Types of papers published in IJECC
- Technical paper: Maximum length of 10 to 12 pages.
- Technical note: Maximum length of 3 to 5 pages.
- Review paper: Maximum length of 8 to 12 pages.
- Discussion paper: Maximum length of 1 to 2 pages
Before submitting a manuscript
- Plagiarism: Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work. Plagiarism, Duplicate, Data Fabrication and Falsification, and Redundant Publications are strictly forbidden.
- Consent of all authors: Authors must ensure that all the co-authors of the manuscript have given their consent to submit the manuscript.
- Previously Published:Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published or submitted and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
- Citation:If the authors have used the work and/or words from other authors, the authors must ensure that the work and/or words of others are appropriately cited or
quoted with proper references according to the journls format.
- Conflict of Interest:Authors must notify if there is any conflicts of interest.
Preparing a manuscript
- The paper should be prepared using Microsoft Word and submitted through the 'Submit Menuscript' option. No pdf file is accepted.
- The margins of the papers are 2.5 cm on top, 2 cm at bottom, 2.2 cm on left and 1.5 cm on right sides.
- The paper should be written using Times New Roman font, 1.5 lines spaced and justified on both sides.
- The title of the paper is 18 point Times Roman font size, centred, with the first letters of keywords as capital.
- The text in the body of the paper is of 11 point Times Roman font size.
- The major headings are of 12 point font size and bold, the sub-headings are of 11 point font size and bold and the sub sub-headings are 11 point font size and italics.
- The headings and sub-headings in the papers are to be numbered.
- The structure of the paper may vary depending on the type of the paper, but the typical structure of a paper in the IJECC consists of Abstract: 250 words, Keywords: Three to five keywords, Introduction, Methods, Data, Results, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References and Appendix.
- The figures and tables should be numbered by Arabic numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3 …) and titles should be centred. The table texts are of 10 font size.
- The equations should be numbered by Arabic numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3). Equations should be left justified, with equation numbers to be written at the far right end of the margin. The equations should be quoted in the body of the paper following the style: It is found in equation 2 that temperature changes inversely with wind velocity.
- References: (i) In the body of the paper: depending on the number of authors or organisations, the following styles are acceptable: Smith (1980), Smith and Jones (2008), Smith et al (2010), Sydney Water (2011), ABS (2012). (ii) All the quoted references are to be listed in the reference section of the paper. The following styles are acceptable:
Smith KL, Rahman A, Jones PR, Haddad K (1999). Towards a new regional flood methods in Australia, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 4, 23-32.
Dawson JL, Rahman A (2012). A new regional flood estimation technique for north Australia, Technical report, University of Western Sydney, 46 pp.
Yang X, Lu K, Henry R (2011). Water data analysis, 3rd edition, Wiley, 306 pp.
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