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Science and Technology of Welding and
Joining
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Instructions for authors
A more detailed version of the instructions is available in the full author guide.
Science and Technology of Welding and Joining is an international peer reviewed journal covering both
the basic science and applied technology of welding and joining. Its comprehensive scope
encompasses all welding and joining techniques (brazing, soldering, mechanical joining, etc.) and
aspects such as characterization of heat sources, mathematical modelling of transport phenomena,
weld pool solidification, phase transformations in weldments, microstructure-property relationships,
welding processes, weld sensing, control and automation, neural network applications, and joining of
advanced materials, including plastics and composites.
Types of contribution include:
Research papers reporting research and practice. Such articles must not exceed 5000 words,
including text, title, abstract, figure captions, references, tables, figures and equations. Figures and
tables count as 20 words per cm height (final size) if reproduced in one column of text; 40 words per
cm height if reproduced in two columns. Equations count as 20 words each. For example, the total
number of text words available for a manuscript with one single-column figure 10 cm in height, one
single-column table 20 cm in height and one equation would be as follows: 5000-200-400-20=4380.
Short communications for preliminary announcements of the results of current work, or short
accounts of new techniques: typically 10001500 words in length with, at most, four figures and/or
tables (on the same basis as research papers)
Reviews / critical assessments, should deal with their subject in a broad perspective, examining the
current position critically and comprehensively; authors must contact the Editors before submission to
agree the scope and length.
Letters to the Editor providing brief technical commentary or discussion on published papers
Exceptions to the recommended word limit will generally not be given. Please contact the journal office
for further information.
The journal publishes special issues focusing on topics of current interest. Proposals for special
issues are welcome and should be addressed to the editor.
Submission
Please submit your article online at www.edmgr.com/stw.
You will need to register if you have not submitted an article before. Instructions for the Editorial
Manager online submission system are available to download here (available in English, German,
Chinese and Japanese).
Articles may be returned or rejected at the point of submission if the quality of presentation or the
written quality of the English does not meet the required standard.
Invited contributions for special issues
Authors who have been invited to contribute to a special issue should follow the specific instructions in
the invitation email when submitting their paper. You will be asked during the submission process to
indicate whether your paper is for a special issue. Please answer in the affirmative only if you have
been invited to contribute to the special issue; the journal does not publish open calls for papers.
Policy
Supporting resources
EndNote style file - outlined numbered
.bst style file (LaTeX) - outlined numbered
Assignment of copyright form
Crown copyright licence agreement (for UK
Government employees unable to transfer
copyright)
US Government licence agreement (for
works written as part of the official duties of
the author as an employee of the US
Government)
Canadian Crown licence agreement (for
Canadian government employees)
Permission request form
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All authors must be aware of, and have consented to, the submission. Due regard must be paid to
ethical considerations and the submission must conform to the journal's policy on plagiarism and
publication ethics.
Authors are required to warrant on submission that these requirements have been fulfilled and that the
article contains no libellous or unlawful statements.
Publication ethics
Plagiarism is the copying or use of other authors' work without proper acknowledgement or attribution.
It is unethical and unacceptable in the context of scientific publication, infringes authors' moral rights
and may also be illegal where copyright is infringed.
Authors must ensure that all prior work on which they draw is explicitly acknowledged and that the
sources are included in the list of references. This requirement relates to the methods, results and
conclusions on which the present work is built, and to the text of the articles in which it has been
presented. If passages of text are copied word for word, the source must be given and the text must be
placed within quotation marks. If the original text is paraphrased or reproduced with minor alterations,
this must be made clear and the source given. It is unacceptable to reproduce extensive passages of
text without permission from the author(s) and the copyright holder.
A related unacceptable practice is redundant publication, the multiple publication or submission by an
author of the same research or the reuse of substantial portions of articles without acknowledgement of
prior publication. This includes publication of an article in different languages.
Redundant publication of the same material and plagiarism of others work without acknowledgement
are serious ethical offences that may leave the author open to sanction.
