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Author Guidelines

1. Manuscript submission: The Journal accepts high quality original works on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to it, that they have not been published already, neither are they under considerations for publication, nor in press elsewhere. Papers which have previously appeared on conference proceedings will be also considered but they should be indicated at the time of submission. Authors should send a doc file of the paper to njoe@thehorizononline.com. In addition to electronic submission, two copies of the complete manuscript should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, The Nepalese Journal of Engineering, P.O. Box: 8975, EPC 2487,Kathmandu, Nepal. For details see point 4.

2. Manuscript preparation
Form/ style:
■ Language: Manuscript must be written in English.
■ Paper: Manuscript must be typed on one single side of A4 paper only.
■ Font: Times New Roman Font of size 12 should be used throughout.
■ Margin: Margin of one and half inch must be provided for left side and one inch for other sides of paper.
■ Column and Spacing: Manuscript must be single column, double spaced throughout for peer reviewing purpose.
■ Length: Original Articles, Review Articles, Conference Proceedings should not be over 15 manuscript pages in length; Book Reviews should not be over 5 manuscript pages in length.
■ Spelling and terminology: Authors should employ technical terms with care, using existing terms when defined by earlier authors and carefully specifying the sense in which they intend ambiguous terms. American spelling is preferred to British spelling.
All manuscripts are subjected to copy editing. Authors are requested to consult a copy of the Journal before the paper is prepared, to ensure that the requirements concerning text style are observed.

Title Page: The title page must be in a separate page and must contain the title, the complete name (s) of author (s), the name and full address of the laboratory or the institution where the work was done, the affiliation (s) and address (es) of the author (s), the telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the communicating author. The title should not be of more than 100 letters and spaces. Avoid the use of words such as “Study on”, “Investigation on”, and “Observation on” in Titles.
Abstract: Abstract of 150-250 words is required. An abstract should contain the principal objective(s) and scope of work along with the methodology utilized followed by results and conclusions.
Key words: Key words must not exceed 6 for indexing purpose. It should be representative of the content of the whole article and characteristic of the terminology used within the particular field of study.
Introduction: The introduction should be brief and include the nature and scope of the problem investigated, review of pertinent literature, and methodology used. Extensive review of the literature is not desirable.
Conclusions: Include the summary statement of the main conclusions.
Author’s Biographies: Author(s) should supply a brief biographical summary with black and passport size photo, for the identification purpose.
Acknowledgements: A brief acknowledgement recognizing all funding sources supporting the work and institutional and corporate affiliations of the authors should appear at the end of text.
Appendixes: These should include only those materials which are needed to substantiate points made in the text but are not good enough to be placed in the text. References to appendixes must be made in text.
References: References should include only those works that are cited in the text and have been published or accepted for publication. References should be cited in alphabetical orders and numbered in Arabic numerals accordingly. Use American Psychological Association (APA) publication manual for both the text and reference list.
Examples:
■ Journal Paper
Non-Continuous Pagination
Maskey, P.N. (2005). Generation of site-dependent earthquake ground motion parameters. The Nepalese Journal of Engineering, 1(1), 1-11.
Continuous Pagination
Loehr, R.C., & Overcash, M.R. (1985). Land treatment of wastes: Concepts and general design. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 111,141-60.
■ Book
Single Author
Bernier, R.M.(1979).The Nepalese Pagoda origins and style. New Delhi: S.Chand and Company.

Multiple Authors
Terzaghi, K., Peck, R.B., & Mesri, G. (1996). Soil mechanics in engineering practice (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

For more information concerning the APA reference style, visit
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm

Responsibility for the accuracy of references rests entirely with the authors.
Tables: Tables should appear on a separate page at the end of the paper (References) and should be consecutively numbered in Arabic numerals. References should be made in the text for each table. Each table must have a title followed by a descriptive legend. Table of size larger than A4 paper (after providing margin) should be split into two pages. Footnotes to table should be indicated by superscript lowercase letters or asterisks for significant values and other statistical data.
Illustrations: These include line drawings (graphs) and photographs.
■ Graphs should appear on the separate page (after Table) and should be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals. References should be made in the text for each graph. Each graph must have a caption and a descriptive legend.
■ Photographs should be glossy prints of good contrast and gradation and of double the intended size. Photographs should appear on the separate page (after Tables and Graphs) and should be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals. References should be made in the text for each photograph. Each photograph must have a caption.
■ Suggested illustrations formats: TIFF, GIF, EPS, and JPG. Files should be at least 300 dpi.
Equations and Formula: All mathematic equations and formula should be shown on separate line and centered.
Equations should be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals in parenthesis on the right margin. Subscripts and superscripts used should be clearly shown. Greek letters should be used when it is absolutely necessary.
Footnotes: Footnotes should be used when it is absolutely necessary for further clarification and explanation and consecutively numbered in Arabic numerals and placed at the foot of the manuscript and not at the end of paper.
Abbreviations: Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first cited followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis. Avoid use of abbreviation in Title and Abstract.
■ A separate paragraph headed as “Abbreviations” before the Introduction is desirable, in case of large number of abbreviations.
■ Units of measurement are abbreviated only when used with numerical values. For more on SI units and abbreviations, visit the website. http://www.bipm.org/en/si

3. Editorial procedure: All papers submitted are subject to peer review.
■ Manuscript which are returned to the authors for revision should be sent back within 4 weeks; otherwise they will be considered withdrawn.
■ Papers that do not confirm to the journal norms may be returned to the authors for revision before being considered for review procedure.

4. Electronic submission of manuscript
Via electronic mail: Authors should send an ELECTRONIC VERSION (SOURCE FILES) . The Journal accept only Microsoft word processing format. Recommended formats for sending large files via e-mail:
■ Compression-.zip
■ Collecting files-.tar
Via FTP: Please send larger files via ftp.thehorizononline.com. The author login for the ftp site is:author@thehorizononline.com Password: njoe
Authors need to send notification of the uploaded materials at this e-mail address: njoe@thehorizononline.com.
Via disk: Label the disk with the authors name and the title of the manuscript and mail to: P.O. Box: 8975, EPC 2487.Kathmandu, Nepal.

5. Proofreading: Proofreading is the responsibility of the author. The proofread copy should be returned to “The Horizon” within 48 hours of receipt.

6. Free copies: Two complementary copies of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors and reviewers after publication.

7. Publication Charges: Authors are required to contribute US $2 per page of their final accepted manuscript as a publication charge.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

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.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca).
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.
 

Copyright Notice

Manuscript Submission to the Journal implies that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of abstract or as a part of published lecture, review or dissertation); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been conducted; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher; and that the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright holders.
All articles published in this Journal are the sole property of the publisher. Reproduction and distribution of material published in this Journal, in any form, is not allowed without the written permission from the publisher.

Authors may make their article published by The Horizon available on their personal homepage provided the source of the published article is cited and The Horizon is mentioned as copyright owner.

The Journal believes that material contained in it is true and accurate at the time of its publication. Its authors, editors and publishers do not accept any legal responsibility for any omissions and errors that may be made. The Horizon makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

 

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Nepalese Journal of Engineering ISSN: 1812-870X

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