GUIDE TO AUTHORS

Manuscripts should be written in simple, concise and grammatical English (Either UK or US spellings but not a mixture), within the size limits specified for each type of article, prepared according to the guidelines below. You can download the template here. The manuscripts should be written for a worldwide readership including many in non-English speaking countries. Authors whose first language is not English must have their manuscripts proofread by other colleagues.

Please follow these guidelines when preparing your manuscripts.

  • Use Times New Roman font size 12 or equivalent and single space.
  • Provide unjustified text and inactivate auto-hyphenation.
  • DO NOT embed figures, tables or any other non-textual features or footnotes in the main text body. Figures and tables may be added at the end of the manuscript text.
  • Greek and other special characters may be used but these should be inserted in the text (e.g., using the Symbol menu in Microsoft Word) and not by changing English characters into Symbol font which may be lost during subsequent file processing. DO NOT USE ‘SYMBOL’ FONT. However, if you are unable to reproduce a particular special character, please type out the name in full.

The manuscripts should be prepared and submitted using any of the following file formats:

  • Microsoft Word (.doc)(any recent version)
  • PDF (.pdf)
  • Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Users of other word processing packages should save or convert their files to Rich Text Format before submitting them.  There is no limit for the number of pages for articles, but the following guidelines are recommended.

* Includes supplementary data

Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be organized into the following sections:

Reviews:

  • Title Page
  • Abstract and Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Main text, divided into subheadings
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Statement of Competing Interests
  • List of Abbreviations
  • References
  • Figure Legends
  • Tables

Template

 Template 2019

 

Authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proofread and polished. Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they are original or extended version of previously published papers in conferences and/or journals and that, if the work received an official sponsorship, it has been duly released for open publication. Before submission please make sure that your paper is prepared using the journal paper template. The authors must refer to OIJI article template for writing format and style. Please download and use as template for initial manuscript submission. Any papers not fulfilling the requirements based on the guidelines will not be processed.

The submitted papers are subject to a double-blinded peer review process, in order for the Editorial Board to select for publishing the articles meeting the highest possible standards in electrical engineering. The reviewers' identities are not disclosed to the authors, nor are the authors' identities disclosed to the reviewers.

When a manuscript is submitted to OIJI Journal, it undergoes an initial prescreening by the Editorial Board in order to determine whether or not the paper fits the scope of the Journal. If the Editorial Board feels the manuscript meets the journal's minimum standards for publication, the paper then enters a blind reviewing process.

In the main reviewing phase, the Executive Editor or a designated editorial board member sends the received papers, without the name and affiliation of the authors, to two experts in the field, by using the on-line web-based paper management system. The electronic evaluation form used by reviewers contains a checklist in order to help referees to cover all aspects that can decide the publication. In the final section of the evaluation form, the reviewers must include observations and suggestions for improvement that are sent to the authors, without the names of the reviewers.

All the reviewers of a paper remain anonymous to the authors and act independently before, during, and after the evaluation process. If the decisions of the two reviewers are not the same (accept/reject), the paper is sent to a third reviewer.

The final decision for publication is done by the Editor-in-Chief based on the scrutiny of reviewers and the scope of the journal.

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the quality and selection of manuscripts chosen to be published, and the authors are always responsible for the content of each article.

A brief acknowledgment of not more than 50 words should be included at the end of the manuscripts, before the list of references. Acknowledgement could be made to funding body, institution/ universities/ organization or individual/ person.

Example:

1. Acknowledgement to funding body (Grant number) : This work was supported by the Trust [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the Natural Environment Research Council [grant number zzzz]; and the Economic and Social Research Council [grant number aaaa].

2. Acknowledgement to institution/universities/organization: We would like to thank XYZ University for their helpful feedback and support.

3. Acknowledgement to individual/person: We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our supervisor, Professor John Doe, for his valuable guidance and support throughout the research process. His expertise and insights were invaluable in shaping our research and helping us to overcome challenges.