The Journal of Applied Collaborative Systems - JACS
GUIDE for AUTHORS


Submission details

The Journal of Applied Collaborative Systems publishes a quarterly issue. Each issue has a special topic. Each paper shall have no less than 5 pages and no more than 25 pages using the format below. Shorter papers are allowed only in the following situations: corrigendum papers, announcements for scientific events like congresses, seminars and book reviews. The journal also publishes surveys belonging to the open source area.

Papers must be sent as email attachments to editor@jacs.ro. Each paper must be accompanied by a signed and dated statement of the author(s), stating that the paper is an original work and neither the paper nor significant parts of it have been published or are under reviewing process for publication in another journal. The statement must be sent in original form or scanned in color and attached to the email. The statement also grants all copyrights for the paper to the The Journal of Applied Collaborative Systems.

Paper format requirements

The paper will include an introduction on the current research in the papers' field, original solutions, experimental results analysis, conclusions and references.

The paper must be edited as Microsoft Word 97-2003 document or rich text format, with the following settings:
  • page setup: page size A4, orientation portrait; margins: mirror margins, top 3cm, bottom 2cm, inside 2.5cm, outside 2cm, gutter 0.5cm; layout: header 1.7 cm, different odd and even, footer 0cm, section start continuous, page alignment top;
  • page numbers: top, outside, font Times New Roman size 10, bold, continue from previous section;
  • paragraph format: line spacing single, uncheck widow/orphan protection, alignment justify;
  • font: Times New Roman size 12, regular;
  • document language: English, automatic hyphenation on, hyphenation zone 0.1cm; make sure the speller has been used to correct eventual typing mistakes.

Content details

  • paper title: centered paragraph, font size 14, bold;
  • author(s): full name, last name all capitals, and affiliation including institution, city, country, email in a centered paragraph;
  • paper abstract: describe your paper using between 100 and 150 words; use italic font style;
  • keywords: italic font, the lead word keywords also with bold font;
  • content:
    • figures and tables must have descriptive titles and consecutive numbering, respectively; all figures, pictures and similar objects must be included in objects of type Microsoft Word Picture, not drawing canvas, and centered; table description is placed above them; picture description is placed below them; description of pictures and titles must begin with type identification and number like Fig. 1. or Table 1. – using bold font; description uses regular font; each picture or table must be placed as close as possible to the first reference in the text; layout for each object must be in line with text; please see the following PDF files for figure and table guidelines;
    • source code: if the paper includes sections of source code, it must be written with Courier New font, size 9, regular and properly indented; please check the the source code PDF inclusion suggestion;
    • citations: use IEEE Citation Style: numbers enclosed in square brackets; citations should be numbered in the order they appear in the text; please check this citation proposal in PDF format; all references must be detailed in the Reference/Bibliography section; avoid using footnotes, as they may interfere with final formatting of the paper;
  • references: use IEEE Citation Style; examples are in this PDF file; use numbers enclosed in square brackets for each reference; all references have to be cited within the paper; otherwise they will be removed from the reference list;
  • author(s) details: for each author include a small face picture sized 2x3 cm and a short description including: affiliation, education, research field(s) matching this suggested form.

Reviewing process

All papers will be subjected to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. A blind review process will be used, employing 2 or 3 scientific reviewers. Author(s) will be notified about the outcome via email, using the declared address.

An author may not publish more than two papers per year in the The Journal of Applied Collaborative Systems. The bibliography and references must comply with the above requirements. These are the eligibility criteria for the assessment process.

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