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KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Editor-in-Chief: Ho-Kyung Kim
ISSN: 1226-7988 (print version)
ISSN: 1976-3808 (electronic version)
Journal no. 12205

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KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Classification of Manuscripts

The manuscripts for the Journal are classified into research papers, technical notes, and
discussions and replies.
• Research papers are well-organized, full-length papers of value and interest to civil engineers
(both academic and practical nature).
• Technical notes contain concisely presented, preliminary or partial results of research that
represent new ideas or complement previously published papers.
• A discussion presents significant comments or questions about the technical content of a
research paper or a technical note that was published earlier in the Journal. The authors of the
paper or the note should prepare a reply to address the comments or questions.

KSCE membership requirement

At least one-half of the Korean authors should be either a full or a life member of the KSCE.
However, there is no such requirement for non-Korean authors.

Length of a manuscript

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Research papers should not exceed eight printed pages (about 8,000 words). Technical notes
and discussions and replies should not exceed four printed pages (about 4,000 words).
Manuscripts exceeding these limits can still be published if an approval is obtained from the
Editorial Board plus by paying an extra publication fee for extra pages. However, the total
number of extra pages must not exceed 50% of the above length limits.

Language and font type

Manuscripts must be written in English using the Times New Roman font.

Paper type and word-processor software

Manuscripts should be written using Microsoft Word. They should be double-spaced, with
appropriate margins on A4 or letter-size paper (a minimum of 2.5 cm [top, bottom, left and right])
to make reading easy.

Unit

The SI unit should be used.

Electronic submission

A prepared manuscript, including figures, tables, graphs, and photographs, should be submitted
electronically at

www.editorialmanager.com/ksce

Legal requirements

Submission of a manuscript implies that: 1) all co-authors have significantly contributed to the
research or project and manuscript preparation; 2) the submitted material is original; 3) it does
not infringe upon the copyright of any third party; 4) its publication has been approved by all co-
authors; and 5) no part of the manuscript was published or is under consideration for publication
elsewhere.

THE MANUSCRIPT

Composition of a manuscript

A manuscript should be composed of the following items: Area of specialization, Title, Name(s)
of the author(s), Abstract and keywords, Main body of text, Acknowledgment (if needed),
Notations (if needed), References, Appendices (if needed).

Title

The title should accurately and concisely describe the contents of a manuscript in no more than
100 characters including spaces between words. The first letter of the title and the first letter of
each word in the title should be capitalized except for articles, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Name(s) of the author(s)

The names of authors should be listed according to the level of their contributions made to the
manuscript, starting from the highest to the lowest in separate lines. Each author’s name should
be shown in the order of his/her first, middle, and last name. The information on each author’s
KSCE membership grade, affiliation, position, mailing address, and e-mail address should be
shown in the footnote at the bottom of the first page. The corresponding author should be

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indicated as such.

Abstract and keywords

An abstract should be in fewer than 200 words, including a brief outline and key conclusions.
The abstract should not include any tables, equations, or references. In addition, five to seven
keywords, which can be used for indexing purposes, should be provided.

Composition of the main body of text

The main body of text typically consists of introduction, main sections, and conclusions, each of
which could also be divided into subsections. An example of a typical layout of these sections
and subsections with headings and subheadings is shown below.
1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Formulation (a main section)
2.1 Governing Equation and Boundary Conditions
2.1.1 Governing Equation
2.1.1.1 Conservation of Mass
3. Simulation Results and Sensitivity Analysis (a main section)
4. Conclusions

Figures and photographs

Each figure should be presented on a separate piece of paper. A number and a title should be
written below each figure. When printed, the maximum width of a figure will be 7 cm (1 column).
Therefore, line thickness and legend sizes should be chosen such that they will be legible when
printed. Photographs should be prepared in 3˝×4˝ or larger. Chroma printing of a figure is
available at the author’s expense. Additional information on resolution is as follows:
- Image: 150~225 dpi (grayscale)
- Line drawings (graphs): 600~900 dpi (bitmap)
Each figure and photograph should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they appear
in the text.

Table

Each table should be prepared on a separate piece of paper. Each table should be numbered
sequentially in the order in which they appear in the text. A table number along with a title of the
table should be shown above the table.

Numbering figures and tables

Figures and tables should be numbered using separate numbering systems: one for figures and
the other for tables. In addition, whole numbers should be used for numbering, where “Fig. 3” is
acceptable while “Table 2.1” is not.
When placing more than one table or figure under one title, assign a subtitle, such as (a), (b), or
(c), to each table or figure. In the text, tables and figures should be cited as follows: Table 1,
Table 2(a) and 2(b), Fig. 1, Fig. 2(a) and Fig. 2(b), etc.

Equations

Equations should be written in separate lines and be sequentially numbered in the order in
which they appear in the text with a single numbering system throughout the text. The numbers

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should be shown on the right-hand side of the equations. All the symbols used in the equations
and also in the text should be in italics.

In-text citations of figures, tables, and equations

Figures, tables, and equations should be citied in the text as shown in the following example.
Fig. 2, Fig. 3(a), Figs. 3 and 4
Table 5, Tables 3(a) and 3(b)
Eq. (2), Eqs. (1) and (2)

In-text citations of references

A reference, listed in the reference section, should be cited in the text with the last name(s) of
the author(s) and publication year in a parenthesis. Examples are “Kim (2015)” for a single
author, “Holly and Preissmann (2001)” for two authors, and “Wood et al. (1998)” for three or
more authors. The following are examples in which the citations are used in full sentences:
Chini and Wolde-Tinsae (1998) further investigated the effect of prestressing on elastic arches.

