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ICTACT Journal Template

This document provides guidelines for authors submitting articles to the ICTACT Journal on Image and Video Processing. It outlines formatting requirements for manuscript elements like the title, author names and affiliations, abstract, headings, body text, tables, figures, and references. Specific font types, sizes, justification, and spacing are defined for each element to ensure a consistent appearance across articles. The guidelines are intended to help authors properly format their manuscripts according to the journal's standards.

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ICTACT Journal Template

This document provides guidelines for authors submitting articles to the ICTACT Journal on Image and Video Processing. It outlines formatting requirements for manuscript elements like the title, author names and affiliations, abstract, headings, body text, tables, figures, and references. Specific font types, sizes, justification, and spacing are defined for each element to ensure a consistent appearance across articles. The guidelines are intended to help authors properly format their manuscripts according to the journal's standards.

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ICTACT JOURNAL ON IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING, AUGUST 2010, ISSUE: 01

Guidelines to Authors

ENTER TITLE OF ARTICLE


(one 12 pt space here)
First Author1, Second Author2 and Third Author3
1
Department, University, Country Name
E-mail: [email protected]
2
Department, University, Country Name
E-mail: [email protected]
3
Department, University, Country Name
E-mail: [email protected]

(one 12 pt space here)


Abstract
The abstract is to be in fully-justified italicized text as it is here, Use 3.2 PAPER TITLE
the word “Abstract” as the title, in 9-point bold, italic, Times New
Roman, left-aligned relative to the column. Abstracts is to be written The title must be in 14 pt bold and be centered over both
in 9-point, bold, Times New Roman single-spaced type, preferably not columns; the title should have 0 pts space above and 12 pts
more than 250 words. Do not include literature citations or references below. Every word in a title must be capitalized except articles,
to tables, figures, or equations. prepositions, and conjunctions.

Keywords: Table.1 All Font type must be Times New Roman


Include maximum of 5 words
Space Space
Item Font Justification
above below
1. INTRODUCTION (12pt bold) Title
14pt
Centered 0pt 12pt
bold
12pt
This template is designed to help you in preparing your Author(s) Centered 12pt 0pt
bold
manuscript in expected format. The guidelines include complete Author
descriptions of the fonts, spacing and related information for 10pt
affiliation Centered 0pt 12pt
italic
creating your proceedings manuscripts. Please follow them & e-mail
properly. Abstract 9pt
Two
and its bold, Left 12pt
12pt
contents italic
2. MAIN SECTION-I Keywords 9pt
and its bold, Left 12pt 12pt
Use this document as a template by simply typing your text content italic
into it. First order 12pt
Left 12pt 12pt
heading bold
2.1 PAGE LAYOUT (11pt bold) Second
11pt
order Left 8pt 8pt
Use 8.27 inch (210mm) x 11.69 inch (297mm) paper. The bold
heading
margins must be set as: Third 10pt
• Top = Bottom = 1 inch (2.54 cm) order bold, Left 4pt 4pt
heading italic
• Left = Right = 0.6 inches (1.5cm) Body 10pt Justified 3pt 3pt
The paper must be in a two column format of width 3.34 inches Table title 10pt Centered 12pt 6pt
(8.5cm) with a space of 0.39 inches (1cm). Figure title 10pt Centered 6pt 12pt

3. MAIN SECTION-II 3.3 AUTHOR DETAILS


All paragraphs must be indented and justified. Author name must be in 12pt bold with 12pt above and 12pt
below. Author affiliation must be in 10pt italic. E-mail address
3.1 FONT OF THE MANUSCRIPT must be in 10pt. Professional positions/titles such as Professor,
Dr., Managing Director, Senior Member IEEE etc., are to be
The entire manuscript should be in Times New Roman. avoided. Each affiliation must include, at the very least, the
Other font types may be used if required only for special name of the company and the name of the country where the
purposes. Refer to Table 1 for font sizes. author is based.

