《结构耐久性与健康监测（英文）》（Structural Durability & Health Monitoring）作者须知
Instructions for Authors
All manuscripts must be submitted via the online system, and manuscripts submitted for publication must be prepared according to the guidelines given below.
Template in PDF: Sample.pdf.
Template in MS Word: Sample.doc.
This guideline is intended to assist authors as they prepare their manuscripts. To avoid any delay and time-consuming restructuring, Structural Durability & Health Monitoring (SDHM) asks and encourages authors to read the guidelines before writing the manuscript.
SDHM publishes review and research articles. All papers must be written in English, and follow a clear, concise style. The language editors may have to check the language and grammar of your submitted manuscript, and make editorial changes if deemed necessary.
1 Cover Letter
A submitted manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter. The cover letter must clearly state that the manuscript is an original work with its own merit, has not been previously published in whole or in part, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. It should also include statements clearly indicating that all authors have read the final manuscript, have approved the submission to the journal, and have accepted full responsibilities pertaining to the manuscript’s delivery and contents. If there are any ethical, copyright, disclosure issues that come with the manuscript, please reveal them in the cover letter. In the cover letter, authors need to declare that there is no conflict of interests or disclose all the conflicts of interest regarding the manuscript submitted.
2 Templates
Authors are encouraged to use the Microsoft Word template (Sample-Tsp).
3 General Format of Articles
3.1 General Style
The paper size is US Letter (8.5“ × 11” or 21.59 cm × 27.94 cm) All margins — top, bottom, left, and right — are set to 1” (2.54 cm).
Use Times New Roman 11-point size for the main body of the paper, single spacing, except for the heading as outlined in Section 3.4.
The paper must be in a single column format.
Use British English or American English spellings throughout your manuscript, but not both.
Use 2-character indentation on the first line of each new paragraph.
Do not use page breaks or multiple returns between Sections.
Do not insert page numbers or line numbers.
3.2 Manuscripts
3.2.1 Title and Author Information
The title and author information should use Minion Pro font.
The title should be in bold, 14-point, left align of the page. Use capital letter on each word of the title.
Provide full names of all authors and their affiliations. The author line should be Minion Pro, 11-point and left aligned.
Authors should be numbered regard to their affiliations. There should be no space between the author name and the number.
Affiliation lines should be Minion Pro font, 9-point.
Corresponding author should be marked *.
3.2.2 Abstract
The font of the Abstract should be in 10-point size, Minion Pro.
Abstract of a research paper should be 200–400 words, and 150–300 words for review paper.
Abstract should be left aligned.
The abstract should be in one continuous paragraph without reference numbers.
All abbreviations should be defined in full unless the abbreviation appears more than once in the abstract.
3.2.3 Keywords
Keywords should be in the same section with the abstract, and use 10-point size, Minion Pro font.
Three keywords are the minimum. Use a comma to divide each keyword.
Keywords should be left aligned.
Each keyword except the first one should be lowercase unless an uppercase letter is necessary.
3.3 Headings
In the main body of the paper, three different levels of headings (for sections, subsections, and sub-subsections) may be used.
The section of abstract should not be numbered. Subsequent sections should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numbers, starting from 1.
Level one headings for sections should be in bold, and be flushed to the left, e.g., 1, 2, ….
Level two headings for subsections should be bold-italic, and be flushed to the left. Level two headings should be numbered after the level one heading, e.g., 1.1, 1.2,….
Level three headings should be italic; and be flushed to the left, e.g., 1.1.1, 1.1.2,….
Use 12-pound before paragraph distance and 3-pound after paragraph distance.
Do not use page breaks or multiple returns between sections.
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