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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

EDU Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering (EJCEE) considers original scientific or engineering research papers concerned with any aspect of computer and electrical engineering research, development or application, and reviews looking at the state-of-the-art of a particular topic through publications in that field.

Authors are able to -

• submit manuscripts directly through the manuscript submission page while providing metadata or indexing information on the submitted manuscripts
• track their submission through the editorial process on the online service
• archive all information, including review results, for manuscripts submitted to any journals enrolled in the online service

Necessary files to be uploaded during manuscript submission:

Cover letter: A cover letter containing the Article Title, Author Details and Declaration (that the manuscript is not already published/accepted for publication/under review or submitted elsewhere) should be submitted alongside each individual article.

Manuscript: Please check carefully if your manuscripts adhere to the detailed author guidelines given here in the next section.

• Include Title, Abstract, and keywords
• Ensure that the manuscript is submitted with one column of text per page
• All figures (include relevant captions, description, footnotes etc.)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes etc.)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print

Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference section are cited properly in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements

Supplemental files (where applicable)

Before submission, prepare your manuscript using the following guidelines:

Format
All files should be submitted as a Word document (docx./doc).

Article Length
Research articles should be between 2500 and 6000 words in length and review articles should be up to 10,000 words. This includes all text including references and appendices. Please allow 280 words for each figure or table.

Article Title
A title of not more than twelve (12) words should be provided.

Author Details
Details should be supplied on the Cover Page not in the manuscript  including:

• Full name of each author
• Affiliation of each author, at the time of research, was completed
• Where more than one author has contributed to the article, details of who should be contacted for correspondence
• E-mail addresses of all corresponding authors

Abstract
The authors must supply an abstract including (Maximum is 300 words in total ):

• Objective(mandatory)
• Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
• Findings (mandatory)
• Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
• Practical implications (if applicable)
• Social implications (if applicable)
• Originality/Novelty(mandatory)

Keywords
Please provide up to 7 keywords that encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.

Headings
Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics.

Research Funding
Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.

Figures
All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form. 
All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database.

• Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into an MS Word document or alternatively create a .pdf file from the origination software.
• Figures which cannot be supplied as the above are acceptable in the standard image format which is: .pdf. If you are unable to supply graphics in this format then please ensure they are .tif, .jpeg, or .bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide.
• To prepare web pages/screenshots simultaneously press the "Alt" and "Print screen" keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing "Ctrl" and "Print screen".)
• Photographic images should be submitted electronically and of high quality. They should be saved as .tif or .jpeg files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest resolution/quality possible.

Tables
Tables should be typed and embedded in the main body of the article in the relevant text position (not in a separate file). 

References

New Submission

There are no strict requirements on reference formatting during the first submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter, and the article number or pagination must be present. The use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at the proof stage for the author to correct.

Revised Submission

The references of the accepted manuscript should be in IEEE style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy, and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef.

In-text Citing has to give by using a square bracket, e.g. [1], that is corresponding to the full citation in the reference list below. Once it has been referred to a source and given a number, continue to use that number as you cite that source throughout the paper. When citing multiple sources at once, the preferred method is to list each number separately, in its own brackets, using a comma or dash between numbers, as such: [1], [3], [5] or [1] - [5].

Examples of in-text citations:

               "...end of the line for my research [13]."

"This theory was first put forward in 1987 [1]."

"Scholtz [2] has argued that..."

"Several recent studies [3], [4], [15], [16] have suggested that...."

"For example, see [7]."

Creating a Reference List   The Reference List appears at the end of your paper and provides the full citations for all the references you have used.  List all references numerically in the order they've been cited within the paper, and include the bracketed number at the beginning of each reference.

Examples of referencing:
For books
[1] B. Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986

For book chapters 
[2] L. Stein, “Random patterns,” in Computers and You, J. S. Brake, Ed. New York: Wiley, 1994, pp. 55-70.

For eBook

[3] L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman, Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003. [E-book] Available: Safari e-book.

For journals
[4] J. U. Duncombe, "Infrared navigation - Part I: An assessment of feasability," IEEE Transaction on  Electronic Devices, vol. ED-11, pp. 34-39,  1959.

For eJournal (from database)

[5] H. K. Edwards and V. Sridhar, "Analysis of software requirements engineering exercises in global virtual team setup," Journal of Global Information Management, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 21, 2005. [Online]. Available: Academic OneFile, http://find.galegroup.com. [Accessed May 31, 2005].

For published conference proceedings
[6] A. Quintana, D. L. King, T. J. McMahon, and C. R. Osterwald, "Commonly observed degradation in field-aged photovoltaic modules," in 29th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002, pp. 1436-1439.

For unpublished conference proceedings
[7] S. Pingel, O. Frank, M. Winkler, S. Daryan, T. Geipel, H. Hoehne, et al., "Potential Induced Degradation of solar cells and panels," presented at the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2010.
For Newspaper articles
[8] J. Riley, "Call for new look at skilled migrants," The Australian, p. 35, May 31, 2005. [Online]. Available: Factiva, http://global.factiva.com. [Accessed May 31, 2005]

Technical report

[10]  J. H. Davis and J. R. Cogdell, “Calibration program for the 16-foot antenna,” Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory, University of texas, Austin, Tech. Memo. NGL-006-69-3, Nov. 15, 1987

Patent
[11]  J. P. Wilkinson, “Nonlinear resonant circuit devices,” U.S. Patent 3 624 125, July 16, 1990.

Thesis/Dissertation
[12] J. O. Williams, “Narrow-band analyzer,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.

Article structure

Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks, and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

Theory/calculation
A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.

Results
The results should be clear and concise.

Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.

Data Availability
Authors are encouraged to include a 'Data Availability' section in their manuscript which is visible in ALL reading formats and may refer to data hosted in ANY repository. It should be placed before the references to provide readers with information about where they can obtain the research data required to reproduce the work reported in the manuscript, and typically consists of a simple sentence giving the URL(s) of and citation(s) to the dataset(s). 

Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.).

Formatting of funding sources
List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance to the funder's requirements:

Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA [grant number zzzz]; and the United States Institutes of Peace [grant number aaaa].

It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions on the program or type of grants and awards. When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or other research institution, submit the name of the institute or organization that provided the funding.

If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence:

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Nomenclature and units
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI. You are urged to consult IUPAC: Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry for further information.

Math formulae
Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

Footnotes
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article. Many word processors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article.