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SUBJECT MATTER

Articles for publication MUST:

Be original work.
Provide sufficiently detailed material and process information to enable repetition of experiments.
Provide data to support all conclusions.
Make a significant contribution to textile science 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 product or technology.
Use disparaging or promotional comparisons involving commercially-named products/technologies.

COPYRIGHT

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

Authors should use generic identifiers where possible. (AATCC sanctions the use of commercial names where appropriate and necessary, but suggests that the author state generic classes as well.)
Any logical arrangement of the paper is acceptable.
The text of the article must be submitted electronically (on disk or e-mail attachment) as a word processing document with a .doc file extension.
An abstract of 125 words or less must be included with every manuscript.
A list of key terms must be included in each manuscript.
Names and affiliations of all authors should be included.
A complete address for the corresponding author must be included with the manuscript, including name, company/institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
NEW: There is no length restriction for manuscripts submitted to AATCC Review for peer review.
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.) should be submitted as individual files in their original formats and separate from the manuscript 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 x 5 in.
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.
If a reference is used more than once, the original reference number should be repeated unless a new chapter is referenced.
References should be listed at the end of the manuscript, in the form shown below.
The full name of each publication should be written out. Do not abbreviate titles.
References should list beginning and ending page numbers of the cited article or chapter.

SAMPLE REFERENCE LIST

Doe, John, Susan Smith, and David Jones, publication title, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1996, pp1-10.
AATCC Technical Manual, Vol. 66, 1991, pp39-41.
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.
Li, Y. H., et al., Book of Papers, AATCC International Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, Tenn., USA, 1996, pp86-90.
DePlasse, N., French Patent No. 1,23,330, 1958.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols. 7.01-02, Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1991.
Cotruvo, J., PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA, June 1996.
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, phone number, fax number, and email address.

QUESTIONS/SUBMISSIONS

For questions about submitting manuscripts, please contact Ann Holland, Manuscript Review Coordinator, AATCC, PO Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA; fax +1 919 549 8933.

LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE

For authors whose native language is not English, it may be helpful to get writing assistance before submitting a paper. Contact a local university for resources.

You may also work with American Journal Experts (AJE). Authors who contact AJE through the link on this page receive a $20 discount off the regular editing fees. Please note that working with AJE or another language service does not guarantee acceptance of your paper for publication. Language editing simplifies the job of the reviewer and helps avoid confusion about your research.