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Instructions To Authors
(Manuscript Preparation & Submission Guide)
Revised: May 08, 2019

Please read the SS guidelines and follow these instructions carefully. Manuscripts not adhering to the
instructions will be returned for revision without review. The Chief Executive Editor reserves the right
to return manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with these guidelines.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Manuscript Types
SS accepts submission of mainly four types of manuscripts for the peer-review.
1 Regular Article
Regular articles are full-length original empirical investigations, consisting of introduction, materials and methods, results and
discussion, conclusions. Original work must provide references and an explanation on research findings that contain new and
significant findings.
Size: Generally, these are expected to be between 6 and 20 pages (excluding the abstract, references, tables and/or figures), a
maximum of 100 references, and an abstract of 100–200 words.

2 Review Article
These report a critical evaluation of materials about current research that has already been published by organizing, integrating,
and evaluating previously published materials. It summarizes the status of knowledge and outlines future directions for research
within the journal scope. Review articles should aim to provide systemic overviews, evaluations, and interpretations of research
in a given field. Re-analyses as meta-analysis and systemic reviews are encouraged. The manuscript title must start with "Review
Article:".
Size: These articles do not have an expected page limit or a maximum number of references, should include appropriate figures
and/or tables, and an abstract of 100–200 words. Ideally, a review article should be of 6 to 15 pages.

3 Short Communications
They are timely, peer-reviewed and brief. These are suitable for the publication of significant technological advances and may be
used to:
(a) report new developments, significant advances and novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques
which are relevant for scientific investigations within the journal scope;
(b) report/discuss on significant matters of policy and perspective related to the science of the journal, including 'personal'
commentary;
(c) disseminate information and data on topical events of significant scientific and/or social interest within the scope of the
journal.
The manuscript title must start with "Brief Communication:".

Size: These are usually between 2 to 5 pages and have a maximum of three figures and/or tables, from 5 to 20 references, and an
abstract length not exceeding 200 words. Information must be in short but complete form and it is not intended to publish
preliminary results or to be a reduced version of regular or rapid papers.

4 Others
Brief reports, case studies, comments, concept papers, Letters to the Editor, and replies to previously published articles may be
considered.

PLEASE NOTE: NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE FOR PAGE LENGTH

Language Accuracy
SS emphasizes the linguistic accuracy of every manuscript published. Articles must be in English and they must be competently written
and argued in clear and concise grammatical English. Contributors are strongly advised to have the manuscript checked by a colleague
with ample experience in writing English manuscripts or a competent English language editor.
Contributor(s)/Author(s) should provide a certificate confirming that their manuscripts have been adequately edited. A proof from a
recognized editing service should be submitted together with the cover letter at the time of submitting a manuscript to SS. All editing
costs must be borne by the author(s). This step, taken by authors before submission, will greatly facilitate reviewing, and thus
publication if the content is acceptable.

Linguistically hopeless manuscripts will be rejected straightaway (e.g., when the language is so poor that one cannot be sure of what the
authors really mean). This process, taken by authors before submission, will greatly facilitate reviewing, and thus publication if the
content is acceptable.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
The paper should be submitted in one column format with at least 2 cm margins and 1 line spacing throughout before and after 0 pt.
Authors are advised to use Cambria 10-point font and MS Word format.

1 Manuscript Structure
Manuscripts, in general, should be organized in the following order:

Page 1: Running title

This page should only contain the running title of your paper. The running title is an abbreviated title used as the running head on
every page of the manuscript. The running title should not exceed 60 characters, counting letters and spaces.

Page 2: Author(s) and Corresponding author information.

This page should contain the full title of your paper not exceeding 25 words, with the name(s) of all the authors, institutions and
corresponding author's name, institution and full address (Street address, telephone number (including extension), handphone
number, and e-mail address) for editorial correspondence. First and corresponding authors must be clearly indicated.

