MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES FOR EIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL

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1 MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES FOR EIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL First Author s First-Last Names 1 and Second Author s First-Last Names 2 1 Position, Address 2 Position, Address ABSTRACT This article describes a submission procedure and a format of the manuscript for the EIT Research and Development Journal (EITJ). Authors are required to strictly follow the guidelines provided here; otherwise, the manuscript will be returned for proper correction. A good abstract should have only one paragraph and should not exceed 10 lines. KEYWORDS: Manuscript Format, Font Size, Font Style 1. Introduction Paper must have title, authors, authors addresses, abstract, introduction, main context, conclusion, acknowledgement (if any), references and appendices (if any), respectively. 2. Writing and Printing Suggestions 2.1 General Suggestion The submitted paper must be in black-and-white and ready-to-print format. The page size is x millimeters. Unless otherwise specified by the editor, a paper will no longer than eight sheets. The manuscript must be printed out by a laser printer with 300 dpi or higher resolution. Each part of the context must have a number to form a topic starting from 1 with an introduction. If there are sub-topics, the decimal numbers such as 1.1, 1.2, etc., are used. There is no topic numbers for acknowledgement and references. 2.2 Margins and Column Width The main context must be on a single-column page. Table 1 shows the suggested page margins. Table 1 Page Margins Items Range (millimeters) Top Margin 40 Bottom Margin 17

2 Items Range (millimeters) Left Margin 23 Right Margin Font Type and Spacing In English format, EucrosiaUPC is recommended in the paper and the corresponding sizes and details in each part of the paper are showed in Table 2. There is no blank line within the context of each topic or sub-topic. For each paragraph, first line indent is 7.5 mm. The following lines are justified. There is one blank line before new topic or sub-topic. The current page must be fulfilled before move to a new page. 2.4 Title, Authors, and Topics Title must be centered based on single-column page with capital letters. Authors and their addresses are also centered based on single-column page. Topic numbers are left aligned with a 7.5- mm tab to begin the topic title. 2.5 Figures Fonts and details in any figure must be clear and the figure is center aligned. Each figure must have a number and figure title below it. The figure number is center aligned with a 17.5-mm tab to begin the figure title. However, total length of the number and title should not more than 2 lines. A word shows is not allowed to use in the figure title. For example, instead of Figure 1 shows the relationship between x and y, it must be Figure 1 Relationship between x and y. Drawings must be in black and white colors. Black-and-white photos are recommended to use. There must be 1 blank line above and 1 blank line below a figure. General format for figure is shown in figure 1. Table 2 Font Sizes and Details Compositions Font Size Font Detail Title 16 Bold Author and Address 14 Normal Abstract Title 14 Bold Abstract Context 14 Italic Topic Name 14 Bold

3 Compositions Font Size Font Detail Context 14 Normal Table and Figure Titles 14 Bold References and Author s Profile 12 Normal Figure 1 Symbol of the EIT 2.6 Tables Tables should be left aligned. Letters in the table must be readable and table lines must be in black color. Each table must have a number and table title above it. The table number is left aligned with a 17.5-mm tab to begin the table title. However, total length of the number and title should not more than 2 lines. A word shows is not allowed to use in the table title. There must be 1 blank line above and 1 blank line below a table. General table format is shown in Tables 1 and Equations Every equation must have a corresponding equation number written in parentheses. Equation numbers must be in appropriate order and right aligned. The suggested details for equation are listed in Table 3 to Table 5. There must be 1 blank line above and 1 blank line below an equation as shown below. A B c sin (1)

4 Table 3 Spacing of equation allowable in MS equation 3.0 Line spacing 150% Matrix row spacing 150% Matrix column spacing 100% Superscript height 45% Subscript depth 25% Limit height 25% Table 4 Style of equation allowable in MS equation 3.0 Style Font Bold Italic Text Century School book - - Function Century School book - - Variable Century School book - Yes L.C. Greek Symbol - Yes U.C. Greek Symbol - Yes Matrix-Vector Symbol Yes - Number Century School book - - Table 5 Size of equation allowable by MS equation 3.0 Full 9 pt Subscript/Superscript 7 pt Sub-subscript/Superscript 6 pt Symbol 17 pt Sub-symbol 11 pt 2.8 Referring and References If your paper is submitted with the references in the wrong format, it will be rejected by the Production department. Number or numbers in square bracket are used for referring in the context, e.g., [1], [2-5], [6, 9, and 10]. Referring numbers must be in ascending order from the beginning to the end of the paper. For References, references titles and details must be clear. Referring numbers are left aligned with a 7.5-mm tab to begin all reference details. General reference format is shown in References section below.

