Submissions

Author Guidelines

For the more information on submitting to Journal ELEKTRONIKA IR ELEKTROTECHNIKA (the abbreviation is Elektron Elektrotech), please read the journal Instructions for Authors at: Instructions for Authors.

Introduction

The journal publishes previously unpublished manuscripts that will have a high impact in the field of electronics and electrical engineering. It targets not only certain field specialists, but the wider public also. Papers should be submitted in final camera-ready form, and in Microsoft Word (*.doc, *.docx) format.  The length of the manuscript should be 4–12 pages. Author‘s guarantee form has to accompany each submission. 

Co-Authorship

Author name, affiliation and complete address are to be placed underneath the title. In case of multiple authorship of a submitted paper, the affiliation and complete addresses of each co-author must be specified. If there is more than one author, please clearly indicate with an asterisk (*) who will handle the correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.  Any change to the author names listed in the original manuscript, including additions, deletions, and/or a change in order of appearance, requires proof of agreement of all co-authors. Once paper is accepted, further change of co-authors is prohibited. 

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. This note should be added in an unnumbered separate section before the reference list. If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethics

Originality of the submitted manuscript is the author’s responsibility. Authors must avoid duplicate submission, plagiarism, and self-plagiarism. Manuscript submission will be looked-over against plagiarism at the CrossCheck database (http://www.ithenticate.com/). iThenticate is a service that verifies the originality of content submitted, and helps to identify plagiarism. Authors can also use iThenticate service to screen before submission on their own credentials.

Permissions

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Paper and Text Format

The paper should be prepared using MS Word paper template which is available for download at Instructions for Authors . All text has to be edited by using the styles defined in this document.

Tables, Figures

Illustrations should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, while tables in Roman numerals, following the order cited in the text; they may be organized in one or two columns. Tables must be accompanied by a caption placed at the top. Figures must be accompanied by a caption placed underneath. References made to tables in text will not be abbreviated e.g. “in Table I”. If your figure has two parts or more, include the labels “(a)” and “(b)”, etc. as separate text after each part. Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Use words rather than symbols. Figure labels should be legible, approximately 8 to 11-point type. Make sure the axis labels and other items are part of the artwork. All figures and tables must be mentioned in the text.

Images

Image quality is very important to how yours graphics will be reproduced. Even though that graphics could be accepted in many formats, we will not be able to improve your graphics if they are poor quality. Figures should be prepared with 600 dpi resolution and saved with no compression, with file names in the form of “fig3.tif”. Aspect ratio should be left untouched. If a graphic is to appear in print or on-line in colour, it should be submitted as RGB colour. Please note that the journal publishes colour figures in on-line version and black and white figures in print. All figures should be understandable without colour. The compressed graphic files have to be uploaded as a supplementary file (*.zip, *.rar) on the web-site.

Equations

The equations should be prepared using "Microsoft Equation 3.0" or “MathType” editor, and appear in a text as a separate object. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and cited (1) in the text. Consecutive numbers should be marked in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). All symbols in equation must be defined before the equation appears or immediately following.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Avoid abbreviations and acronyms in the abstract unless they are commonly understood and used multiple times in the abstract. If an abbreviation or acronym is used in the abstract, it must be spelled out (defined) in the abstract, and then spelled out again the first time it is used in the main text of the paper.

References

Number the citations consecutively, in square brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [2]. Multiple references [2], [3] are each numbered with separate brackets [1]–[3]. When citing a section in a book, please give the relevant page numbers [2]. For every reference try to find out (this is not mandatory and not always possible) a permanent on-line link and include it at the end of the respective reference. 

Automatic citation function

Automatic citation function for citing references, figures, equations should not be applied in the paper.

Discusssion

Discussion may present insights and interpretation of the research results. It is needed to be told what the results mean.

Conclusions

Conclusions might state the most important outcome of your paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. Conclusions might elaborate on the importance of the paper or suggest applications and extensions at a higher level of abstraction than the Discussion. 

Concurrent Submissions

In order to ensure sufficient diversity within the authorship of the journal, authors are limited to having two papers under review at any point in time. If an author already has two manuscripts under review in the journal, he or she will need to wait until the review process of at least one of these papers is complete before submitting another paper for consideration.