JMVA Editorial Office
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
Fax: (619) 699-6801
E-mail: jmva@elsevier.com
Submission of articles
Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using online manuscript submission
available at http://ees.elsevier.com/jmva. This site will guide authors
stepwise through the submission process. Authors can upload their articles as LaTeX, Microsoft (MS) Word, or WordPerfect files. It is
also possible to submit an article in PostScript or Adobe Acrobat PDF format, but if the article is accepted, the original source files
will be needed. If you submit a word processing file, the system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used
for the reviewing process. Authors, reviewers, and editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence
is necessary.
Articles must be written in good English.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been
published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration
for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where
the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language,
without the written consent of the Publisher.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more
information on copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination
of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer
of copyright will be provided.
If material from other copyrighted works is included, the author(s) must obtain written permission
from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact
Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com.
Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier home page (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
General points
We accept most word processing formats, but LaTeX, Word, or WordPerfect is preferred. Always keep a backup
copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the default extension of the program used.
LaTeX
documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will be produced without rekeying the text. The article should preferably be
written using Elsevier's document class 'elsart', or alternatively the standard document class 'article'.
The Elsevier LaTeX package
(including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained from the Elsevier site at http://www.elsevier.com/latex.
It consists of the files: elsart.cls (use this file if you are using LaTeX2e, the current version of LaTeX), elsart.sty and elsart12.sty
(use these two files if you are using LaTeX2.09, the previous version of LaTeX), guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for
quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX."
Word processor documents
It is important that
the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the
text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced during typesetting. In particular, do not use the word
processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts, etc. Do not
embed "graphically designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the word processor's facility. When preparing tables, if you
are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces,
to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Elsevier
site at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate
their approximate locations directly in the electronic text.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-checker"
function of your word processor.
Artwork
For detailed guidelines on electronic figures, please refer to the artwork
instructions at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. This site shows how to prepare your artwork for electronic
submission and includes common problems, suggestions on how to ensure the best results, and guidelines for popular applications. See
the links under "Creating Your Artwork" for details about using specific artwork software.
Presentation of manuscripts Title page. The title page should contain the article title, author(s) names and affiliations, related footnotes, the text
of the abstract, and a list of keywords.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence
at all stages of refereeing and publication, as well as postpublication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area
code) are provided in addition to the correct e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Keywords. Immediately
after the abstract, provide 3-5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').
Acknowledgments. Place acknowledgments before the references, in a separate section, and not as a footnote on the title
page.
References. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice
versa). Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference
number(s) must always be given.
Example: "..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ...."
Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] C. Caroni, P. Prescott, Inapplicability of asymptotic results on the minimal spanning tree
in statistical testing, J. Multivariate Anal. 83 (2002) 487-492.
Reference to a book:
[2] E. Borger, Computability, Complexity,
Logic, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] A.K. Lenstra, H.W. Lenstra, Jr., Algorithms
in number theory, in: J. van Leeuwen (Ed.), Handbook of Computer Science, vol. A, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990, pp. 673-715.
Citing
and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates,
reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given.
Proofs
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent
by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently
edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
Elsevier will do everything possible
to have your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive
the (PDF) proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication.
Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any
less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
The Publisher reserves the right to proceed
with publication if corrections are not communicated to the Publisher within the term requested with the proofs (within 48 hours). Should
there be no corrections, please confirm this.
Author inquiries
For inquires relating to the submission of articles (including
electronic submission where available) please visit the Elsevier site at http://www.elsevier.com/authors. The Elsevier
site also provides the facility to track accepted articles and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed,
as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions, and more. Contact details for questions arising
after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after registration of an article for publication.
Author benefits
No page charge is made.
The corresponding author will receive 50 offprints free of charge. An offprint
order form will be supplied by the publisher for ordering any additional paid offprints.
Authors are entitled to a 30% discount
on Elsevier books.
Page charges are not applicable.
Authors in Japan please note that, upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide
authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office:
Elsevier, 4F Higashi-Azabu, 1 Chome Bldg, 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; phone: +81-3-5561-5032; fax: +81-3-5561-5045;
e-mail: jp.info@elsevier.com.
