"PAPTAC"

 

Guidelines for Authors

 

Authors’ Responsibilities:

 

"Authors are responsible for the originality of the work, permission to publish, permission to reproduce any cited figures, and proofreading".

 

Manuscript Preparation:

 

Format:

·         A software version of the manuscript must be provided.

·         Microsoft Word must be used.

·         Please use an Arial or New Times Roman ten-point font.

 

·         The length of the paper should be no more than 12 typed pages

·         All manuscripts are requested to be on 8 ½" x 11" paper, two columns and have borders (margins) ½" top, bottom, left and right.

·         Maximum of 12 pages.

·         Figures and pictures should be included in the same file.

 

 

Title:

The title should be brief but accurately descriptive of the contents.  Font Size maximum is 14.

 

 

Introduction:

The introduction should summarize previous knowledge and state the aim of the work.

 

 

Body of the paper:

The structure of the body of the paper may vary according to the subject matter and approach.

 

 

Conclusions:

The conclusions of the work should be clearly stated in a separate section.

 

 

Headings and Subheadings:

Subheadings may be used to create natural breaks in the text, but should not be overdone.  Headings should not be numbered.

 

 

References:

References should be in the public domain and should not include unpublished work, private communications or papers not yet accepted for publication.  The style to be used is exemplified by the following:

 

 

For Journals:  DE GRÂCE, J. H., “The Print-Through Property of Newsprint”, J. Pulp Paper Sci. 19 (5):J208-213 (1993).

 

 

 

For Books:  KREITH, F. and BLACK, W.Z., “Basic Heat Transfer”, 1st. Ed., Harper and Row, New York (1980).

 

 

 

For Patents: VIPER, V.S., MacMillan Bloedel ltd., (Canada), “Secondary Treatment of an Integrated paper Mill effluent”, U.S. Patent 5143619 (Issued Sept. 1, 1992).

 

References should be indicated in the text by numbers in square brackets (or parentheses if that is not possible) and the order of the numbers must be the order in which they appear in the text.  The reference list must be in numerical order.

 

 

Equations:

All equations that have their own line should be numbered.

 

 

Units:

The SI (metric) system of units must be used, but other units may be included in the brackets.

 

 

Bleaching Nomenclature:

Bleaching nomenclature should follow the rules set out in either TAPPI TIS 0606-21 or the PAPTAC “Glossary of Bleaching Terms”.

 

 

Figures:

All figures must be numbered consecutively and referred to in the text.  Captions should be listed at the end of the paper.  Line drawings should be prepared according to the highest standards of clarity.

 

 

Photographs:

Photographs should be used only when line diagrams cannot communicate the information.

 

 

Appendices:

Appendices are acceptable for the purpose of communicating information that would otherwise impede the flow of the paper.