Author Guidelines

Guidelines for manuscript is adopted to the templates:

• LaTeX - recommended

• MS Word - less desirable

NOTE: Submissions should be prepared in two-column format according to the template (page margins, titles, figures, numbering, tables, references). Please see the recently published papers in JCOMSS at the link.

All papers must be written in English. Regular papers should have 6-12 pages. Introductory discussion should be kept at a minimum, and material published elsewhere should be referenced rather than reproduced or paraphrased. Authors should strive for maximum clarity of expression, bearing in mind that the purpose of the publication is the dissemination of technical knowledge and that an excessively complex or poorly written presentation can only obscure the significance of the work described.

Equations, figures, tables and photos should be original proofs and not scanned or photocopied.

Care should be taken in the organization of the paper, such that a logical and consistent progression of thought is evident. It is strongly suggested that theorems, derivations, calculations, and other elements of a paper which are not essential to the continuity of the text be placed in Appendices.

In the list of references, DOI (if available) has to be included in each reference. If the cited article is published in other than English language, in the reference list it should be in English with added at the end e.g. (in Chinese).

After receiving the review comments, revise article as per reviewers suggestions (or give a reason why not).

If a manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be asked to supply the final copy and copyright form electronically. Each article published in JCOMSS is freely available and is accessible on the journal web site at https://jcoms.fesb.unist.hr/.

Scientific novelty (original contribution) in the manuscript submitted to the journal means the following:

1. Authors present possible new approach/method/algorithm or a new system architecture/parts/environment which results e.g. in more deeper insight, better performance, lower complexity, wider application area etc.,
2. Authors should verify the declared scientific novelty by convincing presentation of mathematical models, simulations, experiments, and compare it with the results published in the literature available from reliable sources with scientific indexation,
3. Authors should declare the novelty in the abstract (shortly) and in the introduction (more elaborated), and present it in the appropriate (sub)section.

Note that the description of all details which are presented in the manuscript can not be considered as the scientific novelty.

IMPORTANT NOTE: JCOMSS does not publish review papers but only original scientific papers.

It is important that the new manuscript has a sufficient material beyond that presented in the original conference publication(s). Particularly, the contribution of the journal paper in regard to the conference paper should be clearly stated in the introduction.

The article processing charge (APC) is 250 EUR per article (page limit is 12).

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check the compliance with all of the following items:

1. Register all co-authors of the manuscript (full names and surnames) and submit the manuscript PDF file.
2. Format the manuscript according to the template link.
3. Maximum number of pages for regular papers is 12 and for letters is 5.
4. Novelty (original scientific contribution) see Author Guidelines/ Scientific novelty.
5. Size of equations, tables and figures including the used font size, should be fitted to the text font size. Bold should not be used in the text, figures, tables and equations (except vectors, matrices, etc.). The last paragraph in the introduction should shortly describe the manuscript content (see Manuscript Sample). English style and grammar should be carefully checked and all typos corrected.
6. Reference list should include the most related articles (including the newest ones). In the list of references, DOI (if available) has to be included in each reference.

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