Papers intended for publication in the TRANSACTIONS OF THE
INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY should be addressed to the Hony Editor, Transactions
of the Indian Ceramic Society, Care : Central Glass and Ceramic Research
Institute, Kolkata – 700 032 (India).
Submission of a paper implies that the results reported have not been
published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Any reproduction in the
manuscript of full tables, diagrams etc from other published sources must be
accompanied by publishers’/authors’ written permission. Prospective authors
in need of clarifications are requested to consult the Hony Editor. Once a
paper is accepted authors are assumed to have transferred the copyright of
the paper to Indian Ceramic Society.
2. Types of Contributions
Several categories of communications are published: (i) Topical Reviews –
extended description of the current status in the science/technology of a
particular area in glass, ceramics and related fields. These are generally
invited. Contributing authors willing to write reviews are requested to
consult the Hony Editor. (ii) Papers – critical accounts of original basic,
applied or industrial work. (iii) Opinions (usually invited) / Achievements
/ Status Reports – Expert comments on specific topics / important
information that merit dissemination.
3. Manuscript Preparation
3.1 Typescripts with double spacings on one side of the paper leaving
enough margin in the left hand side are to be submitted in duplicate. Each
page of the manuscript should be numbered. References, tables and captions
to illustrations are to be typed in separate sheets. Electronic submission
of papers (e-mail : editor_incers@cgcri.res.in) is also encouraged.
3.2 Authors’ Details : Full address information of every author,
including the e-mail id of the corresponding author should be provided
clearly in the manuscript.
3.3 An abstract for a paper / review article is to be provided at the
beginning which should be brief indicating scope of the work and principal
findings. It should not normally exceed 200 words, and should be followed by
4 to 5 keywords.
3.4 General Presentation : Introductory material, including a review
of the literature, should not exceed what is necessary to indicate the
reason for taking up the work and the essential background. Description of
techniques and equipment should generally be included in short in the
experimental section of the paper. If possible, results and discussion may
not be intermingled; the discussion should be restricted to logical
interpretation as a basis for conclusions supported by the results.
Information density must be high, and verbose and roundabout expressions
should be avoided.
3.5 Tables should be numbered with Roman numerals in the order in
which they are referred to in the text. Each table should be accompanied by
a title which makes the information intelligible without reference to the
text.
The number of columns should be kept to a minimum. Long column headings
should be avoided by the use of explanatory footnote indicated in the table
by superscript letters. Presentation of same data in tabular and graphical
form is not desirable; in all such cases the graphical form is preferred.
3.6 References : The author is responsible for accuracy. Literature
reference should be in separate sheets at the end of the paper in the order
in which they appear and are numbered in the text. The reference numbers
should be cited as superscripts in the text.
Each reference should give the following information in the sequence set out
below :
(i) Papers, Conference Proceedings etc :
A. Gedanken, Y. Koltypin, N. Perkas, M. Besson, L. Vradman, M. Herskowitz
and M. V. Landau, Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc., 63, 137-44 (2004).
L. A. Chick, J. L. Bates, L. R. Pederson and H. E. Kissinger, “Synthesis of
Air Sinterable Lanthanum Chromite Powders,” pp.170-79 in: Proc. 1st. Int.
Symp. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Ed. S.C. Singhal, The Electrochemical Society,
Pennington, NJ, USA (1989).
((ii) Books :
E. B. Shand, Glass Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, pp. 38-42, McGraw-Hill
Book Co, New York, USA (1958).
W. D. Kingery, “The Thermal Conductivity of Ceramic Dielectrics,” pp.
182-235 in: Progress in Ceramic Science, Vol. 2, Ed. J. K. Burke, Pergamon
Press, London, UK (1962).
(iii) Website references are also acceptable.
3.7 Mathematical formulae should be written carefully in the exact
form in which they are to be printed. Care should be taken to distinguish
between capital and small letters and subscripts and superscripts. A zero
should be used before decimals (0.231, not .231). Fractional exponents
should be used instead of root sign.
3.8 Diagrams are to be drawn with black ink on white tracing paper
and numbered with Arabic numerals. Legend preferably should not duplicate
information in the text. The number of diagrams and photographs should not
be more than is absolutely necessary. Co-ordinate paper should not be used.
Drawings should be suitable for reduction to column width (8.5 cm).
Lettering should be large enough to be approximately 1.5 mm high after
reduction.
3.9 Photographic prints should be unmounted, and must be of highest
quality on glossy paper with a full range of tones and sharp contrast.
Details in a photograph, which must be more clearly shown, should be
indicated on an overlay; this is particularly important with photo- and
electron-micrographs. One set of original micrographs should be sent as
glossy, high-contrast, black/white originals for better reproduction. In
case of electronic submission all the photographs/micrographs should be
scanned in high contrast format.
4. Reprints
Fifteen copies of reprints will be supplied free. Additional copies can be
ordered for.
