RonPub Journal Paper Template

Name of author 1 A, Name of author 2 B, Name of author 3 A

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Institute 1, University 1, Full Address, City, Country, {email1, email3}@email.edu
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Institute 2, University 2, Full Address, City, Country, [email protected]

ABSTRACT

This article is not a scientific paper, but a template file and guidelines for helping authors prepare their
scientific papers.

TYPE OF PAPER AND KEYWORDS

Short Communication: word, template, paper, journal, RonPub

1 INTRODUCTION main text, acknowledgements, references, appendix

and biographies.
The objectives of RonPub are publishing research The part above the title is the paper header, which
papers not only with high-quality content but also with authors should not alter. This part will be edited by
a unified, first-class presentation. A powerful tool for RonPub.
realizing a unified and first-class appearance is The content in the abstract should be concise and
templates. A number of nice paper templates have prepared as one paragraph. It states briefly the purpose
been developed, like ACM templates [1] and IEEE of the research, the principal results and major
templates [7] [8]. However, these templates and conclusions. The abstract should not contain any
guidelines do not specially fit the features and needs undefined abbreviations. In order to be able to present
of our journals. Therefore, we develop the RonPub the abstract separately from the article, it is better to
journal template and guidelines for our authors. avoid references in the abstract.
This template provides formatting and styling The Type of Paper and Keywords section should
specifications and guidelines for the common paper first contain the type of paper (regular research paper,
components. One main purpose of developing this short communication, research review or visionary
template is to release authors’ formatting work as paper). Afterwards, the most relevant keywords
much as possible. Therefore, a large part of formatting should be given, which describes the area the paper is
and styling specification has been setup or illustrated about. One important purpose of this section is for
in this template file. For formatting their manuscripts manuscript review processing. Based on the
authors simply replace the content in this file with information provided in this section, the Editor-in-
their own material. Chief will assign your paper to the corresponding
This template and guidelines can be freely used editor, and the editor will suggest proper reviewers
and modified provided that the source is properly also according to this section. Therefore, authors
cited. We also welcome any feedback and suggestion should give such keywords, which provide the
to help us to improving this template file (email to concrete rather than general information about fields,
{[email protected]}). techniques, and methods the manuscript is about.
Furthermore, we encourage authors to have a look Later on, the information helps to classify the paper
at [9], an excellent handbook for science writing. This for readers.
handbook addresses common mistakes and problems For example, if the paper is a regular research
of technical writing, and will help science authors paper, which describes a new method to optimize
improve their writing and communication. XPath queries, the Type of Paper and Keywords
section should contain “Regular research paper:
2 STRUCTURE OF ARTICLE database, query optimization, XML, XPath”.

As illustrated in this article, the structure of 2.1 Main Text

manuscripts is: Paper header, title, authors,
affiliations, abstract, type of paper and keywords,

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 Open Journal of XXX (OJXX), Volume X, Issue X, 20XX
Main text is a large as well as major part of a paper. A components, like margins, column widths, line spaces,
separate section is needed to describe the structure and and text fonts. We will not repeat it here with words.
content guidelines for the main text. We will only describe the formatting and styling,
which is not (completely and obviously) reflected in
2.1.1 Subdivision the corresponding elements and components.

