Author Guidelines

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences (JETS) are expected to follow these guidelines to ensure that submissions meet the journal's standards for originality, ethical conduct, scientific reporting and manuscript preparation.

Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper.

A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work.

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others this should be appropriately cited or quoted.

Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own paper to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, to claiming results from research conducted by others.

Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them.

Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported work.

All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Those who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given.

Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source.

Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

When submitting a manuscript, authors must disclose any meaningful affiliation or involvement, either direct or indirect, with any organization or entity with a direct financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed.

Examples include:

• Employment
• Consultancies
• Stock ownership
• Grants
• Patents received or pending
• Royalties
• Honoraria
• Expert testimony

These kinds of financial involvement are fairly common, unavoidable, and generally do not constitute a basis for rejecting a manuscript.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.

If the editor or publisher learns of a significant error from a third party, a retraction of the published article can be initiated by journal editors, authors, or their affiliated institutions.

In some cases, the retraction should be accompanied by an apology for any previous errors and/or an expression of gratitude to those who identified the mistake.

Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the following requirements.

• Use the English language.
• Use the SI system (Système International d'Unités) for measurements and units.
• Manuscripts in MS Word or PDF format (generated from MS Word) are to be submitted online through the JETS submission system .
• The length of the manuscript is expected not to exceed 25 printed pages (single space), including abstract, figures, tables and references.
• An abstract between 100 and 200 words describing the significance of the manuscript should be included.
• Authors should supply 5–10 keywords or phrases that characterize their manuscript.
• Use 11 pt Times New Roman font for the body of the text.
• Use 1.0 line spacing between lines.
• References should be numbered consecutively in the order of their appearance and should be complete.
• References should include authors' initials, title of the paper, date, page numbers, and name of the sponsoring society where applicable.
• Figures are printed in black and white, while colour figures are available online.
• The choice of colours should ensure that figures remain clear when printed in black and white.
• Adjust the size of figures and tables according to how they will appear in the published article.
• All figure captions should be legible, with a minimum type size of 8 point.
• For all equations, use either Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType add-on.
• Equations are numbered consecutively in parentheses, e.g. (1), and set at the right margin.

Required Supporting Documents

Authors should prepare the following supporting documents as required during the submission and publication process:

JETS uses the APA reference style, as illustrated in the following examples: