Author Guide

Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically through the Journal website submission system to the Editorial Office. 

NTU-JET Website: https://journals.ntu.edu.iq/index.php/NTU-JET

It is first and foremost required that the manuscript be formatted according to the NTU-JET English Template (MS Word Version). Our review is double-blind, so based on the NTU-JET Template (for Blind Review), any information related to your identity must be removed. This includes the name, affiliation, email, etc., if any.

1: PREPARATION OF PRE-REVIEW MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts, where appropriate, should contain these sections in the following order: Title, Authors and their affiliations and emails, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Experimental Procedure, Theory, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments (if any), References, and Appendix (if any).

The manuscript may consist of text, equations, symbols, figures, tables, line drawings, and photographs. Pre-review manuscripts are to be typed and formatted according to NTU-JET English Template (MS Word Version). The instructions to follow the template guidelines are as follows:

  1. Open your manuscript in a Word file.
  2. Open the NTU-JET template file.
  3. Select the Paste Options in the NTU-JET template file: open Paste Option->Set Default Paste->Scroll down and select from the menu Cut, Copy, and Paste->Pasting between documents when style conflict-> select Use Destination Style (Default).
  4. Once done, all that you need after that is to Copy your file to the NTU-JET Template and save it. 

Figures: All figures must be of good quality and are cited in the text with Arabic numerals by writing “Fig. 1” or “Figs. 1 and 2”. If the word appears at the beginning of a sentence, it should be spelled out as Figure 1 or Figures 1 and 2. Place the figure caption positioned below it as close as possible to their first mention in the text.

Equations: Use the standard Microsoft Word Equation Editor to edit your equations. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations. Equations should be numbered consecutively in the paper and cited in the text by writing “Eq. (1)” or “Eqs. (1) and (2). If the word occurs at the beginning of a sentence, it is to be spelled out as Equation (1) or Equations (1) and (2). Leave a space of 6 pt before and 6 pt after the equation line to separate it from the text.

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively in the paper and must be cited in the text by writing “Table 1” or “Tables 1 and 2. Tables should be placed as close as possible to their first mention in the text and the caption positioned above them.

General format: The main text format consists of two columns on A4 paper. The margin text on each paper side is 2.5 cm, with 1.25 cm between the two columns. The manuscript is written in Microsoft Word, single space, and Times New Roman (10 pt).

Length: The preferred limit of the page number is a maximum of 15 pages.

Language: English.

Abstract and Keywords: On the first manuscript page, following the title, include a 100 to 250 words abstract summarizing your problem and findings. On a line below the abstract, include four to six keywords for indexing and database word searches.

References: All sources cited in the text must be included in the reference list, and vice versa. References are to be listed in the order cited in the text in Arabic numerals. NTU-JET has adopted the IEEE citation style. For further information about the IEEE citation style, please check out this website: https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/IEEE-Reference-Guide.pdf .

Submission of Pre-Review Manuscript

A soft copy of the manuscript is to be submitted electronically through the Journal website submission system.

2: PREPARATION OF POST-REVIEW MANUSCRIPTS

After attending to all the referees’ comments and suggestions, the manuscript has been accepted. Following the title, add authors with their affiliations (name, title, organization, city, state, country, email), and then submit a soft copy of the manuscript. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically through the journal website submission system. The post-review manuscript style should follow the provided NTU-JET English Template

3: SUBMISSION OF PAPER

Manuscripts must be submitted in the English language and should be written according to sound grammar and proper terminology. Submission to the NTU-JET proceeds totally online, and authors will be guided step-by-step through the creation and uploading of the manuscript files. Manuscript submission must be applied for once in order to obtain only one submission ID number. More than one submission for a single manuscript can lose the chance of manuscript consideration. As part of the manuscript, authors may choose to submit the manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process. This can be a word document that can be used by referees to evaluate the manuscript. All figures and tables are encouraged to be embedded and included in the main manuscript file.