Sample article with Author guidelines

Author guidelines

Last update: 13.06.2021

Types of contributions

Metrology and Measurement Systems welcomes submissions of the following article types:

  • invited special issue or review papers presenting the current stage of the knowledge within scope of the journal (about 20 edited pages, approximately 3000 characters each),
  • research papers reporting high-quality original scientific or technological advancements (max. 12 pages),
  • papers based on extended and updated contributions presented at scientific conferences (max. 12 pages),
  • short notes, i.e. book reviews, conference reports, short news (max. 2 pages).

Manuscript preparation

General

The text of a manuscript should be written in clear and concise English. The camera-ready format – with attached separate files containing illustrations, tables and photographs – is required. A cover letter with clear explanation of scientific novelty of the paper is strongly recommended. Papers based on extended and updated contributions presented at scientific conferences, or strongly related to previous authors’ works, must be accompanied with a cover letter file, which should explain in details changes made in the manuscript in comparison with the original conference paper and highlight the novelty in reference to other authors’ works.

The main text of a manuscript should be printed on an A4 page (with margins of 2.5 cm) using Times New Roman style with a font size of 12 pt; the paragraphs should start with the indentation of 5 mm, and titles should be written in bold. That text can be divided into sections (numbered 1, 2, …), first-order subsections (numbered 1.1., 1.2., …, written in italics), and – if needed – second-order subsections (numbered 1.1.1., 1.1.2., …, written same as first-order subsections). The only acceptable manuscript formats are in Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx).

The Editor encourages the Authors of submitted papers who are not English native speakers, to use a language service checking the language correctness not only with respect to grammar, but also in the way of presentation of research results accepted by renowned publishers, e.g. presented on the website of the European Association of Science Editors.

Figures

Figures (illustrations, photographs) and tables, provided in the camera-ready form suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction), should be additionally submitted (one per page), larger than the final size. While preparing figures we encourage to start with defining expected size and minimum font size that fit to all graphics in the manuscript – using the same style in all of your graphics visually improves the article. Final figure formats must be in one of the following: (vectors) .eps, .pdf, .ai or .cdr, and (bitmaps) .bmp, .gif, .tif or .jpg.

As far as plots, block diagrams, schematics etc. are concerned, we suggest to use one of vector formats to improve quality and scalability. Figures in vector formats must be saved using RGB colours and with fully white background (0% K). Hidden layers are unacceptable. Minimum line thickness printed in a single colour is 0.25 pt (0.09 mm), and 1 pt (0.36 mm) when using more colours. Typically we suggest 0.2-0.5 mm but in particular cases the range 0.1–1.0 mm will be accepted. Lines in plots should be distinguished not only by using different colours but also using different line types and markers, if needed. 

Photographs should have minimum resolution of 200 dpi. In case of bitmap figures that present plots the required resolution is 400 dpi. The minimum font size is 7 pt. All fonts that appear in the figure should be embedded or converted to outlines in order to achieve possibly best-quality results.

Equation

All equations must be numbered consecutively throughout the text. Each equation should be preceded and followed by a 6-point spacing. Punctuate equations when they are part of a sentence. Equation numbers should be enclosed in parentheses. Equations should be prepared with the use of MathType or Microsoft Equation editors. The type size in the equation is the same as for the text. To make your equations more compact, you may use the appropriate mathematical symbols or expressions. The symbols used in an equation have to be defined before that equation or immediately after it. Use italics for variables (e.g. i, x, n), physical quantity symbol (e.g. voltage U, temperature T), letter pointers and general function symbols. Do not use italics for constants, indexes, minimum, maximum and trigonometric functions, mathematical operators, differentials, etc. To refer to the equation use “(1)”, not “Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a sentence where “Equation (1)” should be used. We recommend to use International System of Units SI i.e. metre-kilogram-second system of units. As a decimal separator dot should be used in the entire manuscript (text, figures, tables). 

References

The paper has to be clearly positioned in the context of relevant literature in the field of measurements and instrumentation. Note that lack of references from the main field of Metrology and Measurement Systems interest may suggest that the content of manuscript does not exactly correspond to the scope of metrological journals. It may reduce possibility that a proposed paper will be read by audience society. In such a case our Editorial Board may suggest to send the manuscript to a more appropriate journal. Also note that the use of possibly up-to-date references may indicate importance of your work. Table below gives examples of some relevant and recognizable journals related to widely understood metrology.

Journal Publisher ISSN
Metrologia IOP Publishing 0026-1394
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement IEEE 0018-9456
Measurement Elsevier 0263-2241
Measurement Science and Technology IOP Publishing 0957-0233
Metrology and Measurement Systems PAS 0860-8229
Review of Scientific Instruments IOP Publishing 0034-6748
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation Elsevier 0955-5986
IET Science, Measurement & Technology IET 1751-8822
Journal of Instrumentation SISSA, IOP Publishing 1748-0221
Measurement Science Review Walter de Gruyter 1335-8871
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine IEEE 1094-6969
Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences PAS 2300-1917
Opto-Electronics Review PAS 1896-3757
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE 1558-1748
Sensors MDPI 1424-8220

References should be inserted in the text in square brackets, i.e. [1]; their list, numbered in citation order, should appear at the end of the manuscript. The format of the references should follow the APA 7th edition formatting style, i.e.: for an journal paper – surname(s) and initial(s) of author(s), year in brackets, title of the paper, full journal name, volume, issue (in brackets) and page numbers. Put all author names unless there are more than 20. Otherwise, after the first 19 authors’ names, use an ellipsis in place of the remaining author names. Then, end with the final author’s name (do not place an ampersand before it).

Submission process

Manuscript should be submitted via the Internet Editorial System (IES) – an online submission and peer review system. In order to submit the manuscript via the IES, the authors (first-time users) must create an author account to obtain a user ID and password required to enter the system. The submission of the manuscript in a single file, i.e. “Article File” containing the complete manuscript (with all figures of high quality and tables embedded in the text), is preferred. All figures have to be uploaded in separate files. The generated PDF file has to be approved. The PDF file has lower quality of the embedded figures to limit its size only.

The submission of a manuscript means that its content has not been published previously, it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that – if accepted – it will not be published elsewhere. The Author hereby grants the Polish Academy of Sciences (the Journal Owner) the license for commercial use of the article according to the Open Access License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which has to be signed before publication. The copyright form is available in the IES.

The Authors are urged to suggest 4 to 5 reviewers in their application (with names, affiliations and addresses) with whom the Editorial Board could co-operate while processing the paper. Proposed reviewers should be experts deeply involved in issues related to the subject matter of the paper and they are intended to come from different universities or research centres.

Each submitted manuscript is subject to a single-blind peer-review procedure, and the publication decision is based on the reviewers’ comments. If necessary, the authors may be invited to revise their manuscripts. On acceptance, manuscripts are subject to editorial amendment to exactly fit the journal style.

An essential criterion for the evaluation of submitted manuscripts is their potential impact on the research field, measured by the number of repeated quotations. Such papers are preferred at the evaluation and publication stages.

Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author by e-mail and should be returned within 48 hours from receipt. The publication in the journal is free of charge. A sample copy of the journal will be sent to the corresponding author free of charge. For colour pages the authors will be charged at the rate of 160 PLN or 80 EUR per page. The payment to the bank account of the main distributor (given in “Subscription Information”) must be completed before the date indicated by the Editorial Office.

Other information

It is possible to include supplementary files related to the article content, such as e.g. developed databases. These files can be then used by other researchers to compare their algorithms using the same input data. For more details about supplementary files please contact the Editorial Board: metrology@wat.edu.pl.

The biographical statements, at the very end of the article, are not obligatory, however, they are kindly recommended. Each statement should include the author’s full name and brief personal history focused on areas of research and scientific achievements. The biographical statement may not exceed 100 words and should be written using Times New Roman style with a font size of 8 pt.

The publication of your article is a great achievement but then it needs to be further promoted to make it more visible to the research community. Responsibility for this task lies with the Authors and our Editorial Board. We guarantee free access to the article in the Electronic Library of the Polish Academy of Science, including articles in Early Access form (published just after acceptance decision),  indexing in popular and renewable databases (e.g. Thomson Scientific Master Journal List, Elsevier’s Scopus, Google Scholar). Furthermore, selected articles are highlighted on the journal website  and are reprinted for promotion at conferences and other events. The Authors can share the final form of the article on various social networks and research-sharing platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, SciProfiles. They are also encouraged to update personal and institutional webpages by adding the title and a link of the article. Feel free also to share your work with your colleagues using any other methods that do not conflict with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

For more detailed description about how to write a paper for the Metrology and Measurement Systems journal please look at the Author guidelines for manuscript preparation. We strongly recommend using this file as a template for manuscript preparation.

Outstanding Authors

We highly appreciate solid effort of all Authors and their willingness to publish results of their work in the Metrology and Measurement Systems journal. All published papers are relevant to the metrologists’ society, however, some of the papers are particularly often noticed and read by researchers. To thank the Authors for their extraordinary work each year we select the best-cited paper (the biggest number of citations within two last years) and distinguish the Authors by a certificate and a memento handed out at the Committee on Metrology and Scientific Instrumentation of Polish Academy of Sciences conference’s award ceremony. Additionally, to let our scientific community know these people we include their names in the respectable group of names of people especially deserved for our journal.

2022

Baofeng He, Siyuan Ding, Zhaoyao Shi

A comparison between profile and areal surface roughness parameters
Metrology and Measurement Systems, 2021, 28(3), pp. 413 -438 – 8 citations (31 December 2022)

2021

Przemysław Podulka

Comparisons of envelope morphological filtering methods and various regular algorithms for surface texture analysis
Metrology and Measurement Systems, 2020, 27(2), pp. 243-263 – 9 citations (31 December 2021)

2020

Cezary Specht, Wladyslaw Koc, Piotr Chrostowski, Jacek Szmagliński

Accuracy assessment of mobile satellite measurements in relation to the geometrical layout of rail tracks
Metrology and Measurement Systems, 2019, 26(2), pp. 309-321 – 12 citations (31 December 2020)

2019

Artur Janowski, Katarzyna Bobkowska, Jakub Szulwic

3D modeling of cylindrical-shaped objects from LiDAR  data – an assessment based on theoretical modelling and experimental data
Metrology and Measurement Systems, 2018, 25(1), pp. 47-56 – 10 citations (31 December 2019)
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