Information for authors

  Instructions for authors
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Instructions for Authors

All manuscripts must be in English. Pages should be numbered sequentially. The maximum length of contributions is 10 pages. Longer contributions will only be accepted if authors provide justification in a cover letter. Short manuscripts should be less than 4 pages. For full instructions see the Authors Guideline section on the journal’s website:
http://en.sv-jme.eu

 

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AN INVITATION:

 

We are considering our future editorial work to be supported by the electronic system for managing journal. The authors are kindly invited to submitt the paper through our web site: http://ojs.sv-jme.eu.

 

Authors are able to register and submit papers to the journal directly through the journal's web site. The Author is asked to upload the paper, as well as provide metadata or indexing information associated with the item, to improve the search capacity for research online and for this journal. The Author is also able to accompany the paper with Supplementary Files in the form of cover letter, data sets, research instruments, source texts, etc.

 

The Author is able to track the submission through the editorial process - as well as participate in the copyediting and proofreading of submissions accepted for publication - by logging in, and using the username and password provided.

  

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Strojniški vestnik -
Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: 00386 1 4771 137
Fax: 00386 1 2518 567
E-mail:info@sv-jme.eu
          strojniski.vestnik@fs.uni-lj.si

Please add a cover letter stating the following information about the submitted paper:
1. Paper title, list of authors and affiliations.
2. The type of your paper: original scientific paper (1.01), review scientific paper (1.02) or short scientific paper (1.03).
3. A declaration that your paper is unpublished work, not considered elsewhere for publication.
4. State the value of the paper or its practical, theoretical and scientific implications. What is new in the paper with respect to the state-of-the-art in the published papers?
5. We kindly ask you to suggest at least two reviewers for your paper and give us their names and contact information (email).

Every manuscript submitted to the SV-JME undergoes the course of the peer-review process.

The manuscript should be written in the following format:
- A Title, which adequately describes the content of the manuscript.
- An Abstract should not exceed 250 words. The Abstract should state the principal objectives and the scope of the investigation, as well as the methodology employed. It should summarize the results and state the principal conclusions.
- 6 significant key words should follow the abstract to aid indexing.
- An Introduction, which should provide a review of recent literature and sufficient background information to allow the results of the article to be understood and evaluated.
- A Theory or experimental methods used.
- An Experimental section, which should provide details of the experimental set-up and the methods used for obtaining the results.
- A Results section, which should clearly and concisely present the data using figures and tables where appropriate.
- A Discussion section, which should describe the relationships and generalizations shown by the results and discuss the significance of the results making comparisons with previously published work. (It may be appropriate to combine the Results and Discussion sections into a single section to improve the clarity).
- Conclusions, which should present one or more conclusions that have been drawn from the results and subsequent discussion and do not duplicate the Abstract.
- References, which must be cited consecutively in the text using square brackets [1] and collected together in a reference list at the end of the manuscript.

Units - standard SI symbols and abbreviations should be used. Symbols for physical quantities in the text should be written in italics (e.g. v, T, n, etc.). Symbols for units that consist of letters should be in plain text (e.g. ms-1, K, min, mm, etc.)
Abbreviations should be spelt out in full on first appearance, e.g., variable time geometry (VTG).
Meaning of symbols and units belonging to symbols should be explained in each case or quoted in a special table at the end of the manuscript before References.
Figures must be cited in a consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Figures should be prepared without borders and on white grounding and should be sent separately in their original formats.
Pictures may be saved in resolution good enough for printing in any common format, e.g. BMP, GIF or JPG. However, graphs and line drawings should be prepared as vector images, e.g. CDR, AI.
When labeling axes, physical quantities, e.g. t, v, m, etc. should be used whenever possible to minimize the need to label the axes in two languages. Multi-curve graphs should have individual curves marked with a symbol. The meaning of the symbol should be explained in the figure caption.
Tables should carry separate titles and must be numbered in consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Table 1, Table 2, etc. In addition to the physical quantity, e.g. t (in italics), units (normal text), should be added in square brackets. The tables should each have a heading. Tables should not duplicate data found elsewhere in the manuscript.
Acknowledgement of collaboration or preparation assistance may be included before References. Please note the source of funding for the research.

