INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
A. Submission
The Journal publishes papers that are addressed to the theory, methodology and applications relating
to systems science and systems engineering. All papers relating to these areas are welcome.
1) Please email your manuscript in .doc or .pdf format to [email protected] for the
reviewing process. The manuscript should be complete, including all tables and illustrations, and
be prepared in the style described below.
2) The manuscript should be double-blind, which means (a) all authors’ names and institutions
must be removed, (b) all acknowledgments in the text must be removed.
3) A separate signed letter providing the contact author’s full address, telephone number and all
authors’ e-mail address should be included in your submission.
4) The author will be expected to confirm that the submitted manuscript contains original
unpublished work and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time.
B. Manuscript style
1) Typed on single-sided A4 or 8 x 11 inch good quality white paper, single-spaced, 10-point font,
and one-inch margins on all four sides, including the reference section.
2) The text should be carefully checked for typing errors, English grammar, spelling, and
punctuation, etc.
3) Please provide a title of up to 70 characters, the names and affiliations of all authors, an abstract
summarizing the manuscript in 100 to 250 words, followed by no more than six keywords for
indexing purposes.
4) The length of the manuscript should not exceed 20 typed, single-spaced pages including figures,
tables, references and appendices.
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5) Citations in the text should be identified as follows: (Author(s), Year)
6) References should appear in a separate section at the end of the manuscript and should only
include works cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication.
References must be complete, accurate, and listed in the following style:
Example for papers: Cachon, G.P. & Zipkin, P.H. (1999). Competitive and cooperative inventory
policies in a two-stage supply chain. Management Science, 45(7): 936-953
Example for books: Sage, A.P. (1992). Systems Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
C. Figures, charts, diagrams, tables and illustrations
1) Originals of all figures, charts, diagrams, tables and illustrations should be in good quality,
sharp, noise-free, and easy-to-read.
2) Figures, charts, diagrams, tables and illustrations should be numbered consecutively using
Roman numerals with a brief figure legend and labeled axes.
D. Further information
1) The editorial office will acknowledge receipt of manuscripts submitted by email.
2) Each manuscript submitted is subjected to a blind peer-review procedure. The decision to
publish will then be based on the reviewers’ comments. Reviews take approximately 10 to 12
weeks to obtain. Please calculate an additional several months for the publication processes.
3) Submitted material will not be returned to the author unless specifically requested.
E. Research Data Policy
1) The journal encourages authors, where possible and applicable, to deposit data that support
the findings of their research in a public repository. Authors and editors who do not have a
preferred repository should consult Springer Nature’s list of repositories and research data
policy.
List of Repositories
Research Data Policy
2) General repositories - for all types of research data - such as Figshare and Dryad may also
be used. Datasets that are assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) by a data repository may
be cited in the reference list. Data citations should include the minimum information
recommended by DataCite: authors, title, publisher (repository name), identifier.
DataCite
3) Springer Nature provides a research data policy support service for authors and editors,
which can be contacted at [email protected].
4) This service provides advice on research data policy compliance and on finding research
data repositories. It is independent of journal, book and conference proceedings editorial
offices and does not advise on specific manuscripts.
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Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering
Editor-in-Chief: Chen, J.
ISSN: 1004-3756 (print version)
ISSN: 1861-9576 (electronic version)
Journal no. 11518
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