Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

  1. General Information

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (JWREE) must be written in English and fall within the journal’s aims and scope. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, technical notes and case studies. Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. JWREE does not charge any submission, peer review or publication fees.

  1. Online Submission

Manuscripts are submitted online through the journal’s submission system. Authors should register for an account (or log in if they already have one), select “Make a New Submission” and follow the instructions. To support double-blind peer review, authors should upload two separate files:

– Title page: the article title; the full names of all authors; their affiliations (department, institution, city, country); ORCID iDs (recommended); acknowledgements and funding information; and the email address and telephone number of the corresponding author.

– Anonymized manuscript: the complete manuscript without author names, affiliations, acknowledgements or any other information that could reveal the authors’ identity. Self-citations should be written in the third person (for example, “Nguyen et al. (2020) showed…” rather than “In our previous work…”), and author information should also be removed from the file properties.

Manuscripts must be prepared using the JWREE manuscript template, which can be downloaded here: [đường dẫn tải file mẫu trình bày bài báo].

  1. Manuscript Length and Format

– Length: no more than 8 A4 pages, including figures, tables and references.

– Page setup: A4 (210 × 297 mm); margins: left 3 cm, right 2 cm, top 2.5 cm, bottom 2.5 cm.

– Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, single line spacing.

– Title: Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold, capital letters, centred.

– Number of authors: no more than 4 authors per article.

– File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).

  1. Manuscript Structure

Title: concise and informative, accurately reflecting the content of the article.

Abstract: a single paragraph of no more than 200 words, stating the purpose of the study, the methods, the main results and the principal conclusions. The abstract should not contain citations or undefined abbreviations.

Keywords: 3 to 6 keywords reflecting the main topics of the article.

Main text: research articles are normally organized into Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results and Discussion; and Conclusions. Review articles, technical notes and case studies may use a structure appropriate to their content. Section headings are numbered consecutively (1., 1.1., 1.1.1.) and written in bold.

Acknowledgements and funding: during peer review, this information is given only on the title page. After acceptance, it is added to the manuscript, including the names and codes of the funding projects.

Conflict of interest statement: all authors must declare any financial or personal relationships that could have influenced the work. If there are none, state: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

References: prepared as described in Section 6.

  1. Figures, Tables and Equations

– Figures and tables are numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are cited in the text (Figure 1, Table 1) and are placed close to where they are first cited.

– Table titles are placed above the tables; figure captions are placed below the figures.

– Figures must be clear and legible, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. All text in figures must be in English. Maps must include a scale bar and a north arrow.

– Equations are created with an equation editor and numbered consecutively in parentheses at the right margin.

– SI units should be used throughout the manuscript.

  1. Citations and References

JWREE uses the author–year citation style, based on the APA style (7th edition).

In-text citations: one author: (Nguyen, 2020); two authors: (Nguyen and Tran, 2020); three or more authors: (Nguyen et al., 2020). Multiple citations are separated by semicolons and listed in chronological order: (Tran, 2015; Nguyen et al., 2020).

Reference list: only works cited in the text are included, listed alphabetically by the surname of the first author. DOIs should be provided where available. For references not published in English, the original title is given without diacritics, followed by an English translation in square brackets and the original language in parentheses.

Examples:

– Journal article: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxxx/xxxxx

– Book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book (Edition). Publisher.

– Book chapter: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

– Report: Organization Name. (Year). Title of the report (Report No. xxx). Publisher.

– Thesis: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis (Doctoral dissertation). University, Country.

– Non-English reference: Author, A. A. (Year). Original title without diacritics [English translation of the title] (in Vietnamese). Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pages.

  1. Peer Review and Publication Process

Each submission is first screened by the editors for relevance to the journal’s scope, originality and compliance with these guidelines. Manuscripts that pass the initial screening undergo double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers. Based on the reviewers’ reports, the Editor-in-Chief makes one of the following decisions: accept, revisions required, resubmit for review, or decline.

When revising, authors should submit the revised manuscript together with a response letter that addresses each reviewer comment point by point, with all changes highlighted in the manuscript. Accepted manuscripts are copyedited and typeset, and the corresponding author is asked to check the proofs within the time specified by the editorial office. Articles are published online and in print in quarterly issues.

  1. Copyright, Licensing and Publication Ethics

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to the journal’s Copyright Notice. Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Authors must comply with the journal’s Publication Ethics policy, including the requirements on originality, authorship, conflicts of interest and the use of artificial intelligence tools.

  1. Contact

For questions about manuscript preparation or submission, please contact the Editorial Office at jwree@tlu.edu.vn.