Journal of Materials Sciences & Technology is a monthly journal for the rapid dissemination of new, important results in material and related fields.

Submission of Papers

Electronic files of MS Word and PDF are acceptable. Please visit http://www.jmst.org and submit online.
Submission of a manuscript must be the original work of the author(s) and has not been published elsewhere or under consideration for another publication, or a substantially similar form in any language.
Authors are encouraged to recommend three to five individuals (including their research fields, e-mail, phone numbers and addresses) who are qualified to serve as referees for their paper.

Manuscript Preparation

All manuscripts should be written in English. Letters are generally no more than three journal pages. Research articles and review articles have no page limit. The supporting organization and the grant number should be given in the section "ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S)" of the manuscript. For more details of submission format, please visit our website: http://www.jmst.org.

Title

The title of the paper should be concise but informative.

Author name(s)

A list of all authors, as well as corresponding addresses, should be provided on the title page. Authors’ names should be given in a consistent form on all publications to facilitate indexing. It will be better if the fax number(s), e-mail address(es), and telephone number(s) are all provided.

Abstract

The abstract should be no longer than 500 words. It should be informative, without descriptive words or citations, and contain the major conclusions and quantitative results or other significant items in the paper. Together with the title, the abstract must be adequate as an index to all the subjects treated in the paper, and will be used as a base for indexing.

Formulas

Formulas should be punctuated and aligned to bring out their structure, and numbered consecutively in round brackets on the right-hand side of the page.

Notation

Notation must be legible, clear, compact, and consistent with standard usage. All unusual symbols whose identity may not be obvious, including subscript or superscript, must be made comprehensible. Physical and mathematical variables should be in italic, vectors in boldface. Units, abbreviations and special functions should be upright. Please add notes to explain any other special symbols.

Figures

Figures should be original laser prints with high contrast, suitable for immediate reproduction, typed on separate sheets and identified by its number. They will normally be reduced to one column width (6-8 cm). In the figures, the main lines should be about 0.3 mm in width, and the assistant lines 0.15 mm. Notations in the figures should be distinct and consistent with the same ones in the text, and their font size will be 7-9 pt. The positions of figures should be marked in the text by boxes of a suitable size. Each figure should have its own caption. For photographs, the original photos must be supplied with good contrast and clearly distinguishable details.
　

Tables

Tables, numbered in order of appearance, should be appended on separate sheets and identified with appropriate titles. The table title, which should be brief, goes above the table. A detailed description of its contents or table footnotes should be given directly below the body of the table.
　

References

References must be published work, and numbered consecutively in order of their first citation. References should be listed individually at the end of the text and indicated in the text with a superscript number in square brackets. All of the authors, as well as the titles of the reference articles should be given. Here are some examples of how to set the most common reference types:

Journals:

F. Huang, N.R. Tao and L. Lu: Effects of Strain Rate and Deformation Temperature on Microstructures and Hardness in Plastically Deformed Pure Aluminum, J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2011, 27(1), 1.

Books:

N. Bloembergen: Nonlinear Optics, Benjamin, New York, 1965, 85-90.

Conference proceedings:

R. E. Kalman and M. Lee: in Proc. of Advanced Seminar on Generalized Inverse and Applications, ed. M. Z. Nashed, Academic, San Diego, CA, USA, 1976, 111.

Patents:

A. C. Hart, Jr., R.G. Huff and K.L. Walker: US Patent, No. 5298047, March 29, 1994.

Dissertations:

K.L. Corwin: A Circularly-polarized Optical Dipole Trap and Other Developments in Laser Trapping of Atoms, Ph. D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 1999.

Online references:

H. R. Sheikh, Z. Wang, L. Cormack and A. C. Bovik: Live Image Quality Assessment Database Release 2, http://live.ece.utexas.edu/research/quality, September 8, 2006.

Proofs

Authors will receive a letter informing them whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected in three months. Authors should return their revised manuscript to editorial office within one month on receipt. When an article has been amended in compliance with the comments of referee(s), an electronic file of the final version should be sent with the revised manuscript. Proofs will be sent to the authors and should be returned preferably within 48 hours to avoid publication delays.

Copyright

As the manuscript has been accepted, all authors should transfer the copyright of the article, including that of the printing and on-line version, to the publisher. All authors must sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement before the article can be published. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.