Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

MANUSCRIPTS
Science and Engineering of Composite Materials 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 Assistant Managing Editor (AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com).

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts have to be written in LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX, MS Word – standard DOCUMENT .docx/.doc. 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Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form.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
Suong V. Hoa, Concordia University, Canada

Managing Editor
Zofia Wójciak
zofia.wojciak@degruyterbrill.com

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

Editorial Advisory Board
Apalak Mustafa Kemal, Erciyes University, Turkey
Aymerich Francesco, University of Cagliari, Italy
Bacciocchi Michele, University of San Marino, San Marino
Blanco Ignazio, University of Catania, Italy
Bocchetta Patrizia, University of Salento, Italy
Bodaghi Mahdi, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Brischetto Salvatore, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Bui Tinh Quoc, Duy Tan University, Vietnam
Carpinteri Andrea, University of Parma, Italy
Cavalière Pasquale Daniele, University of Salento, Italy
Rubino Felice, University of Salerno, Italy
Feng Peng, Tsinghua University, China
Fraternali Fernando, University of Salerno, Italy
Gigliotti Marco, University of Pisa, Italy
Greco Fabrizio, University of Calabria, Italy
Iafisco Michele, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Kostopoulos Vassilis, University of Patras, Greece
Lavorgna Marino, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Martinelli Enzo, University of Salerno, Italy
Minak Giangiacomo, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy
Muccini Michele, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Nguyen Dinh Duc, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Patra Niranjan, KL University, India
Pegoretti Alessandro, University of Trento, Italy
Silberschmidt Vadim V. , Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Ton That Minh Tan, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Tornabene Francesco, University of Salento, Italy
Zappalorto Michele, Univerity of Padua, Italy
Zhang Shaowei, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

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

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