Guide for Authors
These instructions are written in a form that satisfies all the formatting requirements for the author's manuscript. Please use them as a template in preparing your manuscript. Authors must take special care to follow these instructions concerning margins. The basic instructions are simple:
- Manuscript shall be formatted for an A4 size page.
- The top, left and right margins shall be 20 mm.
- The bottom margin shall be 20 mm.
- The text shall have both the left and right margins justified.
STRUCTURE OF MANUSCRIPT
The manuscript should be organized in the following order: title of the paper, authors' names and affiliation, abstract, keywords, nomenclature (where applicable), introduction, body of the paper (in sequential headings), conclusion, acknowledgement, references, and appendices (where applicable).
THE TITLE
The title is aligned left on the page and is set in boldface (font size 16 pt). The first letter of each word in the title should be capitalized. It should adequately describe the content of the paper. An abbreviated title of less than 60 characters (including spaces) should also be suggested.
AUTHOR’S NAME AND AFFILIATION
The author's name(s) is also aligned left on the page (font size 10 pt). A blank line is required between the title and the author's name(s). Last names should be spelled out in full and succeeded by author's initials. The author's affiliation, complete mailing address, and e-mail address are in font size 9 pt.
ABSTRACT
A nonmathematical abstract, not exceeding 200 words, is required for all papers. It should be an abbreviated, accurate presentation of the contents of the paper. It should contain sufficient information to enable readers to decide whether they should obtain and read the entire paper. Do not cite references in the abstract.
KEYWORDS
The author should provide a list of three to six keywords that clearly describe the subject matter of the paper.
TEXT LAYOUT
The manuscript must be typed single spacing. Use extra line spacing between equations, illustrations, figures, and tables. The body of the text should be prepared using Times New Roman. The font size used for the preparation of the manuscript must be 10 points. The first paragraph following a heading should not be indented. The following paragraphs also should not be indented. Note that there is no line spacing between paragraphs unless a subheading is used. Symbols for physical quantities in the text should be written in italics.
SECTION HEADINGS
Section headings should be aligned left on the page and in small letters only. The type, fonts and style above (Arial narrow 10 point bold) are an example of a section heading. Do not underline section headings. A bold font should be used for section headings.
Subheadings
Subheadings should be positioned at the left margin, in a bold-faced font the same size as the main text (Arial narrow 10 point bold) with single line spacing above and below. The first letter of each word in the subheading should be capitalized.
Sub-subheadings
Sub-subheadings should be positioned at the left margin, in a bold-faced font the same size as the main text (Arial narrow 10 point bold). Only the first letter of the subheading should be capitalized. Note that a blank line precedes and follows the subheading.
EQUATIONS AND MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS
Equation numbers should appear in parentheses and be numbered consecutively. All equation numbers must appear on the right-hand side of the equation and should be referred to within the text. Two different types of styles can be used for equations and mathematical expressions. They are:
- In-line style
- Display style
- In-line style
- In-line equations/expressions are embedded in paragraphs of the text.
- In-line equations should not be numbered.
Display style
Equations in display format are separated from the paragraphs of text. They should be flushed to the left of the column. Fractional powers should be used instead of root signs. A slash (/) should be used instead of a horizontal line for fractions, whenever possible; for example, use 2/3 for two-thirds. Refer to equations in the text as " Eq.(1)" or, if at the beginning of a sentence, as " Equation (1)". Vectors should be typed boldface. Do not use arrows, wavy-line underscoring, etc.
FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures (diagrams and photographs) should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers. They should be placed in the text soon after the point where they are referenced. Figures should be centered in a column and should have a figure caption placed underneath. Captions should be centered in the column, in the format “Figure 1” and are in upper and lowercase letters. When referring to a figure in the body of the text, the abbreviation "Figure" is used Illustrations must be submitted in digital format, with a good resolution. Table captions appear centered above the table in upper and lowercase letters. When referring to a table in the text, "Table" with the proper number is used. Captions should be centered in the column, in the format “Table 1” and are in upper and lowercase letters. Tables are numbered consecutively and independently of any figures. All figures and tables must be incorporated into the text (in portrait orientation).
UNITS
The use of SI units is strongly recommended, and mixed units are to be avoided.
CONCLUSION
A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations and possible applications of the paper. Discuss about future work.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if desired. Individuals or units other than authors who were of direct help in the work could be acknowledged by a brief statement following the text.
REFERENCE FORMATTING
There are strict requirements on reference formatting at submission stage. Author should be preparing references according to following examples and the reference style should be consistent where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be also applied to the accepted article at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct.
REFERENCE STYLE
Citation in text
Document your study throughout the text by indicates references by number(s) in square brackets (Example; Rahman and Noor [1]; Rahman [2]; Rahman et al. [3] … ) in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Reference List
Number the references (numbers should be in square brackets) in the reference list in the order to they appeared in the text. List of references indents 10 mm from the second line of each reference. Personal communications and unpublished data are not acceptable references.
REFERENCES WRITING EXAMPLES
Reference to journal papers
[1] K. Taylor, A. Post, T. B. Hoshizaki, and M. D. Gilchrist, “Head and neck size and neck strength predict linear and rotational acceleration during purposeful soccer heading,” Sport. Biomech., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 462–476, 2018.
**Note that Journal titles should be abbreviated and italicized.
Reference to a book
[1] K. Taylor, A. Post, T. B. Hoshizaki, and M. D. Gilchrist. Fundamentals of machine component design. 5th ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 2011.
**Note that the title of the book is sentence case and italicized.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book
[1] K. Taylor, A. Post, T. B. Hoshizaki, and M. D. Fatigue spot welds. In: Lee YL, Pan J, Hathaway RB, Barkey ME, editors. Fatigue testing and analysis: Theory and practice, New York: Butterworth Heinrahmanemann, 2005, p 285-311.
**Note that the title of the book is italicized and sentence case.
Reference to proceedings papers
[1] K. Taylor, A. Post, T. B. Hoshizaki, and M. D. Gilchrist, “The effect of a novel impact management strategy on maximum principal strain for reconstructions of American football concussive events,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part P J. Sport. Eng. Technol., vol. 233, no. 4, pp. 503–513, 2019.
**Note that Proceeding titles should be abbreviated and italicized.
Reference to Web Pages
[1] Felippa CA. Advanced finite element methods. Retrieved from http://www.colorado.edu/courses.d /AFM.d/Home.html; 25 August, 2013.
PROOFS
Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted to printer’s errors: any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author’s contribution having to be held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published contents. It is the author’s responsibility to check the content at proof stage.
PLAGIARISM CHECKING
A policy of screening for plagiarism has been performed using Turnitin.com platform.
COST OF PUBLICATION
Publication in this journal is free of charge.
LENGTH OF MANUSCRIPT
No length limitations for contributions are set, but only concisely written papers are published. Brief articles are considered on the basis of technical merit. Discussions of previously published papers are welcome.
OPEN ASSESS AND LICENCE AGREEMENT
JMMST is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users. All open access papers are licensed and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits authors and readers unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction the material in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. This is enabled under the terms of Attribution and Non-Commercial usage of the material.
TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
JMMST accepts manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication by other print or electronic media. The authors agree to transfer the copyright to JMMST editorial office. Download copyright transfer form
