Author Guidelines

There are NO PUBLICATION FEES (article processing charges or APCs) to publish with this journal.

Manuscript should contains text, in sequence of title, authors and their affiliations, abstract, keywords, main text part, acknowledgments, references and figure/table captions list in Word document, and supplement/supporting information if any. The figures are not included in the main text.

All the submitted papers go through a two-step review process as mentioned below:

1. Internal Review. Each manuscript is evaluated by the Editorial Board for the purpose of meeting the basic requirements of the journal, that it is of sufficient quality to merit external review, and attempts of plagiarism. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements are not sent out for further review.
2. External Review. Submissions which fulfilled the basic requirements are then sent out for single-blind peer-review by experts in the field. Following the external review, the authors are sent copies of the external reviewers’ comments and are notified as to the decision (accept as is, accept pending changes, revise and resubmit, or reject).

The BEST journal editorial board cannot tolerate unfortunate situations when authors submit the same, or nearly identical, manuscript to more than one journal. In such cases: a) the manuscript in question will be immediately rejected b) other manuscripts of the same authors/co-authors currently under review will be returned c) the authors/co-authors will be prohibited from new submissions to the Journal for at least one calendar year.

1. Information abstract for research article, It should set out briefly and clearly the main objectives and results/conclusions of the work; it should give the reader a clear idea of what has been achieved;.
2. Indicative abstract for review article/short communication includes review of the research/technology in a period of comprehensive development or in the current level of development, and future prospects briefly. The length of the abstract should be within 150-200 words.

If there are more than 3 authors, the first 3 author names are listed followed by ‘et al.’ if the author group consists of 3 authors or fewer, all author names should be listed. Please provide the article title in the reference list. We highly recommend you to find useful and relevant information in the previous articles, which can dramatically benefit your literatures and references.

Biographies of the first author and/or the corresponding author within 150 words (including the author photos) should include educational background, research field, and published papers and patents, etc.. Please submit the biographies as a separate file.

Graphical Abstract should be submitted along with a (or a group of) photo (or photos). The photo should be no larger than 16.6 cm×3.8 cm (width×height). Highlights should be a short collection of bullet points that convey the core advantages and provide readers with a quick textual overview of the article. Three to five bullet points describe the essence of the research (e.g. results or conclusions) and highlight what is distinction of study, each bullet point only consists of 125 characters including spaces. Please submit the graphical abstract and highlights as two separate files.

Please provide vector drawings for editing. The requirements on the drawings provided are listed as below: Resolution is 300 dpi at least; the format is emf, wmf, eps, ai, etc.; the width is within either single column (85 mm) or double column (166 mm), and must be no longer than 230 mm. Please submit each drawing as a separate file. Please provide the reference sources in the figure/table captions, if any.

All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. Please add a paragraph for ‘Conflict of interest’ . When authors have nothing to declare, please write: ‘The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.’ ahead of ‘Acknowledgments’ in the end of text.

Please provide the grant number(s) and the name of supported foundation items correctly for identification purposes in the end of text.

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher.

To contact the BCREC Engineering Science Transaction (BEST) Journal Publication Office, please send email to the Associate Editor : associate-editor@bcrecjournal.org