CCAAS Paper Preparation Guide_Science

All manuscripts should be prepared in MS-Word or LaTeX formats.It should be carefully proofread by the author.You may submit a PDF format manuscript for review process but the final manuscript must be prepared in MS-Word or LaTeX formats.

General

Language

The manuscript must be in good scientific American English. This is the author's responsibility. You can contact us ( ) for language editing at a reasonable rate. You are also free to use other vendors for such a service.

Length of paper

3000-8000 words are preferred. Manuscripts that are too long will not be published, but will be returned to the authors at galley proof stage for shortening.

Format

The manuscript should be set up for a paper size of Letter (8.5" widthx 11" Height) with the following margins: Top — 1", Bottom — 0.9", Left — 1" and Right — 1". Number all pages in single sequence.

Please use the following format rules for whole text in the finalized version, including abstract, keywords, heading and references. You may use different font sizes before the paper is finalized.

  • Font: Times New Roman; Size: 10
  • Line Spacing: fixed – 12 pt.
  • Paragraph Spacing: Before paragraph – 0 pt; After paragraph – 4 pt
  • Heading: Times New Roman; Size 10; Bold.

Example1: 1. Introduction;

Example2: 2.1 Material Preparations.

Structure Flow

Please prepare your manuscripts in the following orders: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements,and References.You may organize the manuscripts in different orders such as separating Results and Discussion into different sections, but basically a manuscript should include contexts of all these sections. Figure Captions, Tables and Figures should incorporate in the text at suitable position. Inserting graphics and tables close to the point at which they are discussed in the text of the manuscript can also be a benefit for the reviewer. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk. All footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be avoided.

  1. Title

The Title should be concise but informative enough to facilitate information retrieval.Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

  1. Author’s names

Author’s names should preferably be written in a standard form for all publications to facilitate indexing and avoid ambiguities. Please indicate the given name and family name clearly.

  1. Affiliations

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.

  1. Corresponding author

Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including post-publication.The editorial office communicates only with the corresponding author. The corresponding author should ensure that telephone (with country and area code) is provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.

  1. Abstract

Each paper should be provided with an Abstract of about 150-350 words, reporting concisely on theproblem or purpose of the research, the experimental plans used, and the major results. Many people read the abstract rather than the full paper, thus it is important to write a well-presented abstract.

  1. Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of sevenkeywords. Only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible for use. Please separate keywords by semicolon (;).

  1. Introduction

State clearly and concisely the purpose or reason for the research being reported, and its significance, originality,or contribution to new knowledge in the field. It should contain sufficient citations (but not too much) to the key literature to support the rationale of the whole statement. The object of the research work should be clearly presented at the end of the introduction part.

  1. Materials and Methods

This section should specify exactly what was done experimentally only, with sufficient detail for the reader to be able to reproduce the results. Please note that all information obtained during the conduct of the research belongs to the Results section. You can refer to other publications if the methods have been used elsewhere, but please provide references and brief descriptions for the published methods that are not well known.

Describe materials used in the work in appropriate detail, including sources of commercial supply or synthetic routes. Provide manufacturers name, reference number and location for the major equipments. If there are any animal experiments included, please describethe experiments in good detail but with sensitivity, and quote the related institutional or regulatory rules if applicable.

  1. Results

Present your results in a logical sequence in the format of text, tables, and/or illustrations. The results should not be presented in multiple formats, i.e. the same data should not appear in both figures and tables; do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations. Usually you should give the main or most important findings first and emphasize or summarize only important observations.

  1. Discussion

Include summary of key findings, and focus concisely on the interpretation of the results rather than a repetition of the "Results" section.

  1. Conclusions

This should not be too long (maximum 120 words). It is based on the facts in evidence and the inference drawn from the results. The significance of the work should be addressed in appropriate. It should not be the repetition of the discussion.

  1. Acknowledgement

Author(s) can acknowledge to contributors such as people, organizations and financing (includes grant numbers and sponsors).

  1. References:

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.Citations should be made numerically. Groups of references should be listed numerically and chronologically, for example [1], [2-6], [2, 27]. List references in a numerical arrangement as they appeared in manuscript chronologically.

Example1:Reference to a journal publication:

[1] Sigal, G. B.; Mrksich, M.; Whitesides, G. M.J. Am. Chem. Soc.1998, 120, 3464-3473.

(It is optional to include the title of article.)

Example2:Reference to a book:

[2] Jens Als-Nielsen and Des McMorrow, Elements of Modern X-ray Physics,John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

  1. Tables

Tables should be numbered consecutively and given suitable captions. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in graphs). Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters.

  1. Figures

Please make sure that figure files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, JPG or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution.

  1. Units

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions and use either the international system of units (SI)or CGS as primary units. Do not combine SI and CGS units.

  1. Equations

If a manuscript is prepared in MS-Word format, please use the Microsoft Equation Editor to input equations for your manuscripts. Equations should be aligned to left with numbering on the right.

  1. Color

Additional charges to color figures are applied. A $60 USD is charged for one color page and a flat rate of $150 USD is charged for other cases that there is more than one color page.

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