Paper Writing Guide
Papers suitable for publishing in the Central European Journal of Physics are those which:
- contain original work - the main result is not published elsewhere in any medium neither by the authors nor somebody else, and is not currently under consideration for publication in any other medium. This restriction does not apply to review articles
- are focused on the core aims and scope of the journal - CEJP is a scientific journal publishing fundamental research results from all fields of physics
- are clearly and correctly written - should contain all essential features of a complete scientific paper, should be written in a clear, easy to understand manner and be readable for a wide audience of physicists
- are written in English - should be clearly and grammatically written, in an easily readable style. Attention to details of the language will avoid severe misunderstandings which might lead to rejection of the paper (Please note that authors who are not native-speakers of English can be provided with help in rewriting their contribution in correct English)
- are delivered in electronic format
Introduction
Please read these instructions carefully before preparing a manuscript for submission, and to check the manuscript for conformance before submitting it for publication. The length and effectiveness of the peer review process will largely depend upon the care used by authors in preparing their manuscripts. If you have any questions, please contact the Managing Editor (Dr. Krzysztof Malarz) at kmalarz@versita.com.
Paper elements:
1. title page with:
1.1. title (short title)
1.2. name(s) of author(s)
1.3. name and address of workplace(s)
1.4. personal e-mail address(es)
2. abstract
3. keywords
4. code numbers (PACS)
5. text
6. reference lists
Each of these elements is detailed below
1.1. Title (short title)
We suggest the title should be relatively short but informative. If a long title is necessary, please prepare an optional short title.
1.2. Name(s) of author(s)
A list of all authors of the paper should be prepared. We need full first name, initial(s) for middle name(s) and full last name.
1.3. Name and address of workplace(s)
Authors' affiliations should be indicated in this section. Either endnote or footnote (endnote recommended) can be used to present additional information (for example: permanent, adequate postal addresses).
1.4. Personal e-mail address(es)
At least one e-mail address is needed. It will be used as the corresponding author's email address in all contacts with the authors.
2. Abstract
An abstract must accompany every article. It should be a brief summary of the significant items of the main paper. An abstract should give concise information about the content of the core idea of your paper. It should be informative and not only present the general scope of the paper but also indicate the main results and conclusions. An abstract should not normally exceed 200 words. It should not contain literature citations or allusions to the tables or illustrations. All non-standard symbols and abbreviations should be defined.
In combination with the title and key-words, the abstract is an indicator of the content of the paper. Authors should remember that online systems rely heavily on the content of titles and abstracts to identify articles in electronic bibliographic databases and search engines. They are therefore requested to take great care in preparing these elements.
3. Keywords
A list of keywords, proposed by authors, separated by commas or semicolons is required. Up to five keywords is suggested.
4. Code numbers (PACS)
A list of Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) numbers, separated by commas or semicolons is required. Up to five codes is suggested. Authors are fully responsible for correctness of chosen codes.
5. Text
General rules for writing:
- use simple and declarative sentences, avoid long sentences, in which the meaning may be lost by complicated construction;
- be concise, avoid idle words;
- make your argumentation complete; use commonly understood terms; define all non-standard symbols and abbreviations when you introduce them;
- explain all acronyms and abbreviations when they first appear in the text;
- use all units consistently throughout the article;
- be self-critical as you review your drafts.
Structure of a paper
Research papers and review articles should follow a strict structure. Generally a standard scientific paper is divided into:
- introduction: you present the subject of your paper clearly, you indicate the scope of the subject, you present the goals of your paper and finally the organization of your paper;
- main text: you present all important elements of your scientific message;
- conclusion: you summarize your paper.
Experimental part and/or calculations should be presented in sufficient details to enable reader to repeat the original work.
Footnotes/Endnotes/Acknowledgements
We encourage authors to restrict the use of footnotes. If necessary, please make endnotes rather than footnotes. Allowable footnotes/endnotes may include:
- the designation of the corresponding author of the paper;
- the current address of an author (if different from that shown in the affiliation);
- traditional footnote content.
Information concerning research grant support should appear in a separate Acknowledgements section at the end of the paper, not in a footnote. Acknowledgements of the assistance of colleagues or similar notes of appreciation should also appear in an Acknowledgements section, not in footnotes.
Tables
Authors should use tables only to achieve concise presentation, or where the information cannot be given satisfactorily in other ways. Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and referred to in the text by number. Each table should have an explanatory caption which should be as concise as possible.
