Nano Plus: Science and Technology of Nanomaterials
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1. Scope of the Journal

The journal Nano Plus: Science and Technology of Nanomaterials publishes new, original, up to date and scientifically interesting topics in all research areas of nanoscale materials. The journal aims at being a rapid, fast and efficient platform for disseminating scientific results in the synthesis, characterization, properties and applications of nanomaterials in this wide area of research. The scope of the journal is not limited to the following areas and applications of nanotechnology: Nanobiotechnology, surface coating, nanoparticles and colloids, nanophase materials and nanoceramics, polymer nanocomposites and nanostructured materials, low dimensional semiconductor and grapheme-like nanostructures, nano-optics and nanophotonics, simulation at the nanoscale, nanotoxicology, nanoenzymes, nanobiosensors, nanodevices, nanomachines, nanomedicine, nanoagriculture, and agro-allied industries, renewable energy, built environment, transportation, climate change, waste treatment, recycling, policy development and bioprocesses.

2. Title page:

The title page should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. The title page of the manuscript should include:

Author names and affiliations: All the co-author details, including affiliation and email address (This is to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer-review process). Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Write the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

Corresponding author: Indicate clearly who will handle correspondence at all stages of reviewing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility may include answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is stated and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

Present/permanent address: If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address of the lab/institute at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

3. Abstract:

A concise and brief abstract of not more 250 words is required. The abstract should highlight the introduction, statement of problem, purpose of the research, the major results and conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should be avoided for this reason. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations also should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention within the abstract itself.

4. Highlights:

Highlights are mandatory and important for this journal as they assist in increase the discoverability of your article through search engines. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that capture novel results of your research as well as new methods that were used during the study. Highlights must be submitted separately in an editable file in the online submission system. Please use “highlights” in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 80 characters, including spaces, per bullet point).

5. Keywords:

Keywords should immediately be placed after the abstract. Provide between 6 – 8 keywords, and avoid general and multiple concepts (avoid, for instance, ‘and’, ‘of’ and any plural terms). Be careful with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. Note that these keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

6. Graphical abstract:

Graphical abstract helps draw more attention to the online article. The graphical abstract should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system.

7. Image size:

Each image must have minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi.

8. Preferred file types: Only images can be presented in JPEG or TIFF format. Other components must be presented in MS office files.
9. References:

The reference style inside the text shall be indicated by number in chronological order of appearance in square brackets using regular front according to the body of the article. The style of the reference in the reference section shall follow the consecutive order as appear in the text. The style shall follow the example below;

A - Reference to journal publication

• van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA, 2010.The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163: 51-59. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372.

B - Reference to a journal with an article number

• van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA, 2010. The art of writing a scientific article. Heliyon 19, e00205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00205

C - Reference to a book

• StrunkJr, W, White EB, 2000. The Elements of style, fourth ed., Longman, New York. pp. 23 – 26. Insert DOI if available.  

D - Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

• Mettam GR, Adams LB, 2009. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.

E- Reference to a website

• Cancer Research UK, 2003. Cancer statistics reports for the UK. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatreport / (accessed 13 March 2003).

F - Reference to a dataset: [dataset]

• Oguro M, Imahiro S, Saito S, Nakashizuka T, 2015. Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1. http://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.

10. Tables

Tables are to be submitted in MS words, and must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numeral according to the appearance. They are expected to be placed next to the relevant text where they are mentioned. Each Table must be self-explanatory, and must not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article, especially graphs. Each table should have three horizontal lines with no vertical line.

11. Figures

Figures are expected to be numbered according to their appearance in the text using Arabic numeral. The word ‘Figure’ should be shortened as Fig. within the text except at the beginning of a sentence or in the title for the figure in which Figure should be fully written. Each option Fig or Figure adopted shall be consistent throughout in the text. Figure shall be self-explanatory and must be mentioned within the text.

12. Abbreviations

Abbreviations of various kinds are common features of academic and scientific papers, though standard abbreviations rarely present difficulties as long as the appropriate form of each is used consistently throughout a paper.  The general rule will be that all non-standard abbreviations/acronyms should be written out in full on first use (in both the abstract and the paper itself) and followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses, as in ‘the Semiconductor Superlattices (SS)’. Latin abbreviations, such as ‘etc.’, ‘i.e.’, ‘e.g.’ and ‘cf.’ do not require definition, but they should take a correct and consistent form throughout the paper and be used only in parenthetical and supplementary material (such as tables, notes or lists). In the running text of an article, their English equivalents in complete words should be used instead.

13. Article handling charges

An article processing charge or publication fee is charged to make the published article available open access in either an open access journal or hybrid journal. The author, the author’s institution or the research funder pays the fee. The costs of publishing an article including the staff involved, distribution costs, and printing fees. A significant amount of work is done behind the scenes to process a manuscript from submission to publication. These include editing, proofreading, checking for plagiarism and peer reviewing. All these increase the cost of publishing. The processing charge for this journal is $200. However, APC can be subsidized for authors from developing countries without sponsorship or fund for research.

14. Ethical approval for use of experimental animal / human subject

Authors should provide evidence of ethical approval for use of animals and human subjects.