Publication ethics and malpractice statement
Our ethic statements are based on
COPE’s Code of Conduct and this journal follows
COPE's guidelines including
Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and
Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.
An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Copyright
Papers submitted must be original and unpublished, and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. In general, if a paper is accepted for publication, authority to publish elsewhere will not be refused, provided an appropriate acknowledgment is made. It's a condition of publication that authors assign copyright to Binary Information Press Limited. Also, authors must warrant that their paper doesn't constitute an infringement of an existing copyright and that they'll indemnify the publisher should there be any breach of such warranty. Before submission, authors must get permission from copyright holders to reproduce any copyright material that's to be included in the paper. A copy of this permission should be sent to the publisher. Adequate acknowledgment must also be made in the paper.
Publication Fee
HK$4600 or US$595. Carefully observe the length limit of 8 pages for each paper. Extra pages beyond 8 pages are charged at HK$350 or US$45 per page.
Manuscript Preparation
Before sending your paper to the journal's Editor, please make sure that you have included all necessary details.
For all submissions (online, by e-mail), please make sure you have provided:
o Name of the author designated as the corresponding author, along with their:
§ E-mail address
§ Full postal address
§ Telephone numbers
§ Keywords
o Ensure that online submission or submission by e-mail text files are in LaTeX format.
o Ensure that graphics are high-resolution. Preferred formats are either TIFF or EPS. Be sure all necessary files have been uploaded/attached. All figure captions are available.
o All tables are present (including title, description, footnotes).
o Ensure your manuscript has been ‘spell checked’.
o Verify that permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web).
o Check that references are in the correct format:
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full.
Citing and listing of web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: "....as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtains a different result...."
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2000) 51-59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York, 1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 1999, pp. 281-304.
