Author Guidelines

General

Papers submitted to Science Frontiers Publishing must contain original material. The submitted article must neither be published before nor be considered for peer-reviewed publication medium elsewhere. Any articles that contain parts of previously published materials are expected to clearly reference original citations.

All contributions must be written in a comprehensible English language and include a 3-25 words title that accurately highlights the core content of the work; 100-350 words abstract; and a list of 3-10 accurate keywords to ensure correct indexing and help visibility of your article to the interested audience.

 Types of Submissions

To start preparing your work for publication, please choose one of the following forms of contribution:

1- Books:

Book proposals have to be sent to SFP executive office. The decision of proposal will be communicated to the contributing author(s) in five business days including instructions of work preparation and submission.

2- Research Articles:

Full-length original papers include in-depth studies that bring out a novel and important message on the subject of research. The length of the original research paper is less than or equal to 15 journal pages; maximum of 6000 words – not including the abstract, tables, figure legends, and references.

Regular Articles should be organized in sections as follows:

Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion (optional),  Acknowledgements (this section may include authorship contributions and a statement disclosing any conflicts of interest), References, Tables, Legends, and Figures.

3- Review Articles:

Review article must include an abstract, an introductory section, and then moves into a careful and critical presentation of the relevant aspects of the topic approached.  A clear emphasis has to be given to the aspects that are inadequately known and require further study to advance our understanding of a certain scientific phenomenon or an application. Review Articles may include Conclusion, Acknowledgments (may add a statement that discloses any conflict of interests), References.

Mini-review / review articles occupy less than or equal to 15 journal pages; maximum of 6000 words plus figures and tables).

4- Rapid Communications:

Rapid communication is a shorter version of the original article which should bring out a focused but novel and important message on basic or applied aspects in topics of immediate importance to the interested audience. Rapid Communication is used to quickly publish significant improvements to existing methods and applications.

Rapid Communication follows the same original article style but in a shorter length of less than or equal to 5 journal pages; 2000 words – not including the abstract, tables, figure legends, and references.

 Manuscript Preparation

  1. Prepare your manuscript as a single PDF or MS Word document. The uploaded file should include the complete text, references, tables, and figures. Page 1, is the cover page that includes the article’s Title, list of the authors (addresses), and corresponding author (name, address, and e-mail contact). Page 2, includes an Abstract and a list of keywords. The revised version of manuscripts prepared for publication should be returned as a single editable Word document.
  1. Make sure all the characters in the text, tables, figure legends, footnotes, and references are in a standard Times New Roman 12pt font single-spaced.
  2. Include all figures or images in full color when possible as JPG or TIF file at resolution ≥500 dpi. Tables and equations should be in an editable rather than image version. Tables must be edited with Word. Equations must be created using MS Equation Editor.
  3. All references should be numbered in round brackets in the text and listed in the References section in the order they appear in the text. When Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is available, please add it to the reference. All journal abbreviations follow the Bioscience Journal Abbreviations (http://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/bioscience-journal-abbreviations)

Below are some examples of acceptable reference format:

Journal article with one author:

  1. Aspray TJ. Clinical guidelines for older adults with diabetes mellitus. JAMA. 2006; 296(15): 1839-40

Journal article with two authors:

  1. Aspray TJ, Unwin N. Clinical guidelines for older adults with diabetes mellitus. JAMA. 2006; 296(15): 1839-40

Journal Article with three to six authors:

  1. Weichenthal S, Moase C, Chan PA. Review of Pesticide Exposure and Cancer Incidence in the agricultural health study cohort. Environ. Health Perspect. 2010; 118(6):1117-25. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901731

Journal Article with more than 6 authors:

  1. Kovvuru P, Mancilla PE, Shirode AB, et al. Oral ingestion of silver nanoparticles induces genomic instability and DNA damage in multiple tissues. Nanotoxicology 2015; 9(3):162-71. doi: 10.3109/17435390.2014.902520

Journal article by DOI (before issue publication or with no page numbers):

Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig J Mol Med. 2000; doi:10.1007/s801090000086

Book chapter:

  1. Guyton JL, Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed. Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, Inc; 2003; 39-84.

Websites:

  1. Asthma’s impact on children and adolescents. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/children.htm. Accessed June 25, 2017.
  2. Honeycutt, L (1998) Communication and Design Course. http://dcr.rpi.edu/commdesign/class1.html. Accessed August 27, 2017.

Submission Method

For initial review and peer-review, the entire manuscript (with figures/ tables) should be submitted as one complete file with all images included as one PDF file or one Word document through the online SFP submission system. If file size so big, reduce both size and resolution of the images of the manuscript file and upload the high-resolution version of the images under “Graphic Files” as separate files. Authors are encouraged to provide a list of qualified external reviewers including current e-mail addresses through the Cover Letter addressed to the journal’s editor. Also, authors have the right to request exclusion of certain reviewers from peer review considerations due to a possible conflict of interests.

  1. a) Under “Cover Letter” the author can upload a cover letter describing the type of manuscripts under consideration, the field of study, the importance of study, reviewer list, etc. (no more than 350 words).
  2. b) Under “Text File” the author can upload the manuscript in form of a PDF file or Word document. Note: upload the entire manuscript in one file at initial submission for the revision process. If author revision is requested, revised text may be uploaded here at a future stage.
  3. c) Under “Graphics Files” you can upload the graphics (figures and tables) here once accepted paper has completed its final revision. All figures or images (JPG or TIF file) embedded into the text should have a resolution ≥500 dpi. Tables and equations preferred to be in an editable version (Excel/word) rather than image version. Figures and tables should be numbered and cited in a sequence in the text (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc; Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc).

If the online SFP submission was not successful, the author can complete submission via SFP email address, please attach your files as described above with a cover letter to  Science frontiers Publishing (sciencefrontierspublishing@gmail.com). Also, a cover letter and a manuscript can be submitted to particular SFP Journal email address or directly to editor-in-chief mail address listed on the Journal website page.

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