The names of the authors must full name without the degree following the international naming convention. The maximum
author for one paper is six authors, e.g. Jose Andres Rengifo Pinargote a, Miryan Elizabeth Duartez Velez b, Carlos Gustavo
Villacreses Viteri c, Vazquez Perez Antonio d. Our publishing system will be converted the names for citation format needs. See
sample

Authors' addresses. Multiple authors with different/same addresses must indicate their respective addresses separately by
superscript letters:
Alfredo Cecilio Zambrano Rodriguez a, Maria Rodriguez Gamez b, Luis Garcia Faure c,

a Universidad Técnica de Manabí, FCMFQ, Career of Mechanical, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador

b Universidad Técnica de Manabí, FCMFQ, Career of Electrical, FCMFQ, Career of Mechanical
c Universidad de Oriente, Energy efficiency center, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. See sample

A list of a number of black and white/ color figures and tables should also be indicated on this page. Figures submitted in
color will be printed in color. See point "5. Figures & Photographs" for details.

Page 3: Abstract
This page should repeat the full title of your paper with only the Abstract (the abstract should be less than 200 words for a
regular paper and up to 100 words for a short communication), and five Keywords.

Keywords: Must be five keywords in alphabetical order must be provided to describe the contents of the manuscript. Please do
not use “of”, “in”, “at”, “on”, etc.

Page 4: Introduction
This page should begin with the Introduction of your article and follow by the rest of your paper.

2 Text
Regular Papers should be prepared with the headings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions,
Acknowledgements, References, and Supplementary data (if available) in this order.
MAKE YOUR ARTICLES AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE

Most scientific papers are prepared according to a format called IMRAD. The term
represents the first letters of the words Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, And,
Discussion. It indicates a pattern or format rather than a complete list of headings or
components of research papers; the missing parts of a paper are: Title, Authors, Keywords,
Abstract, Conclusions, and References. Additionally, some papers include Acknowledgments
and Appendices.

The Introduction explains the scope and objective of the study in the light of current
knowledge on the subject; the Materials and Methods describes how the study was
conducted; the Results section reports what was found in the study; and the Discussion
section explains meaning and significance of the results and provides suggestions for future
directions of research. The manuscript must be prepared according to the Journal’s
instructions to authors.
3 Equations and Formula
These must be set up clearly and should be typed double-spaced. Numbers identifying equations should be in square brackets
and placed on the right margin of the text.

4 Tables
All tables should be prepared in a form consistent with recent issues of SS and should be numbered consecutively with Roman
numerals. The explanatory material should be given in the table legends and footnotes. Each table should be prepared on a new
page, embedded in the manuscript.

When a manuscript is submitted for publication, tables must also be submitted separately as data - .doc, .rtf, Excel or PowerPoint
files- due to the tables submitted as image data cannot be edited for publication and are usually in low-resolution.

5 Figures & Photographs

Submit an original figure or photograph. Line drawings must be clear, with high black and white contrast. Each figure or
photograph should be prepared on a new page, embedded in the manuscript for review to keep the file of the manuscript under 5
MB. These should be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals.

Figures or photographs must also be submitted separately as TIFF, JPEG, PNG, or Excel files- due to the figures or photographs
submitted in low-resolution embedded in the manuscript cannot be accepted for publication. For electronic figures, create your
figures using applications that are capable of preparing high-resolution TIFF files. In general, we require 300 dpi or higher
resolution for colored and half-tone artwork, and 1200 dpi or higher for line drawings are required.

Failure to comply with these specifications will require new figures and delay in publication.
NOTE: Illustrations may be produced in color at no extra cost at the discretion of the Publisher; the author could be charged
United States country USD 5 $ for each color page.

General rules on Figures and Tables

 All Figures and Tables should be numbered sequentially (e.g. Table 1, Table 2 etc.) and cite each one in your writing as Table 1
or Figure 1.
 All tables should be referenced in the text of the paper and in the reference list.
 Each table/figure should have an individual title. The words must be in front capitalized or the name of except with, of, in, and,
etc.

6 References
References begin on their own page and are listed in alphabetical order by the first author's last name. Only references cite d
within the text should be included. Ensure that in-text (Citation) references are quoted as per the APA in-text citation style. All
references should be in 10-point font and double-spaced. Give the blue color for the citation in the contents.

