Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

Instructions for Authors

All submissions must be an original work in English. We prefer submissions via email.

The structure of the published paper is, as follows:

• the work title,
• names of authors, their academic titles, affiliations, e-mail addresses,
• key words,
• work abstract,
• introduction, containing the work object and purpose, the research and analytical methods, etc.

and at the end of the paper:

• summary of the work,
• references.

Technical parameters

• recommended text editor: Microsoft Word,
• format for the publication manuscript – A-4, margins 25 mm, single column text,
• Times New Roman font, size 12 pt – recommended,
• document should not contain author’s formatting, one should only select paragraphs, automatic update of the content of the document should be excluded,
• mathematical formulas, equations, etc. must be created in Microsoft Word Equation Editor or the Design Science „Mathtype” editor, font size 12 pt,
• illustrations are to be legible (able to be reduced or enlarged), font and font size on all illustrations should be of the same type,.
  illustrations may be embedded in the document, but it is desirable to enclose them in a separate graphic file with a resolution at least 300 dpi for the final format of illustrations,
• for low resolution digital photo’s files attached to manuscript is desirable to add photo originals to scan them in a publishing office - which will increase the quality of publication, materials will be returned to the author,
• if drawings or photographs copyrights are not owned by the author, indicate the source and permission to publish them.

Submission

Manuscript should be submitted in MS Word format together with PDF sample via email to the Editor of Fatigue of Aircraft Structures, Antoni Niepokólczycki, at antoni.niepokolczycki@ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted are subjected to the pre-selection process by the members of the Editorial Board within 2 -3 weeks after their submission.

Manuscripts that are deemed appropriate for the journal are sent to at least two experts, particularly in the primary author’s discipline or content area. All reviews are “double-blind” which means that author/authors and reviewers are not aware of each other’s identities. Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, the journal editor(s) will decide to publish the manuscript as submitted, to request a significant revision and resubmission, or to reject the manuscript for publication. In all cases, the author will be notified of the decision, and a copy of the reviewers’ comments will be provided.

The accepted paper will be published online immediately after the proofreading and formatting processes.

Journal Ethics Statement

Open Access and APCs Statements

The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.

Article Processing Charges (APCs) are not charged to authors.

Open Access License

Since year 2021 this journal publishes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.