Figures
Authors may use line diagrams and photographs to illustrate theses from their text. The figures should be clear, easy to read and of good quality. Styles and fonts should match those in the main body of the article. All figures must be mentioned in the text in consecutive order and be numbered with Arabic numerals.
Typesetting
Type main text in roman (upright) font. The chemical symbols and compounds, units of measure, most multiletter operators and functions should are written in roman upright as well. The variables, constants, symbols for particles, most single-letter operators, axes and planes, channels, types (e.g., n, p), bands, geometric points, angles, lines, chemical prefixes, symmetry designations, transitions, critical points, color centers, quantum-state symbols in spectroscopy, and most single-letter abbreviations should be written in roman italic. Boldface roman type is reserved for indicating vectors and in some special cases matrices.Mathematical symbols
The multiplication signs are reserved for a vector product (A×B) and simple dot product (A•B). The only exception are numbers expressed in scientific notation (9.7×103 MeV).
The use of the following standard symbols is strongly recommended:
∝ proportional to ≈ approximately equal ≡ equivalent to ∼ asymptotically equal to, similar to → tends to c* complex conjugate of c A† Hermitian conjugate of matrix A AT transpose of matrix A < ...> average
Units
Units and dimensions should be expressed according to the metric system and SI units. This system is based on: meter (m), second (s), kilogram (kg), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and candela (cd). Most units are spaced off from the number, e.g. 12 mV. The only exceptions are:1%, 1‰, 1ºC, 1º, 1', 1".
Decimal multiples or submultiples of units are indicated by the use of prefixes
µ = 10-6, m = 10-3, c = 10-2, d = 10-1,
da = 101, h = 102, k = 103, M = 106, G = 109, etc.Compound units are written as
4221.9 J kg-1 K-1 or 4221.9 J/(kg K),
with a thin space between unit parts.
Please NOTE:
Authors should indicate precisely in the main text where tables and figures should be inserted, if these elements are given at the end in the original version of the manuscript (or supplied in separate files).
If this information is not provided along with the manuscript, we will assume that the figures and/or tables should be insert at the closest position to first reference to them in the published paper.
Multimedia and images
Authors can attach files in most popular formats, including (for example):
- images in BMP, GIF, JPEG formats,
- multimedia files in MPEG or AVI formats. However please keep to file types that are read by standard media players (e.g. RealPlayer, Quicktime, Windows Media Player) and/or standard office applications (Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office etc.).
Your attachments may be accessible through links to external locations or to our internal locations (if you choose the second option, please remember to send us your attachments).
Please remember that your images, video and animation clips are intended for internet use and we need to consider the needs of users with slow internet connections. Please try to minimize file sizes by using a lower resolution or number of colours for images and animations (as long as the material is still clear). To help you in formatting your images (including tables and figures) or multimedia files, please submit your paper with separate attachments, which are used in your paper.
English language
Central European Journal of Physics is published only in English. Make sure that your manuscripts are clearly and grammatically written. Please note that authors who are not native-speakers of English can be provided with help in rewriting their contribution in correct English. Try to prepare your manuscript in an easily readable style; this will help avoid severe misunderstandings which might lead to rejection of the paper.
6. Reference list
A complete reference should give the reader enough information to find the relevant article. All authors (unless there are six or more) should be named in the citation. If there are six or more, list the name of the first one followed by “et al.”. Please pay particular attention to spelling, capitalization and punctuation here. Completeness of references is the responsibility of the authors. A complete reference should comprise the following:
6.1. Reference to an article in a journal
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname, -- if more authors, see examples below
Title of journal -- abbreviated according to the ISI standards (see http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/)
volume number, page or article number (year of publication)
Please supply DOI or URL for e-version of the papers.
