Each article must be preceded by a short abstract in English, regardless of the language used for the main text.
The title must use the same language used in the text.
The qualifications of the author must be indicated under the title. They must always be in English whatever language is used for the article.
Each article must be divided in paragraphs and have a length between 20,000 characters (minimum), and 300,000 characters (maximum).
A brief summary of each judgment reviewed is required. It must always be in English, even when the article has been written in another language.
As ERDAL is an international journal, it is essential to avoid abbreviations that may not be understood outside the geographical and cultural area in which they are routinely used and known. Therefore, abbreviations are not recommended unless they are essential.
Footnotes should be numbered consecutively. Their numbers should appear as superscripts in the text and reported in the footnotes. The footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the text column in which they are cited.
The articles must be written in paragraphs, and structured in the following manner:
1. Title
1.1. Title
1.1.1. Title
1.1.1.1. Title
2. Title
2.1. Title
2.1.1. Title
2.1.2. Title
ERDAL citation style
BOOK
Author(s), Book title, ed. publishing (only after the second one), city of publisher, State (only U.S., not European States), publishing company, year, page.
Example:
Single Author
W.K. Chen, Linear Networks and Systems, Belmont, CA, WadsworthPress, 2003, 135.
Two Authors
R. Hayes and S. Wheelwright, Operations, Strategy, and Technical Knowledge, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, 2007, 35.
B. Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision, vol. 2, VII ed., Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1986, 135.
Various Authors
Vv.Aa., Robot Vision, vol. 2, VII ed., Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1986, 135.
Three or more Authors
R. Hayes, A.G. Pisano and S. Wheelwright, Operations, Strategy, and Technical Knowledge, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, 2007, 47.
EDITED BOOK
I.A. Stegun (ed.), Handbook ofMathematical Functions, Washington, D.C., NBS, 1964, 32.
J.L. Spudich and B.H. Satir (eds.), Sensory Receptors and Signal Transduction, London, Wiley-Liss, 2001.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Author(s), Chapter Title, in Book Title, ed. publishing (only after the second one), volume, editor(s) name, city of publisher, State (only U.S., not Europe), publishing company, year, page.
Example:
J.E. Bourne, Synthetic structure of industrial plastics, in Plastics, II ed., vol. 3, J. Peters (ed.), New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1964, 15.
E. Grosdhomme-Lulin,Le service public de demain : des fonctionnaires, des algorithmes, in L’Etat en mode start-up, Y. Algan and T. Cazenave (eds.), Paris, Eyrolles, 2016, 43.
ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL
Author(s), Article Title, in Journal Title, vol., date, page.
Example:
G. Pevere, Infrared Nation, in The International Journal of Infrared Design, vol. 33, 1979, 99.
K.A. Nelson, R.J. Davis, D.R. Lutz and W. Smith, Optical Generation of Tunable Ultrasonic Waves, in Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 53, n. 2, 2002, 1144.
ARTICLE IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
O. Singh, Computer Graphics, in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia ofScience and Technology, vol. VIII, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007, 35.
THESIS OR DISSERTATION (UNPUBLISHED)
H. Zhang, Delay-Insensitive Networks, PHD thesis, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES (UNPUBLISHED)
H.A. Nimr, Defuzzification of the Outputs of Fuzzy Controllers, presented at V International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Cairo, 2006.
Book by an Institutional or Organizational Author
Council of Biology Editors, Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, VI ed., Chicago, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 55.
Government Publication
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Pocket Statistics, Washington, DC, 2007, 92.
SUBSEQUENT CITATIONS
The subsequent citation provides the author’s surname and the title of the work, or a short form of the title, using the same style used for the first citation.
FIRST CITATION: G. Pevere, Infrared Nation, in The International Journal ofInfrared Design, vol. 33, 1979, 99. SECOND CITATION: G. Pevere, Infrared Nation, 100.
PINPOINTING PARTS, CHAPTERS, PAGES AND PARAGRAPHS
If you are referring to a specific part of the cited work which is the first citation, you must indicate the first page of the work followed by a comma and “especially” (or other equivalent word in another language, when the article is not written in English) with the specific page in which the cited content is found.
If it is the second citation, you must cite the relevant page directly.
Example of first citation:
G. Pevere, Infrared Nation, The International Journal of Infrared Design, vol. 33, 1979, 99, especially 101.
Example of second citation:
G. Pevere, Infrared Nation, 101.
If you have any doubts, check the application of the editorial rules by consulting the already published issues of Erdal, or contact the editorial staff for clarification.