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Title Sample: Guidelines and Template for the Preparation

of Papers for the International Energy Journal
(Paper titles should be written in the title case letters. Titles should not exceed 18 words)

Author Names Sample: Morgan E. Grace*1, Shinichi Fukuda+, and Ambika Sharma#

Abstract – The abstract should contain not more than 200 words. It should outline the aims, scope and conclusions of
the paper. Please do not cite references in the abstract. Do not delete the space before Introduction. It sets the
footnote. Authors are advised to use this document as a template.

Keywords – Five (5) key words or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.
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1. INTRODUCTION and e-mail addresses. Make sure to designate one author
as the “corresponding author” by indicating this at the
In writing the introductory section of your paper, it is end of the address of the author field. All communications
important to point out and write down the timeliness and will be to the corresponding authors only. Also, proofs
value of your research. An explanation of the selection of will be sent to the corresponding author only.
the particular topic should also be included. You may also Paper submissions should be provided with a short
summarize how you approached your topic. A good descriptive background of each of the authors involved
introduction should gain the immediate attention of the in the paper. Each description should be about 100-150
reader, and it should be able to clarify your paper and give words highlighting affiliations, research activities,
an idea of what is in store for the reader. expertise, publications, etc. These should be provided in
one separate supplementary MSWord file.
2. ABOUT THE JOURNAL A completely filled-up Suggested Reviewers Form
The International Energy Journal, formerly RERIC should also be submitted. Please indicate in your online
International Energy Journal is published since 1979. It is submission entry that you have already fill-in the Google
a journal dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in Form, do not forget to provide the email address used to
energy through vigorous examination and analysis of fill-in the form.
theories and good practices, and by encouraging Should your submission be deemed suitable for
innovations needed to establish a successful approach to review in the journal, IEJ would acknowledge your
solve identified energy-related problems. IEJ is a quarterly submission with a journal reference code.
journal published by RERIC in March, June, September 3.3 Important Notes
and December of each year. It publishes peer-reviewed
papers on technical, socio-economic and environmental Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but
aspects of energy planning, energy conservation, not at the expense of clarity. Descriptive or explanatory
renewable sources of energy, and electric power passages necessary as information but which tend to break
transmission, generation and management. Each up the flow of the text should be put into the Appendices.
manuscript submitted to the journal is reviewed by Computations should be placed in the Appendices.
referees who are established experts in the field. IEJ also Before submitting your manuscript, please
maintains an online journal system wherein not only thoroughly check English grammar and typographical
current volumes are available but also archives past errors. The manuscript should be in the third person,
volumes and special issues. objective, formal, and impersonal style. Abstract,
methodology, and results and discussion parts should be in
3. PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION the past tense because a manuscript is a report.
Please note that the reviewers are strictly on a
3.1 Template Guide voluntary basis thus manuscripts that are written in poor
This document is a template for Microsoft Word versions English would impress our reviewers negatively causing
98 or later. If you are reading a printed copy of this further delays and even instant rejection. To avoid
document, please download the electronic file, from immediate rejection from IEJ, it is strongly advised that
http://www.rericjournal.ait.ac.th/ at the about section, so before initial submission, authors should first seek help
you can use it to prepare your manuscript. Each from those who can write good technical English.
manuscript should be presented in the following order: Contributions are normally received with the
Title, Authors, Affiliations (as a footnote), Abstract understanding that they are original, unpublished
(complete in itself and not exceeding 200 words), material, and are not being submitted for publication
Keywords, Main Text, Acknowledgements, elsewhere. All manuscripts are refereed to ensure both
Nomenclature, References, and Appendix. More details accuracy and relevance, thus amendments to the
about the format guidelines are in Section 6. manuscript may be required prior to final acceptance. On
acceptance, contributions are subject to editorial
3.2 Submission Process amendment to suit house style, but authors will receive
You may send your manuscript in a CD, or upload it at the proofs for approval before publication.
IEJ website, or send as an attachment in an e-mail. When Please follow the format set in this guideline. The
submitting a CD, write the authors’ names on the disk International Energy Journal reserves the right to reject
label. Also send complete contact information, including manuscripts based on the grounds of format and English
full mailing addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, style.