NOTE: When formatting your references, please follow the APA reference style (6th Edition). Ensure that the references are
strictly in the journal’s prescribed style, failing which your article will not be accepted for peer-review. You may refer to the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for further details. Read more or Download (PDF)

Biography of Authors
This section begins on their own page included the photo of the author as well as the short biography about 25 to 200 words.

7 General Guidelines
Abbreviations: Define alphabetically, other than abbreviations that can be used without definition. Words or phrases that are
abbreviated in the introduction and following text should be written out in full the first time that they appear in the text, with
each abbreviated form in parenthesis. Include the common name or scientific name, or both, of animal and plant materials.

Acknowledgments: Individuals and entities that have provided essential support such as research grants and fellowships and
other sources of funding should be acknowledged. Contributions that do not involve researching (clerical assistance or personal
acknowledgments) should not appear in acknowledgments.
Authors’ Affiliation: The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where the majority of their work was
conducted. If an author has subsequently moved to another institution, the current address may also be stated in the footer.

Co-Authors: The commonly accepted guideline for authorship is that one must have substantially contributed to the
development of the paper and share accountability for the results. Researchers should decide who will be an author and what
order they will be listed depending upon their order of importance to the study. Other contributions should be cited in the
manuscript's Acknowledgements.

Copyright: Authors publishing the Journal will be asked to sign an author statement form. In signing the form, it is assumed that
authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to
the conditions outlined in the form and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf.
Articles cannot be published until a signed form (original pen-to-paper signature) has been received. Author Statement can be
downloaded online for each journal.

Copyright Permissions: Authors should seek necessary permissions for quotations, artwork, boxes or tables taken from other
publications or from other freely available sources on the Internet before submission to SS. SS work is licensed under a Creative
 Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The acknowledgment must be given to the original source in the
illustration legend, in a table footnote, or at the end of the quotation.

Footnotes: Current addresses of authors if different from heading may be inserted here.

Page Numbering: Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered.

Spelling: The journal uses American or British spelling and authors may follow the latest edition of the Oxford Advanced
Learner's Dictionary for British spellings.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Owing to the volume of manuscripts we receive, we must insist that all submissions be made electronically using the online submission
system by PKP™, a web-based portal by Public Knowledge Project. For more information, go to our web page and click “Online
Submission”.

Submission Checklist

1 COVER LETTER
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter detailing what you are submitting. The manuscript is accepted for
publication in the journal on the understanding that the article is original and the content has not been published either in
English or any other language(s) or submitted for publication elsewhere. The letter should also briefly describe the research
you are reporting, why it is important, and why you think the readers of the journal would be interested in it. The cover letter
must also contain an acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly and that all authors have approved the
paper for release and are in agreement with its content.

The cover letter of the paper should contain (a) the title; (b) the full names of the authors; (c) the addresses of the institutions at
which the work was conducted together with (d) the full postal and email address, plus telephone numbers and emails of all the
authors (if available). The current address of any author, if different from that where the work was conducted, should be supplied
in a footnote. The above must be stated in the cover letter. Submission of your manuscript will not be accepted until a cover
letter has been received.

2 MANUSCRIPT
Ensure your MS has followed the SS style particularly the first four pages as explained earlier. The article should be written in a
good academic style and provide an accurate and succinct description of the contents ensuring that grammar and spelling errors
have been corrected before submission. It should also not exceed the suggested length.

Please do not submit manuscripts to the editor-in-chief or to any other office directly. Any queries must be directed to the Chief
Executive Editor's office via email to [email protected]

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HARDCOPIES OF THE JOURNALS AND OFFPRINTS

Under the Journal’s open access initiative, authors can choose to download free material (via PDF link) from any of the journal issues from
SS website. Under “Browse Journals” you will see a link, “Future Issue” or “Current Issue” or “Archives”. Here you will get access to all
current and back-issues from 2017 onwards.

The corresponding author for all articles will receive one complimentary hard copy of the journal in which his/her articles are
published. If she/he order the printed version. It will be purchased by writing to the Chief Executive Editor based on the length pages of
the issue per publication.

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