Acknowledgment
The author(s) may wish to express his or her appreciation for financial and/or technical support
provided by individuals and/or institutions for this work.

Notations
Symbols used in the manuscript should be listed in the order of Roman and Greek alphabets
and explained (List capital letters first). Here is an example.

References
All references cited in the text should be listed in this section. Those references that are not
cited in the text should not be included here or anywhere else in the paper or note.

Listing references
References should be listed alphabetically based on the last names of first authors. If two
papers have first authors with the same last name, the last names of the second authors should
be used (the reference with no second author is listed first). The same rule applies to those
references with three or more authors.

Formatting references

References should be listed in the following format:

• Those published in journals:

Last name and first and middle initials of the author(s), the year of publication in a parenthesis,
the title of the paper quoted in quotation marks, the name of the journal in italics, the name of
publisher, volume number, issue number, starting and ending page numbers, and DOI (Digital
Object Identifier) number.
Lee, S. W., Jin, Y. M., Woo, S. K., and Shin, D. H. (2013). “Approximate cost estimating model
of eco-type trade for river facility construction using case-based reasoning and genetic
algorithms.” KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, KSCE, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 292-300, DOI:
10.1007/s12205-013-1638-5

• Those published in proceedings:

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Last name and first and middle initials of the author(s), the year of publication in a parenthesis,
the title of the article quoted in quotation marks, the name of the proceedings in italics, the name
of publisher, the location of the meeting or publication, volume and/or issue number (if
available), and starting and ending page numbers.
Hsu, G. J. (1980). “On the correction of oceanographic applications.” Proc. 17th Int. Conf. of
Coastal Engrg., ASCE, Sydney, Australia, pp.709-724.

• Those published as part of a book:

Last name and first and middle initials of the author(s), the year of publication in a parenthesis,
the title of the part in the book quoted in quotation marks, the title of the book in italics, the name
of editor(s) (if applicable), volume number (if applicable), the name of publisher, the location of
the publisher, and starting and ending page numbers.
Lewellen, W. S. (1977). “Use of invariant modeling.” Handbook of Turbulence, W. Frost, Ed.,
Vol. 1, Plenum Press, New York, N.Y., pp. 237-280.

Appendices

Appendices can be used to record data and details that are of secondary importance or that are
needed to support arguments made in the text.

Supplemental materials

Supplemental materials are considered to enhance the value of the article albeit not vital to
support the explanations presented in the article and are not suitable for print publication. They
include high-resolution images, background datasets, movie files, audio files, etc. Supplemental
materials will be published online along with the electronic version of the article.

Guidelines for preparing a technical note

The same guidelines developed for research papers apply to technical notes as well except that
the first page of a technical note should have "Technical Note" written at the top left corner to
show that this is a technical note.

Copyright and responsibilities of authors

When the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) will be requested to submit a
“Copyright Transfer Agreement” form, signed by all co-authors. The form can be found at: www.
springer.com / journal / 12205.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

This journal is a member, and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE).

www.publicationethics.org

PUBLICATION FEE

The publication Fee (100,000 KRW/100 USD per paper) is charged for papers accepted. For
research papers exceeding 8 printed pages and technical notes exceeding 4 printed pages,
extra typesetting cost is charged with 50,000KRW/50USD per exceeding page.

RESEARCH DATA POLICY

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A submission to the journal implies that materials described in the manuscript, including all
relevant raw data, will be freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-
commercial purposes, without breaching participant confidentiality.

The journal strongly encourages that all datasets on which the conclusions of the paper rely
should be available to readers. We encourage authors to ensure that their datasets are either
deposited in publicly available repositories (where available and appropriate) or presented in the
main manuscript or additional supporting files whenever possible. Please see Springer Nature’s
information on recommended repositories.

List of Repositories
Research Data Policy

General repositories - for all types of research data - such as figshare and Dryad may be used
where appropriate.

Datasets that are assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) by a data repository may be cited in
the reference list. Data citations should include the minimum information recommended by
DataCite: authors, title, publisher (repository name), identifier.

DataCite

Where a widely established research community expectation for data archiving in public
repositories exists, submission to a community-endorsed, public repository is mandatory.
Persistent identifiers (such as DOIs and accession numbers) for relevant datasets must be
provided in the paper.

For more information:

Research Data Policy Frequently Asked Questions

Data availability

The journal encourages authors to provide a statement of Data availability in their article. Data
availability statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported
in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets
analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether
data are available on request from the authors and where no data are available, if appropriate.

Data Availability statements can take one of the following forms (or a combination of more than
one if required for multiple datasets):
1. The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available in the
[NAME] repository, [PERSISTENT WEB LINK TO DATASETS]
2. The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly
available due [REASON WHY DATA ARE NOT PUBLIC] but are available from the
corresponding author on reasonable request.
3. The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from
the corresponding author on reasonable request.
4.Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during
the current study
5. All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article [and its

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supplementary information files].

More examples of template data availability statements, which include examples of openly
available and restricted access datasets, are available:

Data availability statements

Springer Nature provides a research data policy support service for authors and editors, which
can be contacted at researchdata@springernature.com.
This service provides advice on research data policy compliance and on finding research data
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