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Instructions to authors for Survey Review
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Email: Peter Collier
| INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS FOR SURVEY REVIEW Survey Review is an international journal which has been published since 1931, until recently under the auspices of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE). The journal is now published for Survey Review Ltd and brings together research, theory, practice and management in land and engineering surveying. The peer reviewed papers come from government, private industry and academic organisations worldwide. Survey Review is included in the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) index of the most important and influential research conducted throughout the world. Survey Review welcomes original papers that match the aims and scope of the Journal on the understanding that the paper has not previously been published, and is not being concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be sent to independent referees. It is a condition of publication that on acceptance of the paper by the Journal Editor that copyright must be assigned to the copyright holder. If you wish to discuss your submission with the Editor prior to submitting the journal, please do so at peter.collier@port.ac.uk Submission Procedure and File Requirements Articles must be submitted online at http://sre.edmgr.com. If you have not already done so, you will need to register to obtain a username and password. (Select the 'REGISTER' option from the main navigation bar at the top of the MANEY homepage.) Information on the submission procedure is provided online, but you will be asked to provide the information and files listed below. Failure to conform to these requirements may delay typesetting and publication of your paper. Authors will be asked to submit their work according to the requirements of the journal. For an initial submission you must upload: • a PDF file of the complete paper • OR a Word file containing the complete paper • OR a Word file containing the text, references, tables and figure captions plus an individual file of each figure, prepared to the specification laid out below. Articles should not normally exceed 8,000-10,000 words in length. Although there is no strict limit on the length of papers it is preferred that they are no more than 20 pages long when published. You will be asked to input separately the title, abstract and keywords for the article and contact details for all authors. This information may be cut and pasted. For revised and accepted articles, you must also download, complete and return the author agreement. Supplementary information such as datasets, animations, models or videos must be submitted offline, but you will need to indicate that an item of this type is being included in the submission. When submitting a revised article you must upload: • A text file containing the revised text, references, tables and figure captions, prepared to the specification described below. This file must not include graphics.(The preferred file format is Word (.doc) or rich text format (.rtf), but Word-compatible word processor files (e.g. .wpd) and LaTeX2e files will also usually be acceptable. Do not upload a PDF file at the revise stage) • A separate image file of each figure. Ensure that figures will be legible and comprehensible at final size and are of sufficiently high resolution (see guidelines below). Permitted file formats are TIFF (.tif), JPEG (.jpg) and EPS (.eps) • A response to the referees' comments, as a Word or PDF file • A short biography of the lead author (150 words) • A cover note detailing any specific requirements for layout and sizing of illustrations, e.g. single or double-column width (which the typesetters will endeavour to follow where practicable) It is not necessary to upload, for a second time, files that were uploaded with the initial submission and have not been altered. However, please note that PDF is not an acceptable format for revised submissions. Text files and separate figure files are required in order not to delay publication should your article be accepted. MOREOpenChoice Authors, or their funding agency, may sponsor an article for open access publication. For information on article charges and how to exercise this option visit www.maney.co.uk/moreopenchoice. These notes are intended only to provide an overview. Address enquiries to the Journal editor. Style Guidelines Endnotes should be used for referencing and should be kept to the strict minimum necessary for documentation. They should contain only minimal extra expository material. Endnote numbers, which should always use arabic numerals, should be given sequentially in the text, immediately following the most convenient punctuation mark. Key aspects of the journal’s style guidelines are given below: • Use of SI units is mandatory. Journal style is to use the form S m-1, A m-2, W m-1 K-1, not S/m, A/m2, W/m.K. • The full form of any abbreviation or acronym should be given in the text when the term is first used. Do not use full points within abbreviations (e.g. SEM, XPS). • Be careful not to use the same symbol to represent more than one variable. Ensure that Greek symbols are clear and that similar characters, e.g. the letter 'l' and the number 'one' and the letter 'o' and the number 'zero', are clearly distinguished and used consistently. A list of symbols should be provided if helpful to the reader. • Figures should be cited in a single sequence throughout the text as 'Fig.1', 'Fig.2', … • Equations and tables should also be numbered in sequence and referred to in the text as, for example, 'equation (1)' and 'Table 1' respectively. Authors should also bear the following points in mind: 1. The title should be concise and reflect the subject matter. This should be followed by the Author's name and full address. An abstract of approximately 100 words should be included. 2. The paper should be in English. Long passages of text should be avoided by the appropriate use of sub-titles. 3. References should be numbered in alphabetical order (with reference to the initial letter of the author's surname) and reference numbers should be inserted (in bold type within square brackets e.g. [12]) at relevant points within the text. Copyright and Ethics It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that they comply with Maney’s copyright and ethics (including plagiarism) policies. Strong policies in these areas protect the rights of authors, editors, reviewers and publishers alike ensuring the reputation of the publication and copyright holders. Maney’s policies can be found by reading the information available here, along with best practice guidelines for authors, journal editors and reviewers. Proofs, Illustrations, Permissions, Copyright and Eprints More information about style and formatting of articles, file type requirements and all of the above details, can be found here.
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