled as a book, with publisher or institution sponsoring publication and the year published as well as the year the conference was held. Authors must ensure that these references are publicly available. Example:

[7] R. Tangko, D. Sheen, Kinetic modeling, 1st National Combustion Meeting (2011), paper 2A18.

Internal Reports:

[8] Y. Johnson, X. Adams, Laser diagnostics, Report No. SAND87-8003, Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA, USA, 1987. Authors must ensure that these references are publicly available.

Notification:
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the editor.

Copyright: 
All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published.