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Instructions for Authors

From For full instructions see the Authors Guideline section on the journal's website:
http://en.sv-jme.eu

Send to:
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
SV-JME
Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: 00386 1 4771 137
Fax: 00386 1 2518 567
E-mail:s info@v-jme.eu
           strojniski.vestnik@fs.uni-lj.si

All manuscripts must be in English. Pages should be numbered sequentially. The maximum length of contributions is 10 pages. Longer contributions will only be accepted if authors provide justification in a cover letter. Short manuscripts should be less than 4 pages.
Prior or concurrent submissions to other publications should be included in the cover letter. We also ask you to specify the typology of the manuscript – you can define your paper as an original, review or short paper. The required contact information (e-mail and mailing address) and a suggestion of at least two potential reviewers should be provided in the cover letter. Reasons for a certain reviewer to be excluded from the review process can also be provided in the cover letter.
Every manuscript submitted to the SV-JME undergoes the course of the peer-review process.


The manuscript should be written in the following format:
- A Title, which adequately describes the content of the manuscript.
- An Abstract should not exceed 250 words. The Abstract should state the principal objectives and the scope of the investigation, as well as the methodology employed. It should summarize the results and state the principal conclusions.
- 6 significant key words should follow the abstract to aid indexing.
- An Introduction, which should provide a review of recent literature and sufficient background information to allow the results of the article to be understood and evaluated.
- A Theory or experimental methods used.
- An Experimental section, which should provide details of the experimental set-up and the methods used for obtaining the results.
- A Results section, which should clearly and concisely present the data using figures and tables where appropriate.
- A Discussion section, which should describe the relationships and generalizations shown by the results and discuss the significance of the results making comparisons with previously published work. (It may be appropriate to combine the Results and Discussion sections into a single section to improve the clarity).
- Conclusions, which should present one or more conclusions that have been drawn from the results and subsequent discussion and do not duplicate the Abstract.
- References, which must be cited consecutively in the text using square brackets [1] and collected together in a reference list at the end of the manuscript.
Units - standard SI symbols and abbreviations should be used. Symbols for physical quantities in the text should be written in italics (e.g. v, T, n, etc.). Symbols for units that consist of letters should be in plain text (e.g. ms-1, K, min, mm, etc.)
Abbreviations should be spelt out in full on first appearance, e.g., variable time geometry (VTG).
Meaning of symbols and units belonging to symbols should be explained in each case or quoted in a special table at the end of the manuscript before References.
Figures must be cited in a consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Figures should be prepared without borders and on white grounding and should be sent separately in their original formats.
Pictures may be saved in resolution good enough for printing in any common format, e.g. BMP, GIF or JPG. However, graphs and line drawings should be prepared as vector images, e.g. CDR, AI.
When labeling axes, physical quantities, e.g. t, v, m, etc. should be used whenever possible to minimize the need to label the axes in two languages. Multi-curve graphs should have individual curves marked with a symbol. The meaning of the symbol should be explained in the figure caption.
Tables should carry separate titles and must be numbered in consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Table 1, Table 2, etc. In addition to the physical quantity, e.g. t (in italics), units (normal text), should be added in square brackets. The tables should each have a heading. Tables should not duplicate data found elsewhere in the manuscript.
Acknowledgement of collaboration or preparation assistance may be included before References. Please note the source of funding for the research.


A reference list must be included using the following information as a guide. Only cited text references are included. Each reference is referred to in the text by a number enclosed in a square bracket (i.e., [3] or [2] to [6] for more references). No reference to the author is necessary.
References must be numbered and ordered according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, not alphabetically. All references must be complete and accurate. Examples follow.
Journal Papers:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Journal, volume, number, pages.
[1] Zadnik, Ž., Karakašič, M., Kljajin, M., Duhovnik, J. (2009). Function and Functionality in the Conceptual Design Process. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 55, no. 7-8, p. 455-471.
Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that journal title is set in italics.
Books:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Publisher, place of publication.
[2] Groover, M.P. (2007). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.
Note that the title of the book is italicized.
Chapters in Books:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Chapter title. Editor(s) of book, book title. Publisher, place of publication, pages.
[3] Carbone, G., Ceccarelli, M. (2005). Legged robotic systems. Kordić, V., Lazinica, A., Merdan, M. (Editors), Cutting Edge Robotics. Pro literatur Verlag, Mammendorf, p. 553-576.
Proceedings Papers:
Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Paper title. Proceedings title, pages.
[4] Štefanić, N., Martinčević-Mikić, S., Tošanović, N. (2009). Applied Lean System in Process Industry. MOTSP 2009 Conference Proceedings, p. 422-427.
Standards:
Standard-Code (year). Title. Organisation. Place.
[5] ISO/DIS 16000-6.2:2002. Indoor Air – Part 6: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor and Chamber Air by Active Sampling on TENAX TA Sorbent, Thermal Desorption and Gas Chromatography using MSD/FID. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva.
WWW pages:
Surname, Initials or Company name. Title, from http://address, date of access.
[6] Rockwell Automation. Arena, from http://www.arenasimulation.com, accessed on 2009-09-07.


Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors. The submission of the manuscript by the authors means that the authors automatically agree to transfer copyright to SV-JME and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. All accepted manuscripts must be accompanied by a Copyright Transfer Agreement, which should be sent to the editor. The work should be original by the authors and not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the publisher.
The proof will be sent to the author showing the final layout of the article. Proof correction must be minimal and fast. Thus it is essential that manuscripts are accurate when submitted.
Authors can track the status of their accepted articles on http://en.sv-jme.eu/.


For all articles authors will be asked to pay a publication fee prior to the article appearing in the journal. However, this fee only needs to be paid after the article has been accepted for publishing. The fee is 180.00 EUR (for articles with maximum of 6 pages), 220.00 EUR (for articles with maximum of 10 pages), 20.00 EUR for each addition page. Additional costs for a color page is 90.00 EUR.