It is the responsibility of senior authors and the institutions in which they work to ensure that articles
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that all authors of any article found, following due process, to breach good practice accept
responsibility for this breach, which will be subject to sanction at the publisher's and editors' absolute
discretion. These sanctions may include, inter alia, the retraction of a published article; publication of a
note of correction or apology; banning of future submissions by any author for a specified period;
and/or notification of the Head of the authors' department or organisation.
Maney is a member of CrossCheck, the multi-publisher initiative to combat
plagiarism and redundant publication. Submissions are checked for similarity
against the CrossCheck database, which consists of published material from all
participating publishers, using iThenticate software, and may be subject to other
automated checks.
Maney supports the ethical principles set out by the Committee on
Publication Ethics (COPE) available on its website at
www.publicationethics.org.
For more information on publication ethics, see the author resources area.
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It is a condition of publication that, on acceptance of the article by the journal editor, copyright must be
assigned to the society or professional organisation for which Maney publishes the journal.
If the author is not able to make the assignment, the authors employer may sign the copyright
agreement or grant a non-exclusive licence to publish the article in the journal. If you are not able to
assign copyright by either of the above methods, please contact the journal office.
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or subject repositories, see the author resources area.
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article.
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Funding body requirements
As research councils and other research grant awarding bodies continue to set and refine their open
access mandates, Maney Publishings licensing and archiving policies have evolved to conform to the
requirements of most of the stakeholders. We will continue to monitor and review requirements and will
be responsive to changes and requests. It is our intention to be in a position to publish accepted
papers from all sources, from all parts of the world. Therefore if our open access policies are in conflict
with an authors ability to publish, we urge you to contact and discuss your situation with the journals
managing editor: moreopenchoice@maneypublishing.com.
Further information on open access mandates of some of the key funding bodies can be found on our
open access information page.
Open access
Maney offers authors a choice in publishing their research. Authors who require their article to be
available immediately in the public domain online (open access) may pay the Article Publication
Charge (APC) associated with the journal via ManeyTrack once they receive email notification that their
article has gone into production. Information about MORE OpenChoice Maneys immediate (Gold)
open access policy is available on our open access information page.
The Article Publication Charge (APC) associated with this journal is 1,250 or US$2000 per article.
Authors may alternatively choose a delayed open access (Green) option by self-archiving the post-print
version (the accepted, peer-reviewed manuscript) in the institutional repository of their higher education
employer and/or in subject-based repositories (but not posted to personal, institutional nor social
networking sites), subject to a 12 month embargo period. More information about our archiving policy
can be found via our open access information page.
Permissions
Authors who wish to reproduce sections of text, data or figures from previously published sources or
where copyright is owned by a third party must obtain written permission from the copyright holder and
any other interested party and credit the source(s) in the article.
Maney has a permission request form for use by authors in these cases. Note that many publishers
now deal with copyright permissions requests online via Rightslink (a permissions link is usually
provided from the abstract page of the article in question). Advice and detailed information on obtaining
permissions is available here.
Maney is a signatory of the STM Permissions Guidelines relating to the re-use of limited amounts of
material from published works.
Author images
If authors wish to retain copyright of their own images in their article, this can be accommodated.
Authors wishing to retain the copyright in an image should indicate this by adding into the figure
caption wording such as [Author name] or Copyright [Author name]. This will ensure that anyone
who may subsequently want to reference the work or reuse the image will know who owns the
copyright and therefore who to contact for further permission.
Using images from Google
Authors may use Google Maps/Google Earth images in articles (where necessary) subject to the
guidelines published by Google on its website (www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html). Full
acknowledgement must be given in the caption credit.
Using images and other content from the internet
Copyright laws apply to the internet sometimes more rigorously than for other mediums. Authors must
check the terms and conditions of the website and/or the copyright disclaimer; if these items are not
visible please do not assume that re-using content is acceptable.
Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of
accepted articles:
Before the accepted article is published in an issue:
Requests to add or remove an author, to rearrange the list of authors, or change the corresponding
author must be sent by the corresponding author to the managing editor. The request must contain i)
the reason why the author should be added or removed, the list of authors rearranged, or the
corresponding author changed and ii) signed confirmation (by email, fax or letter) from all authors,
including the author being added or removed, confirming that they agree with the change. This policy
applies to articles that have been published online via Advance Articles.
After the accepted article is published in an issue:
Changes to authorship after the accepted article is published in an issue will generally not be made.
The corresponding author should, in the first instance, contact the managing editor with the information
described above. Requests will be discussed with the journal editor.
Language
Maney recommends that all authors who are not native English speakers ask a native English speaker
or a professional language editing service to review their manuscript before submission. This is not
mandatory but will help ensure that journal editors and reviewers fully understand the academic content
of the article.
Further information on language editing services (including a discount offer) is available here.
Preparation
Authors should refer to detailed information on style conventions and figure preparation when preparing
their manuscript. They are advised to consult a recent issue of the journal.
File formats
Prepare the manuscript as a text file (in Word, rtf or an equivalent format). Separate high resolution
files of each figure will be required.
LaTeX2e files will generally be acceptable but support for submission of LaTeX2e documents is not
provided.
Text formatting
The text should be in single column format. Use 12 pt font size and standard fonts.
There is no need to format to a specific template. Use hard returns only at the end of paragraphs,
switch autohyphenation off, and do not justify text. Do format italic or bold type and sub- and
superscripts where necessary.
Be consistent in spacing, punctuation, and spelling. You are strongly advised to use the spell-check
and grammar-check functions of your word processor.
Ensure that Greek symbols are used where appropriate and that similar characters, e.g. l (el) and 1
(one) or O (oh) and 0 (zero), are distinguished and correctly keyed.
Section headings
Divide your manuscript into clearly defined and numbered sections. Sections and subsections should
be numbered (1, 2, then 1.1, 1.2, and then 1.1.1, 1.1.2) and be given a brief heading. Note that the
numbering is for guidance to the typesetter and will generally not appear in the published version.
Article structure
Follow this order when preparing research papers: title, authors, affiliations, corresponding author,
abstract, keywords, (list of symbols), main text, acknowledgements, appendix, references, figure and
table captions, figures, tables and supplementary data.
Title: be concise, accurate and informative. Titles are often used by search engines and information
retrieval systems. They should contain words that readers might be searching for. Avoid abbreviations
and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations: provide the full name, affiliations (where the actual work was done)
and contact details for all authors. Highlight the family name and clarify where author names are
ambiguous, e.g. double names. Present each authors affiliation and contact details below the names,
where necessary cross-referencing with a superscript numeral immediately after the authors name and
in front of the appropriate affiliation.
Corresponding author: indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of the refereeing
process and post-publication. Include an email address, postal address and phone number (with
country and area code). The corresponding author is responsible for keeping this information up to
date.
Abstract: a concise statement (maximum 150 words) of the aims of the research, the work carried out
and the conclusions. The abstract must be self-contained. Do not include general or background
information, which should appear in the introduction, abbreviations or references. Include keywords
from the title and for the subject area to improve online searching.
Keywords: include up to eight keywords to be used for indexing and online searching. Keywords
should describe the content of the article and include key phrases for the subject area. Avoid general
terms.
List of symbols: a list of symbols should be provided if helpful to the reader.
Introduction: a summary of current knowledge including a literature survey of previous work in the
field, together with a statement of the aims and motivation of the present work.
Experimental methods: the methods employed must be described in sufficient detail to allow others
to repeat the work. If a detailed description is given in a reference, readers must be able to grasp the
principles of the method without referring elsewhere. Full details must be given of materials and
equipment used.
