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Journal
of Advanced Mathematics and Applications ISSN:
2156-7565 (print); EISSN: 2156-7557 (online) Copyright
© 2000-
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Journal of Advanced
Mathematics and Applications (JAMA) is an international
peer-reviewed journal with a wide-ranging coverage, consolidating
research activities in all aspects of pure and applied mathematics.
This journal offers mathematicians, scientists and engineers
original peer-reviewed research papers in all aspects of pure
mathematics, applied mathematics as well as applications of
mathematics in chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, geophysics,
computing and finance. The journal publishes original full papers,
timely state-of-the-art reviews (with author's biography and photo)
and short communications. |
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JOURNAL POLICY: It is journal policy to
publish only original and unpublished research work therefore
Journal of Advanced Mathematics and Applications does not wish to
receive any papers on research work that has already been reported
in parts or contains already published text, data, figures, tables
or other illustrations or any copyright materials whatsoever that
has been submitted or accepted for publication either in a journal
or conference proceedings elsewhere in any form, in print or in
electronic media. When submitting a manuscript, authors should make
a full statement to the Editor-in-Chief or Editors that the research
work contained in their manuscript is completely original and
unpublished. If redundant or duplicate publication is attempted or
occurs authors should expect immediate editorial action to be taken
including prompt rejection of the submitted manuscript. Submission
of any manuscript that contains redundant or duplicate publication
of the same or very similar research work violates the policies of
this journal.
It is the sole responsibility of all authors
to ensure that all manuscripts are new, original and not published
previously in any form any media, shall not infringe upon or violate
any kind of copyrights of others and does not contains any
plagiarized, fraudulent and improperly attributed materials.
Extended and modified versions of previously published abstracts,
papers in any conference or journal are not allowed whatsoever.
Corresponding
author should provide a clear statement confirming this while
submitting manuscript to any ASP journal. Is this manuscript 100%
original and unpublished? Has this manuscript been published in
parts (figures/text/tables) in any conference proceedings or journal
in any media or language or format whatsoever? Is this manuscript
from free from plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) and copyright
infringement?
Authors must follow this "Journal
Policy" strictly.
PUBLISHING ETHICS:
American Scientific Publishers strictly follows guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, available at www.publicationethics.org. All Authors, Peer-Reviewers and Editors work together in a great harmony to ensure the highest ethical standards in publishing quality research work in our journals.
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ETHICAL COMPLIANCE:
Research papers reporting animal or clinical studies should, where
appropriate, contain a statement that they have been carried out
with animal or human ethics committee approval. All scientific
studies should be carried out in accordance with the relevant
national and local guidelines. Each author(s) warrants that his or
her research institution has fully approved the protocol for all
scientific studies involving animals or humans and that all
experiments of any kinds were conducted in compliance with ethical
and humane principles of research after ethics committee approval.
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SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT: Authors
are kindly advised to read Journal of Advanced Mathematics and
Applications policy before submitting their manuscript to
Editor-in-Chief or Editors. Authors are encouraged to submit high
quality original research work that has not been published or nor
under consideration by other journals or conference proceedings
elsewhere. Authors should submit manuscript electronically either as
a PDF or Microsoft Word file or four hardcopies to the
Editor-in-Chief. Authors are
highly encouraged to submit manuscript electronically to save time
for the reviewing process.): |
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Professor
Yingxu Wang International Institute of Cognitive
Informatics and Cognitive Computing Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering Schulich School of Engineering University
of Calgary Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 Email:
yingxu@ucalgary.ca
Phone: (403) 220-6141 |
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Authors should submit a list of
FIVE (5) potential referees accompanied with their complete
mailing address, telephone, fax and email address, who may be
contacted for reviewing the manuscript though refereeing. |
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COVER ART: Journal of Advanced
Mathematics and Applications features new cover art time to
time. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality color
figure/illustration to have their published paper featured. |
MANUSCRIPT PROCESSING
FEES: Authors should understand that there are many occurring
publishing expenses per journal page associated with manuscript
processing, editorial, production, typesetting, printing, paper,
binding, shipping, web-hosting, and archiving. However authors pay
no publication fees as well as the costs of any color
figure/illustration in a print edition to American Scientific
Publishers whatsoever, therefore, publisher is doing all services to
authors free of costs and/or at fractional costs, hence, publisher
is not obligated to provide any hard/softcopies of journal issue
and/or research article to anyone whatsoever. Authors may download
pdf file of their published papers from Ingenta after paying
fractional costs. If authors require a hardcopy of the journal issue
having their research articles then authors may also purchase
hardcopies of the journal issue or subscribe to the journal by
contacting the publisher. No free hard/softcopies of journal issue
and/or research article are provided. On the other hand, if authors
want to support the journal by paying full manuscript processing
fees plus all costs of color figures/illustrations/photos in a print
edition through their research grants or affiliated institutions,
then publisher will provide hardcopy of journal issue or pdf file of
his/her research article after receiving a full payment. American
Scientific Publishers highly appreciate for author's kind
understanding and support.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COPYEDITING It is sole responsibility of the authors to submit their final accepted manuscript in correct English language, free of all
typographical/grammatical errors to meet high publishing standards. All authors from non-English language
countries should get their final accepted manuscripts copyedited by professional copyediting services at author's own
expense. All copyediting services are fully paid for and arranged by the authors. Manuscripts will be processed
for publication on a condition that authors submit a certificate of proof along with their final accepted manuscript. A
list of professional copyediting editing services can be found below.
