Author Guidelines
Thank you for considering Impact in Computics for your submission. Authors must prepare manuscripts according to these guidelines and the official journal template. Manuscripts that do not follow the required format may be returned before review.
1. Mandatory Template
All manuscripts must be prepared using the official Microsoft Word template. A LaTeX version may be provided in future updates.
📄 Download Word TemplateSubmissions not prepared using the official template may not be processed.
2. Manuscript Preparation
- Language: Clear and grammatical English.
- Format: Follow the formatting defined in the official template.
- Length: Maximum 7,000 words, excluding references.
- Abstract: 150–250 words.
- Keywords: 4–6 keywords.
- File format: Microsoft Word
.docxonly for initial submission.
3. Manuscript Structure
The manuscript should normally include the following sections:
- Title Page
- Abstract and Keywords
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods / Methodology
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements, if applicable
- Data Availability Statement
- Conflict of Interest Statement
- Funding Statement
- Author Contributions, if applicable
- References
4. References
Impact in Computics follows the IEEE citation style.
- References must be numbered in the order of appearance in the text.
- In-text citations must appear in square brackets, for example [1].
- All references must be complete, accurate, and consistent with the journal template.
- DOIs should be included where available.
5. Figures and Tables
- Figures must be clear and high-resolution, preferably 300 dpi or higher.
- Tables must be editable text and not submitted as images or screenshots.
- Each figure and table must be numbered and cited in the manuscript text.
- Captions must be clear, descriptive, and placed according to the journal template.
- Authors must obtain permission for any third-party material used in the manuscript.
6. Ethical Requirements
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with all applicable ethical standards. Where relevant, manuscripts must include ethics approval, informed consent, animal welfare approval, clinical trial registration, or other required ethical statements.
Detailed requirements are available in the Publication Ethics Policy.
7. Authorship Criteria
All listed authors must have made a meaningful scholarly contribution to the work. Authors should normally meet the following criteria:
- Contributed to the conception, design, methodology, analysis, or interpretation of the work.
- Participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
- Approved the final version before submission.
- Agreed to be accountable for the integrity of the work.
8. Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence or automated tools in preparing the manuscript, except where such tools are used only for basic language correction, formatting, or spelling checks. AI tools cannot be listed as authors and cannot be cited as sources. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted work.
See the AI Policy for full details.
9. Data Availability
Authors should include a Data Availability Statement explaining where the data supporting the findings can be accessed. If data cannot be shared, the reason should be clearly stated.
See the Data Availability Policy.
10. Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could influence the research. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
See the Conflict of Interest Policy.
11. Funding Statement
All sources of financial support must be disclosed. If the research received no funding, authors should state: This research received no external funding.
12. Plagiarism and Originality
Submitted manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration elsewhere. All submissions may be screened for similarity, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and other integrity concerns.
See the Plagiarism Policy.
13. Supplementary Material
Authors may submit supplementary files such as datasets, source code, additional figures, appendices, video files, or extended tables where they support the manuscript.
14. Open Access, Copyright, and Licensing
Articles published in Impact in Computics are made freely available online under the journal's open access model. Authors retain copyright, and published articles are distributed under the journal's stated open license.
See the Open Access Policy and Copyright and Licensing Policy.
15. Submission Process
Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's online submission system:
https://portal.impaxon.com/login
After submission, authors will receive a confirmation email and manuscript tracking ID.
The general workflow is:
Submission
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Initial Editorial Screening
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Peer Review
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Editorial Decision
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Revision / Acceptance / Rejection
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Production and Publication
Detailed information is available on the Review Process page.
16. Article Processing Charges
Authors should review the journal's Article Processing Charges page before submission. This page provides information about publication charges, waivers, and applicable fee conditions.
See the Article Processing Charges page.