Author's Guidelines
KT Journal of Mechanical Engineering accepts manuscripts (Original research, review articles, short communication, and letter to editor) on original work, either experimental or theoretical) from Mechanical Engineering and Allied Applied Sciences etc. All manuscripts are subjected to rapid peer review process and published after final acceptance in continuous basis with article. Manuscripts those are original work of author(s) (which are not previously published and are not under consideration for publication by another journal) and having high quality would be published without any delay in subsequent issue.
Manuscript Categories
KT Journal of Mechanical Engineering accepts five types of manuscripts (i) Full length research articles, (ii) Short communications, (iii) Review articles, (iv) Case studies, and (v) Letter to editor etc.
- Full length research articles should not generally exceed 25 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and should not contain more than 15 figures and/or tables.
- Short communications should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and no more than 5 figures and/or tables.
- Reviews should not generally exceed 20 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and should not contain more than 10 figures and/or tables.
- Case studies should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and no more than 5 figures and/or tables.
- Letter to the Editor discussing papers recently published in the journal or matters of general interest to the readership will be considered for publication. Letters may not exceed double-spaced 2-3 pages of text and 10 references.
Manuscript preparation for Full length research articles
Manuscript format
The manuscript should be typed, double-spaced on A4 size paper with 1″ margins on all sides in MS word format. All lines should be numbered automatically with restart each page. All pages should be automatically numbered at right side of bottom. Times New Roman font (12 pt) and justify alignment should be used throughout the manuscript. The first page of manuscript is a title page which should contains: Title of manuscript, Author’s full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondance. The second page of manuscript should contain Abstract and Keywords. The subsequent pages should include Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any) References and Each Author (s) Short Profile with Photo(s).
Title section
The first section of manuscript is a title page which should contains: Title of manuscript, Author’s full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence.
- Title of the manuscript should be clear, concise and informative. Title should be typed in sentence case and should have maximum 150 characters
- Provide the name(s) of authors as First Name (Given name)-Middle Name- Last name (Family name/Surname) for each author and check that all names are accurately spelled.
- Present the author’s affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names of authors. Indicate all affiliations with superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate affiliation address. Provide the full details of each affiliation including country name.
- Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Corresponding Author of the manuscript must be marked with an asterisk. The Corresponding Author must indicate his or her complete mailing address including office/cellular phone number/fax number, and email address.
- Provide the e-mail address of each author.
Abstract:
- The abstract should not more than 250 words in length.
- Abstract should briefly present the purpose of research, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant results, and summarizes major findings and conclusions.
- An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. Therefore avoid references/citations in the abstract.
- Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
- Graphical abstract: Although not mandatory, we encourage manuscripts with Graphical abstract because it helps to capture the attention of wide readership. It should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form. A graphical abstract should be submitted as a separate file by e-mail or in the online submission system. Image size: please provide an image with a minimum of 500 × 1250 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: jpeg, png, tiff, eps, or MS Office files.
Keywords:
Immediately after abstract provide four-six keywords. These keywords will be used for indexing purpose.
Introduction:
This should be brief and state the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Introduction should clearly state the hypothesis or purpose statement, how and why the purpose or hypothesis was developed and why the author thinks it important.
Abstract:
The first section of manuscript is a title page which should contains: Title of manuscript, Author’s full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence.
Open access
All the manuscript published by KT Journal of Mechanical Engineering can be fully read, download, and print by anyone interested without the permission from editor or author. Thus, all the papers will be available freely from all current and previous volumes.
Copyright
KT Journal of Mechanical Engineering allowing all the authors to keep the copyright of their research work with them. All the authors are requested to submit original unpublished papers. The papers under review in another journal should not be submitted to KTJME.
Disclaimer
All the authors of KT Journal of Mechanical Engineering are solely held responsible for the content of the published manuscript. The journal editor of KTJME nor publisher Key Tech Services or any official staff involved in the publication process will not be held responsible for accuracy of the results and applicability.