Manuscript submission: The entire publication process for the International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization is handled electronically, which shortens publication times. All papers should be submitted electronically through Paper Submission Gateway. Prior to submitting your paper, please follow the instructions given below. Please note that you must have an email address to use the online submission system. Authors submit their article online by simply registering, logging-in, and submitting. Editors will then invite potential reviewers by email. Detailed instructions on the use of the online submission system are available at Paper Submission Gateway. Please read the "Hints" for information on how to register, and review the "Tutorial for Authors" for a run through of the submission process. If you need any further help, please do not hesitate to contact our Author Support Department at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The submission language is English - please refer to the Oxford English dictionary.

Original material: Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. Detailed instructions on manuscript preparation and artwork instructions can be found below. The editor reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not conform to the instructions for manuscript preparation and artwork instruction, as well as paper that do not fit the scope of the journal, prior to refereeing.

General: Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material after use. Please use Word, Word Perfect or LaTeX files for the text of your manuscript.

Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.

Structure: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import figures into the text. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. Research papers should be no more than 20 double line spaced manuscript pages, excluding tables and illustrations. Short Communications should be no more than 10 double line spaced manuscript pages, including tables and illustrations.

Text Layout: Use double spacing and wide (2 cm) margins. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Number all pages consecutively, use 12 or 10 pt font size and standard fonts. Print the entire manuscript on one side of the paper only.

Abstract: Approximately 100 words, outlining in a single paragraph the aims, scope and conclusions of the paper.

Keywords: Authors should select a maximum of 9 keywords.

Units and Symbols: All measurements and data should be given in SI units, or if SI units do not exist, in an internationally accepted unit. If you use any symbol or unit that may not be generally recognized, please include an explanatory footnote the first time it is used, to help the referees, editors and readers. It is also helpful to identify Greek symbols by name in the margin the first time they appear. Abbreviations and acronyms should only be used for unwieldy terms and names which occur frequently in the manuscript. Abbreviations should be used consistently throughout the text, and must be clearly defined in full on first use. If you use several symbol, a list of definitions (not necessarily for publication) will help the editor. Journal style for letter symbols is as follows: variables, italic type (indicated by underlining); constants, roman type; matrices and vectors, bold type (indicated by wavy underlining).

Maths: Detailed mathematical discussion should be placed in an appendix. Equations and formulae should be typewritten wherever possible. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right hand side of the page. Type or mark mathematical equations exactly as they should appear in print.

References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to references by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. Since Peterson[1]), and the full reference should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper as follows :

1. J.C. Fish, S.W. Lee, Delamination of tapered composite structures, Eng. Fract. Mech. 34(1), 43-54 (1989) 
2. S.W. Tsai, H.T. Hahn, Introduction to Composite Materials (Westport: Technomic, 1980)
3. K.C. Kairouz, R.J. Heath, Fracture of ply drop-offs in composite structures, In Proceedings of ECCM-7 Conference (London, May, 1996) p. 79-85.

Illustrations: For online submission upload one copy of the full paper including graphics and all figures as graphics file separately at the online submission site. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the Author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail. Submit artwork in either EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) or TIFF format. For colour illustrations to be produced in the print journal, a colour printing fee is charged to the author per colour page. Further information concerning colour illustrations and costs is available from Author Support at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given suitable captions and each table should begin on a new page. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in graphs). Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters.

Notification: Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the editor. The Publisher will also send a notification of receipt of the paper in production.

Copyright: All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables ASMDO to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the authors' proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.

PDF Proofs: One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. The corrections should be returned within 48 hours. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely the author's responsibility. Any queries should be answered in full. Please correct factual errors only, or errors introduced by typesetting.

Author Benefits: No page charges: Publication in this journal is free of charge. Corresponding authors will be given the choice to buy extra offprints before printing of the article.

Online Paper Tracking: Authors can track the status of their accepted paper online at Paper Submission Gateway using their login and password.

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