Notes for Contributors - Powder Metallurgy

Contributions to the journal should now be submitted online at http://pom.edmgr.com. 

See below for details of the file requirements, etc.

Click here to download an Endnotes style file for this journal.

Click here to download a .bst file to format LaTeX bibliographies.

Scope and types of contribution

Copyright

Submission procedure and file requirements

Formatting and style guidelines

Illustrations

Supplementary material

Following acceptance

Further information

SCOPE AND TYPES OF CONTRIBUTION

Powder Metallurgy is an international journal publishing peer reviewed original research on the science and practice of powder metallurgy; and news of technological and commercial developments in the industry and PM community. Coverage is broad, encompassing hard materials, ceramics, and composites in addition to metallic PM materials, and ranging from the production, handling, and characterisation of powders, through compaction and sintering and other consolidation routes, to the properties, secondary processing, and applications of PM components. 

Submissions to Powder Metallurgy are considered for publication on the basis that: (1) The paper presents original work that has not been submitted elsewhere or previously published in the same or essentially similar form; (2) All authors are aware of, and have consented to, the submission to Powder Metallurgy; (3) Due regard has been paid to ethical considerations relating to the work reported; (4) The paper contains, to the best of the authors' knowledge, no libellous or unlawful statements.

The following types of contribution are welcomed:

Ÿ papers reporting research and practice, typically 3500 words in length plus figures and tables 

Ÿ short communications, providing a rapid publication route for preliminary announcements of 

      the results of current work, or short accounts of limited investigations or of new techniques,   

      typically 1000-1500 words in length with, at most, four figures and/or tables 

Ÿ critical reviews: fully referenced contributions examining, critically and comprehensively, the 

      position in a topic of current interest. 

FRONT END CONTRIBUTIONS

Powder Metallurgy also publishes international news and comment of interest to the community. The Editor will be pleased to consider proposals for technical features or company profiles, recently published books for review, and other information. News and features should be emailed direct to the Editor, not uploaded to the online submission system. Click here for further information.

CONDITIONS OF SUBMISSION

By submitting to Powder Metallurgy, authors acknowledge and accept that papers are considered for publication on the basis:

1) that the paper presents original work that is not being considered or reviewed by any other publication, and has not been published elsewhere in the same or a similar form

2) that all authors are aware of, and have consented to, the submission of the paper to Powder Metallurgy

3) that due regard has been paid to ethical considerations relating to the work reported

4) that the paper contains no libellous or unlawful statements. 

COPYRIGHT

Authors will be required, before publication, to transfer copyright of their article to the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (this condition may be waived if Crown (or equivalent) copyright is involved and a licence to publish given). Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any material or illustrations for which they do not hold the copyright.Under Maney's standard agreement, authors reserve: (1) all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights; (2) the rights to use all or part of the article in future works of their own.

Under Maney's open access policy, authors will receive a PDF file of the published version of their paper. This PDF may be forwarded to co-authors without separate permission being required from the publisher. The PDF cannot be used for commercial purposes. Powder Metallurgy must be cited as the original source of publication and a link to www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/pm included with any listing. This PDF may be posted, with appropriate acknowledgement of source and copyright, on authors' individual websites or that of their institution. Authors are entitled to make copies of the article for reasonable personal use only.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND FILE REQUIREMENTS

Articles must be submitted online at http://pom.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 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:

Ÿ a PDF file of the complete paper

Ÿ OR a Word file containing the complete paper

Ÿ 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.

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. 

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:

Ÿ a text file containing the revised text, references, tables and figure captions, prepared to the 

      specification described below. Do not upload tables separately. 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. LaTeX2e files 

      should not use personal styles or macros.

Ÿ 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).

Ÿ a response to the referees' comments, as a Word or PDF file.

It is not necessary to upload, for a second time, files that were uploaded with the initial submission and have not been altered.

FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDELINES 

Formatting of manuscript

In preparing the manuscript as a Word or rtf file, there is no need to format the article to a specific template, but please include italic or bold type where necessary. 

Use hard returns at the end of paragraphs only; switch autohyphenation off; and do not justify text. 

Consistency in spacing, punctuation, and spelling is essential. The journal uses UK and 'ise' spellings, e.g. 'characterise' rather than 'characterize'.

Tables  should be included within the manuscript file, not provided as separate files. Use Word Table mode, not tabs or spaces between columns. Do not provide tables as image files.

Equations should be produced using Word Equation Editor.

Structure of submission

The submitted manuscript must contain: 

Ÿ a title page giving full contact details for all authors. Pages should be numbered consecutively 

      with the title page as page 1

Ÿ an abstract of no more than 150 words, giving a concise summary of the aims, content, and  

      conclusions 

Ÿ up to six keywords to be used for indexing purposes

Ÿ list of symbols (if appropriate)

Ÿ text: section and subsection headings should be clearly differentiated, using a structured 

      numbering system if necessary (note that this numbering is to guide typesetting and will not 

      appear in the printed version)

Ÿ appendices (if any)

Ÿ acknowledgements (if any)

Ÿ references (see below)

Ÿ a list of figure captions. Each figure should have a caption that is intelligible without reference to 

      the text; discussion of figures should appear in the text of the paper, not the caption. Where 

      appropriate, scales or magnifications must be provided

Ÿ tables.

Style guidelines

Use of SI units is mandatory. Journal style is to use the form Sm-1, Am-2, Wm-1K-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 or solidi within abbreviations (e.g. PM, SEM, XPS not P/M, S.E.M., X.P.S.).

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 'el' and the number 'one' and the letter 'oh' 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. 

