Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Accepted types of scientific papers.

Our scientific journal will publish the following types of documents:

Original Scientific Research Papers: Documents aiming to showcase original research findings.

Study Case Papers: Documents aiming to showcase the observed results of a particular study case.

Technical Notes Papers: The basic goal of this kind of documents is to showcase and discuss works, projects and normative aspects of relevance.

Review Papers: Documents aiming to showcase the results of previously published research papers in order to convey a methodical and critical assessment of the most up-to-date developments and tendencies on a particular topic.

1. Paper format by type:

 Original Scientific Research Papers: As a general rule should include the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussions and Conclusions. 

Study Case Papers: As a general rule should include the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussions and Conclusions. 

Technical Notes Papers: In this case the sections to take into consideration are only, Introduction, Discussions and Conclusions.

Review Papers: As in the previous one, take into consideration only, Introduction, Discussions and Conclusions.

1. Paper´s length.

All papers but the review ones are supposed to be between 8 and 15 pages long; in case of the Review Papers some extra pages up to 18 are allowed including references.

1. Font type, margins, indentations, line and paragraph spacing.

The Journal’s website provides a template to easily format the oncoming papers. Font type is Arial 10 all around except for titles which should be formatted to 12 points. Horizontal margins should be 2.5 cm and the vertical ones should be 2 cm each. Avoid paragraph indentations of any kind. Use single line spacing and set paragraph spacing to 6 points.

1. Heading settings

Two levels are recommended. The superior one corresponding to INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS. should include bold type, uppercase and the previously recommended font (Arial 12). The next level should be set to include bold type and lowercase except when Grammar Rules indicate otherwise. Do not type full stop and the end of any heading, level notwithstanding. Should the need for a third heading level arises, use italics.

1. All bibliographic references must be quoted and typed in between brackets in the body of the text [1]. Check out the following examples:

Quoting more than one research at once:

Methods based on the implementation of linear filters for random number sequences and methods of spectral representation [1,22-25]

Quoting the work of 2 researchers:

According to Tamura and Kareem criteria [1] this is a phenomenon not fully understood so far.

1. Bibliographic References Styles with examples.

All bibliographic references should be updated and compliant with the following ratios:

50% or more corresponding to papers not older than 5 years.

70% or more sources should belong to scientific journals indexed in well recognized databases.

Up to 20% from books and/or book chapters.

Up to 5% from Master´s Degree or Doctorate´s thesis or from online documents with well-proven relevant provenance like device or technical equipment guidebooks with corporative authorship.

In order to facilitate the author´s work we recommend the use of the EndNote package to build up the paper´s bibliographic database and to export it after completion in IEEE format for a more professional result. Up next a thorough description of the proper way to submit references for each type of publication according to our journal standards is provided:

Example for a paper with 6 authors or less:

1. 1.    G. Solari, P. De Gaetano, and M. P. Repetto, "Thunderstorm response spectrum: Fundamentals and case study," Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 143, pp. 62-77, 2015

Example for a paper with more than 6 authors:

1. 2.    Y. Tamura, Y. Iwatani, K. Hibi, K. Suda, O. Nakamura, T. Maruyama, et al., "Profiles of mean wind speeds and vertical turbulence intensities measured at seashore and two inland sites using Doppler sodars," Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 95, pp. 411-427, 2007.

Example of a non-first edition book with a personal author:

1. 3.    E. Simiu, Design of Buildings for Wind, 2nd Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

Example of a book with more than one author:

1. 4.    Y. Tamura and A. Kareem, Advanced Structural Wind Engineering. Japan: Springer, 2013.

Example of a book part or chapter:

1. 5.    H. Nobach, C. Tropea, L. Cordier, J.-P. Bonnet, J. Delville, J. Lewalle, et al., "Review of some fundamentals of data processing," in Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, ed: Springer, 2007, pp. 1337-1398.

Example of congress paper:

1. 6.    M. Clobes and A. Willecke, "On the numerical simulation of gust and vortex excitation of guyed masts," presented at the Meeting of the IASS, WG4 "Masts and Towers", Helsinki, 2009.

Example of normative document:

1. 7.    ISO-4354, "Wind action on structures," ed. Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2009.

Example of report:

1. 8.    T. Lefort, "Comparison of Wind and Earthquake Effects on Self-Supporting Antenna Towers," Report # 98-03, McGill Uiversity, Departament of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Montreal 1998.

Example of Master´s Degree or Doctorate Thesis:

1. 9.    A. Torrielli, "Long term simulation and reliability analysis of structures subjected to the wind action," PhD Thesis, Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, dell’Ambiente e del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia, 2011. Available from: http://www.scuoladottorato-sti.unige.it/content/view/134/156/lang.italian/

References to postgraduate final thesis will not be accepted. All Master´s Degree and Doctorate  thesis used as reference should be readily available online and should be discarded otherwise.

To include instances other than the aforementioned an authorization of the Journal´s Board of Editors is mandatory.

1. Tables and images visual quality:

Image resolution should be high enough for proper visualization on electronic media. In case of visual aids made with Microsoft Word tools the final result should be converted to image. Same standards apply to photos that should be submitted in JPG or EPS format.