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 article is written in English language.
The paper has not been published elsewhere and is not currently under consideration by another journal.
The work was prepared using a template in one of the editable formats: .doc, .docx, .rtf.
The article includes: title, authors' details, abstract, keywords, main text, bibliography, biographical notes of all authors.
The authors' data on the first page of the article include: full names (not just initials), affiliations (university, department, city, country).
The abstract does not exceed 300 words, does not include citations, and concisely states the objectives, materials, methodology, main results and conclusions of the research described.
Formulas are prepared in Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType up to version 7.0.
All acknowledgements, including supporting grants, presentations, etc., have been included at the end of the main text, before the bibliography.
The bibliography has been prepared according to MLA style and is given at the end of the article and arranged alphabetically by author name; all items have been cited in the text.
The authors’ biographies do not exceed 500 characters without spaces and include: scientific grade, e-mail address, ORCID number, description of scientific interests and a photograph.
Author Guidelines
Submitting the manuscripts by the authors is accepted only via the LUT PH e-platform.
Cooperation with IAPGOS journal
The topic areas of the articles published in the IAPGOS journal: electronic and electrical engineering, automation and control systems, computer science, environmental engineering, mechatronics, biomedical engineering.
The journal publishes only the original papers, which have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration by another journal. The manuscripts submitted by any other person than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author makes a statement that the article’s publication has been approved by all other co-authors.
The IAPGOS journal does not charge submission or publication fees for the manuscripts. The average waiting time for publication is 12 weeks. Having received the submission the editorial board sends an official acknowledgment of the submission with the date of reception and corresponds with the author until the article is published (unless otherwise indicated). The condition of paper’s submission is that the authors give permission to check the paper for readability. The editorial board reserves the right to abridge and adjust the articles in a cooperation with the author. In one issue of the journal only one manuscript written by a particular author or a team of authors can be published.
Organization of the article
The article must fulfil all the conditions included in the checklist above.
Detailed guidelines to prepare the article are included in the file template.doc.
The corrected article should be sent back to the editorial office within 2-3 days of its receipt. The publisher makes every effort to ensure prompt publication. Therefore, it is important that the article is prepared strictly according to the requirements of the journal.
All the submitted works are checked in the anti-plagiarism program Crossref Similiarity Check (iThenticate). The overall similarity (Similarity Index) may not exceed the limit of 30%, and the single paper similarity may not exceed the limit 10%. Otherwise, the paper will be rejected by the editor and no other chance will be given to the author(s) to re-submit it.
Each article is a subject of the double-blind peer review. The works received after a positive assessment of the editorial office are sent to two reviewers, whose identity remains unknown for the author. In a situation where the article receives one positive and one negative review, the editorial office sends the article to the third review or makes the independent decision whether to accept or reject the text. Detailed information about reviewing process are available here.
All authors should disclose in their article any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that may affect the results or interpretation of their article.
Copyright
All the articles in the journal are shared under the Creative Commons Attribution licence – CC BY 4.0 Int. Articles published before 2024 are made available under the CC BY-SA. The CC BY licence consists in properly attributing the work, providing a link to its licence and indicating the changes made in it, if there have been any. It can be done in any way, unless it suggests that the licence provider supports the user or the way he or she uses the work.
The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions and to retain publishing rights without restrictions.