1.
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LETTERS: Highest priority will be given
to the short communications reporting important new scientific and
technological findings. Rapid publication is provided for concise
and up-to-date reports. These communications should not exceed five
(5) published pages. No section headings should be used for the
short communications, however headings and subheadings may be used
for full research articles and reviews. |
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RESEARCH ARTICLES: Full length papers
that report original research work on new ideas in the fields of
Pure and Applied Mathematics. |
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REVIEWS: The state-of-the-art review
articles with author's short biography and photo will be published.
Reviews are limited to a maximum length of 30 journal pages. It is
authors' responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions to
reproduce any copyright materials from other sources. 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. |
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TYPING: All manuscripts must be in
English, typed double-spaced on one side of the page throughout
(including footnotes, references, tables, legends) on 8.5" x 11"
or A4 white paper leaving at least 1 inch left hand margin. |
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INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL: The first page
of the manuscript should have a concise title limited to about 15
words and the names of all authors, complete mailing address for
correspondence, telephone, fax numbers and email address. Please
indicate with an asterisk (*) the author to whom correspondence
regarding the manuscript should be directed. |
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ABSTRACT: All manuscripts must contain
an informative 100 to 250 words abstract explaining the essential
contents of the work, key ideas and results. A list of 3-6 "Key
Words" should be included with the abstract. |
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FIGURES: It is very
important to supply high quality figures in a form suitable for
reproduction. 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. Each figure must be referred to in the text and will be
printed in black and white unless otherwise instructed by the
authors. Each Figure should be submitted on a separate sheet and
marked with the name of the author, title of manuscript and figure
number. All formulae and figures should be carefully drafted and
never drawn freehand. Use same font and size for all figure legends.
High quality original figures and glossy prints of all photographs
are required. Photocopies of the figures and photographs are not
acceptable. |
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EQUATIONS: All equations
should be numbered consecutively, with the equation number written
in parentheses on the right side of equation. Equations should be
referred in the text as Equation (n), where n is the equation
number. Please make sure that the equations are numbered correctly
without any repetition. Mathematical operation signs indicating
continuity of the expression should be placed at the left hand of
the second and succeeding lines. Use × for scalar products of
vectors and "exp" for complicated exponents. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: Half-tone illustrations
should be supplied as clear, glossy, unmounted prints. The author's
name, title of manuscript and figure number should be written on the
back. |
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TABLES: Each table must be referred to
in the text. Each table should be typed double-spaced on a separate
sheet and identified sequentially by Arabic numerals corresponding
to the order in which they appear in the text. Each table should
have a brief explanatory title, which should be labeled
unambiguously. The position of each table should be clearly marked
in the text. |
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UNITS: Internationally accepted units
of measurement must be used. The units of measurement are used in
conjunction with their numerical values; the units should be
abbreviated as suggested below: %, ºC, nm, µm (not
m), mm, cm, cm3, m, h (or hr), min, s (or sec), µg, mg, g (or
gm), kg, cal, kcal, in. (or write out inch), ml [write out
liter(s)]. If special units are adopted, conversion factors
should be given at their first occurrence. Greek symbols may be
used. |
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ABBREVIATIONS: No abbreviations are
allowed in the title and abstract and should be defined the first
time they are used within the text. The "Journal of
Advanced Mathematics and Applications" should be
abbreviated as "J. Adv. Math. Appl." for
the journals/books citation purpose. |
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REFERENCES: References should be in the
proper format on a separate page, numbered in the sequence in which
they occur in the text. Cite references numerically as superscripts
in the text and list at the end of the manuscript. References should
be listed in the following style: |
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1.
