01Authorship Criteria

These criteria apply the author duties set out in the journal's Publication Ethics statement.

Who Qualifies as an Author

Each person listed as an author must meet all three of the following conditions:

People who contributed but do not meet all three conditions, such as those who provided equipment or laboratory access, technical assistance, language editing, or general supervision, should be named in the Acknowledgements rather than listed as authors.

Corresponding Author

Each submission must name one corresponding author, marked as the primary contact in OJS. The corresponding author:

• confirms that every co-author has seen and agreed to the submission and to the order of authors;
• handles all correspondence with the editor during review, revision, and production;
• replies to reviewer and editor comments professionally, scientifically, and on time;
• informs the editor in writing if the authors wish to withdraw the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Authors are encouraged to include a short statement describing each author's contribution. Roles may be described using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) categories, for example conceptualisation, methodology, investigation, formal analysis, and writing. Such a statement does not replace the three conditions above.

Changes to Authorship

The author list and order should be final at submission. Any later addition, removal, or reordering of authors must be requested in writing by the corresponding author. The request must give the reason for the change and confirm that all authors, including any author being added or removed, agree to it. The editor may decline changes requested after acceptance.

Inappropriate Authorship

The following practices are not accepted:

The editor may ask authors to clarify individual contributions at any stage. Suspected authorship misconduct is handled under the journal's Publication Ethics policy.

02Manuscript Types

Research Articles

Jurnal INOVATOR publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles on research, development, and innovation in engineering. A research article reports completed work with a clear problem, an appropriate method, results supported by data, and conclusions drawn from those results. The work should contain enough detail and references for others to replicate it.

Manuscripts must fall within the journal's Focus and Scope:

• Design, manufacturing, and materials: machine design, manufacturing technology, engineering materials, metrology, and mechanical engineering;
• Energy, thermal, and fluids: thermal and energy, renewable energy, solar energy and photovoltaic systems, solar panel design, performance, and application, energy conversion and efficiency, and fluid dynamics;
• Control, automation, and computing: control systems, control and automation systems, computing, and simulation.

The editor screens every submission for scope, originality, and potential contribution before peer review.

Other Manuscript Types

The journal's published policy covers research articles. Authors who intend to submit another type of manuscript should first contact the editor through the Contact page to ask whether it can be considered.

03Manuscript Preparation and Submission Guidelines

Language

Write the manuscript in the language specified in the article template, using formal academic language and consistent technical terminology. Present the title, abstract, and keywords as the template requires.

Originality

By submitting, authors confirm that:

• the manuscript has not been published before, in any language, and is not under consideration by another journal or publisher; any exception must be explained in the Comments for the Editor;
• the work is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism;
• all sources of ideas, text, data, figures, and designs are properly cited.

Template and File Format

Prepare the manuscript using the official Jurnal INOVATOR article template, and follow its section headings, layout, and reference style.

Abstract and Keywords

The abstract should be a single self-contained paragraph stating the purpose of the work, the method or design approach, the main quantitative results, and their significance. It should not contain citations or undefined abbreviations. Keywords should name the main concepts, materials or systems, and methods so that the article can be found in search systems. Follow the template's limits on abstract length and number of keywords.

Tables, Figures, and Equations

• Number tables, figures, and equations consecutively, and refer to each one in the text before it appears.
• Give every table and figure a clear, descriptive title. State its source when it is not the authors' own work.
• Make sure drawings, graphs, photographs, and simulation outputs are legible at print size. Axes must be labelled with quantities and units.
• Present tables as editable tables, not as images. Type equations with an equation editor.

Methods and Reproducibility

• Describe materials, specimens, equipment, and test conditions in enough detail for the work to be repeated.
• Cite testing and design standards by their official designation, for example ASTM, ISO, or SNI.
• For simulations and computations, state the software and version, model assumptions, boundary conditions, and validation.
• Report the number of repetitions, and state measurement uncertainty or statistical variation where relevant.

Citations and References

• Follow the citation and reference style set out in the article template, and apply it consistently.
• Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list, and every reference must be cited in the text.
• Give the URL for any reference available online, and include its DOI where one exists.
• Prefer primary and peer-reviewed sources and recent literature relevant to the problem.
• Use of a reference manager, such as Mendeley, is recommended to keep citations consistent.

Research and Data Ethics

• Report data and results accurately; do not fabricate, falsify, or selectively omit data.
• State all sources of funding and support, direct or indirect, and any potential conflict of interest.
• Explain the limitations of the study.
• When using non-public data, drawings, or equipment records from companies or other organisations, obtain permission to use them, and protect confidential information.
• Be prepared to give the editor access to the underlying data, calculations, or models if asked during review.

Anonymised Manuscript File

Each manuscript is evaluated by two to three reviewers. The review may be single-blind or double-blind (see Peer Review Process). So that the editor can use either model, prepare the uploaded manuscript file as follows:

• remove author names, affiliations, and email addresses from the manuscript body, and remove the acknowledgements and funding statement;
• refer to your own previous work in the third person, for example "Author [1] found…" rather than "In our previous study…";
• clear the author name from the file properties (in Microsoft Word: File > Info > Inspect Document);
• enter full author information in the OJS submission form instead. The editor restores it after review.

Submission Metadata

The information entered in OJS appears in the published table of contents and in indexing services. It must match the manuscript exactly.

• Title: enter it once, using the same wording and capitalisation as the manuscript. Do not type it in all capitals.
• Contributors: add every author in the agreed order, with correct capitalisation of names, affiliation, country, and a working email address. Add an ORCID iD where available.
• Abstract and keywords: paste the final abstract and enter every keyword from the manuscript separately, checking the spelling.
• Language: select the language in which the manuscript is actually written.

Online Submission through OJS

Manuscripts are accepted only through the journal's OJS system.

1. Register an account, selecting the Author role, or log in.
2. Go to Submissions and start a new submission. Read and confirm every item in the submission checklist, and agree to the privacy statement.
3. Upload the anonymised manuscript file as the Article Text.
4. Complete the metadata and the list of contributors, and mark the corresponding author as primary contact.
5. Use Comments for the Editor to explain any matter the editor should know, such as related publications or a request concerning authorship.
6. Review the summary and submit. The submitting author receives an acknowledgement by email and can follow progress in the OJS dashboard.

Information on publication fees is on the Author Fees page. Authors retain copyright, and published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). See Journal Licence.

Pre-Submission Checklist