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Guidelines for Authors

In order to speed up the process of manuscript peer reviewing, authors are encouraged to submit their papers

to Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology according to the guidelines provided below. Manuscripts are

submitted electronically via the journal website located at http://jpst.ripi.ir/.

Manuscript Sections: Titles; Author Names and Affiliations; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Experimental or

Modeling; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements (if required); Nomenclature (if required);

References.

Manuscript Formatting: Authors are responsible for the proper formatting of manuscripts. While you are

preparing your paper for submission, please take care of the following set of guidelines:

Manuscript file type Microsoft Office Word 2007 or newer

Paper size A4 

Margin on all sides 25 mm

Paper orientation Portrait, double column

Header distance from top 12.5 mm

Footer distance from bottom 12.5 mm

Header and Footer Different first page; Different odd and even pages

Text font type, unless defined otherwise. Calibri, Regular

Text font size, unless defined otherwise. 11

Text paragraph line spacing 1.15 line

Text space before paragraph, unless defined otherwise. 6 pt

Text space after paragraph, unless defined otherwise. 6 pt

Text paragraph alignment, unless defined otherwise. Justified Low

Keywords 3 to 5 items

Manuscript number of pages Maximum 20 pages including figures and tables

Equations: All the equations should be typed using either Math Type tool or Microsoft Word Equation Editor

2007 or newer.

Illustrations: Illustrations submitted should be clean digital files which do not infringe copyright. Digital files are

recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow the below criteria:

300 dpi or higher; Sized to fit on journal page; JPEG, TIFF, PSD, or XCF graphic formats;

SVG, EMF, or WMF vector formats; Both embedded in text files and submitted as separate files.

Quantities and units: Use only SI quantities and units. References

Standard Journal Articles: Author(s), “Article Title,” Journal Title, Year, vol ., pp.

Example: Holliday R., Smith M. K., Doe J., “Simulation of ATRP Copolymerization,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2002,

32, 489-498.

Conference Proceedings (published): Author(s), “Article title,” Conference proceedings, year, pp.

Example: Payne D. B. and Gunhold H. G., “Digital Sundials and Broadband Technology,” in Proc. IOOC-ECOC ,

1986, 557-998.

Papers Presented at Conferences (unpublished): Author(s), “Article title,” Conference name, Location, year.

Example: Brandli B., Due J., Dick M., “Engineering Names and Concepts,” presented at the 2nd Int. Conf.

Engineering Education, Frankfurt, Germany, 1999.

Standards/Patents: Author(s)/Inventor(s), “Name/Title,” Country where patent is registered, Patent number,

date.

Example: Rebecca E. E., Smith K., Doe J., “Alternating Current Power Supply,” U.S. Patent, 7 397 568, Nov. 3 

1989.

Books: Author(s), Book Title (edition), Publishing Location: Publishing company, year, pp.

Example: Rang H. P., Dale M. M., Ritter J. M., Moore P. K., Pharmacology (5th

ed.), Edinburgh: Churchill

Livingstone, 2003, 240-252.

Book Chapters: Author(s), “Chapter Title,” in Book Title (edition), volume, Editors name, Ed. Publishing location:

Publishing company, year, pp.

Example: Bourne J. E., “Synthetic Structure of Industrial Plastics,” in Plastics (2nd

ed.), vol. 3, Peters J., Ed. New

York: McGraw-Hill, 1964, 15-67.The detailed instructions for preparing and formatting manuscripts can be found at the journal website located

at http://jpst.ripi.ir/.