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Energy Field of Study, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, 4. COPYRIGHT FORM
Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
As a condition of publication in the International Energy
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Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Journal, authors are requested to assign the copyright of
Metro Manila, Philippines. their article to the Regional Energy Resources Information
Center (RERIC) in consideration of such publication. The
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Kasetsart University Si Racha Campus, 199 Sukhumvit Road, appropriate Copyright Transfer Form will be sent to
Chonburi, 20230, Thailand. authors upon the acceptance of their papers. A RERIC
1 copyright form should accompany your final submission,
Corresponding author;
when your paper is already accepted for publication.
Tel: + 12 123 456 789 10 ext 345, Fax: + 12 345 678 980 10.
E-mail: ______@_______. Authors are responsible for obtaining from copyright
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holder permission to reproduce any figures for which unnecessary confusion, there should only be just one
copyright exists. All authors should sign the form, using corresponding author. Full postal addresses must be
separate copies if necessary or one author should sign the given for all authors.
form on behalf of all authors. Should any further author(s)
be added to this article while it is under consideration for 5.2 Review Stage
the journal, the undersigned author(s) must secure the Should your submission be deemed suitable for review in
agreement of the additional author(s) to the transfer of our journal, we would acknowledge your submission with
copyright. Equally, this transfer of copyright will continue a journal reference code. IEJ will then send out the paper
to apply if the title is changed before publication. for review.
The results of the review along with the reviewers’
5. PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION comments will be sent to the corresponding author in due
5.1 Manuscript Preparation course. Kindly note that since this is a peer-reviewed
journal, all reviewers are doing their work on a strictly
When you submit your manuscripts for possible voluntary basis. This may entail that sometimes feedback
publication in IEJ, it should be written in English, typed in cannot be sent back as quickly as IEJ would want it to be.
two-column style (multiple-spaced at 1.05) as in this This should also guide the authors to submit manuscripts
Author’s Guideline/Template, size A4 paper the same as that are free from grammatical and typographical errors so
specified in Table 1. The font size should be 10pt. It must that it would not impress the reviewers negatively causing
not be more than 10 pages and should be 6,000-8,000 delays.
words long, although articles longer than 8,000 words
will be considered on an occasional basis, if the topic 5.3 Final Stage
demands this length of treatment. The standard At the time of final submission, the final version should be
International System of Units (SI) should be used. The provided in an electronic form. Original illustrations and
Title should not exceed 18 words. File size should not figures should also be provided. One editable copy of the
be more than 1.5 MB. manuscript and illustrations (original) should be
For review stage, please submit the soft copy of the submitted. Word processing software most suited is
formatted manuscript, do not submit a PDF file. Again, it Microsoft Word version 98. PDFs will not be entertained
is important that you follow the guidelines set here. as there might be some additional formatting job required
Manuscript can be uploaded to the website for uniformity purposes. Figures and Tables should also
(www.rericjournal.ait.ac.th) or sent by email. be sent in a separate file.