C. D. Scott and R. E. Smalley, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 3, 75 (2003)
2. J. M. Cowley, Diffraction Physics,
Elsevier, Amsterdam (1995)
3. W. Heimbrodt and P. J. Klar, in
Magnetic Nanostructures, Edited by H. S. Nalwa, American
Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2002), Chapter 1, pp.1-58
4. J. P. Turner and P. C. Chu, in
Microelectronics, T. J. Kern, Ed., Materials Research Society,
Warrendale, PA (1995), Vol. 143, p.375. |
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Do not use the phrases "et al." and "ibid."
in the reference section. Instead, the names of all authors in a
reference must be listed. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: These should be brief
and placed at the end of the text before the references. |
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FREE COLOR PRINTING: Color
illustrations are most welcome by the journal as they are effective
in conveying complex graphs and photographs. Free color printing at
the Editor-in-Chief's discretion, will provide an opportunity to
publish color figures/illustrations in print at NO COST to the
authors. |
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PROOFS: Page proofs for the correction
of printer's errors only will be dispatched to the corresponding
author denoted with an asterik (*) unless otherwise requested.
Alterations at this stage are not allowed as they are expensive and
may have to be charged to the authors. The proofread copy and
reprint order form must be returned within 72 hours. |
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OFFPRINTS: Authors may order offprints
of articles with a minimum of 100 from American Scientific
Publishers (ASP) prior to publication. An order form accompanying
the page proofs will be sent directly to the corresponding author
(*). Please return your offprint order form with the page proofs.
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ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Upon acceptance
of the manuscript for publication, authors should submit to the
publisher a CD containing the final version of the manuscript
accompanied by a hard copy printout to improve the accuracy and
speed up the typesetting process. The CD should be clearly labeled
with the author's name, manuscript title, the date, and the hardware
and software package used in preparation. The preferred medium is a
CD in LaTeX, Windows/MS-DOS or Macintosh. We are also able to accept
line artwork/graphics on CD if you supply us the source files to
enables us to modify the artwork as required for the journal format.
To speed up the reviewing process, editors will communicate with
authors and the referees via email. ASP or Editor-in-Chief or
Editors will not return manuscripts to authors and keep any records
whatsoever after a formal decision has been made about the
manuscript. Editors have the right to reject the manuscript. |
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WARRANTIES AND COPYRIGHTS: By
submitting the manuscript, the authors warrant that the entire work
is original and unpublished; it is submitted only to this Journal
and all text, data, figures/tables or other illustrations included
in the research article are completely original and unpublished, and
these have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere in
any form or media whatsoever. All authors are responsible for the
complete contents of their manuscript. The author(s) warrant that
the work contains no unlawful or libelous statements and opinions
and liable materials of any kind whatsoever, do not infringe on any
copyrights, intellectual property rights, personal rights or rights
of any kind of others, and does not contains any plagiarized,
fraudulent, improperly attributed materials, instructions,
procedures, information or ideas that might cause any harm, damage,
injury, losses or costs of any kind to person or property. Each
author(s) agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless American
Scientific Publishers and the Editors for any breach of such
warranties. It is authors' responsibility to obtain written
copyright permissions from other sources (publishers) for
reproduction of any figures, tables, photos, illustrations, text or
other copyright materials from previously published work. It is the
policy of American Scientific Publishers to own the copyright of all
contributions it publishes. To comply with the U.S. Copyright Law, a
Copyright Transfer Form that transfer copyright of the article to
the publisher must be completed by the authors prior to publication
of an accepted article in this journal. Authors must submit a signed
copy of the Copyright Transfer Agreement with their manuscript.
ETHICAL ISSUES: Authors cannot submit a manuscript
for publication to other journals simultaneously. It is waste of
valuable resources because editors and referees spent a great deal
of time processing submitted manuscripts. It is also unethical to
republish similar research articles (text/figures/tables) again
because journals have limited page space and it most likely violates
copyrights which have already been transferred to the first journal.
Therefore, all journals require a signed author's copyright transfer
agreement stating the originality of the research work submitted
through a manuscript. As stated above that authors should submit
original, new and unpublished research work to the journal. The
ethical issues such as plagiarism, fraudulent and duplicate
publication, violation of copyrights, authorship and conflict of
interest are serious issues concerning ethical integrity when
submitting a manuscript to a journal for publication.
WITHDRAWAL
OF MANUSCRIPTS: If the author requests withdrawal of manuscript
after submission within the time span when the manuscript is still
in the peer-reviewing process with Editors/Referees, author is
allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any withdrawal
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publisher will incur a withdrawal penalty from American Scientific
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