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The work must demonstrate in a clear and concise manner main results obtained, their novelty and importance, while conclusions must be justified by the study. As mentioned above, there are three categories of contributions to the JCSMD. Except of the Short Communications, there are no strict length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections. Regardless of the category, all submitted manuscripts should have a short abstract (typically containing fewer than 250 words), 5-6 keywords, and a minimum of two PACS and two MSC codes. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the readership of the JCSMD, the authors should emphasize the importance of their results to researchers in other fields of coupled systems and/or multiscale dynamics, whenever applicable. The papers that may have potential implications across several fields of research in coupled systems and/or multiscale dynamics are especially welcome.

In addition, occasional highlights describing important new results of original research and book reviews may also be published.

Articles should be organized into sections containing as a minimum Introduction, Main Results, Conclusions, and References.

Notation used in the manuscript should be clear and consistent with standard usage. It is important that all equations in the manuscript should be neatly formatted and punctuated. They are numbered on the right and aligned to bring out their structure. Whenever needed, use appropriate bracketing to ensure clarity. Use the established nomenclature wherever possible, and always report numerical data (length, weight, and volume) in the appropriate SI units. The units of measurement should be used in conjunction with their numerical values. Conversion factors should be given at their first occurrence. If in doubt, the APS style guide should be used as a general reference on matter of units, grammar and formatting. Keep abbreviations to a minimum, but if they are necessary, define them upon first use in the text (alternatively, a list of abbreviations may be included in the end before references).

Here are several examples of mathematical material:

All figures should be prepared so that the details can be seen after reproduction. As a basic guideline, all submitted figure images must have resolutions of at least 300 dpi. They must be easy to read and of good quality. Hence, a clear background and unbroken lines with as much black-and-white contrast as possible are highly desirable. Figures should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and referred to in the text by number. Each figure legend (right underneath the figure) should have a concise title and should provide enough information so that the figure is understandable without frequent reference to the text.

All figures, tables, illustrations, photographs should be prepared in such a way that they could be printed in a single column size with a width of 3 1/4 inches or 8.25 cm. Only if absolutely necessary should figures/tables/photos occupy double columns.

Color illustrations are most welcome by the JCSMD as they are effective in conveying complex graphs and photographs. Free color printing at the publisher’s discretion, will provide an opportunity to publish color figures/illustrations in print at no cost to the authors.

Tables can be used in all cases where the information cannot be presented in a clean structured manner in other ways. They must have captions, which should make the tables intelligible without reference to the text. Whenever possible, the position of each table should be clearly marked in the text. Tables should be numbered serially and referred to in the text by number. Their structure should be clear, with simple column headings giving all units whenever applicable.

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Authors are encouraged to provide a striking image to accompany their article. If the image (photo, graph, scheme) is judged by the editors to be suitable for publication, it may be featured on the web and/or in print to highlight the paper online, put on the volume cover, or on a journal flyer. The image could originate from the computational or experimental findings reported in the manuscript but do not have to constitute a part of the original work and need not be reprinted in the article. Images must be original and should be submitted as separate files. We can accept a wide range of image file types (e.g., TIFF, JPEG or EPS file) as long as it is high-resolution. Submission of such images can be made at any time from acceptance of the manuscript.

Supporting Information (e.g., software codes or details of experimental findings) can be placed at the end of the manuscript or link to the article as Supplemental Material. We encourage submitting essential supplementary files that additionally support author’s conclusions. Supporting files should be prepared in a publication-ready format. Material that has been published previously is not acceptable for posting. If the software required for users to view/use the supplemental material is not embedded in the file, you are urged to use shareware or generally available/easily accessible programs. To prevent any misunderstandings we request that authors submit a text file (instruction.txt) containing a brief instruction on how to use the files supplied. All supporting information should be referred to in the manuscript, with titles (and, if desired, legends) for all files listed under the heading ’Supporting Information’.

Whenever applicable, the "Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics" should be abbreviated as J. Coupled Syst. Multiscale Dyn. for the reference citation purpose.

Proper formatting of the references is crucial, so special care should be taken about spelling, abbreviations, capitalization and punctuation. All references should be in the proper format and numbered in the sequence [in square brackets] in the text and list in the same numerical order in the reference section. Do not use abstracts and websites as references. References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as "in press". Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations" with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a "personal communication" unless it provides essential information not available from a public source (note that for scientific articles, authors should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication). Do not use "website address" as a reference. If absolutely necessary, web pages, private communications, unpublished results, etc. may be given as footnotes. All references must be archival. The references must be verified by the authors against the original documents. Their completeness is the responsibility of the authors. References should be listed in the following style (the ACS style).