5 3. Paper Submission For each paper, one original copy, CD-ROM (.doc or.docx and.pdf files), image or picture files (.tiff or.jpg) and covered page shall be sent to the Editor in chief, Research and Development Journal of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, 487 Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39 Phlabphla Wangthoglang Bangkok Thailand. More details and download materials are available at or by phone at (66) Ext Conclusions The submitted paper should be strictly conformed to the format described herein. If there is any question, author can contact the Editorial Board using channels stated above. Acknowledgement The Editorial Board would like to thank all of authors interested in and submit paper to the EIT Research and Development Journal. References Guidelines - Place a colon (:) after the short title, before a sub-title. Example... Rees, A. L. A history of experimental film and video: from the canonical avante-garde to contemporary British practice. London: BFI, Begin titles with a capital letter. The rest of the title should be in lowercase, unless it contains a proper noun (the name of a place, person or thing). The exceptions are journal and newspaper titles which should have all major words capitalised. - If there are three or more authors, you can use et al. after the first author. Example... Muth, L. A. et al. Robust separation of background and target signals in radar cross section measurements. IEEE Transactions Instrumentation and Measurement, 2005, 54 (6), pp If there is no author or corporate author, start the reference with the title of the work. - When trying to find the date of a source, look for the copyright date. If there is no date available, state [no date] in the reference where you d normally put the date. - The title should be italicised. NOTE the title of a chapter in an edited book and the title of an article in a journal or newspaper are not italicised or underlined. - The place of publication is usually a city or town. Only include the first place acknowledged. - If you add information which does not actually appear in the original, this must be in square brackets. Example: [no date], [no page numbers] - Omit extraneous details from publisher, e.g. use 'Academic Press' not 'Academic Press Ltd', 'Wiley' not 'John Wiley & Sons Ltd' Online resources: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

6 Many online journal articles, papers and e-books have DOIs. A DOI is unique to a source and can be added to a reference in place of the URL and accessed date. A reader can find a source by copying and pasting its DOI into a search engine, such as Google. As DOIs are permanent identifiers (unlike URLs) you do not need to include date of access in the reference. [1] Serebryannikov, S. V. The Moscow power engineering institute (Technical University): from 1930 to Thermal Engineering, 2010, 57 (12), pp DOI: /S Books: Print book Format... Author s (or editor s) surname and initials. Title of book, Edition (other than 1st). Place of publication: Publisher, year. If referring to an edited book, put (ed.) after the Editor s surname. [2] Hambley, A. R. Electrical engineering: principles and applications, 5th ed. London: Pearson, [3] Brown, R. B. (ed.) Practical foundation engineering handbook, 2th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, [4] Attenborough, M. P. Mathematics for electrical engineering and computing. London: Newnes, Books: E-book If an e-book doesn t have the same publication information of a print version, or you re unsure whether it is available in print, include the URL and the date you accessed the source, e.g... Available from: URL [Accessed dd month year]. Alternatively, if the e-book has a digital object identifier (DOI), include this in place of the URL and date of access. See section Online resources: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for more information. Format... Author s surname, Initials. Title of e-book, Edition if later than the first. Place of publication if available: Publisher if available, year. Available from: URL [Accessed date]. If you are accessing an e-book on an e-book reader, you may find it helpful to mention this in your reference, especially if you re directly quoting from it. Format... Author s surname, Initials. Title of book, Edition if later than the first. Place of publication: Publisher, year. [Name of e-book reader edition]. [5] Bird, J. Electrical and electronic principles and technology, 5th ed. London: Routledge, [Kindle edition]. Books: Chapter in an edited book Format... Author(s) of chapter surname and initials. Chapter title. In: editor s surname and initials (ed.) Title of book, Edition (other than 1st). Place of publication: Publisher, year, page range of chapter. [6] Farkas, M. Implementing network security in a local bank. In: Grande, R. (ed.) Enterprise resource planning system: a theoretical perspective, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp Books: Dictionary or reference book Format... Author s or editor s surname, Initials. Title of the entry, in: Title of book. Edition if later than the first e.g. 2nd ed. Place of publication: Publisher, year. If referencing an online dictionary, include the URL and date accessed instead of place of publication and the publisher.

