Author Guidelines for Invited Articles & Case Studies

Only invited articles will be considered for publication in the Journal. Generally, technical articles should be submitted to the ISEE Conference Program Committee in response to the Annual Call for Papers. Nearly 100 papers per year are accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference and published in the Conference Proceedings. A number of articles are then drawn from the Proceedings for publication in the Journal.

Abstracts for Articles featuring case studies on special projects from around the world, however, are invited to be submitted directly to the Journal at any time subject to the author guidelines for invited articles.

For invited articles to be considered for such review, the Abstract must cover a subject that is consistent with the theme of a specific issue of the magazine as determined by the Editor. The article must be by-lined, be an original work not published previously and not commercial in nature.

Guidelines for Invited Technical Articles
Abstracts for Articles should be about 350 words. Articles must not be commercials for companies, products or services.

Submitting Your Article
An Article Submission Form must be submitted with or at the time of your article submission. The review process will not proceed until an article submission form is completed. Authors should review the Author Checklist below before submitting an article. Using the format guidelines below, articles should be submitted in both electronic and hard copy format to: Editor, Journal of Explosives Engineering, ISEE, 30325 Bainbridge Road, Cleveland, OH 44139, Email: journal@isee.org.

The Review Process
After you have submitted your article along with an Article Submission Form, your article will be reviewed by at least two members of the Publications Committee. This review process generally takes 60 to 90 days. If accepted, you will be required to sign a Copyright Release Form (pdf). Authors will also be given one opportunity to review a proof of their article in magazine layout form.

Evaluation and Acceptance
Articles are evaluated based on originality of topic, readability, soundness of content, timeliness, and interest to our readers. Articles that essentially promote a particular company, product or service are not considered publishable. All accepted articles are subject to editing for style, clarity, language and length.

Format
Text
We prefer that you submit your text and graphics in separate files. Text should be submitted in Microsoft Word for PC or Mac. Text should include placeholders and captions for graphics, but not the graphic itself (i.e, "insert figure 1"). Please refer to your graphics within the text of your article, in addition to providing captions for each graphic.

Graphics
Graphics should be saved as separate files and submitted on disk and on laser hard copy. The hard copy should be labeled with a figure or table number. Graphics may be submitted to ISEE to scan. Please submit duplicates, as we are not responsible for returning artwork.

Photographs and Digital Photographs
Digital photographs may be submitted as jpeg files. Digital photographs should be taken at high resolution of at least 1800 x 1200 pixels, however 2400 x 1600 pixels is preferred (Hint: Use at least a 3 megapixel camera at its highest resolution setting). If scanning your own photos, scan at 100%, 300dpi and cmyk color. Or, you can submit photos to ISEE to scan. Please send duplicates, as originals will not be returned. Save files as tiff, jpeg or EPS files.

Drawings, Graphs, Charts
Line art should be scanned or saved at a minimum of 800 dpi at 100%. Examples of line art include charts, CAD drawings, and illustrations. Line art should be submitted as .EPS files. Or, you can submit artwork to ISEE to scan. Please send duplicates, as originals will not be returned.

Author Checklist
Article contains 700-3000 words.

Article is original work. It has not been published previously and it is not being considered for publication elsewhere (including the ISEE Conference).

Article does not promote a product, service or company.

Article contains a by-line and ends with a one or two sentence biography including author name, title, company and its location.

Company name may appear only once in the body of the paper. Describing a special type of product or service is fine, but a trade name may only be mentioned once.