SUBMISSION PROCESS

Articles submitted to the JPE journal must be original and unpublished contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication simultaneously. The manuscript should be written in English. Responsibility for the contents of the paper lies with the authors and not with the editors or the publisher.

The JPE journal does not have Article Processing Charges (APCs) or article submission charges. Therefore, authors are not required to pay for submission or publication of their manuscripts.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Structure

Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion; acknowledgments; funding; references; appendices (as appropriate).

Length

Papers should be between 4500 and 6000 words long (15 pages or less) including all illustrations and appendices.

Style Guidelines

The authors must ensure that the paper is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. Please note that English (US) spelling is adopted. Acronyms are spelled out at first mention but not thereafter unless there is good reason to do so.

Font: Times New Roman, 10-point, two columns and single-spaced.

Title: Please limit the title to a maximum length of 15 words. It should adequately describe the content of the paper.

Abstract: A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. The abstract should not be more than 200 words.

Key Words: The author should provide a list of three to five key words that clearly describe the subject matter of the paper.

Tables and figures: Electronic versions of figures and tables in minimum resolutions of 300 dpi must be supplied. Both line drawings and photographs are referred to as figures. Papers with a poor quality of figures and tables will be returned to the authors. You can find details of the journal Editor’s preference in the formatting template. Ensure you have permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source.

Acknowledgements: Avoiding identifying any of the authors prior to peer review. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).

Funding: List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance to funder's requirements. Example: This work was supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project “MAKERS: Smart Manufacturing for EU Growth and Prosperity” [grant agreement number xxxx, yyyy].

It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions on the program or type of grants and awards. When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or other research institution, submit the name of the institute or organization that provided the funding.

If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Formatting and Templates

It is required to use MS Word text processor (Microsoft Word 2010 or higher version). Figures should be saved separately from the text. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting template.

Word template is available for this journal. Please save the template to your hard drive, ready for use.

Permissions

Permissions to use reprinted material, adapted material, and material owned by other parties are the sole responsibility of the authors. Permission for the JPE to use the material must be obtained in writing prior to publication and provided to the EIC. Authors are responsible for payment of permission fees.

References

A reference section must be included. Please use this IEEE reference guide when preparing your paper.

References must be listed at the end of the paper. Do not begin them on a new page unless this is absolutely necessary. Authors should ensure that every reference in the text appears in the list of references and vice versa. Number the reference items consecutively in square brackets (e.g. [1]).

When referring to a reference item, please simply use the reference number, as in [3]. Do not use “Ref. [4]” or “Reference [4]” except at the beginning of a sentence, e.g. “Reference [4] shows …”. Multiple references are each numbered with separate brackets (e.g. [3], [4], [5]–[7]).

Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’ names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have been accepted for publication but not printed should be cited as “in press”. Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and element symbols. Please use Regular and Italic styles to distinguish different fields as shown in the References section.

Some examples of how your references should be listed are given bellow, which will allow you to assemble your reference list according to the correct format.

Journal Papers

Format:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Journal, volume (number), pages, DOI code. Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that Journal Title is set in italics.

Example:
[1] Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., Lupton, R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Science Communication, 163, 51–59.

Books

Format:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Publisher, place of publication. Note that the Title of the Book is italicized.

Example:
[2] Groover, M.P. (2007). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.

Chapters in Books

Format:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Chapter title. In: Editor Surname 1, Initials, Editor Surname 2, Initials (Ed(s).), Book title. Publisher, place of publication, pages. Note that the Book title is italicized.

Example:
[3] Mettam, G. R., Adams, L. B. (1999). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: B. S. Jones,  R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age New York: E-Publishing Inc., pp. 281–304.

Proceedings Papers

Format:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Paper title. Proceedings title, pages. Note that the Proceedings Title is italicized.

Example:
[4] Štefanić, N., Martinčević-Mikić, S., Tošanović, N. (2009). Applied lean system in process industry. MOTSP Conference Proceedings, 422-427.

Standards

Standard-Code (year). Title. Organisation. Place. Note that the Title of the Standard is italicized.

Example:

[5] ISO/DIS 16000-6.2:2002. Indoor Air – Part 6: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor and Chamber Air by Active Sampling on TENAX TA Sorbent, Thermal Desorption and Gas Chromatography using MSD/FID. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva.

ASTM E92 – 82, 2003. Standard Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materials, ASTM International, USA.

Websites

Format:
Surname, Initials or Company name. Title, from http://address, date of access. Note that the www address is italicized.

Example:
[6] CoreTech company, Moldex3D tutorial, from http://www.moldex3d.com/en/support/resources-library/tutorials/, accessed on 2018-02-07. [Online]. Available: https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/en/themen/industrielle-wettbewerbsfaehigkeit/fems.html#tabpanel-1. [Accessed: 14-Jul-2019].

 

THE REVIEW PROCESS

 

The review process is free of charge. JPE uses the following double blind peer review process:

• Authors submit their paper electronically via email
• Editor-in-Chief first screens the submission. The EIC evaluates whether the paper (1) addresses a topic and uses a genre that fits with the aims and scope of JPE and (2) has achieved a level of quality that justifies further evaluation by a review team, and (3) has passed initial checking of paper by a special plagiarism detection tool.
• The EIC then makes a decision whether to seek the assistance of an editorial board member. If the EIC has a high level of expertise in the topic of the paper, he may not engage an editorial board member. Sometimes, the EIC and editorial board member may screen a submission in parallel.
• If submissions do not pass the initial screening(s), they are returned to the authors as inappropriate or rejected submissions.
• Papers that pass the initial screening are then sent to a panel of reviewers (usually two).
• Once review comments are returned to the editors, the EIC assimilates them and makes an editorial recommendation regarding publication, revision, or rejection. The EIC uses this recommendation as a basis for his final decision.
• EIC is guided by the recommendations of reviewers, but do not necessarily comply with the majority recommendation of the reviewers. Instead, he is required to make his own judgment on the merits of a paper.
• EIC makes a final judgment on a manuscript and send his report plus a copy of the reports provided by the reviewers to authors.

List of Reviewers for JPE