Manuscript Submission Format

Manuscript Submission Format for Authors

Manuscripts must be prepared in the IJCIE template before submission. A manuscript that does not follow the template is returned to the author before it enters review.

1. File format

  • Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) is required for the main manuscript. PDF is accepted only as an additional reference copy.
  • LaTeX users should submit a Word conversion; the source files may be requested at acceptance.
  • Page size A4, single column unless the template specifies otherwise, Times New Roman 10–12 pt, single line spacing, all margins 2.54 cm.
  • Minimum length 6 pages; there is no maximum, but the length must be justified by the content.

2. Structure

  1. Title – specific and informative; avoid unexplained abbreviations.
  2. Authors and affiliations – full names, complete affiliations, e-mail of the corresponding author, ORCID where available. These are removed from the review copy.
  3. Abstract – 200–250 words, unstructured, stating the problem, the method, the principal quantitative results and the conclusion. No references or undefined abbreviations.
  4. Keywords – four to eight, separated by semicolons.
  5. Introduction – context, gap in the literature, contribution stated as an explicit list, and the organisation of the paper.
  6. Related work – critical, not a catalogue.
  7. Methodology – complete enough to be reproduced: architecture, parameters, training regime, hardware, complexity.
  8. Results and discussion – datasets, protocol, baselines, metrics, statistical treatment where appropriate, ablation, limitations.
  9. Conclusion and future work.
  10. Declarations – funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approval, data availability, AI use, author contributions in CRediT terms.
  11. References.

3. Figures and tables

  • Numbered consecutively and cited in the text in order (Figure 1, Table 1).
  • Minimum 300 dpi for photographs, vector format preferred for plots and diagrams.
  • Captions below figures and above tables, self-explanatory without the body text.
  • Axis labels, units and legends must be legible at print size.
  • Reused figures require written permission from the copyright holder, and the source must be cited in the caption.

4. Equations, symbols and units

Equations must be produced with the Word equation editor (not as images), numbered consecutively in parentheses at the right margin, and referenced as "(1)" in the text. All symbols must be defined at first use. SI units are required.

5. References

IJCIE uses the IEEE numeric style. References are numbered in order of first citation and listed in that order, for example:

[1] A. B. Author and C. D. Author, "Title of the paper," Journal Name, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 45–58, 2026, doi: 10.xxxx/xxxxx.

DOIs must be included where available. Every reference must be verifiable: references that cannot be located are treated as a serious defect and, where they appear to be machine-generated, as misconduct under the AI policy. Self-citation should be limited to what is genuinely relevant.

6. Anonymity for review

Because IJCIE uses double-anonymised review, the review copy must omit author names and affiliations, acknowledgements and funding statements, and must refer to the authors' own prior work in the third person. Identifying information in file properties should be removed.

7. Language

Manuscripts must be in clear, correct English. Authors who are not confident in written English are encouraged to have the manuscript read by a fluent colleague or a language service before submission; poor language alone can be grounds for rejection when it obscures the technical content.

8. Template

The IJCIE manuscript template is available from the editorial office; write to info@ijcie.com or download it from the submission page.