Results and discussion: presented together or as separate sections. Papers must critically discuss
and interpret the results, not merely describe the findings. Duplication of data in tables and figures is
strongly discouraged, as is excessive use of figures: representative or significant results should be
selected. Additional information may be provided as supplementary data. For simple datasets, tables
provide a more effective and concise means of presentation than figures. Include standard errors or
error bars whenever relevant, and report results to appropriate numbers of significant figures.
Conclusions: give a concise summary of the important findings. The conclusions must not contain
information that does not appear elsewhere in the paper.
Acknowledgements: provide details of individuals and institutions who have contributed to the work
and information required by funding bodies etc. The acknowledgements may also include copyright
information that is too extensive to include elsewhere, and other information (such as the fact that the
paper is based on a lecture or conference presentation).
Appendices: use to provide additional information, tables or mathematical derivations. References in
appendices should be combined with those in the main text into a single list. Tables and figure are
numbered A1, A2, A3, ...
References: provide a complete list of the literature cited in the paper tailored to the journals
readership. Format references according to the journal style.
Figure and table captions: ensure each figure and table has a caption. Supply captions separately
at the end of the manuscript. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a
description. Keep text in the figure to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Figures: separate high resolution files of each figure will be required. Prepare figures according to the
preparation guidelines. Do not embed figures in the manuscript text. If a figure is reproduced or
adapted from other work, this must be made clear in the caption and a reference cited, together with
any other acknowledgements requested by the copyright holder, see permissions for further
information.
Tables: number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Avoid vertical
rules. Tables may be placed in the text or collected together at the end of the paper. Tables should not
be prepared as image files, see style conventions for further information.
Supplementary material: additional material (e.g. datasets, models, animations or videos) that
enhances the content and impact of articles. Supplementary material is intended to support arguments
advanced in the article; it must not refer to other work nor contain discussion or conclusions that go
beyond the content of the article. See detailed instructions for submission and presentation of
supplementary material.
Figure preparation
Authors should refer to the style conventions for details of figure caption preparation.
File formats and resolution
Authors must provide separate, high resolution, digital files for each figure in their manuscript.
Acceptable file formats are TIFF, JPEG and EPS. Figures embedded in Word documents are not
suitable for reproduction. If supplying EPS files ensure that all fonts are attached.
Authors should note the following requirements:
Images should be saved at a resolution of at least 600 dpi at final size (dpi=dots or pixels per
inch; 600 dpi=240 dots per centimetre). Do not save at the default resolution (72dpi).
Crop unwanted white space from around the figure before sizing.
Halftones (photographs) should be supplied as greyscale images.
Line drawings or diagrams should be scanned as line art or produced to the appropriate resolution
using a software drawing package. Ensure lines are a minimum of 0.3 pt in width.
Diagrams with shaded or toned areas or line/tone figures should be submitted as greyscale
images.
Colour figures for printing should be provided in CMYK format.
Colour figures for online use only should be provided in RGB format. In some instances a reduced
resolution of 72dpi at final size may be acceptable for these figures.
Manipulation of images to enhance, obscure or remove individual features is not permitted. Adjustment
of brightness, contrast or colour balance may be applied to the entire image provided the result does
not mislead the viewer. Significant digital manipulation of images must be acknowledged in the figure
caption.
Conversion of colour figures for greyscale reproduction
Illustrations must be suitable for print reproduction (if applicable) in black and white or separate colour
and b/w files supplied for the online and print versions.
Graphs with coloured lines and keys, contour maps, model outputs, etc. may not reproduce
adequately if converted direct to greyscale. In particular, red and blue convert to similar grey levels and
will not be distinguishable. Figures of this type must be reformatted (e.g. using symbols or
dotted/broken lines to distinguish curves) or labelled to ensure clarity.
Colour photographs will in general convert to greyscale satisfactorily but optimisation for greyscale
reproduction may improve the final result.
Figure size and legibility
In general, figures will be sized to single column width (80mm) or page width (168mm). Ensure the
labelling on figures will be legible when reduced to final size. Lettering should be approximately 8pt in
size (equivalent to 2mm in height for capital letters) at final width (i.e. figures that are wider before
being reduced require larger lettering).
