Proceeding Volume of PBII&D 2013

Manuscript submission

Authors are encouraged to prepare manuscripts intended for publication in the international scientific journal ‘Surface and Coatings Technology’ by Elsevier.

Requirements for consideration for publication include both satisfactory English usage and novelty of experimental results that are clearly justified or demonstrated by appropriate arguments. Papers not meeting these criteria will be rejected for publication in the Proceedings volume. The same stringent peer-review evaluation process on the basis of the one adopted for regular papers, will apply.

Procedure and Instructions

• Manuscripts must be submitted electronically using the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) directly to the journal electronic submission site http://ees.elsevier.com/surfcoat/

   

• Manuscript length will be limited to 6000 words for a contributed paper and 12 000 words for invited paper, including text and figures (see Authors'guide for manuscript preparation below)

              AUTHORS GUIDE

• A cover page should be embedded with the manuscript, following the attached template. COVER PAGE FORM

• The submission site will be open by 30 May 2013 and the deadline for manuscript submission is 12 July 2013. New dealine for paper submission : July, 19 2013