Author guidelines

Overview

Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applied Technology (JISAT) must be written in clear, correct English and fall within the journal’s aims and scope. Each submission should include:

1. A title page (separate file)
2. An anonymised manuscript with abstract and keywords
3. Main text, declarations and references
4. Figures and tables (figures also as separate files)
5. Supplementary files, if any
6. A cover letter

These guidelines add journal-specific rules to the general FTI author guidelines. Where the two differ, follow this page.

Article types and length

Word counts include the main text only, not the abstract, references, tables or figure captions.

Manuscript format

• Submit an editable Word (.docx) or LaTeX file. PDF alone is not accepted.
• Use a single column, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, and number all pages and lines.
• Use UK or US spelling, but not a mix of both.
• Define each abbreviation the first time it is used, and add a list of abbreviations if there are more than five.
• Use no more than three levels of headings.

Title page

Because review is double-blind, the title page is a separate file. It must include:

• A title of no more than 25 words, without abbreviations.
• A short running title of no more than 50 characters.
• Full names, affiliations and ORCID iDs of all authors.
• The name, address and email of the corresponding author.
• Word count, and the number of figures and tables.

Abstract and keywords

Write one paragraph of up to 250 words that states the problem, the method or system you propose, how it was evaluated and the main quantitative result. Avoid abbreviations, equations and references in the abstract.

Give 4 to 6 keywords. Where possible, use terms from the IEEE Thesaurus or the ACM Computing Classification System.

Main text

Original research articles should follow this order:

1. Introduction: the problem, why it matters, and a clear list of your contributions.
2. Related work: how your work differs from and improves on existing methods.
3. Method or system design: the model, algorithm or architecture, with enough detail that others can rebuild it. Number equations and define every symbol.
4. Experiments: datasets, baselines, evaluation metrics, hardware and software environment, and hyperparameters.
5. Results and discussion: comparison with baselines, ablation studies, statistical significance and error analysis.
6. Limitations and threats to validity.
7. Conclusion and future work.

Software and dataset papers should also describe the licence, version, how to install or download it, and an example of use.

Reporting standards

Follow the reporting guideline that fits your study and upload the completed checklist with your submission.

Ethics and consent

• Studies that collect data from people (surveys, user studies, interviews) need ethics approval or a statement explaining why it was not required.
• Datasets that contain personal data must be used lawfully, in line with the GDPR or the rules of your country, and anonymised before sharing.
• Security research must not put real systems or users at risk. Describe any vulnerability responsibly and confirm that the vendor was informed.
• Explain any dual-use risks of your system and how you limited them.

See also our publication ethics policy.

Data availability

Include a data and code availability statement. We strongly encourage authors to share code in a public repository (for example GitHub or Zenodo with a DOI) and to name the exact datasets and versions used. Reviewers may ask to see code during review.

Declarations

Add these statements after the conclusions and before the references:

• Author contributions (using the CRediT roles).
• Funding: funder names and grant numbers, or "This research received no external funding".
• Conflicts of interest for every author, or "The authors declare no conflicts of interest".
• Ethics approval and consent, where relevant.
• Data availability statement.
• Use of generative AI: describe any tool used for writing or analysis. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
• Acknowledgements of people and institutions who helped but are not authors.

Figures, tables and units

• Number figures and tables in the order they are cited, each with a caption that can be understood on its own.
• Upload figures as separate files (TIFF, PNG or PDF) at 300 dpi or more, or as vector files for line drawings.
• Make tables in Word or LaTeX, not as images.
• If you reuse a figure published elsewhere, you must have permission from the copyright holder.

Use SI units. Write algorithms as numbered pseudocode blocks. Number all equations on the right in round brackets, (1), and write them with an equation editor, not as images.

References (IEEE style)

JISAT uses the IEEE reference style.

• Number references in the order they are first cited, with numbers in square brackets [1], [2]–[4].
• List up to six authors, then add "et al."
• Cite conference papers with the full conference name, location and pages.
• Include the DOI or a stable URL for software, datasets and preprints.

Formats:

• Journal article: A. B. Surname and C. D. Surname, "Title of the article," Abbrev. Journal Title, vol. X, no. X, pp. xxx–xxx, Mon. Year, doi: 10.xxxx/xxxxx.
• Conference paper: A. B. Surname, "Title of the paper," in Proc. Name of Conference, City, Country, Year, pp. xxx–xxx.
• Software or dataset: A. B. Surname, Name of software, version X.X. Year. [Online]. Available: URL

Article processing charge and licence

• No fee is charged at submission.
• An article processing charge (APC) of €1,399 is invoiced only after the manuscript has been peer reviewed and accepted.
• Withdrawal: withdrawing before peer review starts is free. A withdrawal charge of €499 applies after peer review has started or after substantial editorial work.
• Payment never affects the editorial decision or guarantees publication. Authors covered by an FTI membership do not pay the APC.
• Authors keep copyright, and articles are published open access under the CC BY 4.0 licence.
• See our refund and cancellation policy.

Submission checklist

• The paper fits the aims and scope of JISAT.
• The manuscript is anonymised and within the word limit.
• The title page is a separate file.
• The abstract and keywords follow this page.
• The reporting checklist is attached, if one applies.
• All declarations are included.
• References follow the IEEE style, with DOIs.
• Figures are uploaded as separate high-resolution files.
• The cover letter confirms the work is original and not under review elsewhere.
• You have read the APC and withdrawal charge terms.