Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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The submission file is a Microsoft Word (or compatible) file or a native (not scanned) PDF file. If the manuscript is accepted it will be submitted as
- A Microsoft Word or compatible file with equations prepared in Equation Editor or MathType, or
- A LaTex file with an accompanying PDF version from the LaTex file.
- Where available, DOI codes or URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except for URL addresses), and boldface; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the above Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- The instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
- A list of supplementary materials that will be archived with the manuscript is provided at the end of the manuscript.
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If this article is published in JCAT, the author(s) agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
- Articles may be copied and reproduced for academic and research purposes with no cost.
- All other reproduction requires permission of the author(s).
- If the authors cannot be contacted, permission can be requested from IACAT.
- Authors may enter into separate contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in JCAT.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish in JCAT agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
- Articles may be copied and reproduced for academic and research purposes with no cost.
- All other reproduction requires permission of the author(s).
- If the authors cannot be contacted, permission can be requested from IACAT.
- Authors may enter into separate contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in JCAT.