Guide for Authors

Authors should submit their manuscripts online via the following website:

https://SECE.semnan.ac.ir/

All manuscripts are subject to the peer-reviewing process. The manuscripts should be prepared in good English. It should have been carefully checked for clarity, conciseness, the correctness of grammar, and typographical errors.

When preparing the manuscripts, authors are requested to follow the following template:

  • All manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word file separately one file with name and affiliation of authors and one file without  name and affiliation of authors for referee process.
  • The file must include text (preferably in 12 points, ''Times New Roman'' font) and all figures should be placed below the related text.
  • The manuscript pages should be prepared with  1.5 line spacing, one column, and a margin of at least 25 mm on one side.
  • All manuscripts should have Title, Author Name, Affiliation, Corresponding author email, Abstract, Keywords, Body, and References.
  • It is better that the title of the manuscripts does not contain abbreviations or formulae and should not be longer than three lines.
  • The use of abbreviations should be avoided in the abstract, if possible and all abbreviations should be explained when appeared in the text for the first.
  • References should be numbered in the order they are appeared in the text.

Paper Template:

The publication of any manuscript in the SECE requires strict conformance to the paper template. The template can be found in the SECE Template File and the following two forms is also necessary to complete.

Conflict of Interest Form

SECE Copyright Form

SECE is a 100% free of charge journal for readers and all accepted papers are published in the journal without any publication fee.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

Fees:

SECE is a 100% free-of-charge journal for both authors and readers. There are no publication fees for accepted papers.