NOTE: Payment of registration fee and presentation of paper at WOCA do not guarantee acceptance of manuscripts. All papers will be subject to review process and will be accepted only after timely and thorough revision following peer review.
Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure that the review and publication of your paper is as swift and efficient as possible. These notes may be copied freely.
Fuel is concerned with the nature, conservation, preparation, use, interconversion, physical and nuclear properties and chemical reactions including combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels and associated mineral matter; with basic data determining the comparative economic of fuels; and with organic geochemistry. Papers on less usual sources of energy including solar cells, fuel cells and waste, and environmental aspects are welcomed. Topics such as petrochemical reactions, oil refining and reforming, coal carbonization and gasification, and combustor modelling, for example, fall naturally into these categories.
Closely related scientific topics in general are of interest.
Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication:
Contributions are normally received with the understanding that they comprise original, unpublished material and are not being submitted for publication elsewhere. Translated material, which has not been published in English, will also be considered. All submissions should be accompanied by a written declaration, signed by all authors, that the paper has not been submitted for consideration elsewhere. Authors are solely responsible for the factual accuracy of their papers. The receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged.
It is strongly recommended that all submissions be electronic. Full instructions follow.
Send electronic submissions to: gtremoulet@caer.uky.edu
Gretchen Tremoulet
University of Kentucky CAER
2540 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511-8410
Authors should submit a revised electronic copy with the final version of the manuscript. The electronic copy should match the hard copy exactly. Always keep a backup copy of your electronic file for reference and safety. Full details of electronic submission and formats can be obtained from http://authors.elsevier.com
All contributions are read by two or more referees to ensure both accuracy and relevance, and revisions to the script may thus be required. On acceptance, contributions are subject to editorial amendment to suit house style. When a manuscript is returned for revision prior to final acceptance, the revised version must be submitted as soon as possible after the author's receipt of the referees' reports. Revised manuscripts returned after four months will be considered as new submissions subject to full re-review.
The submission of a paper will imply that, if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the Publisher. All authors must sign the "Transfer of Copyright" agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier Ltd. to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author's proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of a similar nature, and translations. It also includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any material for which copyright already exists.
You should write in clear and concise English. Spelling should follow the Oxford English Dictionary. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all manuscripts (whether original or revised) are accurately typed before final submission. Manuscripts will be returned to the authors with a set of instructions if they are not presented according to these Instructions to Authors.
You should arrange your contribution in the following order:
Subdivide your paper in the simplest way possible, consistent with clarity. The text should usually follow the standard sequence of introduction, method, results and discussion. Headings and subheadings for different sections of the paper should be clearly indicated. Number the sections. Ensure that all figures and tables are mentioned in the text, and that all references are cited in numerical order. Note that trade names should have an initial capital letter.
All measurements and data should be given in SI units, or if SI units do not exist, in an internationally accepted unit. If you use any symbol or unit that may not be generally recognized, please include an explanatory footnote the first time it is used, to help the referees, editors and readers. It is also helpful to identify Greek symbols by name in the margin the first time they appear. Abbreviations and acronyms should only be used for unwieldy terms and names, which occur frequently in the manuscript. Abbreviations should be used consistently throughout the text, and must be clearly defined in full on first use.
Detailed mathematical discussion should be placed in an appendix. Equations and formulae should be typewritten. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right hand side of the page. Special symbols should be identified in the margin, and the meaning of all symbols should be explained in the text where they first occur. If you use several symbols, a list of definitions (not necessarily for publication) will help the editor. Type or mark mathematical equations exactly as they should appear in print. Journal style for letter symbols is as follows: variables, italic type (indicated by underlining); constants, roman type; matrices and vectors, bold type (indicated by wavy underlining).
Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and given a suitable caption. All table columns should have an explanatory heading, and, where appropriate, units of measurement. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript letters. Avoid the use of vertical rules. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs).
