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(1) Chinese Title
The Chinese title should be set in No. 2 bold black font, centered across the page, and should normally not exceed 20 Chinese characters.
(2) Author Names
Author names should be set in Small No. 4 Kai font, centered across the page. Multiple authors should be separated by commas. Authors from different affiliations should be distinguished using superscript Arabic numerals (e.g., ¹, ²).
(3) Affiliations (Chinese)
Affiliations should be set in Small No. 5 Song font, centered across the page and enclosed in parentheses. The affiliation should be specified down to the secondary organizational unit, such as “×× Research Institute, ×× Division” or “×× University, ×× School/College”. Different affiliations should be separated by semicolons, with numerical superscripts placed before each affiliation.
(4) Chinese Abstract
The abstract text should be set in Small No. 5 Song font. The heading “摘要” should be in bold Small No. 5 Song font. The abstract should span the full-page width, with two-character indentation at both the beginning and end, and should be written as a single paragraph, typically 200–300 Chinese characters in length. Figures, tables, equations, and reference numbers should not be included in the abstract.
(5) Chinese Keywords
Keywords should be set in Small No. 5 Song font, with the heading “关键词” in bold Small No. 5 Song font. The text should span the full-page width, with two-character indentation at both ends. Keywords should be separated by semicolons.
(6) English Title
The English title should be set in Small No. 4 Times New Roman, bold, centered across the page. The first letter of the first word should be capitalized, with the remaining letters in lowercase, except for proper nouns.
(7) Pinyin of Author Names
The Pinyin names of authors should be set in No. 5 Times New Roman, centered across the page. Author names should be separated by commas, with a half-character space between the family name and given name.
For Chinese authors, Pinyin should follow the convention of family name first and given name last. The family name should be written in full uppercase letters, while the given name should be written in full with only the first letter capitalized. Compound family names should be written as a single word, and neither the family name nor the given name may be abbreviated.
(8) Affiliations (English)
English affiliations should be set in Small No. 5 Times New Roman, centered across the page and enclosed in parentheses. The information should be listed in the following order: secondary unit, primary institution, city and postal code, province, and country. Multiple affiliations should be separated by semicolons, with numerical superscripts placed before each affiliation.
(9) English Abstract
The English abstract should be set in No. 5 font, spanning the full-page width. The heading “Abstract” should be in bold Times New Roman, followed by a colon. The abstract text should be written in No. 5 Times New Roman, with two-character indentation at both the beginning and end. The English abstract should be consistent in content with the Chinese abstract. Simple sentence structures are recommended, and long strings of adjectives or nouns used as modifiers should be avoided.
(10) English Keywords
English keywords should be set in No. 5 font, spanning the full-page width. The heading “Key words” should be in bold Times New Roman, followed by a colon, with a half-character space between words. Keywords should be written in lowercase letters, except for proper nouns, and separated by semicolons. Indentation of two characters at both ends is required. The English keywords must correspond exactly to the Chinese keywords, with both content and order fully matching.
(11) Main Text
The main text should be set in No. 5 Song font, with a two-character indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.
§ First-level headings should be set in Small No. 4 FangSong font, bold, left-aligned. One character space should be left between the numbering and the heading text, with appropriate spacing before and after the heading.
§ Second-level and lower-level headings should be set in No. 5 Song font, left-aligned. One character space should be left between the numbering and the heading text.
§ Body text should be set in No. 5 Song font, with a line spacing of 1.25.
(12) Figures and Tables
In addition to being embedded in the manuscript, all figures must be submitted separately in clear, original editable formats to facilitate later layout and revision.
Figures and tables should be placed close to their first citation in the text. Captions should be arranged in the order of Chinese first, followed by English.
Figures: Figure captions should be set in Small No. 5 Song font, centered. One character space should be left between the figure number and the caption text. Figures should not be excessively large, and their number and size should be appropriately controlled to maintain a reasonable manuscript length. Text within figures should use No. 6 font, and axis labels should follow the format “quantity/unit”. Appropriate spacing should be left between figures and the surrounding text. All content within figures should be presented in English, while the figure captions should be provided in both Chinese and English.
Tables: Table captions should be set in Small No. 5 bold font, centered, with one character space between the table number and the caption text. Tables should adopt the three-line table format, and the table body text should use No. 6 font. Appropriate spacing should be left between tables and the surrounding text. All content within tables should be presented in English, while the table captions should be provided in both Chinese and English.
(13) References
References should primarily consist of recently published and publicly available literature consulted by the authors. All references must be formatted in accordance with GB/T 7714-2015, Information and Documentation—Rules for Bibliographic References. The journal adopts a numerical citation system. References should be cited in the text using Arabic numerals in square brackets, numbered consecutively according to the order of first appearance, and corresponding exactly to the reference list at the end of the manuscript.
The reference list should be presented at the end of the manuscript in full-page width format. The heading “References” should be set in No. 5 bold font, left-aligned, with one blank line above and below. Reference entries should be set in Small No. 5 font, using Song font for Chinese references and Times New Roman for English references. A one-character space should be left between the reference number and the reference text. For multi-line entries, subsequent lines should be aligned with the first character after the numbering, with the reference numbers highlighted.
Author names should follow the convention of family name first, given name last. Family names should be written in full and in uppercase letters, while given names should be abbreviated to the initial letter of each Chinese character in Pinyin or each word in an English given name, also in uppercase. A half-character space should be inserted between the family name and the given name. When there are more than three authors, list the first three authors, followed by “et al.”
For English article titles, only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized, with the remaining letters in lowercase, except for proper nouns. For journal titles and other significant words, the initial letters should be capitalized.
For non-English references, an English translation must be provided and listed before the original Chinese reference. The Chinese reference should be enclosed in parentheses and listed as a separate entry.
Examples:
[1] MA R J. The application of ion exchange in hydrometallurgy[M]. Beijing: Metallurgical Industry Press, 1991: 142–143.
(马荣骏. 离子交换在湿法冶金中的应用[M]. 北京: 冶金工业出版社, 1991: 142–143.)
[2] ZHOU L, XUE R J, CAO X E, et al. Study on microstructure and properties of high aluminum dual-phase steel 980DH with high formability [J]. Iron Steel Vanadium Titanium, 2022, 43(2): 186–191.
(周莉, 薛仁杰, 曹晓恩, 等. 高铝增强成形性双相钢980DH组织性能研究[J]. 钢铁钒钛, 2022, 43(2): 186–191.)