Ensure that curves on multiple plots are clear at final size, in particular that any symbols used on
graphs can be distinguished. Labelling of individual curves may be preferable to keys in these
circumstances.
Axis labels should be of the form: Stress / MPa; Velocity (v) / m s
-1
; log(L / nm)
Permissions
Written permission must be obtained to reproduce any illustrations for which the authors do not own
the copyright. Further information is available in the permission section.
Supplementary material
Supplementary material gives authors the opportunity to enhance their work by including material that
cannot be included in an article for reasons of space, is of very specific interest, or is not compatible
with the standard journal format (e.g. audio or video files, animations, software, models, or large
datasets).
Supplementary material is intended to support arguments advanced in the article; it should not refer to
other work nor contain discussion or conclusions that go beyond the content of the article. The
inclusion of supplementary material is at the discretion of the editor whose decision on its relevance
and appropriateness is final.
Supplementary data should be referred to in the main text, but must be self-contained and supplied as
separate files.
Supplementary material will be published online and linked to and from the article. It is considered to
form an integral part of the article and will be peer reviewed and subject to the same ethical standards,
warranties and conditions of submission. Authors will be required to sign a copyright transfer form and
provide the same warranties in respect of supplementary material as for the article itself.
To assure continuity of access and effective archiving, supplementary files will be published on
Maneys online platform, unless the data appear in an open access database such as GEO or CIF or a
widely recognised subject based repository. It is not acceptable to link to files held on personal or
other websites.
In preparing an article:
ensure each supplementary file is referred to at the appropriate point in the manuscript using the
style: (Supplementary Material 1), (Supplementary Material 2), ...
provide a separate document giving the title and a brief description of each supplementary file,
plus detailed captions for non-text files (figures, video, audio, software, datasets, ...)
distinguish supplementary tables, figures and references using the numbering system S1, S2,
S3, ...
Supplementary material must be self-contained, i.e. capable of being understood without reference to
other material. Supplementary files are not edited and may not be typeset. It is the responsibility of the
authors to ensure the content is correct, consistent with the article itself, consistent with journal style
and self-contained. CrossRef reference linking may not be active in all file formats; the use of additional
references in the supplementary files should therefore be kept to a minimum.
Large files should be compressed where possible. When uploading online, ensure the correct category
is chosen for each supplementary file. The list and description will be included within the PDF file
accessed by the editor or referee. All other supplementary files will be hyperlinked from the PDF file.
The maximum individual file size for uploads is 30MB. Contact the journal office if you wish to include
files in excess of this size.

Style conventions
The full author guide contains detailed examples of the journal style.
When preparing final files for submission, format italic or bold type and sub- and superscripts. If using
different levels of section heading, number each section to indicate the level (1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.) but
note that the numbering will not appear in the typeset proof.
Be as consistent as possible in punctuation and spelling and ensure that similar characters, e.g. l (el)
and 1 (one) or O (oh) and 0 (zero), are correctly keyed.
Spelling
Spelling follows UK English rather than US English, and s rather than z where there is an option,
e.g. standardise, analyse, not standardize, analyze. (Original spelling is retained in company
names, patented processes, book titles, etc.). Further examples are given in Appendix 1 of the full
author guide.
Hyphenation
Use hyphens only if omitting them causes ambiguity. Hyphens are generally used:
after the prefixes post-, non-, self-, cross-, and quasi- and before the suffixes -off and -up
to avoid double vowels or consonants in compound words, e.g. electro-optics, cross-section, or
ambiguity, e.g. re-cover/recover, re- solution/resolution
in compositions: wt-%, vol.-%, at.-%, area-%, mol- %
in combinations or ranges (as en rules or dashes): Fe4Ni2Cu, stressstrain curve, 110
Quotation marks
Use single quotation marks in the first instance and double quotation marks for quotes within
quotes. Direct quotations must retain the original text, spelling and punctuation.
