Document Research 2
Document Research 2
Paper Title
First Author*1, Second Author2, Third Author2, Fourth Author3
*1Department, University/Institute/Company, City, State, Country
[email protected]
2Department, University/Institute/Company, City, State, Country
[email protected]
3Department, University/Institute/Company, City, State, Country
ABSTRACT
This document provides some minimal guidelines (and requirements) for writing a research paper. Issues related to
the contents, originality, contributions, organization, bibliographic information, and writing style are briefly
covered. Evaluation criteria and due dates for the research paper are also provided.
Keywords: Research Paper, Technical Writing, Science, Engineering and Technology
IJSRSETXXX | Received: XX June 2015 | Accepted: XX June 2015 | May-June 2015 [(1)2: XX-XX] 1
Your paper must be in two column format with a which must not be numbered are “Acknowledgment”
space of 1.27 cm between columns. and “References”.
2) Level-2 Heading: A level-2 heading must be in
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION [Page Style ]
Italic, left-justified and numbered using an uppercase
alphabetic letter followed by a period. For example, see
All paragraphs must be indented. All paragraphs must
heading “C. Section Headings” above.
be justified, i.e. both left-justified and right-justified.
3) Level-3 Heading: A level-3 heading must be
A. Text Font of Entire Document indented, in Italic and numbered with an Arabic numeral
The entire document should be in Times New Roman or followed by a right parenthesis. The level-3 heading
Times font. Type 3 fonts must not be used. Other font must end with a colon. The body of the level-3 section
types may be used if needed for special purposes. immediately follows the level-3 heading in the same
paragraph. For example, this paragraph begins with a
Recommended font sizes are shown in Table 1. level-3 heading.
B. Title and Author Details D. Figures and Tables
Title must be in 12 pt Times New Roman font. Author Place figures and tables at the places where they needed.
name must be in 11 pt Regular font. Author affiliation All tables should be in Classic 1 format with borders to
must be in 10 pt Italic. Email address must be in 9 pt heading and subheading columns. Large figures and
Courier Regular font. tables may span across both columns. To do so select
TABLE I text above one column table and convert it in two
FONT SIZES FOR PAPERS column and then select text below one column table and
Font I. Appearance (in Time New Roman convert it into two column. Figure captions should be
Size or Times) below the figures; table heads should appear above the
Regular Bold Italic tables. Insert figures and tables after they are cited in the
8 table caption (in reference text. Use the abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning
Small Caps), item (partial)
of a sentence. We suggest that you use border for
figure caption,
reference item graphic (ideally 300 dpi), with all fonts embedded) and
9 author email abstract abstract try to reduce the size of figure to be adjust in one
address (in body heading (also column. Figure and Table Labels: Use 8 point Times
Courier), in Bold) New Roman for Figure and Table labels. Use words
cell in a table
rather than symbols or abbreviations when writing
11 level-1 heading level-2
Figure axis labels to avoid confusing the reader.
(in Small Caps), heading,
paragraph level-3
heading,
author
affiliation
12 author name
18 title
C. Section Headings
No more than 3 levels of headings should be used. All
headings must be in 10pt font. Every word in a heading
must be capitalized except for short minor words as
listed in Section III-B.
1) Level-1 Heading: A level-1 heading must be in
Small Caps, cantered and numbered using uppercase Figure 1: A sample line graph using colours which contrast well
Roman numerals. For example, see heading “III. Page both on screen and on a black-and-white hardcopy
Style” of this document. The two level-1 headings
E. Page Numbers, Headers and Footers