All photographs, diagrams and other drawings (including chemical structures) should be referred to as Figures, and should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. All illustrations must be clearly labelled with the journal title, author's name and figure number. Illustrations should be provided in camera ready form, and suitable for reproduction without retouching. They will be photographically reduced in size, typically to fit one or two columns of the journal (approximately 85 mm or 175 mm), and this should be borne in mind to ensure that lines and lettering remain clear and do not break up on reduction. After reduction, lettering should be approximately the same size as the type for the text in the journal. Please ensure that all illustrations within a paper are consistent in style and quality. A table is usually more effective than a graph or a paragraph of text for recording data.
The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings; label curves, etc. with single-letter symbols (i.e. a, b, c, etc.) and place descriptive matter in the figure caption. Scale grids should not be used in graphs unless required for actual measurements. Graph axes should be labelled with the variable written out in full, along the length of the axis, with the unit in parentheses (for example, Length of sample (mm)). Lower cases letters should be used throughout, with an initial capital letter for the first word only. If your illustrations are computer generated, please supply the blackest possible laser output.
Supply four sets of black and white prints for the final, accepted version. If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph. Please note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable. Color reproduction is available if the author is willing to bear the additional incremental reproduction and printing costs. Authors will be charged for color at current printing costs. A letter confirming the author's willingness to accept these costs should be sent with the revised manuscript. Authors should note that illustrations will not be returned unless specifically requested.
In the text, indicate references to the literature by Arabic numerals which run consecutively through the paper. If you cite a reference more than once in the text, use the same number each time. References should follow the style in the journal. Please ensure that references are complete, i.e. that they include, where relevant, author's name, journal or book title, year of publication, volume number, page number, editors, publishers and place of publication. If in doubt, please include all available information. Take care that references are mentioned in the text in the correct number order.
Correspondence and proofs for correction will be sent to the first named author unless otherwise indicated. Proofs should be checked carefully for typesetting errors, and any queries should be answered in full. It is important that proofs are returned within the time stated or publication will be delayed and errors may not be corrected. Authors may be charged for any alterations other than typesetter's errors.
The corresponding author will receive 25 offprints of the paper and one copy of the journal free of charge. Authors who pay for illustrations to be published in colour will now receive 100 extra free offprints. Extra copies of offprints, minimum 50, can be ordered on the form which will be sent out by the Publisher. Reprints, minimum 50 copies, can be ordered at any time from the Reprints Department, Elsevier Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK.
Authors can keep track of the progress of their accepted article, and set up email alerts informing them of changes to the status of their article, by using the "Track a Paper" feature of Elsevier's Author Gateway: http://authors.elsevier.com.
For enquiries relating to the preparation of electronic artwork also consult: http://authors.elsevier.com.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.
Guide for electronic submission
Word Processor Formats
Please submit your article as a file in one of the following formats:
For review purposes you must submit your article as a SINGLE FILE. Text must be single column, double spaced. You need to embed all your figures and tables within this file.
Fonts: Please choose Times, Times New Roman, Courier, Arial or Helvetica fonts as much as possible. Other fonts (e.g. Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) character fonts) may cause the PDF conversion to fail. If your manuscript does not correctly convert to PDF, replace the font(s) where necessary and try again.
Most formatting codes will be removed or replaced on processing your article so there is no need for you to apply excessive layout styling. In addition, avoid options such as automatic word breaking, justified layout, double columns, automatic paragraph numbering (especially for numbered references). However, do use bold face, italic, subscripts, superscripts, etc.
Following acceptance of the revised manuscript, you will also have to submit your graphic files separately as high resolution graphics. (See also the section on Electronic Artwork below.)
To avoid confusion, please make sure your file has a short, descriptive name. Short means less than 30 characters and descriptive means names like smith-article-version1.doc.
For the final production of your paper in the journal we need high-resolution graphic files in either TIFF or EPS. For information on how to prepare your artwork for electronic submission, see http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork.