Guide for Authors

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

All papers should be submitted through our electronic submission system at  https://www.goldenlightpublish.com/journals/jcemi/2-submission. Please note that you must have a valid e-mail address to use the electronic submission system. Authors make their submissions online simply by registering, logging in, and submitting. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication anywhere else. In addition, the publication of the work submitted has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out.

The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format, and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Title page. Each submission should have a title page including:

• A concise and informative title of the work
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s), address(es), and ORCiDs of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author

Abstract. An abstract of 150 to 300 words including a short description of the problem considered, the solution methodology, and the main contribution(s) must be provided. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords. 4 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes must be provided.

Main text. The text should be written in a single-column format with double-line spacing. The official language of the journal is English. Use wide margins (3 cm) from all sides of A4 norm paper, and normal, plain 10-point Times New Roman font. Do use boldface, italics, subscripts, superscripts, etc. for emphasis. All pages should be consecutively numbered using the automatic page numbering function. Do not use field functions. Tab stops or other commands for indents should be used instead of the space bar. Tables should be made using the table function, not spreadsheets. The equation editor should be used for math formulae. Consecutive numbering must be used for any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text). All equation numbers ... Show all

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

All papers should be submitted through our electronic submission system at  https://www.goldenlightpublish.com/journals/jcemi/2-submission. Please note that you must have a valid e-mail address to use the electronic submission system. Authors make their submissions online simply by registering, logging in, and submitting. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication anywhere else. In addition, the publication of the work submitted has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out.

The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format, and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Title page. Each submission should have a title page including:

• A concise and informative title of the work
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s), address(es), and ORCiDs of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author

Abstract. An abstract of 150 to 300 words including a short description of the problem considered, the solution methodology, and the main contribution(s) must be provided. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords. 4 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes must be provided.

Main text. The text should be written in a single-column format with double-line spacing. The official language of the journal is English. Use wide margins (3 cm) from all sides of A4 norm paper, and normal, plain 10-point Times New Roman font. Do use boldface, italics, subscripts, superscripts, etc. for emphasis. All pages should be consecutively numbered using the automatic page numbering function. Do not use field functions. Tab stops or other commands for indents should be used instead of the space bar. Tables should be made using the table function, not spreadsheets. The equation editor should be used for math formulae. Consecutive numbering must be used for any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text). All equation numbers must appear on the right-hand side of the equation and should be referred to within the text.

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. The abstract is not included in the section numbering. Also, use the numbering for internal cross-referencing, do not just refer to "the text". Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Please always use the SI system of units. The standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols, etc., and italics for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities must be used. Please use Roman/upright for numerals, operators, punctuation, and commonly defined functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative). For vectors, tensors, and matrices, use boldface.

Abbreviations should be defined at which they are first mentioned and used consistently thereafter. Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables. Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols. Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.

Acknowledgements and funding information. Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title, or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance, proofreading the article, etc.). List funding sources in the following way to facilitate compliance with the funder's requirements:

This work was supported by XXXXXX under grant number(s) 1234-56.

References. References are listed in numerical order with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), and in the same order in which they are cited in the text. The reference list appears at the end of the paper. The reference list should include all and only those references you have cited in the text, however, do not include unpublished items such as correspondence. Journal titles should be abbreviated if available. You can find a guide to these abbreviations in the NLM Catalog. Please, be consistent with your referencing style across the document. References in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. The following are some examples:

1. Lin [2] performed the free vibration analysis of simply supported beams with a crack using direct and inverse methods.
2. Some reports and studies were also published after the Van earthquakes [13,14,24,25].
3. Besides, theoretical research has been also made by many researchers on the investigation of repeated earthquake phenomena [15–23].

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. If any, DOI can be provided after page numbers. The entries in the list should be given in the following format:

a) Journal article

Ates S, Kahya V, Yurdakul M, Adanur S (2013) Damages on reinforced concrete buildings due to consecutive earthquakes in Van. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 53:109–118.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2013.06.006.

b) Book

Reddy JN (2003) Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells: Theory and Analysis, Second Edition. CRC Press/Balkema, Boca Raton.

c) Book chapter

Sinou J-J (2009) A review of damage detection and health monitoring of mechanical systems from changes in the measurement of linear and non-linear vibrations. In: Sapri RC (ed) Mechanical Vibrations: Measurement, Effects and Control. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 643–702.

d) Conference proceedings

Jacobsen NJ, Andersen P, Brincker R (2006) Using enhanced frequency domain decomposition as a robust technique to harmonic excitation in operational modal analysis. In: Proceedings of ISMA2006: International Conference on Noise & Vibration Engineering. Leuven, Belgium.

e) Dissertation

Soe MT (2013) Vibration-Based Finite Element Model Updating and Structural Damage Identification. PhD Dissertation, University of Greenwich.

f) Webpage

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT): What It Is and How To Use It. https://www.archdaily.com/893442/cross-laminated-timber-clt-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it. Accessed 18 Oct 2020.

Tables. Tables should be given in the text closest to the place where they were first mentioned. All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. They should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order. Please supply a table caption (title) explaining its components. Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body. Tables should never be added to the text as images.

Artwork and illustrations. Figures should be given in the text closest to the place where they were first mentioned. You can use colored artwork. Please ensure that all figures are clearly visible. All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order. Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.). If an appendix appears in the article and contains one or more figures, do number the appendix figures, “A1, A2, A3, etc.”. Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number which is also in bold type. No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption. Identify all elements of the figure in the caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs. Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.