[1] A.P. Raposo, H.J. Weber, D.E. Alvarez-Castillo, M. Kirchbach, Cent. Eur. J. Phys. 5, 253 (2007)
[2] J. Barth et al. (SAPHIR Collaboration), Phys. Lett. B 572, 127 (2003)
[3] S. Chekanov et al., Eur. Phys. J. C 51, 289 (2007)
[4] K. Malarz, Postepy Fizyki 57, 235 (2006) (in Polish)
[5] G. Meng, Cent. Eur. J. Phys., DOI:10.2478/s11534-007-0038-1
[6] R. Hegselmann, U. Krause, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (2006), http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/9/3/10.html
[7] A. Dybala, Cent. Eur. J. Chem. (in press)
[8] A. Dybala, Przeglad chemiczny (in Polish, in press)
6.2. Reference to a book
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
Title,
Edition -- if not the first
(Publisher, Place of publication, Year of publication)
[1] M. Lister, Fundamentals of Operating Systems, 3rd edition (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984)
6.3. Reference to a part/chapter book
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
In: Editor’s Initials. Editor’s Surname (Ed.),
Book Title,
Edition -- if not the first,
(Publisher, Place of publication, Year of publication)
page number
[1] C.K. Clenshaw, K. Lord, In: B.K. P. Scaife (Ed.), Studies in Numerical Analysis (Academic Press, London and New York, 1974) 95
6.4. Reference to a preprint
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
arXiv:preprint-number and version
[1] M. Majewski, K. Malarz, arXiv:cond-mat/0609635v2
[2] J.A.C.E. Solano, arXiv:0707.1343v1
6.5: Reference to a conference proceedings
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
In: Editor’s Initials. Editor’s Surname (Ed.),
Conference,
date, place (town and country) of conference
(Publisher, place of publication, year of publication)
page number
[1] A. Kaczanowski, K. Malarz, K. Kulakowski, In: T.E. Simos (Ed.), International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, 12-16 Sep. 2003, Kastoria, Greece (World Scientific, Singapore 2003) 258
6.6. Reference to a thesis
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
DSc/PhD/MSc/BSc thesis,
University,
(town, country, year of publication)
[1] A.J. Agutter, PhD thesis, Edinburgh University (Edinburgh, UK, 1995)
6.7. Reference to an article in a newspaper
Elements to cite:
Author's Initials. Surname,
Newspaper Title,
date of publication,
page number
[1] A. Sherwin, The Times, 13 Jul. 2007, 1
[2] M. Dzierzanowski, Wprost, 8 Jul. 2007, 18 (in Polish)
6.8. Reference to a patent
Elements to cite:
Originator,
Series designation which may include full date.
[1] Philip Morris Inc., European patent application 0021165 A1, 1981.01.07
6.9. Reference to a standard
Elements to cite:
Standard symbol and number,
Title.
[1] ISO 2108:1992, Information and documentation – International standard book numbering (ISBN)
[2] ISO/TR 9544:1988, Information processing – Computer-assisted publishing – Vocabulary
Please add language of publication for materials which are not written in English. Indicate materials accepting for publications by adding “(in press)”. Please avoid references to unpublished materials, private communication and web pages.
You should make sure the information is correct so that the linking reference service may link abstracts electronically. For the same reason please separate each reference from the others.
Before submitting your article, please ensure you have checked your paper for any relevant references you may have missed.
Submission formats
Manuscripts for CEJP can be submitted in the following formats:
- TeX, LaTeX, AMSTeX, AMSLaTeX
- MS Word (97 or higher) either as standard DOCUMENT (.doc) or RICH TEXT FORMAT (.rtf)
- TXT
- HTML
The author may supply (additionally) a PDF, PS, or DVI file. It will be helpful for the review process of the paper.
Supplementary data
Authors can also submit any data files and additional figures in attachments. These elements can be submitted in any of the usual formats (PDF, MS Word, TeX, GIF, TIFF, etc.). It is possible that we may not be able to open your data files. To prevent any misunderstandings we request that authors submit a text file (instruction.txt) containing brief instructions on how to use the attached files.
Style Files and Templates
LaTex
For these authors who use LaTeX to write their articles, we have developed Versita LaTeX packages. These files are available by downloading them from this page. The following files may help you in writing articles with the Versita layout. We have also developed the template files which may guide you during writing the article. LaTeX For these authors who use LaTeX to write their articles, we have developed Versita LaTeX packages. These files are available by downloading them from this page. The following files may help you in writing articles with the Versita layout. We have also developed the template files which may guide you during writing the article.
LaTeX 2.09
PC and Mac users may download a ZIP archive containing all necessary files by clicking below.
CESJ package.zip
UNIX users may download a TGZ archive containing all necessary files by clicking below.
CESJ package.tgz [.tgz - niedozwolony plik]
LaTeX 2e
Authors may download a ZIP archive containing all necessary files by clicking below.
Versita package.zip
Below you may find PDF files which are received after compiling the above templates, using Versita LaTeX packages.
Versita template.pdf
