Author Guidelines
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or Word Perfect document file format.
- Manuscript Template could be used for submission.
- Author Information Form should be provided as a supplementary material during the submission process.
- Reviewer Suggestion Form should be provided as a supplementary material during the submission process. At least 3 reviewers from different institutions and also different from the authors' institutions should be provided. International reviewers are preferable regarding the editorial commitments of the Journal.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts can only be submitted through the Journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system, available at the Journal’s website.
Manuscripts submitted via any other medium and submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be evaluated. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal will first go through a technical evaluation process where the editorial office staff will ensure that the manuscript has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the Journal’s guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to the Journal’s guidelines will be returned to the submitting author with technical correction requests. Authors are required to submit the following forms during the initial submission, which are available for download at the Journal’s website.
Title Page
The title page should include:
- The full title of the manuscript and the type of the publication (research article, review, case study, short communication, etc.).
- The full name(s) of the author(s). Provide e-mail addresses, full postal addresses, telephone-fax numbers, and ORCID information for each author (Not only for corresponding author).
- Provide affiliation information and position/title for each author.
- Provide personal (if available) website addresses for each author.
- Grant information and detailed information on the other sources of support.
- Acknowledgment of the individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but who do not fulfill the authorship criteria.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Keywords
Please provide minimum of four to a maximum of six keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations.
Text Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word document.
- Use a Cambria font for title, 16 points.
- Use a Cambria font for sub titles, 10 points.
- Use 10-points Cambria for text.
- Use an automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
- Use an automatic line numbering.
Equations
- MS Word's latest equation editor tool should be used for the equations.
- Equations will be written as "Eq. (1)" for a single equation in the text.
- Plural equations will be written as "Eqs. (2) and (3)" in the text.
Figures
- Like the rest of the submission, the figures too should be blind. Any information within the images that may indicate an individual or institution should be blinded.
- The minimum resolution of each submitted figure should be 300 DPI (minimum dimensions: 100×100 mm).
- All figures should be referred to within the main text, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text.
- Figures will be written as "Fig. 1" in the text.
- Plural figures will be written as "Figs. 1 and 2" in the text.
- To identify the part of any element, it is going to be written as "Fig. 1(a)" in the text.
- To identify the part of any element for plural figures, it is going to be written as "Figs. 1(b-c)" in the text.
- Ensure that each figure has a caption.
- Captions of each figure will be placed at the bottom of each figure and will be written as:
Example:
Fig. 1. Deformation under step load.
Tables
- Data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented within the main text but should be supporting the main text.
- Tables will be written as "Table 1" in the text.
- Plural tables will be written as "Tables 1 and 2" in the text.
- A descriptive title must be placed above the tables.
- Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below the tables by footnotes (even if they are defined within the main text).
- Captions of each table will be placed at the top of each table and will be written as:
Example:
Table 1. Comparison of fundamental frequencies of the beam according to different beam models.
***Please submit tables and figures of graphs as editable text and not as image files.
Conclusions
Include a section under the heading "Conclusions" that presents the significant implications of the information presented in the body of the manuscript.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
References in the text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Indicate references by (Hanraads et al. 2000) or (Strunk and White 1979, 1981; Brown 2008) in the text.
For single author; cite references in the text by surname and year in parentheses in the text:
Example:
In the past 30 years, using of the plate bending elements based on the Mindlin (1951), and Reissner (1947) theory (the first-order shear deformation theory) have interested many researchers.
For two authors, cite references in the text by surnames of two authors and year in parentheses in the text:
Example:
However, more substantive support is provided by the work of Kanakubo and Shindo (1997).
For three or more authors, cite references in the text by the surname of first author having "et al." and year in parentheses in the text:
Example:
One of the early models developed on this topic is the one based on the skew-bending approach proposed by Elfgren et al. (1974), which is based on equilibrium considerations.
Reference List
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication.
References for Journal Articles:
Surnames and initials of author names (year). Article title. Journal Title (in italic and initial letters are in capital), volume(issue), pages.
Example:
Razaqpur AG, Bencardino F, Rizzuti L, Spadea G (2015). FRP-RC/PC members subjected to combined actions. Challenge Journal of Structural Mechanics, 1(1), 1-8.
References for Proceeding (Conference) Reports:
Surnames and initials of author names (year). Report title. Conference Title (in italic and initial letters are in capital), City, Country, pages.
Example:
Hotta H, Tsunoda T (2004a). An experimental study on influence of mullion-type wall of predominat bending failure in reinforced concrete frame. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering, Yokohama, Japan, 105-111.
References for Books:
Surnames and initials of author names (year). Book Title (initial letters are in capital). Edition information-if available. Publisher, City, Country.
Example:
Cook RD, Malkus DS, Michael EP (1989). Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Toronto, Canada.
References for Book Chapter:
Surnames and initials of author names (year). Chapter title. In: Surnames and initials of editor names, editors. Book Title (in italic and initial letters are in capital). Publisher, City, Country, pages.
Example:
Ozcebe G, Sucuoglu H, Yucemen MS, Yakut A (2006). Advances in earthquake engineering for urban risk reduction. In: Wasti ST, Ozcebe G, editors. Defence of Zeytinburnu. Springer Inc., Amsterdam, Netherlands, 95-116.
References for Dissertations:
Surname and initials of author name (year). Thesis Title (initial letters are in capital). M.Sc. or Ph.D. thesis (in italic), Name of the University (initial letters are in capital), City, Country.
Example:
Ayvaz Y (1992). Parametric Analyses of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Earthquake Excitation. Ph.D thesis, Texas University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
References for Codes:
Abbreviation of the Code (year). Code description. Publisher Institute of the Code, City, Country.
Example:
ACI 440.1R (2006). Guide for the design and construction of structural concrete reinforced with FRP bars. American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, USA.
References for Online Documents:
Provider of the reference (year). Title and other information of the downloaded document. Web address [accessed date of access].
Example:
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (2015). PEER strong motion database, University of California, Berkeley. http://peer.berkeley.edu [accessed 10-10-2015].
Citing Multiple Sources from an Author with the Same Year
In this case, you will need to differentiate documents with the same author(s) and publication year by adding a lower-case letter to the publication year. Ensure that the readers understand which document is cited in the text and can find that document in the reference list.
Examples:
Hotta H, Tsunoda T (2004a). An experimental study on influence of mullion-type wall of predominant bending failure in reinforced concrete frame. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering, Yokohama, Japan, 105-111.
Hotta H, Tsunoda T (2004b). An experimental study on influence of mullion-type wall of predominant bending failure in load-carrying capacity and deformation efficiency of reinforced concrete frame. Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transaction of Architectural Institute of Japan), 582, 131-136. (in Japanese)