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   Journal Article
   X. L. Huang, L. C. Wang, and X. X. Yi, Phys. Rev. E 87, 012144 (2013).

2. 2.

   Book Reference
   M. A. R. Ferreira and H. K. H. Lee, Multiscale Modeling. A Bayesian Perspective, Springer, New York (2007).

3. 3.

   Chapter in a Book
   H. V. Jansen, N. R. Tas and J. W. Berenschot, in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Edited H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2004), Vol. 5, pp.163-275.

4. 4.

   Conference Proceedings
   T. Kundu, Editor. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems. Proc. SPIE 8348, (2012) March 11; San Diego, CA, USA.

5. 5.

   Patent
   H. D. Hudspeth, R. R. Corderman, R. B. Rohling, and L. Denault, Gated nanorod field emitter structures and associated methods of fabrication. US patent 7411341, August 12 (2008).

6. 6.

   Dissertation
   B. V. Asokan. Variational multiscale method for stochastic thermal and fluid flow problems [dissertation]. Cornell University (2006).

The names of all authors must be included in a reference. Do not use the phrases "et al." and "ibid." in the reference section.

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. Cite references in the text by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g., "as suggested in Huang2013 , we use this formula"). The full reference should be given in a list of references at the end of the paper. Follow the examples of references given in this template file for each of the following categories: journal articles Huang2013 ; Liu2007 ; Odille2008 ; Prabhakar2013 , entire special issues of journals Melnik2006 , books Golubitsky1999 ; Ferreira2007 ; E2011 , chapters in edited books Jansen2004 , proceedings Kundu2012 , papers in published proceedings Bonilla2007 , reports Willmott2010 , patents Hudspeth2008 , theses/dissertations Mariager2010 ; Asokan2006 .

A footnote giving the email address of the corresponding author is encouraged. Apart from the above described cases, the use of footnotes should be minimized.

All pages, including those with the references, tables, and figures, must be numbered consecutively. The use of Latex with a standard 12-point Times New Roman font is highly encouraged (please consult the template provided). We recommend American-style English spelling throughout the manuscript. Manuscripts submitted to the JCSMD should be written clearly, in good English, well-structured, and organized in a coherent, easy to follow style. Manuscripts lacking adequate language or organizational quality may be returned to the author for improvement, without sending them to the referees.

Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors have to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement that is available on the webpage of the JCSMD. We encourage submitting the signed agreement at the time of the manuscript submission. A completed agreement, signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all the authors, must be provided for each submitted manuscript as a condition of publication.

Each manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter which should explicitly state that the authors have the authority to publish the work and that the manuscript (or one with substantially the same content, by any of the authors) has not been previously published, electronically or in print, in any language anywhere and that it is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal. Submission of a manuscript to this journal implies that any experimental research that is reported in the manuscript has been performed with the approval of an appropriate ethics committee. All authors of the manuscript are responsible for its content; they must have agreed to its publication and have given the corresponding author the authority to act on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication. The corresponding author is responsible for informing the coauthors of the manuscript status throughout the submission, review, and production process.

The cover letter should also contain suggestions of at least three proposed reviewers with their contact details, affiliations, and email addresses. The final suggestion of reviewers is the decision of the Editor or an Editorial Board member handling the manuscript.

If references concerning related work by the author are quoted, but such work is in press/submitted and therefore not available to the referees, an electronic reference or copy should be submitted with the manuscript.

Electronic data files of the original manuscript are required only after notification of acceptance. If the manuscript is accepted, the corresponding author will be asked to provide separate electronic files of the text and figures for the final production.

It is authors’ responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions to reproduce any copyright materials from other sources, if they are required (e.g. for a review article). Authors are advised to cite proper references in figure/tables captions of all previously published figures/tables/illustrations including their own published work and obtain copyright permissions from appropriate publishers and authors.

Both submissions and the peer review process are handled via the Manuscript Tracking System. Each manuscript after uploading to the Manuscript Tracking System receives an individual identification code that is used in any correspondence with regard to the publication process. During the pre-screen process, a submission may be declined without review if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field and appoints an Editorial Board member with expertise in that field, who is fully responsible for further handling the manuscript and an ultimate decision about its acceptance/rejection. All articles submitted to the JCSMD that pass the initial pre-screen process, are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers.

1. 1.

   Complete manuscript in pdf format, with full postal addresses and affiliations of all authors, indicating the corresponding author with an asterisk.

2. 2.

   Cover letter with minimum three potential reviewers and contact details of the corresponding author, including email addresses.

3. 3.

   If your manuscript is resubmitted, a summary of changes made and a response to all recommendations and criticisms should be enclosed, along with the revised manuscript.

4. 4.

   Completed and signed Copyright Transfer Agreement (not compulsory at the stage of submission).