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3.4 SECTION HEADINGS Clearly label all graphs with proper units, axes titles, and
scales. Check that the resolution is adequate to reveal the
A maximum of 3 level headings should be used. Every word important detail in the figure. Please check your paper on a
in a heading must be capitalized except for prepositions and black and white hardcopy and ensure that the images used are
conjunctions. clear and all text labels are legible.
3.4.1 First Order Heading: Captions of a single line must be centered whereas multi-line
A First order heading must be 12pt bold, Times New Roman, captions must be justified.
left justified and numbered (1,2,3,…). Each word must be
capitalized except prepositions and conjunctions. Note: A copy of tables and figures which are used has to be
3.4.2. Second Order Heading: sent separately along with the soft copy of the manuscript (with
figures and tables).
A Second order heading must be 11pt bold, Times New
Roman, left justified and numbered (2.1, 2.2, 2.3,…). Each 3.6 CITATIONS
word must be capitalized except prepositions and conjunctions.
3.4.3 Third Order Heading: All sources cited in the text must be listed in the References.
References are sequentially numbered as they appear in the
A Third order heading must be 10pt bold, italic, Times New article. Reference numbers are indicated in square brackets.
Roman, left justified and numbered (3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3,…). The When referring to a reference item, enclose the citation number
first letter of each word must be capitalized except prepositions in square brackets, for example [1]. Multiple references are each
and conjunctions. It must end with a colon. numbered with separate brackets, for example [3], [5] and in
case of series references [2]–[7]. Types of references are as
3.5 FIGURES AND TABLES follows:
Each table should have its own short title above the table and • For a journal article, refer [1]
right after the number of the table. Tables are numbered
• For a book, refer [2]
consecutively from the beginning of the article using Arabic
numerals. In general, tables should fit within one column of the • For a conference paper, refer [3]
two-column format. However, it is acceptable on occasions, to • For a thesis, refer [4]
make the table cover the entire width of the page. • For a technical report, refer [5]
Figures include pictures, drawings and graphs of the article.
• For a online source, refer [6]
Just like tables, figures are numbered sequentially using Arabic
numerals. However, the titles for figures are BELOW the figure • For a patent, refer [7]
(unlike tables). Figures may also be of such a size that they • For a magazine article, refer [8]
cannot fit within a column of the two-column format. If that is
the case, then the figure may spread across the page. Figures 4. CONCLUSION
should appear within the body of the article in close proximity to
the text that is referred to. Authors are requested to ensure that best efforts are made to
retain the appearance of their manuscripts in the given template.
Papers not in accordance with these guide lines and manuscripts
6 with number of mistakes will have to be rejected. The editorial
committee may make some limited changes in the manuscript if
5
needed.
4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (12 pt bold)
3 Series 1
Series 2 The heading of this section must not be numbered. You may
2 wish to thank those who have supported you and your work.
Series 3
1
REFERENCES (12 pt bold)
0
[1] Waladi, W., B. Partek, and J. Manoosh. 1999. Regulating
Category Category Category Category ammonia concentration in swine housing: Part II.
1 2 3 4 Application examples. Trans. ASAE, Vol. 43, No. 4,
pp. 540-547.
[2] Griffin Jr., A. C. 1997. Cotton Ginners' Handbook.
Fig.1. A Sample Chart Agricultural Handbook No. 503. Washington, D.C.: USDA.

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[3] M. Wegmuller, J. P. von der Weid, P. Oberson, and N. Gisin, [6] NSC. 2001. Injury Facts Online. Itasca, Ill.: National Safety
2000, “High resolution fiber distributed measurements with Council. Available at: www.nsc.org. Accessed 17 December
coherent OFDR,” in Proc. ECOC’00, paper 11.3.4, pp. 109. 2001.
[4] Clancey, W. J. 1979. Transfer of Rule-Based Expertise [7] Moulton, R. K. 1992. Method for on-site cleaning of
through a Tutorial Dialogue. Ph.D. diss., Dept. of Com-puter contaminant filters in livestock housing facilities. U.S. Patent
Science, Stanford Univ. No. 32455986.
[5] Rice, J. 1986. Poligon: A System for Parallel Problem [8] W.; Clancey, W. J.; and Rennels, G. R. 1983. Strategic
Solving, Technical Report, KSL-86-19, Dept. of Computer Explanations in Consultation. The International Journal of
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