Curved and Layered Structures

MANUSCRIPTS
Curved and Layered Structures encourages the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner.

All submissions must be made via online submission system Editorial Manager. In case of problems, please contact the Managing Editor of this journal (zofia.wojciak@degruyterbrill.com).

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts have to be written in LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For an initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. Authors are strongly advised to submit the final version of the paper using the journal’s LaTex Template.

For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors

EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.
Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.
Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.
Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.
Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.　For more details the role of authors please see: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/for-authors/for-journal-authors/role-of-authors　
Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.
Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.

Editor-in-Chief
Francesco Tornabene, University of Salento, Italy
francesco.tornabene@unisalento.it

Managing Editor
Zofia Wójciak
zofia.wojciak@degruyterbrill.com

Editorial Contact
Kumaran Rengaswamy
Assistant Managing Editor, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com

Editorial Advisory Board
Adali Sarp, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Aiello Maria Antonietta, University of Salento, Italy
Amendola Ada, University of Salerno, Italy
Barretta Raffaele, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Batra Romesh C., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
Carpinteri Alberto, Shantou University, China
Chen Jeng-Tzong, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Chen Zhengtao, University of Alberta, Canada
Civalek Ömer, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Feo Luciano, University of Salerno, Italy
Fraternali Fernando, University of Salerno, Italy
Kulikov Gennady M., Tambov State Technical University, Russia
Lacidogna Giuseppe, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Magagnini Erica, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Malekzadeh Parviz, Persian Gulf University, Iran
Marotti de Sciarra Francesco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Micelli Francesco, University of Salento, Italy
Morozov Evgeny V., The University of New South Wales, Australia
Nascimbene Roberto, IUSS - Pavia, Italy
Neves Ana M. A., University of Porto, Portugal
Penna Rosa, University of Salerno, Italy
Reddy Junuthula N., Texas A&M University, United States
Shen Hui-Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Sofiyev Abdullah H., Istanbul Ticaret University, Turkey
Valvano Stefano, Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering - University of Derby, United Kingdom
Zampieri Paolo, University of Padova, Italy
Zenkour Ashraf M., King AbdulAziz University, Saudi Arabia

Associate Editors
Brischetto Salvatore, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Dimitri Rossana, University of Salento, Italy
Pisano Aurora Angela, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Viscoti Matteo, University of Salento, Italy

Publisher
DE GRUYTER Poland
Nowogrodzka St. 4/3
00-513 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 245 33 55

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