 

 

A reference list must be included using the following information as a guide. Only cited text references are included. Each reference is referred to in the text by a number enclosed in a square bracket (i.e., [3] or [2] to [6] for more references). No reference to the author is necessary.
References must be numbered and ordered according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, not alphabetically. All references must be complete and accurate. Examples follow.
Journal Papers:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Journal, volume, number, pages, DOI code.
[1] Hackenschmidt, R., Alber-Laukant, B., Rieg, F. (2010). Simulating nonlinear materials under centrifugal forces by using intelligent cross-linked simulations. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 57, no. 7-8, p. 531-538, DOI:10.5545/sv-jme.2011.013.
Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that journal title is set in italics. Please add DOI code when available and link it to the web site.
Books:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Publisher, place of publication.
[2] Groover, M.P. (2007). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.
Note that the title of the book is italicized.
Chapters in Books:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Chapter title. Editor(s) of book, book title. Publisher, place of publication, pages.
[3] Carbone, G., Ceccarelli, M. (2005). Legged robotic systems. Kordić, V., Lazinica, A., Merdan, M. (Editors), Cutting Edge Robotics. Pro literatur Verlag, Mammendorf, p. 553-576.
Proceedings Papers:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Paper title. Proceedings title, pages.
[4] Štefanić, N., Martinčević-Mikić, S., Tošanović, N. (2009). Applied Lean System in Process Industry. MOTSP 2009 Conference Proceedings, p. 422-427.
Standards:
Standard-Code (year). Title. Organisation. Place.
[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.
WWW pages:
Surname, Initials or Company name. Title, from http://address, date of access.
[6] Rockwell Automation. Arena, from http://www.arenasimulation.com, accessed on 2009-09-07.


By the time the paper is accepted for publishing, the authors are requested to send the extended abstract (approx. one A4 page or 3.500 to 4.000 characters). The instructions for writing the extended abstract are published on the web page http://www.sv-jme.eu/ information-for-authors/.
The extended abstract should be provided in English and it will be translated by editorial translator.
The extended abstract should include:
Title:
Author:
Affiliation:
Purpose: What are the reason(s) for writing the paper or the aims of the research?
The definition of the problem: How are the objectives achieved? Include the main method(s) used for the research.
Methodology: What is the approach to the topic and what is the theoretical or subject scope of the paper?
Results, Findings: What was found in the course of the work? This will refer to analysis, discussion, or results.
Research limitations, implications: (if applicable) If research is reported on in the paper this section must be completed and should include suggestions for future research and any identified limitations in the research process.
Contribution, Novelty, Value: What is new in the paper with respect to the state of the art in the published papers? State the value of the paper or its practical, theoretical and scientific implication.
Key words: 6-8 key words
Please send the extended abstract in separate word document.



Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors. The submission of the manuscript by the authors means that the authors automatically agree to transfer copyright to SV-JME and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. All accepted manuscripts must be accompanied by a Copyright Transfer Agreement, which should be sent to the editor. The work should be original by the authors and not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the publisher.
The proof will be sent to the author showing the final layout of the article. Proof correction must be minimal and fast. Thus it is essential that manuscripts are accurate when submitted.
Authors can track the status of their accepted articles on http://en.sv-jme.eu/.



For all articles authors will be asked to pay a publication fee prior to the article appearing in the journal. However, this fee only needs to be paid after the article has been accepted for publishing. The fee is 180.00 EUR (for articles with maximum of 6 pages), 220.00 EUR (for articles with maximum of 10 pages), 20.00 EUR for each addition page. Additional costs for a color page is 90.00 EUR.