Essential consideraiton
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Corresponding author
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details: E-mail address, full address, and affiliations
Necessary files when submitting:
1- Manuscript file:
The main file of the article equipped with mandatory sections, described in the article structure (see later section), must be uploaded when submitting. Additionally, all figures (including relevant captions) next to all tables (including titles and descriptions) must be included in the uploaded manuscript.
Note: When submitting authors must prepare two versions of the main manuscript including the following files:
2- Competing Interest file:
A declaration about probable competing interests must be provided when submitting. For this point, a standard file is available here and authors must provide it next to the main file in the submitting stage.
3- Commitments Form
A letter of commitment is a formal expression to disclose the contributions of authors who participated in the paper. Also, authors have to confirm their awareness of submission. For this point, a standard file is available here and authors must provide it next to the main file in the submitting stage.
Further considerations:
Article structure
The main considerations for preparing the manuscript before submission are presented as follows:
Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, not more), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Avoid more than three levels. Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Title page
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You can add your name between parentheses in your script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding author. Indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, as well as post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
Abstract: The abstract should succinctly convey the main content of the paper. It should cover the necessity, research methodology, results, and presentation of research achievements. The abstract’s length should not exceed 250 words. Line spacing should be 1.5, and the font should be Times New Roman with a size of 12.
Keywords: Up to six words, alphabetically ordered. When selecting keywords, ensure that they are specific to the research and can serve as references to the relevant content.
Introduction
The Introduction Section should first provide an adequate background and an analysis of the state of the art identifying the existing shortcomings of the subject matter being addressed. On this basis, the description of the objectives should give a clear view of the originality of the manuscript. Hence, it is expected that the research bugs, the main research questions, and the paper's novelty must be clearly explained in the last part of the introduction.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.
Results and Discussion
The essential results obtained from the presented investigation should be presented and explained properly in a clear and concise way. Additionally, this should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. From this point of view, the authors asked to compare the derived results to related findings of related studies and explain the reason for probable outcomes. Further, avoid the extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented separately as a short Conclusions section. The progress with respect to the available research and the critical elements of the proposed investigation should also be discussed.
Acknowledgments
Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance, proofreading the article, etc.).
Funding sources
List funding sources in a standard way to facilitate compliance with the funder's requirements. In case you performed the manuscript through a funding source, you must disclose funding information (you may use the following expression):
This work was supported by the [Funder organization] with grant numbers [xxxx] in which [include the receiver of fund] received the fund.
If no funding has been provided for the research, it is recommended to include the following sentence:
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Declaration of competing interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
In case you have no conflict, you may use the following expression:
This expression states that there is no conflict of interest to disclose regarding the submission of our paper to your esteemed journal. All authors have no financial or personal relationships that could potentially bias the content or findings of this research.
Authors contribution statement
This journal impresses that all authors take public responsibility for the content of the work submitted for review. Note, that this declaration must accurately reflect the authors' roles and responsibilities. Any potential conflicts or discrepancies arising during submission, publication, or subsequent review shall be the sole responsibility of the authors.
Some statements of author's contribution are available:
[Author name1] and [Author name2] conceived of the presented idea. [Author name3] developed the theory and performed the computations.
[Author name4] verified the analytical methods. Also, [Author name1] and [Author name2] investigated [a specific aspect] of this work. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript (more cases are available here).
References
The reference section lists the literature cited in the paper. Authors are encouraged to cite only published, significant, and up-to-date references in their papers.
The references in the text
the used references have to be given in the following format:
Referencing style
To cite the references, authors could use the APA referencing style briefly identified below samples:
Persian references:
It is essential to ensure that the proportion of Persian references in the article does not surpass 20% of the overall references. Avoid including "In Persian" at the end of the Persian references, the author/authors must include the DOI rather than it.
Figure
Please make sure that the figures are in an acceptable format (TIFF or JPEG) and with the correct resolution. Ensure that each illustration has a caption comprising a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used. Also, use the following fonts in your illustrations: Times New Roman, Book Antiqua, or use fonts that look similar. Further, number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text (some examples are available here).
Tables
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.
Equations
The mathematics equations must be left aligned on the page, with numbers (e.g., Eq (1)). The citation of the equation in the text is done using the "Eq (1)" abbreviation. Note, all equations must be writted through Math-type.
Units
The SI system unit is adopted as a standard. As for abbreviations, if any non-standards are to be used, they should be defined in the text.
The suggested style for the manuscript submitted to Advanced Informatics in Water, Soil, and Structure (AIWSS) is presented in the following. However, authors can employ any standard style satisfying the journal's requirements.
Table 1. Standard style for submitting to AIWSS
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Section |
Font |
Size |
Description |
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General Text |
Times New Roman |
12 |
Double-spaced, justified |
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Title Page |
Title |
Times New Roman |
14 |
Bold, centered |
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Author name |
12 |
Bold, centered |
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Author’s affiliation |
11 |
Italic, centered |
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Main headings |
1st level |
Times New Roman |
14 |
Bold |
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2nd level |
13 |
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3rd level |
12 |
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Figure |
Caption |
Times New Roman |
10 |
Bold and Centered |
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Table |
Caption |
Times New Roman |
10 |
Bold and left-aligned |
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Interior text |
11 |
Centered |
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Equation |
Times New Roman |
11 |
Left aligned |
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