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The Research Paper Format

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper including page size, margins, font sizes, and formatting for titles, headings, figures, tables, references, and more. Sections include title, author, abstract, keywords, introduction, headings, equations, figures and tables, conclusion, acknowledgements, and references.

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The Research Paper Format

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper including page size, margins, font sizes, and formatting for titles, headings, figures, tables, references, and more. Sections include title, author, abstract, keywords, introduction, headings, equations, figures and tables, conclusion, acknowledgements, and references.

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Please conform to the following guidelines:

Line space: 1.5(For whole the paper)


Page Size: A4 (For whole the paper)
Margin: Normal (For whole the paper)

Paper Title (Font size 18 Bold, Times New Roman)


First Author1, Second Author2 (Font size 14 Bold, Times New Roman)

1(Department, College or University Name, Country Name) (Font size 11 Italic, Times New Roman)
2(Department, College or University Name, Country Name) (Font size 11 Italic, Times New Roman)

ABSTRACT (Font size 11Bold, Times New Roman):


The abstract should summarize the content of the paper. Try to keep the abstract below 200 words. Do not make references
nor display equations in the abstract. (10 Italic Times New Roman)

Keywords (Font size 11Bold, Italic) - About five key words in alphabetical order, separated by comma (Font size 11, Times
New Roman, Italic)

I. INTRODUCTION (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


The introduction of the paper should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose, and the contribution of the
paper. The contents of each section may be provided to understand easily about the paper. (10 Times New Roman)

II. HEADINGS (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


The headings and subheadings, starting with "1. Introduction", appears in upper- and lower-case letters and should be set in
bold and aligned flush left. All headings from the Introduction to Acknowledgements are numbered sequentially using 1, 2, 3,
etc. Subheadings are numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc. If a subsection must be further divided, the numbers 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. The font
size for heading is 11 points bold face and subsections with 10 points and not bold. Do not underline any of the headings, or
add dashes, colons, etc. (Font size 10 Times New Roman)

III. INDENTATIONS AND EQUATIONS (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN,
BOLD)
The first paragraph under each heading or subheading should be flush left, and subsequent paragraphs should have a five-
space indentation. A colon is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is no punctuation following the equation. All
equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely by a number enclosed in a round bracket (i.e., (3) reads as "equation
3"). Ensure that any miscellaneous numbering system you use in your paper cannot be confused with a reference [4] or an
equation (3) designation. (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

IV. FIGURES AND TABLES (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)
To ensure a high-quality product, diagrams and lettering MUST be either computer-drafted or drawn using India ink. Figure
captions appear below the figure, are flush left, and are in lower case letters. When referring to a figure in the body of the
text, the abbreviation "Fig." is used. Figures should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Table captions appear
centered above the table in upper- and lower-case letters. When referring to a table in the text, no abbreviation is used, and
"Table" is capitalized. (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

V. CONCLUSION (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN,BOLD)


A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and possible applications of
the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A
conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extensions. (Font size 10, Times New
Roman)

VI. Acknowledgements (11, Times New Roman, Bold)


An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if desired (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

REFERENCES (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


This heading is not assigned a number. 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]).
References must be numbered and ordered according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, NOT
alphabetically.

Examples follow:

Journal Papers:

[1] M Ozaki, Y. Adachi, Y. Iwahori, and N. Ishii, Application of fuzzy theory to writer recognition of Chinese characters,
International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 18(2), 1998, 112-116. (10, Times New Roman)

Note that the journal title, volume number and issue number are set in italics.

Books:
[2] R.E. Moore, Interval analysis (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966).(10, Times New Roman)
Note that the title of the book is in lower case letters and italicized. There is no comma following the title. Place of
publication and publisher are given.

Theses:
[3] D.S. Chan, Theory and implementation of multidimensional discrete systems for signal processing, doctoral diss.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1978. (10, Times New Roman)

Note that thesis title is set in italics and the university that granted the degree is listed along with location information

Proceedings Papers:
[4] W.J. Book, Modeling design and control of flexible manipulator arms: A tutorial review, Proc. 29th IEEE Conf. on
Decision and Control, San Francisco, CA, 1990, 500-506 (10, Times New Roman)

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