Formatting
Instructions
Please read the following format instructions carefully.
Formatting your paper correctly saves a great deal of editing time, which in turn
ensures publication of papers in a timely manner. Papers not formatted correctly will
be returned.
Formatting
Templates
Template for
Initial Submission can be downloaded from here
Template for
Final Submission can be downloaded from here
Initial
Submissions
The paper must be single column double-spaced or with
1.5 line spacing for initial submission for review. Acronyms are spelled out at first
mention but not thereafter unless there is good reason to do so. The title is centered
on the page and is CAPITALIZED AND SET IN BOLDFACE. Please limit the title to a maximum
length of 18 words. The author's name(s) follows and is also centered on the page. A
blank line is required between the title and the author's name(s). Last names should be
spelled out in full and preceded by author's initials. The author's affiliation,
complete mailing address, and e-mail address are provided below.
Do not underline or capitalize any of the headings. The
headings and subheadings, starting with "1. Introduction", appear in upper and lower
case letters and should be set in bold and aligned flush left. All headings from the
Introduction to Acknowledgments are numbered sequentially using 1, 2, 3, etc.
Subheadings are numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc. If a subsection must be further divided, the
numbers 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. are used and the number and associated title are set in
italics instead of bolded. The first paragraph under each heading or subheading should
be flush left and subsequent paragraphs should have a five-space indentation. A colon
is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is no punctuation following the
equation. All equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely by a number
enclosed in a round bracket (i.e. (3) reads as "equation 3"). Ensure that any
miscellaneous numbering system you use in your paper cannot be confused with a
reference [4] or an equation (3) designation.
Abstract
An abstract, not exceeding 250 words, is required for all papers.
Key
Words
The author should provide a list of key words, up to a
minimum of six. Authors are encouraged to select keywords from the provided list, also
they can input their own keywords. A paper furnished with enough keywords is likely to
get assigned to suitable reviewers.
Introduction
The introduction of the paper should explain the nature of the problem, previous work,
purpose, and the contribution of the paper. It is assigned the number "1" and following
sections are assigned numbers as needed. For example, the third section of a paper
might be "3. Performance Analysis".
Conclusion
A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages,
limitations and possible applications of the paper.
Acknowledgements
An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if
desired.
References
This heading is not assigned a number. A reference list MUST be included using the
following information as a guide. Only cited text references are included. Each
reference is referred to in the text by a number enclosed in a square bracket (i.e.,
[3]). No reference to the author is necessary. References must be numbered and ordered
according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, not alphabetically. Examples
follow.
Books:
W.-K. Chen, Linear Networks and
Systems (Book
style). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, pp. 123-135.
1993
Note that Book title is set in italics.
Journal
Papers:
[2] G. O. Young, “Synthetic
structure of industrial plastics”, in Plastics,
2nd ed. vol. 3, J. Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 59-64. 1964
[3] S. Chen, B. Mulgrew, and P. M.
Grant, “A clustering technique for digital communications channel equalization
using radial basis function networks”, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol. 4, pp. 570-578, July 1993.
Note that journal title is set in italics.
Proceedings
Papers:
[4] S. P. Bingulac, “On the
compatibility of adaptive controllers”, in Proc. 4th Annu. Allerton Conf. Circuits and Systems
Theory, New York, pp. 126-136.
1994
Figures and
Tables
To ensure a high-quality product, diagrams can be
submitted at full size, but authors must ensure an image of sufficient quality and
resolution so that reduction to publication size does not render the image
illegible. If possible, please also submit an electronic copy of your figures
(high-resolution JPEG, TIFF, EPS, PSD, or Adobe pdf format, or as embedded figures in
MS Word format).
Figure captions appear below the figure, are flush left,
and are in lower case letters. When referring to a figure in the body of the text, the
abbreviation "Fig." is used. Table captions appear centered above the table in upper
and lower case letters. When referring to a table in the text, no abbreviation is used
and "Table" is not capitalized.
Final
Submissions
When all the review procedures are
completed, authors will be asked to download the MS word template ISTPress Word Template and format the
paper accordingly. Most of the formatting requirements remain the same except that the
final version is double column, single spaced and font size etc.
Check
List
You can obtain from the editor or download from the
ISTPress website. We request that you go through this list, check off each item as it
is completed, and return the checked list to us with your submitted paper. Compliance
with these formatting instructions will expedite the publication process and ensure
high-quality publication of your work.
|