Reference and notes should be numbered serially in a single sequence. Citations in the text should be as superior characters, thus,1,2,4-6 outside any punctuation marks. References cited for the first time in a table or figure caption should be numbered as if they appeared in the text where the table or figure is first mentioned. References should be set out in a complete list at the end of the paper, numbered according to their appearance in the text, not positioned as footnotes. 

All references given must be complete, including all authors where known, and should be verified at source. Click here to download an Endnotes style file for this journal.

Journal abbreviations in references follow the ISO system, e.g.

O. Coube, A. C. F. Cocks and C.-Y. Wu: Powder Metall., 2005, 48, 68-76.

R. Sinclair, M. Preuss and P. J. Withers: Mater. Sci. Technol., 2005, 21, 27-34.

J.-W. Park, J. M. Vitek, S. S. Babu and S. A. David: Sci. Technol. Weld. Joining, 2004, 9, 472-482.

M. M. Stack: Int. Mater. Rev., 2005, 50, 1-18.

If the abbreviation is not known, the journal title should be given in full. Where the pagination is not consecutive through the volume, it is essential to give the month or part number.

Book references should give full bibliographic details, e.g.

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia: 'Bainite in steels', 2nd edn, 240; 2001, London, IoM Communications.

J. V. Wood: in 'Future developments of metals and ceramics', (ed. J. A. Charles et al.), Vol.1, 235-239; 1992, London, The Institute of Materials.

Standard texts should not be cited in their entirety: indicate the appropriate page or section.

Conference references must include the date, location, and organiser or publisher of the meeting, e.g.

J. J. Dunkley: Proc. PM World Cong. 2004, Vienna, Austria, October 2004, EPMA, Vol. 1, 13-18.

M. H. Loretto: Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on 'Research and development in net shape manufacturing', Birmingham, UK, March 1999, University of Birmingham, Paper 23.

Reports, theses, etc. should be presented in the form:

R. D. Niel: 'Interfacial structures in intermetallic/steel joints after high temperature service', Report 1131, AVS plc, Huntingdon, UK, 2000.

D. Sha: 'Characterisation of melt integrity in injection micromoulding', PhD thesis, Imperial College, London, UK, 2002.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Authors must provide high resolution digital files of all figures to the specification laid out below. 

Policy on colour

Barring the exceptions below, all illustrations must be suitable for reproduction in black and white. Limited use of colour in the printed journal may be possible at the Editors’ discretion: otherwise colour is available in print only if the author is prepared to pay the additional cost of colour reproduction. 

Colour illustrations will carried free in the online version of the journal, where this enhances the information being presented, provided the figures involved are supplied in the correct electronic format (see below). For these figures, two separate files must be supplied, optimised for black and white and colour reproduction respectively.

Conversion of colour figures for greyscale reproduction

Graphs with coloured lines and keys, contour maps, model outputs, etc. will not reproduce adequately if converted direct to greyscale. In particular, red and blue convert to similar grey levels and will not be distinguishable. Suitable labelling or reformatting must be used to ensure clarity. 

Colour photographs will in general convert to greyscale satisfactorily but optimisation for greyscale reproduction may improve the final result. 

Figure size and legibility

Check that all labels are correct and free of spelling or numerical errors.

In general, figures will be reproduced to single column width (80mm) or page width (168mm).

Authors must ensure that the labelling on figures will be legible when reduced to final size. Lettering should be approximately 8pt in size (equivalent to 2mm in height for capital letters) at final width (i.e. figures that are wider before reproduction generally require larger type sizes). Keys must be legible when the figure is reduced to final size. 

Ensure that curves on multiple plots are clear, in particular that any symbols used on graphs can be distinguished following reduction. Labelling of individual curves may be preferable to keys in these circumstances.

Axis labels should be of the form:

Stress, MPa

Velocity (v), m s-1

log(l, nm)

Image file formats and resolution

Each figure must be supplied in digital form as a separate, clearly named file. 

Acceptable file formats are TIFF, JPEG and EPS. If supplying EPS files ensure that all fonts are attached. Figures embedded in Word documents are not suitable for reproduction.

Images should be saved at a resolution of at least 600 dpi at final size (dpi=dots or pixels per inch; 600dpi=240 dots per centimetre). Do not save at the default resolution (72dpi).

Crop any unwanted white space from around the figure before sizing. 

Halftones (photographs) should be supplied as greyscale images.

Line drawings or diagrams should be scanned as line art or produced to the appropriate resolution using a standard package such as PhotoShop.

Diagrams with shaded or toned areas or line/tone figures should be submitted as greyscale images. 

Colour figures for printing should be provided in CMYK format. 

Colour figures for online use only should be provided in RGB format. In some instances a reduced resolution of 72dpi at final size may be acceptable for these figures.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Supplementary material such as videos, animations, models or datasets will be accessed via a hyperlink from the online version of the paper. There is not therefore a requirement to use specified file or software formats but be aware of the need to use commonly available platforms and to minimise file size for ease of downloading.

FOLLOWING ACCEPTANCE

Following typesetting, you will receive by email PDF proofs for checking together with a copyright transfer form. It is imperative that authors check proofs carefully, particularly numerical data and equations. All corrections should be returned together within three days of receipt, by email fax or first class post/airmail. Corrections should be kept to a minimum and authors may be asked to bear the cost of excessive changes, other than typesetting errors.

Authors will receive a PDF file of the final version of the paper on publication and will be sent details on how to order hard copy reprints with their proofs. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information or clarification contact pom.ed@materials.org.uk.