Table 1. Basic document specifications. 6. FORMAT REQUIREMENTS FOR TEXT,

Particulars Specifications FIGURES AND TABLES
Paper Size A4
Text, Font, Times New Roman, 10 pt, black 6.1 Text
Point Size, The text font of the manuscript should be Times New
Color Roman, including that for the tables, figure
Figure and table Times New Roman, 10 pt, black, bold, labels/descriptions, and photograph captions. Font size for
captions sentence case. Table and Figure captions should be 9 pt., bold, sentence
Line Spacing Multiple at 1.05, except in cases where case. All Greek symbols, and other symbols must be in
the use of mathematical symbols would italics and put in the nomenclature. Nomenclature will be
make the text difficult to read. placed before the references. Greek symbols should be
Margins Top:       36 pt. identified the first time they appear.
Inside:    72 pt. Do not begin a sentence with a number. A number
Bottom:   36 pt must be written in words if it begins a sentence. If this is
Outside: 36 pt. not practical or awkward, rephrase the sentence so it does
Space between 16.65 pt not begin with a number. The word “and” should be
column spelled out as the symbol “&” (as well as other shortcuts)
is not allowed anywhere in the manuscript.
Each manuscript should be presented in the Abbreviations should be clearly defined on the first
following order: Title, Authors, Affiliations (as a occurrence and should be used consistently throughout the
footnote), Abstract (complete in itself and not exceeding text. Detailed mathematical discussion/calculations (if
200 words), Keywords, Main Text, Acknowledgements, necessary) should be placed in an appendix.
Nomenclature, References, and Appendix. The text should Use one space after periods and colons. Use a zero
be organized under appropriate section headings. All before decimal points: “0.50,” not “.50.” The abbreviation
headings should be placed on the left-hand side of the text, for “seconds” is “s,” not “sec.” Indicate sample
with a paragraph space of 12 pt. above and 6 pt. below. dimensions as “0.2 cm  0.2 cm,” not “0.2  0.2 cm2.”
All subheadings have paragraph space of 6 pt. above and 6 When expressing a range of values, write “7 to 9” or “7-
pt. below. Figures and Tables should be embedded within 9,” not “7~9.”
the text and also in a separate file. The details of figures
and tables are discussed in section 6. 6.1.1 Abbreviations and Acronyms
The corresponding author should be identified When abbreviating the names of organizations or specific
(Include a Fax number and E-mail address). To avoid terms, write the full name or term the first time it is used,
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followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. This applies 6.2.1 Scanned Figures
even to simple acronyms. Example is “All but one If the authors are providing scanned Figures, make sure to
household had electricity and most households used provide clear copies with all the legends and data labels
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in all the sample urban readable. If this is not possible, the author must redraw the
areas. There were a relatively smaller number of Figure especially if it is a fairly simple one. Examples of
households in rural areas using LPG in Thailand”. these are schematic diagrams, flow charts, program
Abbreviations that incorporate periods should not algorithm, etc.
have spaces: write “C.N.R.S.,” not “C. N. R. S.” Do not When mentioning the Figure in the text, it is
use abbreviations in the title unless they are unavoidable. important to completely spell it out such as Figure 1, or
A parenthetical statement at the end of a sentence is Figures 1 and 2, or Figures 1 to 5. For Figure captions,
punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like this). author should use Fig. 1.____. Sentence case must be
(A parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the used.
parentheses.) Do not put space between the parenthesis
and word such as ( LPG ), instead write it as (LPG). Write
“do not” instead of “don’t.” The serial comma is
preferred: “A, B, and C” instead of “A, B and C.”
6.1.2 Units and Measurements
The Standard International System of Units (SI)
should be used. Consult any standard reference manual
on the correct form of abbreviation for SI units. It is not
necessary to place an Imperial conversion in parentheses
after an SI unit as in, “The depth of the bore hole was 3.4
m (9 ft. 18 in.).”
6.1.3 Mathematical Expressions
Fig. 1. Parabolic trough collector.
If you are using MSWord, use Microsoft Equation for
writing equations in your paper (Insert | Object | Create
New | Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation).
Numbered equations should be “displayed” either by 6.2.2 Graphs
centering on the line below the text or with a standard
When providing graphs (such as those obtained from
indentation from the left margin. The equation number is
Microsoft Excel) as Figure, make sure that IEJ will be
placed so it is flush with the right margin. Put the equation
able to access the source file for editing purposes. There
number inside parenthesis. Example:
should be no background color for the graphs, as shown in
Figure 2.
yi (t)  Fo / Ki [Ai sin(bt)  Bi cos(bt)]
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(1)
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When mentioning the equation in the text, it is
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necessary to spell out the word such as Equation 1 or Dies el
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Equations 1 and 2, or Equations 1 to 5. Please do not 3 0 d eg CA
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provide a jpeg (picture) file of the equations. Duratio n
6 0 d eg CA
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Duratio n
6.1.4 Nomenclature 15 9 0 d eg CA
Duratio n
Use nomenclature for explaining the equation. It will help 10

the reader to understand. This should be located before the 5

reference section. 0
0 1 2 3 4
6.2 Figures Brake Po wer (kW)

