Journal of Sustainable Energy & Environment

Guide for Authors

Submission must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and
been published before and is not under consideration for year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations
publication elsewhere. When the manuscript is accepted, the should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at
authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the their first mention in the abstract itself.
publisher, and that the manuscript will not be published
elsewhere, in any language, without the consent of the Keywords
copyright holders. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5
keywords in times new roman, size font 12. Use American
Language spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple
Please write your text in good English. Use decimal points concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with
(not decimal commas); use a comma for thousands (e.g. abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the
10,000). field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for
indexing purposes.
Use of word processing software
The file must be saved in the native format of the word processor Introduction
software. The manuscript should be in double-column format State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate
with single-line spacing. The main text of the manuscript background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a
should be produced in times new roman, font size 12. Keep summary of the results.
the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting
codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. Method and material
Tables and figures should be kept in the manuscript wherever Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced.
they are mentioned to appear in the main text (not on Methods already published should be indicated by a
separated sheets at the end of the manuscript). The length of reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
the manuscript should be in the range 3,000-6,000 words,
including, tables and captions but excluding references. Results and discussion
Results should be clear and concise. The discussion should
Article structure and format explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat
them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often
Title appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of
It should be concise and informative, and in bold times new published literature.
roman, size font 14. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where
possible. Conclusion
The main findings of the study should be presented in a short
Author names and affiliations Conclusion section, which should stand alone.
Provide the authors’ full names below the title in times new
roman, size font 12. Present the authors' affiliation addresses Appendices
below the author names in times new roman, size font 10. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified
Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be
immediately after the author's name and in front of the given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a
appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on.
affiliation, including the country name, and the e-mail
address of corresponding author. Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered
Corresponding author sections and sub-sections. Any section and subsection should
Clearly indicate who is going to handle correspondence at all be given a brief heading. Main sections’ headings should be
stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. numbered 1., 2., 3., etc., and appear on a separate line, center
Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and adjusted and in bold times new roman, size font 9.
area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,...),
the complete postal address. 1.2, etc., and appear on a separate line, left aligned and in
bold times new roman, size font 9. Use this numbering also
Present/permanent address for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to "the text".
If an author has moved since the work described in the article
was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address"' (or Abbreviations
"Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a
author's name. The address at which the author actually did footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such
the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be
Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes. defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote.
Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Abstract
The abstract should not be longer than 250 words in times Acknowledgements
new roman, size font 12. A concise and factual abstract is Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of
required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the the article before the references.
research, the principal results and major conclusions. An
abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it
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Nomenclature and Units Reference style

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in
the international system of units (SI). line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but
the reference number(s) must always be given.
Footnotes List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic
numbers. Many word processors build footnotes into the text, Examples of formatting:
and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, Reference to a journal publication:
indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the Zallaikah, S., Lai, C., Vali, S.R. and Ju, Y.H. 2005. A two-
footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article. Do step acid-catalyzed process for the production of biodiesel
not include footnotes in the Reference list. from rice bran oil, Bioresource and Technology, 96, 1889-
1896.
Table footnotes
Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase Reference to a book:
letter. Duffie, J.A. and Beckman, W.A. 2013. Solar Engineering of
Thermal Processes John Wiley & Sons, 4nd Ed., USA.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a separate caption. A caption Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
should comprise a brief title and a description of the Kungsuwan, A., Ittipong, B. and Chandrkrachang, S. 1996.
illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a Preservative effect of chitosan on fish products. In: Steven,
minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used. W.F., Rao, M.S. and Chandrkachang, S. (eds): Chitin and
Chitosan: Environmental and Friendly and Versatile
Tables Biomaterials (pp. 193–199). Bangkok: Asian Institute of
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables Technology.
should be placed next to the relevant text. Number tables
consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Reference to a website:
Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate EPPO (Energy Policy and Planning Office). 2011. 20-year
them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Energy Efficiency Development Plan (2011-2030) Energy
Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data Policy and Planning Office, Ministry of Energy, Thailand,
presented in tables do not duplicate results described Available online:
elsewhere in the article. www.enconfund.go.th/pdf/index/EEDP_Eng.pdf [Accessed
on: 28 September 2014]
References
Citation in text Reference to a conference paper or poster presentation:
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also Engle, E.K., Cash, T.F. and Jarry, J.L. 2009. The Body Image
present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references Behaviours Inventory-3: Development and validation of the
cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results Body Image Compulsive Actions and Body Image Avoidance
and personal communications are not recommended in the Scales. Poster session presentation at the meeting of the
reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, New
references are included in the reference list they should York, November 2009.
follow the standard reference style of the journal and should
include a substitution of the publication date with either
"Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation
of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been
accepted for publication.
.