TRANSACTIONS of THE INDIAN INSTITUTE of METALS

Guidelines to Authors
1. Legal requirements
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before;
that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been
approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly
– at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally
responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published
elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) and to include
evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material
received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Society (or grant the Publisher
exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection
and dissemination of information under copyright laws. Authors should also state that they
have full control of all primary data and that they agree to allow the journal to review their data
if requested.

2. General
The Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals (TIIM) is devoted to the publication of
original articles that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in any branch of metallurgy,
materials science and engineering and allied subjects. The articles are published under two
categories:

Original Article, presenting original work and embodying the results of extensive theoretical,
laboratory, simulation, plant or field investigations. The text part of Original articles
should be less than 4000 words length (including abstract, introduction to references
and tables) and a maximum of 10 figures.
Review Article, reflecting the author's perception and views on a topic of his expertise, with
emphasis on the Indian materials science and technology scenario wherever relevant. The
text part of Review articles should be less than 8000 words length (including abstract,
introduction to references and tables) and a maximum of 20 figures.

3. Manuscript submission
Manuscripts are submitted to TIIM online via Springer Editorial Manager. This will allow for
quick and efficient processing of your manuscript. Please log directly onto the Editorial
Manager site at http://www.editorialmanager.com/tiim/and upload your manuscript files
following the instructions provided on the screen. Please submit the text part of your
manuscript separately (in MS word or pdf format) and the figures separately in the .tiff
format with 300 dpi resolution. Submit each of your figures individually, one by one.

Please note: If you have already registered on Editorial Manger, please use your provided
username and password and log in as 'Author' to track your manuscript or to submit a NEW
manuscript. (Do not register again as you will then be unable to track your manuscript). If you
are a new author, please click the 'Register' button and enter the requested information. Upon
successful registration you will be sent an e-mail with instructions to verify your registration.
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The revised manuscript could also be submitted using the same personal user id and password.
If you have any questions or are unable to submit your manuscript online via Editorial Manager,
please contact the Editorial Manager at: [email protected]

4. Editorial process
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal would be checked for plagiarism and only those which
pass this check will be considered for the review process. Those which do not pass the
plagiarism check would be withdrawn with a note sent to the corresponding author.

The Editorial Manager would assign each manuscript to one of the Editorial Board member,
who is responsible for getting it peer-reviewed and giving a decision on the manuscript. The
editorial board reserves the right to revise or modify articles to conform to the journal’s style.

After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which
will be hyperlinked to the article. Any kind of ethical violation may lead to a published
retraction of the printed article by the Journal.

5. Manuscript preparation

Title page
The title page should include:
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address of the corresponding author

Abstract
Please provide a structured abstract of 150 words (max.), stating the main purpose of research,
methodology and main findings. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations
or references. The first time an abbreviated term is used, spell it out in full and follow with the
abbreviation in parentheses – for example: ultrasound (US).

Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Text
Organize the text into an introductory section that conveys the background and purpose of the
report, and then into sections of experimental details, results and discussion, conclusions,
acknowledgements, references followed by tables and figures. The text part of Original and
Review articles (including abstract, introduction to references and tables) should be less
than 4000 and 8000 words length, respectively.

Heading levels, numbering

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

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Equation
Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols etc.:
• Italic for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown
quantities
• Roman for numerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined functions or
abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative)
• Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.

Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of individuals (other than the authors) should be placed in a separate section
before the reference list. The acknowledged individuals should have extended their direct help
to the reported study and the names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Tables
• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please supply a table heading above the table. The table title should
explain clearly and concisely the components of the table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of
a reference at the end of the table heading.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks
for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

Figures
• All figures need to be submitted individually, on by one, in .tiff format in 300 dpi
resolution.
• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters.
• Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each figure, please supply a figure caption.
• Make sure to identify all elements found in the figure in the caption.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of
a reference at the end of the caption.
• All computer-made graphs should be supplied as EPS files, ensure that the lines used
in the graphs are more than 0.1 mm, with a minimum resolution of more than 1200 dpi.

Units
SI units with standard abbreviation are mandatory.

References
In the text, reference should be indicated by square brackets. The bibliographic data in the list
of references must be complete and should be presented uniformly according to the following
examples as appropriate:
1. Prasad Y V R K, Sastry D H, and Vasu K I, Met Sci J4 (1970) 69.
2. Tripathi B D, Kachhawaha J S, and Tare V B, Trans Ind Inst Met (in press).
3. Cottrell A H, Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1953)
p 134.
4. Spading D B, in Turbulent Mixing in Reactive and Nonreactive Flows, (ed) Murthy S N
B, Plenum Press, New York (1976), p 85.

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 5. Mishra R D K, Investigation of the Behaviour of Scratched Metal Electrodes, Ph D
Thesis, University of Cambridge, England (1983).
6. Banerjee D, Unpublished research (1992).
7. Gupta C K, Personal communication (1991).

Please note that names of books or periodicals should be typed in italics. The issue number of
a periodical must be omitted unless each issue is paginated separately. Also, page
number/chapter number of a book should be indicated unless the whole book is cited as a
reference. Names of all authors (and all editors for edited books and proceedings) must be
given.

Note: Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of
Title Word Abbreviations, see http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php

6. After manuscript acceptance

Upon acceptance of your article it will be edited, typeset and sent to the corresponding author
for his/her final approval. The finalized articles would be available online at
www.springerlink.com and a PDf would be provided to the author for his/her academic use.

7. Colour in print: Online publication of colour illustrations is free of charge. For colour in
the print version, authors will be charged for the actual cost, which would be available on
request.

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