Format Conventions for Tire Society Papers
U. R. D. Author*
ABC Department
XYZ Tire & Rubber Company
Street Address
City, State, Zip Code
Country
E. S. Onetoo
ABC Department
University of PQR
Street Address
City, State, Zip Code
Country
Presented at the thirtieth annual meeting
of The Tire Society, Akron, Ohio,
September 13–14, 2011.
*Presenter/Corresponding author.
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U. R. D. Author and E. S. Onetoo
Format Conventions for Tire Society Papers
REFERENCE: Author,U. R. D. and Onetoo, E. S., “Format Conventions for Tire Society Papers,” submitted for presentation at the 2011 Tire Society meeting, and for consideration for publication in the journal Tire Science and Technology.
ABSTRACT: This document provides an example of the formatting conventions which should be applied when preparing papers for submission to The Tire Society. The abstract length should not exceed 300 words.
KEY WORDS: Give several key words here that best classify the content of your paper
Generally, manuscripts should follow the format and style conventions of the Society's journal, Tire Science and Technology, as described at the following internet link: These conventions are embodied in the present document, which is intended to exemplify the desired format.
The body of the manuscript follows the abstract and keywords; use of an introductory head is optional. Paragraphs in the body of the text should be indented; manuscripts should be double spaced 12-point Times New Roman with one-inch margins. All figures and tables must be called out in order in the manuscript. In-text footnotes are not allowed.
This Is a First Level Head
This Is a Second Level Head
This is a third level head. The text is run into this head only.
Units
SI units should be used throughout the text and on the figures. Authors may include other units in parentheses.
Equations
Display equations are best entered using MathType. Number equations using Arabic numerals in parentheses.
(1)
(2)
Equations in the run of text should be keyed in regular Word text.
Copyright Issues
Only papers not previously published will be accepted; authors must agree not to publish elsewhere a paper submitted to and accepted by the Journal.
A Transfer of Copyrights form must accompany manuscripts submitted to The Tire Society. The form is available in The Tire Society’s manuscript tracking site.
Conclusion
Manuscripts should be submitted by the corresponding author in MS Word format (not .PDF) directly via the website
In order to be considered for the Superior Paper Award, manuscripts must be submitted by the due date posted on The Tire Society’s main website: tiresociety.org.
Acknowledgments
This section is given a second level head and should be one paragraph, placed directly after the body of the manuscript and immediately before the references.
References
[1]Cando, A. B. and Dillard, E. F., “Title of Paper,”Journal of Interesting Results, Vol. 21, 1982, pp. 100–150.
[2]Author, U. R. D., This is a Book Title, Publisher, Location,1982.
[3]Onetoo, E.S., Author, U. R. D., and Dillard, E. F., “Wrote a Chapter,” in Editor, I. M. (ed.), Book Title Here, 2nd ed., Publisher, Location, 2010.
[4]Dillard, E. F., “Proceedings, Meetings, and Conferences,” Name of Event, Proceedings of These People, Location, 2011, pp. 223–227.
[5]Smart, I. S., “Title of Dissertation,” Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Akron, OH, 2009.
[6] “Website Title, Might Be Preceded by Author.” Available at: Accessed January 5, 2012.
List of Figure Captions
FIG. 1 — A list of all figure captions should be included in the manuscript following the references.
FIG. 2 — The actual figures should be uploaded as separate files; if there are three figures, there should be three figure files.
FIG. 3 — Low res figures are fine for the review process, high res figures are required for print.
List of Tables
TABLE 1 —A list of all table captions should be included in the manuscript following the figure captions (or references if there are no figures).
TABLE 2 —The actual tables should be included on separate pages at the end of the manuscript file. An example follows.
TABLE 1 —Note that the table caption is placed above the table.
Rows / Column 1 / Column 2 / Column 31a / x / a
2b / 2.35 / b
3 / x / 5.24 / c
4 / d
5 / x / 6.00 / e
6 / f
7 / g
8 / h
aThis is a footnote.
bFootnote designators are lower case superscript italic letters.
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