Ratios
Use colons for numerical ratios (3:2) and obliques with words (surface/volume ratio).
Abbreviations
Abbreviations, contractions and acronyms may be helpful, but break the flow if the reader is not familiar
with them. Restrict their use where possible. Do not use abbreviations (other than chemical symbols)
in the title, abstract or conclusions. Always define an abbreviation on first use.
Abbreviations (where text has been removed from the end of the word) are followed by a full point,
e.g. dia., Co..
Contractions (where text is removed from within a word) are not, e.g. Dr, Jpn, Ltd. A plural has a
full point if the singular does (e.g. Figs.).
Acronyms or abbreviations of phrases do not take full points (e.g. SEM, NATO).
Variables, functions and symbols
Variables appear in italic type: pressure P and temperature T. Mathematical functions (exp, log, f(x),
sin) appear in upright text. Do not use the same symbols for more than one variable: use upper and
lower case or script characters as alternatives.
Include a list of symbols before the start of the main text if this will be helpful to the reader.
Numbers, ranges and dates
Spell out whole numbers between one and nine (inclusive) in text; 10 and over appear as numerals.
Numbers are always spelt out at the beginning of sentences. Numbers attached to units always
appear as numerals. For exponential form, use 8.15x10
-5
, not 8.15E5 or 8.15E
-5
.
A full point, not a comma, is used as a separator in decimals (3.1416).
Give ranges of numbers in full: 111116 not 1116; in references A3A6 not A36.
Give date ranges as 199394, 19982002 and historical dates as AD410, 55BC (AD and BC small
caps). For calendar dates: 1 June 2010, 1215 August 1955.
Chemical elements and compositions
Chemical elements may be spelt out or expressed as symbols, but symbols are preferred in
compositions, tables, figure captions, and (generally) titles of articles.
Make clear (e.g. on first use) whether compositions are atomic, weight, molar or volume per cent: use
the forms 5%, 5 at.-%, 5 wt-%, 5 mol-%, 5 vol.-% as appropriate.
Present compositions with two or more components with en rules (dashes) between each element,
e.g. Fe30Cr14Ni2Cu. For composites, use a solidus to separate components, e.g. Al2Cu/SiC
w
,
WNiCu/WC
p
, PP/Cf (where f, p, and w refer to fibre, particulate, and whisker reinforcement
respectively).
Trade names/registered trademarks
Use initial capitals for trade names, e.g. Inconel, Carbolite, Kevlar, not INCONEL, CARBOLITE,
KEVLAR. The registered trade name/trademark symbols is used only on first mention.
Equations in Word 2007
Refer to equations in text as equation (1) etc. It is not obligatory to number all equations.
Equations generated in Word 2007 cannot be used for typesetting because they are stored as images.
Papers that include equations must be prepared in Word 2007 compatibility mode (.doc files) or by
using MathType software to set the equations. Compatibility mode should be used from the outset: it
is not possible to convert equations retrospectively. In compatibility mode, use the menu options Insert
> Object > Microsoft Equation 3.0 to access the equation editor. The editor can be used for both
displayed and inline equations, but inline equations must be on one line only.
Figures and figure captions
Number figures consecutively in a single sequence. All figures must be referred to, in order, in the text.
Refer to the figure preparation guidelines for detailed information on presentation and sizing of figures.
Where possible, results should be discussed in the text not in the caption, although extended captions
may be used to describe micrographs or complex figures.
Examples of style for captions and subcaptions are (note that subcaptions appear between the main
caption and the figure):
a 723 K; b 823 K; c 873 K
4 Morphology of precipitates and corresponding martensitic plates containing fine
precipitates after 15% deformation and aging at given temperature x500
5 Critical transformation temperatures for H12 high speed steel at a high (30 K s
-1
) and b
moderate (10 K s
- 1
) cooling rates following austenitisation
Tables
Format tables using the Word table function, not tabs or the space bar. Embed tables within the
manuscript, do not supply tables as image files. Where headings refer to more than on column or row,
indicate this by merging the cell in question:
Table 2 Experimental sintering conditions
Sintering temperature/C
Specimen Min. Max.
