Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Process

Manuscripts for Journal of Soft Computing and Decision Analytics should be submitted online at www.jscda-journal.org. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list and that they all have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. To submit your manuscript, register and log in to the submission page.

Accepted File Formats

Authors must use the Microsoft Word template or Latex template to prepare their manuscripts. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Accepted file formats are:

• Manuscript submitted as PDF file are accepted only for the first review round.
• Microsoft Word: Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in Microsoft Word, the Journal of Soft Computing and Decision Analytics template file must be used. Please insert your graphics (schemes, figures, ) in the main text after the paragraph of its first citation.
• Latex files: The main manuscript prepared in Latex should be prepared following the Journal of Soft Computing and Decision Analytics template file in conjunction with the template class file. The inserted figures should be in vectorial format (EPS preferred) and with 300 dpi resolution quality or superior.
• Supplementary files: May be of any format, but it is recommended that you use common, non-proprietary formats where possible.

 All necessary files have been uploaded:
- Manuscript:

• Include keywords;
• All figures (include relevant captions);
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes);
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided;
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print;

- Supplemental files (where applicable).

Reproducing Published Material from other Publishers

It is absolutely essential that authors obtain permission to reproduce any published material (figures, schemes, tables, or any extract of a text) which does not fall into the public domain, or for which they do not hold the copyright. Permission should be requested by the authors from the copyrightholder (usually the Publisher, please refer to the imprint of the individual publications to identify the copyrightholder).

Permission is required for:

• Your own works published by other Publishers and for which you did not retain copyright.
• Substantial extracts from anyone's works or a series of works.
• Use of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Schemes, and Artworks if they are unaltered or slightly modified.
• Photographs for which you do not hold copyright.

 Permission is not required for:

• Reconstruction of your own table with data already published elsewhere. Please notice that in this case, you must cite the source of the data in the form of either "Data from..." or "Adapted from...".
• Reasonably short quotes are considered fair use and therefore do not require permission.
• Graphs, Charts, Schemes, and Artworks that are completely redrawn by the authors and significantly changed beyond recognition do not require permission.

Obtaining Permission

In order to avoid unnecessary delays in the publication process, you should start obtaining permissions as early as possible. If in any doubt about the copyright, apply for permission. Journal of Soft Computing and Decision Analytics cannot publish material from other publications without permission.

The copyright holder may give you instructions on the form of acknowledgment to be followed; otherwise, follow the style: "Reproduced with permission from [author], [book/journal title]; published by [publisher], [year].' at the end of the caption of the Table, Figure or Scheme.