7 [7] Collins. Cathode, in: Collins English dictionary, Available from: [Accessed 18 February 2016]. Journal articles: Print journal article Format... Author s surname and initials. Title of article. Journal Title, Year, volume (issue number), page range of article. [8] Basar, E. et al. A reliable successive relaying protocol. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2014, 62 (5), pp Journal articles: Online journal article If an online journal article doesn t have the same publication information as a print version, or you re unsure whether it is available in print, include the URL and the date you accessed the source, e.g... Available from: URL [Accessed day month year]. Alternatively, if the article has a digital object identifier (DOI), include this in place of the URL and date of access. See section Online resources: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for more information. Format... Author s surname and initials. Title of article. Journal Title, Year, volume (issue number), page range of article. Available from: URL [Accessed day month year]. [9] Weber, R. and Staiger, D. Cloud computing: a cluster of complex liability issues. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 2014, 20 (1). Available from: [Accessed 5 June 2014]. [10] Rosenberg, J. The future is open. Think Quarterly, 2012, October. Available from: [Accessed 3 June 2014]. [11] Serebryannikov, S. V. The Moscow power engineering institute (Technical University): from 1930 to Thermal Engineering, 2010, 57 (12), pp DOI: /S Newspaper articles The format is similar to that of a journal article except that details of volume and issue numbers are not required as you provide the specific date the article was published. You also need to indicate if your reference is from a particular section of the paper. Format... Author s surname, Initials. Title of article. Title of Newspaper (details of supplement if relevant), day month year published, page number(s). Include URL and accessed date if online. [12] Tobin, L. The crush starts here. The Guardian (Education Supplement), 8 June 2010, p. 1. [13] Vincent, J. Scientists achieve quantum teleportation breakthrough that could prove Einstein wrong. The Independent, 30 May Available from: [Accessed 5 June 2014]. Reports Reports can be published by statutory authorities, professional bodies or commercial suppliers. In most cases, you can reference a report as you would a book. This also applies to market research reports and financial reports e.g. from FAME.

8 Format... Author s surname and initials or name of corporation. Title of publication. Report number and other information where relevant. Place of publication if available: Publisher if available, Date of publication. Include URL and accessed date if online. [14] United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Information economy report 2013: the cloud economy and developing countries. New York: United Nations, Available from: [Accessed 20 July 2014]. [15] Tutt, L. (ed.) Mobile phones: market report 2013, 9th ed. Teddington: Key Note, Available from: [Accessed 6 June 2014]. [16] Bureau Van Dijk. Tesco PLC, Available from: [Accessed 20 February 2016]. Conference papers Format... Author s surname and initials. Title of paper. In: Editor s surname and initials (ed.) (if available). Title of conference, location of conference, date of conference. Place of publication: publisher (if available), year, page number(s). Include URL and accessed date if online. [17] Marnat, L. and Shamim, A. Liquid crystal polymer (LCP) based antenna for flexible system on package (SoP) applications. In: 15th international symposium on antenna technology and applied electromagnetics (ANTEM), Toulouse, June 2012, pp Standards Format... Author of the standard (usually a corporate author). Standard number and year (separated by a colon). Title of the standard. Place of publication: Publisher, year. [18] British Standards Institution. BS EN : Luminaires. Particular requirements. Luminaires with limited surface temperatures. London: BSI, 2013 Patents Format... Inventor s surname and initials. Title of patent document. Patent code. Patent number and date. Include URL and accessed date if online. [19] Philip Morris INC. Optical perforating apparatus and system. European patent application A1, 1st July Government publications Format... Author (usually a Government department). Title of document. Place of publication: Publisher (usually The Stationery Office), year. Include URL and accessed date if online. [20] Department of Health. Choosing health: making choices easier. London: The Stationery Office, Theses / Dissertations Format... Author s surname and initials. Title of thesis. Degree, awarding body, year. (Include the location of the institution if it is not clear from the name alone).

9 [21] Brenner, A-A. Automated NDT robotic system for inspection of test objects with unknown geometry. PhD Thesis, London South Bank University, Lectures notes / handouts / presentations It is important to check with your lecturer if referencing class notes is appropriate for your assignment. Format... Lecturer s surname and initials. Title of the lecture / presentation. Lecture delivered in / Speech presented at Unit name, Unit code / Conference name. Place, Organiser / conference information, date of the lecture / presentation. [22] Lunn, C. The basic properties of electronic circuits and systems. Lecture delivered in Introduction to electrical and electronic systems 1, unit code: EEE_1_101. London South [23] Brown, B. WiFi for everyone? Speech presented at the Conference on wireless network in the future, Frankfurt, Germany, 7 October [24] Viscardi, K. Managing human resources in engineering context. Lecture notes. Professional engineering in context, unit code: EIS_3_204. London South Bank University, 10 May Web pages Remember that anyone can publish anything on the web, so free web material may not be academic or even trustworthy. Signs of academic content include references, evidence and qualifications of the author. Format... Author s surname, Initials or name of organisation. Title of web page/document, year of publication or date of last update. Available from: URL [Accessed dated]. If there is no author, start the reference with the title of the web page or document. [25] IEEE. New technology connections: future directions, Available from: [Accessed 14 May 2014]. [26] BBC. E-books to outsell print by 2018 says new reports. BBC News: Entertainment & Arts, 4 June Available from: [Accessed 16 May 2014].