Instructions for Authors

Author Guidelines and Submission Procedure for Journal of Structure Research and Practice

Enacted in June 2022

1. Purpose

This author guidelines are intended to set forth the instruction for submission of manuscripts to the Journal of Structure Research and Practice issued by Korean Institute of Bridge and Structural Engineers (Hereinafter, KIBSE).

2. Basis of Acceptability

The manuscripts shall be within the area of structural engineering and its application; and be original in authorship and publication.

3. Format Requirements

1) A manuscript shall be submitted in HWP or MS word format.

2) The language of publication is Korean or English.

3) The order of the sections in a manuscript shall be Title, Author(s), Affiliation, Address, Abstract in English, Body of Main Text, Acknowledgements, References, and Abstract in Korean. In case of Korean article, Title, Author(s), Affiliation and Address must be written both in Korean and English. In case of English article, Abstract in Korean can be omitted. (It maybe changed depending on the format of the Journal of Structure Research and Practice)

4) Keywords shall be provided after Abstract. Maximum 5 Keywords can be provided; and they must be written in the same language as Abstract.

5) Figure(s), Table(s) shall be constructed in English, not Korean; and they are labeled by Fig. 5 and Table 3 for examples.

6) Terminologies and symbols shall follow those defined in Korean Design Specifications (KDS) or Korean Construction Specifications (KCS); and terminologies and symbols, widely accepted in the other professional field, can be used if they are not defined in the aforementioned documents. The symbols must be defined at their first use.

7) All units shall comply with International System of Units (SI), which is regulated by Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). For example, a unit of mm, ℃, or % need a single space after each value. The minute (′), second (″), and the degree of angle (°) do not have a single space between its value and unit.

8) Figure(s) and Table (s), References shall be written in English.

9) The length of a manuscript is generally within 8 pages including graphs and pictures. The manuscript may exceed 8 pages under agreement of the editorial committee, but the maximum is limited to 12 pages. Additional cost may be charged to the author(s) in the case.

4. Author

1) The author with the highest contribution on the manuscript shall be listed first when there are multiple authors. At least one author shall be the member of KIBSE. The number of authors is limited to 5 people. More than 5 authors can be allowed under agreement of the editorial committee.

2) An asterisk (*) shall be placed on the right side of the corresponding author, and her/his E-mail address must be provided on the left bottom with underline. (It maybe changed depending on the format of the Journal of Structure Research and Practice)

3) The first author may be the corresponding author as well.

4) The author(s) can not be changed after the review process of the manuscript is finished.

5) The author shall include information on his or her own position and affiliation.

5. References

1) References shall be arranged by the authors’ family name in alphabetical order and be cited in the body of main text.

2) A reference shall be cited in the main text by its first authors’ family name and publication year in a parenthesis: (Wang and Roush 2000) or Jones et al.(2007) for example.

3) All references shall be in English; and a Korean reference is marked with ‘(In Korean)’ after the period.

The name of conference proceedings, book, report and journal must be in italic, and the details are as follows:

① Article from an academic journal: Author’s name, year of publication, title, name of the journal, volume, issue, cited pages.

Silveira, A. P., Branco, F. A. and Castanheta, M. (2000) Statistical Analysis of Thermal Actions for Concrete Bridge Design. Structural Engineering International 2000(10), 33-38.

② Book: Authors’ names, year of publication, name of the book, edition, place of publication, publisher, cited pages.

Bathe, K. J. (1996) Finite Element Procedures. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 180-220.

③ Report: Authors’ names, year of publication, title of report, place of publication, publishing institute, number of report.

Breen, J. E., Burdet, O., Roberts, C., Sanders, D. and Wollmann, G. (1994) Anchorage Zone Reinforcement for Post-Tensionined Concrete Girders. Washington: Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Report 356.

④ Article from a conference proceedings: Authors’ name, year of the conference, title, name of the conference proceedings, place and data of conference, place of publication, hosting society or institute, cited pages.

Sansalone, M. and Poston, R. (1992) Detecting cracks in the beams and columns of a post- tensioned parking garage structure using the impact-echo method. In Nondestructive Evaluation of Civil Structures and Materials, Colorado 11-13 May 1992. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation. 129-143.

⑤ Thesis: Author’s name, year of publication, title, Master’s thesis or PhD dissertation, publishing institute.

Loflin, B. J. (2008) Bond and Material Properties of Grade 270 and Grade 300 Prestressing Strands. M.S. Thesis. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

⑥ Article by on-line publication: Author’s name, year of publication, title, publishing company, date of preparation, web address, date of access.

Erickson, J. (2013) Route 141 Testing Baffles Researchers. News-magazine Network, 1 April. http://www.newsmagazinenetwork.com/nn/2013040132964/route-141-testing-baffles-researchers Accessed 21 July 2017.

⑦ Report by on-line publication: Author’s name, year of publication, title, edition, place of publication, publisher, web address, date of access.

EFNARC (2002) Specification and Guidelines for Self-Compacting Concrete. Farnham, UK: EFNARC. http://www.efnarc.org/pdf/SandGforSCC.PDF Accessed 21 July 2017.

6. Figure and Table

1) The figure(s) and table(s) shall be appropriately placed in the body of main text.

2) The figure(s) and picture(s) can be reduced if it is larger than the manuscript standard; and so the size of letter and symbol in the figure(s) and picture(s) requires special care in handling.

3) The resolution of picture(s) shall be higher than 300 dpi, and the font size in the figure(s) shall be between 8 and 10.5 pt in a printed manuscript. The font size in table(s) shall be 8 pt.

4) The author(s) shall get a written approval and mark it in an appropriate way if she/he needs to reprint figures or pictures of which copyright is owned by the third party.

7. Submission

1) The author(s) shall submit one original file of the manuscript through the submission system of KIBSE.

2) The final manuscript which passed the review shall be submitted within the period specified by the editorial committee.

8. Proofreading

1) The author(s) shall proofread the first edited manuscript.

2) During the proofreading process, the author(s) can not change the contents of the manuscript, and she/he must get an approval of the editorial committee if any change is needed.

9. Fee

The author(s) shall pay fee for the publication. Additional cost for offprint, if needed, may be charged to the authors.

10. Copyright

The corresponding author shall transfer the copyright of the manuscript to KIBSE.

11. Conflict of Interest

A possible conflict on economical, personal, or professional details related to the manuscript shall be stated in the Acknowledgements section. The editorial committee makes a final decision for publication considering the Conflict of Interest.

12. Ethics

The manuscript questioned on an ethical problem such as plagiarism and multiple publication is handled following the related guidelines of National Research Foundation of Korea.