Time at
temperature/min
Cooling rate/
K s
-1
1 980 995 30 12
2 1050 1080 ... 15
Use an ellipsis () rather than dash () for absent items. The number of significant figures/decimal
places to which values are reported should be consistent and reflect the accuracy of the measurement.
Include standard errors where relevant.
Units
Use of SI units is mandatory (an excellent guide to units and their use is provided by NIST).
For compound units, use negative indexes, not obliques: W m
-1
K
-1
, not W/m.K.
Supplementary SI units (atmosphere, centimetre, angstrom, litre, celsius, hour, etc.) are acceptable.
Use L as the abbreviation for litre, not l.
If non-SI units are used (e.g. in areas where non-standard units are the norm), give a conversion factor
at first use or actual conversions in parentheses throughout the text. Figures should not generally be
presented in non-SI units, but if this has been agreed with the editor a conversion must be given in the
figure caption.
For hardness units, use HV for Vickers (HV30, HV(50 g) to indicate load), HK for Knoop, HB for Brinell
and HR for Rockwell (HRA, HRB, HRC).
Use mm/year or mm/day, not abbreviations (y, d).
Where numbers on figure axes or in tables are dimensionless, the labelling should take the form:
Pressure/MPa, Current density/A m
-2
, etc.
References
References must be complete and checked at source. Journal titles should be abbreviated according
to the ISO4: 1997 standard. The full author guide (see PDF button at top of instructions) contains
detailed examples of reference citation and style and a list of standard abbreviations.
Endnote and .bst style files are available to download.
Number references consecutively through the text, citing them as superscripts, outside punctuation
(as reported previously.
1,2-6
). A complete numerical list of references should be given at the end of the
paper.
Examples of reference types are as follows:
1. T. C. Mauldin and M. R. Kessler: Self-healing polymers and composites, Int. Mater. Rev., 2010,
55, 317346.
2. H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia: Bainite in steels, 2nd edn, Vol. 1, 240249; 2001, London, Maney.
3. L. F. Pease III and D. L. Pease: Metallography of powder metallurgy materials, in ASM
handbook, 8th edn, Vol. 7, Powder metal technologies and applications, (ed. W.B. Eisen et
al.), 719748; 1990, Materials Park, OH, ASM International.
4. M. Loretto and R. Smith: Spray deposition of high molybdenum nickel alloys, Proc. 3rd Int.
Conf. on Research and development in net shape manufacturing, Birmingham, UK, March 1999,
University of Birmingham, Paper 23.
5. R. C. Fry: Diffusion in transition metal carbides, PhD thesis, University of Alabama,
Birmingham, AL, USA, 2000, 1334.
6. R. D. Nicholson: Interfacial structures in nickel-based joints after long term service, Report
RD/M/N1131, Central Electricity Generating Board, Marchwood, UK, 1980.
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at any time.
ManeyTrack also offers authors a secure and quick location for the payment and tracking of orders for
offprints, issue copies (if the journal has a print offering), and colour, and to make an article open
access via Maney's MORE OpenChoice offering.
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link to electronic documents, particular Advance Articles that have not yet received full bibliographic
information.
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making essential typographical corrections only, not for general revision, alteration, or changes to
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Significant changes to the article at proof stage will only be considered in exceptional circumstances
at the editors discretion. Authors may be asked to bear the cost of excessive changes, other than
those caused by typesetting errors.
Advance Articles
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the time the proof is emailed to the corresponding author. Advanced Articles are fully citable using the
unique digital object identifier (DOI). Corrections notified by authors on proofs will be applied when the
article is published in an issue. Only errors deemed by the editors to be so serious as to affect the
scientific validity will be rectified before this stage.
Corrections to published articles
Changes will be made following publication only in exceptional circumstances to correct serious errors.
Authors should contact the journal office in the first instance.
Eprints
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