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Instruction to Authors

American Journal of Engineering Research publishes the following manuscript types :

Original Research
Articles Review Articles
Short communications

Manuscript preparation :

The manuscript should be prepared in English using "MS Word" with 1 inch margin on all sides
(Top, Bottom, Left and Right side) of the page. "Times New Roman" font should be used. The
font size should be of 10pt but main Title should be of 16pt bold sentence case, main headings
should be of 11pt bold sentence case, subheadings should be of 10pt bold sentence case.
Manuscript should be concisely typewritten in 1.0 spaces in A4 sized sheets. The pages shall be
numbers consequently. The length of Review/Science Education article should not exceed 12-15
manuscript pages to include figures, tables and references. No abbreviations on acronyms shall
be used in the titles or Abstract acronyms except for measurements. There shall not be
decorative borders anywhere in the text including the title page.

Sequence for Manuscripts Submission :

Article Title
Authors and Co-Authors details and their affiliations
Abstract (200 to 250 words)
Key words (maximum 6)
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgement (optional)
References
Figure Table

Table I: Page setup details

Particulars

Specifications

Margins

Top = 1", Bottom = 1", Left = 1", Right = 1"

Orientation

Portrait

Paper Size

A4 (8.27" X 11.69")

Headers

0.79"

Footers

0.79"

Table II: Manuscript layout details

Particulars

Specifications
Font type

Font
Size

Text
Text pattern Normal/Title Case/All
Alignment Capital/Bold/Italic/Underline

Title

Times New
Roman

16

Left

Title Case + Bold

Author (s) Name

Times New
Roman

14

Left

Normal + Bold

Affiliation & E
mail

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal

Abstract Heading Times New

Roman

09

Justify

Bold + Italic

Abstract Body
Text

Times New
Roman

09

Justify

Normal

Keywords
Heading

Times New
Roman

09

Justify

Bold + Italic

Keywords

Cambria

09

Justify

Normal

Main Heading

Times New
Roman

11

Left

All Capital + Bold

First Subheading

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal + Bold +Italic

Second
Subheading

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal + Italic

Body Text

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal + Italic

Acknowledgment

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal + Italic

References

Times New
Roman

10

Left

Normal + Italic

Table III: Line spacing details:

Particulars

Specifications
Before Spacing(Pt) After Spacing(Pt)

Line Spacing

Title

14

Author (s) Name

Affiliation & E mail

Abstract Heading

Abstract Body Text

Keywords Heading

Keywords

Main Heading

First Subheading

Second Subheading

Body Text

Acknowledgment

References

Exactly

Table and Figure Caption

Table and Figure Footnote

*Please keep Left and right indentation of 0"

Table IV: Figure setup details

Particulars

Specifications

Acceptable
Type of
Image

Either vector art formats (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw,

PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap formats (Photoshop, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.).

Text
Wrapping

None

Size

Height = 8.4 cm or Height = 8.4 m

Width = 8.4 cm or Width = 17.6 cm`

Color

Either RGB (Red Green Blue) Format or Black and White

Alignment

Left

Position of
Figure
Caption

Bottom of figure + Justify

Caption
heading
style

Figure 1:, Figure 2: .

Figure
Footnote

Justify + Times New Roman + 08 + Normal

Table V: Table setup details

Particulars

Specifications

Table alignment

Left

Text Wrapping

None

Size

Height = 8.4 cm or Height = 8.4 m

Borders

Custom border

Cell and column width

As minimum as possible (Fit to text)

Table heading

Center alignment + Times New Roman + Font Size 10 + Bold face +

Italic

Table text Alignment

Left Alignment + Times New Roman + Font Size 10 + Normal

Table subheading

Center Alignment + Times New Roman + Font Size 10 + Italic

Caption

Justify + Times New Roman + 10 + Normal

Position of table
caption

Above Table + Justify

Caption Heading Style Table I:, Table II:

Table Footnote

Justify + Times New Roman + 08 + Normal