Author Guidelines
Guidelines for Preparation of Manuscript
Areas of particular interest includes
Types of Scientific Communications
Mini-Reviews: Mini-reviews should be of 2000-4000 words excluding figures, structures, photographs, schemes, tables etc.
Full-Length Reviews: Full-length reviews should be of 3000-5000 words excluding figures, structures, photographs, schemes, tables etc.
Research Articles: Research articles should be of 3000-6000 words excluding figures, structures, photographs, schemes, tables etc.
Manuscript Preparation:
The manuscript should be written in English in a clear, direct and active style. All pages must be numbered sequentially, facilitating in the reviewing and editing of the manuscript.
Manuscripts should be neatly typed, 1.5 lines-spaced throughout, including tables, on pages of uniform size with at least 2 cm margins on all sides.
Manuscript Sections:
Covering Letter, Title, and Title Page with author affiliations, Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figures, Annexure (if any).
Covering Letter- All manuscripts should contain the covering letter Signed by corresponding author.
Manuscript Title Page- Top of paper, Times New Roman; Fonts all caps, bold, 14 points.
Author Names- Last name, followed full first name, corresponding author of the manuscript must be marked with an asterisk and should be listed first, font: bold, 12 points.
Institutional affiliations- Institution/Industry addresses 12 points
E-mail: Email of correspondence authors, 10 points.
Abstract should contain maximum 250 words & 4-6 Keywords.
References
The references should be listed on a separate sheet and should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are cited in the text. Cite the references in the text by the appropriate number e.g. 1, 2, 3 and the numbers should be in square brackets i.e. [ ]
Examples of references listed in the correct Vancouver style:
Paper Reference:
o Pearson, S.R., Shipway, P.H., Abere, J.O., Hewitt, R.A.A., The effect of temperature on wear and friction of a high strength steel in fretting, Wear, 2013 303:622-631.
Monograph:
o Holmes, R., The Characteristics of Mechanical Engineering Systems, 1st Edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford, New York, 1977.
Book :
o Michael F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Fourth Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, USA, 2011
Chapter in a Book:
o Xin-Jun Liu and Jinsong Wang, Parallel Kinematics - Type, Kinematics, and Optimal Design, Springer Heidelberg New York, 2014, pp. 186-194.
Article in Electronic Form:
o Anchalee Sirikhachornkit, Anongpat Suttangkakul, Supachai Vuttipongchaikij and Piyada Juntawong, De novo transcriptome analysis and gene expression profiling of an oleaginous microalga Scenedesmus acutus TISTR8540 during nitrogen deprivation-induced lipid accumulation, Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 3668 (2018), Available from: URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22080-8.
Conference Proceedings:
o Himanshu C. Patel, Gunamani Deheri, Harshvadan S. Patel, Shreya M. Mehta (Editors), Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Tribology and Engineering Systems (ICATES 2013) Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, India, Springer New Delhi, 2013.
Conference Paper:
o Sreenatha Reddy, S and Dhanasekaran R, "Effect of fly ash and basalt on wrought and cast aluminum alloy", International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMM-2016), December 08 - 10, 2016, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Thesis:
o Dhanasekaran R., Studies on industrial three stage planetary gears to enhance durability, Anna University, Chennai, India (2013) pp. 72-151.
Submission Process: Authors are encouraged to submit their articles preferably in electronic form (MS-WORD) by e-mail to- editor.jime@gniindia.org
Review Process: All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. If approved by the editor, submissions will be considered by peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors.