Please take the time to fill out a Copyright Form.

SUBJECT MATTER

Articles for publication MUST:

• Be original work.
• Be educational (not promotional) in character.
• Make a significant contribution within the scope of the magazine’s mission statement:

"The mission of AATCC Review, the primary tangible benefit for AATCC members, is to serve as a communication forum for the exchange of professional knowledge among textile professionals. We accomplish this through coverage of the global textile industry, sharing innovative and practical news, advances in technology, research, and features on a broad range of current textile interests."

Articles for publication MUST NOT:

• Obviously promote a particular commercial product or technology. (When such a product/technology is the main subject of the article, discussion of alternate or precursor products/technologies is strongly encouraged.)
• Use disparaging or promotional comparisons involving commercially-named products/technologies.

COPYRIGHTS

• Papers must be accompanied by a signed copyright form.
• Papers previously published will not be considered. Submission of previously published work is a violation of the copyright agreement.
• Conference papers published only in a Book of Papers may be submitted with the permission of the conference organizer.
• Papers submitted to AATCC Review may not be submitted elsewhere for publication without the express written consent of AATCC.
• Authors must obtain and provide written permission for AATCC to use any previously published text, tables, figures, and photographs.
• For photographs, authors must also provide written permission from the photographer and each person shown, or his/her guardian.

TEXT FORMATTING

• Any logical arrangement of the paper is acceptable.
• The article must be submitted electronically (on disk or e-mail attachment) as a word-processing document with a .doc file extension.
• A complete correspondence address must be included with the manuscript, including: name, company/institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
• An abstract is not required for applied technology articles.
• The manuscript, including text, sized graphics (figures or photos), captions, tables, and references, should be 12 or fewer double-spaced 8.5 ´ 11-in. pages (less than 2500 words of text).
• The manuscript should be submitted in Times New Roman font, 12 point type, with   1-in. margins.

GRAPHICS

• Graphics (tables, figures, graphs, charts, photos, line art, etc.) are encouraged in applied technology articles, which are printed in the color section of AATCC Review.
• Graphics should be submitted as individual files, in their original formats, and separate from the text.
• Graphics should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi to print clearly.
• Printed photographs are acceptable if they are clear, glossy prints of at least 3.5" ´ 5".
• Figures should be labeled and referred to using Arabic numerals (e.g., Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.)
• Tables must be submitted in spreadsheet or table format—no spaces, no tabs.
• Tables should be labeled and referred to using Roman numerals (e.g., Table I, Table II, etc.)

REFERENCES

• Sources should be referenced according to the Chicago Manual of Style.
• References should be numbered consecutively with superscript Arabic numerals in the proper place in the text.
• References should list beginning and ending page numbers of the cited article or chapter.
• If a reference is used more than once, the original reference number should be repeated unless a new chapter is referenced.

SAMPLE REFERENCE LIST

1.           Doe, John, Susan Smith, and David Jones, publication title, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1996, pp1-10.

2.           AATCC Technical Manual, Vol. 66, 1991, pp39-41.

3.           Ghosh, S. and J. Rodgers, Handbook of Near-Infrared Analyses, 2nd edition, edited by D. Burns and E. Ciurczak, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 1992, pp19-25.

4.           Li, Y. H., et al., Book of Papers, AATCC International Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A., 1996, pp86-90.

5.           DePlasse, N., French Patent No. 1,23,330, 1958.

6.           Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols. 7.01-02, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., 1991.

7.           Cotruvo, J., PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., June 1996.

8.           ACS Publications Division Home Page, http://pubs.acs.org, accessed January 1998. 

AUTHOR'S ADDRESS

A complete correspondence address must be included with the manuscript, including: name, company/institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.

QUESTIONS/SUBMISSIONS

If you have any questions about the submission of manuscripts or need further instructions, please contact Ann Holland, Acquisition Editor, AATCC, P.O. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27709; fax +1 919 549 8933.

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