Figures and Tables must already be inserted in the texts of

your manuscript and numbered consecutively. If the Fig. 2. Variation of hydrocarbon with brake power.
figures and tables are too big and it is not possible to put 6.3 Tables
in a 2-column format, kindly leave a blank space for the
figure or table with this label “Intentionally Left Blank”, Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in
however, the caption should already be in place. This way the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs). Tables should also be
you will be able to gauge the size of your paper, and also numbered consecutively and given a suitable title and
for the convenience of the referees. At the last page of the each table typed on a separate sheet located at the back
manuscript, a list of all Figure and Table captions should pages of the manuscript. Table titles must be sentence
be provided. However, separate file should still also be case.
provided for the Figures and Tables. When mentioning the Table in the text, it is
To insert images in MSWord, you may use a table important to completely spell it out such as Table 1, or
format like in Figure 1. Tables 1 and 2, or Tables 1 to 5. For Figure captions, you
should also use Table 1.____.
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For uniformity purposes, there should be no vertical book. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher.
lines in the Table. Please see Table 1. Chapter number or first and last page numbers. Example:
[4] Samson C., 1970. Problems of information studies in
7. REFERENCES LIST history. In S. Stone, ed. Humanities Information
Research. Sheffield: CRUS, 1980, pp. 44-68.
Number citations consecutively in square brackets [1].
The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [2]. Proceedings reference should contain: name of
Multiple references [2], [3] are each numbered with author(s); year of the conference; title of the paper; title of
separate brackets [1]–[5]. When citing a section in a book, the conference; location of the conference; date; publisher.
please give the relevant page numbers in the reference list. Example:
In sentences, refer simply to the reference number, as in [5] Mayer A. and S. Biscaglia. 1989. Modelling and
[3]. Do not use “Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” except at the analysis of lead acid battery operation. In
beginning of a sentence: “Meyer et al. [3] shows ....”. Proceedings of the Ninth EC PV Solar Conference.
However, the use of the reference in the beginning of the Reiburg, Germany, 25-29 September. London:
sentence should be minimized. Type the reference list at Kluwer Academic Publishers.
the end of the paper according to the style set by this
guideline. Please note that the number of references
should be minimum as possible. Authors should cut Review reference example:
down by avoiding unnecessary citations (there is no need [6] Kauvar E.M., 1995. [Review of the books Cynthia
for multiple references for 1 simple statement) and old Ozick's Comic art: From levity to liturgy and Greek
references. mind/Jewish soul: The conflicted art of Cynthia
Please note that the references at the end of this Ozick]. Studies in the Novel, 27, 570–573.
document are in the preferred referencing style. Give all
authors’ names; do not use “et al.” in the Reference Technical Paper reference example:
section, except when there are more than 6 authors. The [7] Mead J.V., 1992. Looking at old photographs:
initials of the authors’ first name(s) should follow the Investigating the teacher tales that novice teachers
family name separated by a comma like “Baker, P.R.”. bring with them (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East
Papers that have not been published should be cited as Lansing, Michigan: National Center for Research on
“unpublished” [8]. Papers that have been submitted for Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction
publication should be cited as “submitted for Service No. ED346082).
publication”. Papers that have been accepted for
publication, but not yet specified for an issue should be Online journal reference example:
cited as “Article in Press”. Please give affiliations and [8] Tung F.Y.-T. and S.W. Bowen. 1998. Targeted
addresses for private communications. inhibition of hepatitis B virus gene expression: A
Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except gene therapy approach. Frontiers in Bioscience [On-
for proper nouns and element symbols. For papers line serial], Retrieved February 14, 2005 from the
published in translation journals, please give the English World Wide Web: http://www.bioscience.org/
citation first, followed by the original foreign-language 1998/v3/a/tung/a11-15.htm.
citation.
All publications cited in the text should be Thesis reference example:
presented in a list of full references in the Reference [9] Morya K., 1998. A study on heat gain through
section as they appear in the text (not in alphabetical windows in hot climate. MS Thesis, ET-98-34
order). Typical examples of references are as follows: (unpublished). Asian Institute of Technology,
Journal references should contain: name of Bangkok, Thailand.
author(s); year; article title; full journal name; volume;
issue number; and page number(s). Example: For other publications include all bibliographical
[1] Meyer B.A., Mitchell J.W. and El-Wakil M.M., 1982. information necessary for retrieving the reference, when
Convective heat transfer in veethrough linear in doubt.
concentrators. Solar Energy 28(1): 33-40.
[2] Civanlar S., Grainger J.J., Yin H. and Lee S.S.H., 8. CONCLUSION
1988. Distribution feeder reconfiguration for loss
reduction. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 3: The conclusion is a general outline and a brief overview
1217-1223. of the most important points of the paper. It should stress
out the importance of your research and it should manifest
Book references should contain: name of your understanding of the material that you have
author(s); year of publication; title; edition; location and presented. The conclusion should give your paper a sense
publisher. Example: of completeness.
[3] Baker P.R., 1978. Biogas for Cooking Stoves. The conclusion should appear before the
London: Chapman and Hall. Acknowledgement.