The main text should be divided into clearly defined 3.1 General
and numbered sections. Subsections should be
numbered, e.g. 3.1 (then 3.1.1, 3.1.2, ...), 3.2, etc. Use This template has been tailored for output on the A4
this numbering also for internal cross-referencing. paper size (8.3in x 11.7in/210mm x 297mm). The
Each subsection should have a brief heading. columns on the last page should be as close as
Theoretically, a section can be subdivided again possible to equal length.
and again. However, authors should avoid over- Authors should follow the formatting and styling
subdivision of sections. If we subdivide one section which have been set up in this template.
(e.g. Section 3) 4 times, we get a subsection numbered
like 3.1.1.1.1. With such section numbering readers 3.2 Figures, Listings and Tables
might easily lose their orientation.
The formatting and styling has been setup for All figures, tables and listings should be embedded in
sections, subsections and subsubsections in this manuscripts and formatted accordingly. Photographs,
template document. The formatting and styling for schemas, graphs and diagrams are to be referred to as
further subdivided subsections is the same as one for figures. Figures and tables are to be centered in
subsubsection. columns, but listings are to be position flush left of the
columns. Large figures, tables and listings may span
2.1.1 Section and Content across both columns. They should be numbered and be
cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
The main text consists of multiple sections, and Each figure, table and listing should be provided
typically includes: Introduction, related work, own with a caption. All captions should use 10 point Times
contribution, discussion and conclusion. New Roman font. Figure captions are below the
Introduction: should be the first section in your figures; table and listing captions appear above the
manuscript. It states the motivations and objectives of tables. The text for table header (first row) is bold. All
the work. table text is 10 point Times New Roman. We suggest
Related Work: This section is not a detailed 10 point Courier New font for listings.
literature survey. Instead, authors should provide a
clear and concise discussion and comparison between
the authors' own work and the related work.
Own Contribution: A major part in the main text. Figure 1: Example of a figure
This part may consist of more than one section.
Authors' research work, e.g. the new techniques, or Listing 1: Example of a listing
theory, is presented in this part. Application papers (1) write good paper
may include an implementation (sub-) section. This (2) submit paper
section represents a practical development (e.g., a (3) while(not notified)
prototype) from a theoretical basis. It presents the (4) drink good tea
implementation of critical techniques. An evaluation
section is usually a part of own contribution. Table 1: Example of a table
Experimental results are presented in this part.
Discussion and Conclusion: Discussion section Country Capital Area (km2)
should explore the significance of the research results. Germany Berlin 356 959
The conclusions of the study may be presented in a China Beijing 9 596 960
short conclusions section. A combined discussion and
conclusion section is often appropriate. In Figure 1 you find an example of a figure.
Listing 1 shows how to present listings, and Table 1
3 FORMATTING is an example of a table.
This template document provides formatting and
styling specifications for the widely used paper
3.3 Equations
components. An amount of formatting and styling
prescription has been built in the respective

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Equations should be typed using Times New Roman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or the Symbol font, and both fonts are styled with 10
pt italic. They are numbered consecutively with If you have acknowledgements, please place them
Arabic numerals; equation numbers are placed in here.
parentheses and to position flush right of the column,
REFERENCES
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[1] ACM, “Acm proceedings templates,”
www.acm.org/chapters/policy/toolkit/template.ht
3.4 References ml, accessed 29th July 2013.
References should be published materials accessible to [2] W. Administrator, “Web page to be referenced,”
the public. Every cited reference in the text should http://www.ronpub.com, accessed 29th July
appear in the list of references and vice versa. 2013.
[3] A. Author and S. Secondauthor, "Science and
3.4.1 Format other things of life," in Proc. 100th International
Conference on Scientific Issues (ICSI 2013), pp.
References should be listed in the section of 100-110, 2013.
references and formatted accordingly. The reference
list is alphabetically ordered according to authors’ [4] J. Author and J. Secondauthor, "Very important
surname, and the reference number is placed in square article about a omplete work," International
brackets and to position flush left of the reference. Online Journal of This and That (IOJTaT), vol.
Typical reference types are illustrated in the 1, no. 1, 2012.
REFERENCES section like conference article [3], [5] M. Droop, M. Flarer, J. Groppe, S. Groppe, V.
journal article [4], book [6], chapter in book [5] and Linnemann, J. Pinggera, F. Santner, M. Schier,
online document [2]. As a minimum for web F. Schpf, H. Staffler, and S. Zugal, Enterprise
references and online documents, the full URL should Information Systems, 10th International
be given and the date when the reference was last Conference, ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain, June
accessed. 12-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture
Notes in Business Information Processing.
Springer, 2009, ch. Bringing the XML and
3.4.2 Citation Semantic Web Worlds Closer: Transforming
XML into RDF and Embedding XPath into
The citation of a reference in the text should be SPARQL, pp. 21–45.
identified by its number in square brackets. The actual
authors can be referred to, but the reference numbers [6] S. Groppe, Data Management and Query
must always be given. Processing in Semantic Web Databases.
Some examples of common citation are: Springer, May 2011.
 Work in [4] is based on the technique [7] IEEE, “Article templates and instructions”,
developed in [3]. http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publi
 Groppe [6] is an excellent introduction into cations/authors/author_templates.html, accessed
Semantic Web databases. 29th July 2013.
 [1] [7] [8] are nice paper templates.
[8] IEEE, “Manuscript templates for conference
3.5 Footnote proceedings”, http://www.ieee.org/conferences
events/conferences/publishing/templates.html,
Footnotes should be avoided if possible. Necessary accessed 29th July 2013.
footnotes should be numbered using Arabic numerals, [9] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook.
and indicated in the text by superscript number. The Mill Valley, CA: University Science, 1989.
actual footnote is placed at the bottom of the column
in which it was cited, and is separated from the main
text by a short line extending at the foot of the
column.

4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

This template document prescribes the format, style

and structure of scientific papers. All manuscripts for
RonPub journals should comply with this template.