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GUIDELINES COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Guidelines to authors for submission of manuscripts to ICJ

The Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ) publishes only original a student, they should mention the current
technical manuscripts dealing with diverse topics on civil degree being pursued.
engineering, concrete construction, etc. Review articles,
technical notes, point of view, book reviews, are also • Email addresses and Cell numbers of all the
published. The originality of the contribution needs to be authors
confirmed by the author while submitting his/her manuscript.
• Abstract of the manuscript in one single
Once a manuscript is submitted to ICJ, it will be acknowledged paragraph in not more than 100 words
and discussed in the internal team and later sent for
assessment to reviewers on ICJ’s panel of experts. The • Around four or five keywords.
authors should not send their manuscripts to other journals
unless they hear from the ICJ editorial group, declining the
manuscript. • Do not use two columns or automatic paragraph
numbering. Please use single columns.

Acceptance/rejection of the manuscript will be conveyed to • Use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts, etc
authors, based on the opinion of the reviewers and the ICJ wherever needed.
editorial group. Authors are expected to comply with the
suggestions made by reviewers/editorial team. The decision • The attempts at padding with irrelevant material
of the editorial team will be final and binding on the author. should be avoided.

Accepted manuscripts will be published in the journal and the • Font size of 12 point could be used. The manuscript
month of publication will be decided by the editorial team. should be divided into sections each having a main
Rejected manuscripts would not be returned, but shredded heading. Main headings should be all upper case bold;
and disposed, in order to safeguard the author’s work. sub-headings could be Sentence case bold ; third level
headings could Sentence case italics. Numbering can
be used for headings, if required.
Accepted or published papers should not be published
elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other • The paragraphs should be spaced out. There should
language without the written consent of The Indian Concrete be at least one line space between paragraphs.
Journal.
• Colour drawings, diagrams and graphs accompanying
the manuscript should be neat and the labelling
Manuscripts essentially of an advertising nature will not including the units and its values should be clear. The
be accepted. The use of proprietary or commercial names
should be avoided. lines and details of drawings, diagrams and graphs
should be clear and distinct.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION • Colour photographs should be sharp and clear,
preferably with high resolution and quality
The following points should be considered while preparing
the manuscript. • Tables should be prepared in such a way that each
parameter/value should be entered in a separate cell.
Table headings should be above the table, not below.
• A maximum of four authors are allowed per
manuscript. The extra persons can be thanked in the
acknowledgment section. • All drawings, diagrams and graphs and photos should
be captioned as 'Figures' and numbered in proper
sequence. Suitable captions should be given to all
• The manuscript should not be lengthy. It should be figures and photos. Captions should be below the
within 3500 words, having not more than 5 tables
and 5 figures. Figures, not above.

• The first page of the manuscript should contain the • All figures and tables should be properly numbered
following and identified in the main text by these numbers.
Tables and Figures should be shown just below the text
paragraphs wherein they are mentioned. They should
• Title of the manuscript NOT be displayed in separate pages, at the end.
• Names of all the authors • If there are many notations/symbols in the manuscript,
they could be listed on page 2 under heading
• Qualifications (abbreviated), designation and Notations. If there are only a few notations/symbols,
complete office address including pincode, they should be explained in the running text, as and
of all the authors. If one of the authors is when they appear.

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