Submission of papers
Online Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted using the ScholarOne manuscript available at:
http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/ams .
Submission of a manuscript must be the original work of the author(s) and has not been published elsewhere or under consideration for another publication, or a substantially similar form in any other language.
Authors are encouraged to recommend three to five individuals (including their research fields, e-mail, phone numbers and addresses) who are qualified to serve as referees for their paper.
Figures
Format: High-resolution figures must be uploaded during manuscript submission. The preferred format for figure submission is TIFF format (*.tif).
1. Image Size: An image intended for the journal's double column format (i.e., an image to fit into the space of a single column on the 2-column layout), should be sized to 8.4 cm. Images submitted for a layout that spans full columns (i.e., an image that will occupy the full-page width) should be sized to 15 cm for two subgraphs and 17.4 cm for three subgraphs, respectively. In the figures, the main lines should be about 0.3 mm in width, and the assistant lines 0.15 mm. Notations in the figures should be distinct and consistent with the same ones in the text, and their font size will be about 8-10 pt.
2. Image Resolution: Line drawings and graphs must have a resolution of at least 1000 dpi when they are exported. Photographs and micrographs must have resolution of at least 300 dpi (600 dpi if there is text or line art in the figure). Please use LZW compression (which does not affect resolution) when saving figure files. Lower-resolution images will not reproduce properly and will not be accepted.
3. Color: Submit color graphics in CMYK format; the colors chosen must reproduce effectively and the colors should be distinguishable when printed in black and white; The descriptions of figures in text and captions must be sufficiently clear for both online and print copy.
Samples:
1. Data graph:
Notes: 1). All ticks should be the inner side of coordinates;
2). Titles of coordinates should be with the formula “Quality (unit)”, such as “Intensity (a.u.), 2θ (deg.)”;
3). All fonts should be “Arial”;
4). Circle type symbols are preferred;
5). The graph should be framed with four axes;
6). The first letter of the first word should be capital for the word in the axis and graphs, such as “Annealing twins”.
2. Photographs: The first letter should be capital for the word in the figures. Generally, it is better that 3 (6 or 9) subgraphs and 5 subgraphs are arranged as follows:
Figure 1
Figure 2
Table list:
Table 1 Turn-on fields of the MoO3 microbelt films of different aspect ratios
Mathematics
References
In Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) , the American Physical Society (APS) Reference Style is employed.
1. Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal's name. The ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations (http://www.issn.org/2‐22660‐LTWA.php) is the most reliable
source of the standard abbreviations used in journal titles.
2. Capitalize only the first word and any proper nouns in the title of an article or chapter, but capitalize all major words in the title of a book.
3. Note that journal article titles, chapter titles, and closing page numbers are optional
(but should be retained/included wherever possible).
References to journal publication:
[1] S. Preuss, A. Demchuk Jr., M. Stuke, Appl. Phys. A 61, 33 (1995)
References by DOI (before issue publication with page numbers)
[2] M.K. Slifka, J.L. Whitton, Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J. Mol. Med. (2000). doi:10.1007/s001090000086
Reference to electronic journal by DOI (no paginated version)
[3] M.K. Slifka, J.L. Whitton, Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig. J. Mol. Med. (2000). doi:10.1007/s801090000086
References to book:
[4] D.M. Abrams, in Conductive Polymers, ed. by R.S. Seymour, A. Smith (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1973), p. 307
[5] H. Ibach, H. Lüth, Solid‐State Physics, 2nd edn. (Springer, New York, 1996), pp. 45–56
[6] R.S. Seymour (ed.), Conductive Polymers (Plenum, New York, 1981)
[7] S.E. Smith, in Neuromuscular Junction, ed. by E. Zaimis. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 42 (Springer, Heidelberg, 1976), p. 593
Reference to proceeding:
[8] D. Zowghi, in PRICAI '96: Topics in Artificial Intelligence, ed. by N. Foo, R. Goebel. 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cairns, August 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, vol. 1114 (Springer, Heidelberg, 1996), p. 157
[9] S.T. Chung, R.L. Morris, Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978
Reference to dissertation
[10] J.W. Trent, Dissertation, University of California, 1975
Reference to patent
[11] L.O. Norman, U.S. Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998
Reference to online literature
[12] J. Cartwright, Big stars have weather too. (IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb, 2007), http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007