Chapters in edited book should have: chapter ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

author(s) surname(s) and initials. Year of chapter. Title of Use the singular heading even if you have many
chapter followed by “In:” Book editor(s) initials and
acknowledgments. Avoid expressions such as “One of us
surnames with ed. or eds. after the last name. Year of
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(S.B.A.) would like to thank …... .” Instead, write “F. A. research activities, expertise, publications, etc.
Author thanks …... .” These should be combined and provided in one
separate MSWord file and submitted as a
supplementary file.
NOMENCLATURE 2. Requirement for new paper submissions 2: A
completely filled-up Suggested Reviewers Form
Nomenclature, if needed, appears before the references using the Google Form from this link.
list. 3. The submission file is either in MS Word or in
Adobe Acrobat document (pdf file) format.
REFERENCES 4. All URL addresses in the text (e.g.,
http://www.ait.ac.th) are activated and ready to
[1] Meyer B.A., Mitchell J.W. and El-Wakil M.M., 1982. click.
Convective heat transfer in veethrough linear 5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic
requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
concentrators. Solar Energy 28 (1): 33-40.
[2] Civanlar S., Grainger J.J., Yin H. and Lee S.S.H.,
1988. Distribution feeder reconfiguration for loss
reduction. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 3:
1217-1223.
[3] Baker P.R., 1978. Biogas for Cooking Stoves.
London: Chapman and Hall.
[4] Samson C., 1970. Problems of information studies in
history. In S. Stone, ed. Humanities Information
Research. Sheffield: CRUS, 1980, pp. 44-68.
[5] Mayer A. and S. Biscaglia. 1989. Modelling and
analysis of lead acid battery operation. In
Proceedings of the Ninth EC PV Solar Conference.
Reiburg, Germany, 25-29 September. London:
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
[6] Kauvar E.M., 1995. [Review of the books Cynthia
Ozick's Comic art: From levity to liturgy and Greek
mind/Jewish soul: The conflicted art of Cynthia
Ozick]. Studies in the Novel, 27, 570–573.
[7] Mead J.V., 1992. Looking at old photographs:
Investigating the teacher tales that novice teachers
bring with them (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East
Lansing, Michigan: National Center for Research on
Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction
Service No. ED346082).
[8] Tung F.Y.-T. and S.W. Bowen. 1998. Targeted
inhibition of hepatitis B virus gene expression: A
gene therapy approach. Frontiers in Bioscience [On-
line serial], Retrieved February 14, 2005 from the
World Wide Web:
http://www.bioscience.org/1998/v3/a/tung/a11-
15.htm.
[9] Morya K., 1998. A study on heat gain through
windows in hot climate. MS Thesis, ET-98-34
(unpublished). Asian Institute of Technology,
Bangkok, Thailand.

APPENDIX
Appendices, if needed, appear after the references list.
Detailed mathematical discussion/calculations (if
necessary) should be placed in this section.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to
check off their submission's compliance with all of the
following items, and submissions may be returned to
authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
1. Requirement for new paper submissions 1:
Make sure to provide a short description of each
of the authors involved in the paper. Each should
be about 100-150 words containing affiliations,