CALL FOR PAPERS

Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Jeffrey Tsai, (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

General Editors-in-Chief (EiC)
Dr. Robert C. H. Hsu (Chung Hua University, Taiwan)
Dr. Franz Ko (Dong-A University, Korea/ IBC, UK)

Submission:
Authors are cordially invited to submit papers in IJEI's web site. In order to submit the paper, you have to be registered in our web site. If you have some problems with paper submission or with registration in IJEI's web site, please feel free to contact Dr. Yun Ji Na(ijei@aicit.org) .

Please strictly follow the designated format for IJEI. To download the template file click here > (DOC).

Manuscripts submitted to this journal will be deemed as they have not been published and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Please visit the journal's site for more information. (http://www.aicit.org/ijei)

Paper Types:

We welcome all kinds of the papers, reports and articles which can give meaningful information to other authors/members.

- Original Research papers
- Technical Reports
- Technical Articles
- Surveys and/or Analysis of the New Trends
We invite you to submit a letter of 4-6 pages (between 3000-4000 words in length) or a full paper of 8-14 pages (more than 5000 words in length).

Scope and Topics IJEI invites new and original submissions addressing theoretical and practical topics and its applications in convergence/hybrid information technology and industrial technologies fields including (but not limited to these topics): - Issues on Computers/ Hybrid IT - Issues on Communications/ Network - Issues on HCI/ Cognitive Sciences/ System aided Education - Issues on Games/ Multimedia - Issues on System/ Mechatronics/ Mechanical Engineering - Issues on Industrial Engineering - Issues on Electrical Engineering - Issues on Electronics - Issues on Civil Engineering - Issues on Bio. Engineering/ Bioinformatics - Issues on Medical Engineering - Issues on Business/ Management/ Financials - Issues on Energy/ Environmental Engineering - Issues on Culture and Engineering - Issues on Technologies in Design and Space - Other Issues on Hybrid Engineering and/or Industries For more details, click here

FORMAL CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE

Papers will only be published in English. Each typescript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been submitted for publication elsewhere in English. Previous presentation at a conference, or publication in another language, should be disclosed. All papers are refereed, and the Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to refuse any typescript, whether on invitation or otherwise, and to make suggestions and/or modifications before publication. Typescripts which have been accepted become the property of AICIT. It is a condition of acceptance that copyright shall be vested in AICIT.

Publication and Review Period

Publication
- Quarterly (March, June, Sep., Dec.)

Review
- 4-6 weeks, by 3-4 reviewers

Copyright Notice

Dear Authors,

For successful publication in the IJEI, your agreement is required. Please carefully read the terms of this license. Please understand that submission of the FINAL version of your paper to the IJEI online system means that you and all co-authors of this paper agree to the terms of license. A copyright form is not required for confirmation.

Submitting your paper to the IJEI means that you grant us the exclusive right to reproduce and/or distribute your article in a whole (including abstract and references) throughout the world in electronic, printed or any other medium. You agree that we at any time may publish your article, and that we may sell or distribute it, on its own, or with other related material.

The paper that authors submit to the IJEI must be an original work, never published earlier in any medium and not currently under consideration for publication. Authors guarantee to the best of your knowledge that your paper does not contain anything that may be considered illegal, libelous or infringes other organization/publisher/party's copyright. Authors must also guarantee that authors have the unrestricted permission of the owner of any copyrighted material that you use in the paper. This guarantee should be clearly acknowledged in the text. After the paper has been submitted and accepted for publication, the author may use the paper just as any other academic material.

We guarantee to respect all the rights of the authors. We will make sure that the authors' names are clearly and promptly associated with the published work. Apart from some necessary editorial changes that are required for publication following our official standard, we will not make any substantial alterations to the papers without discussing it with the author.

IJEI Publication Team

Publication Ethics

The journals of AICIT strictly adhere to the publication ethics outlined below and prohibit any malpractices regarding publication. Ethical standards for publication encourage high-quality scientific research and papers and thus very important for the development of promising and respected network of knowledge. In this regard we declare publication ethics for authors, editors, reviewers and publisher itself.

• Duties of Authors (Taboos)

Falsification of data - Range from fabrication to deceptive reporting of findings and omission of conflicting data, or willful distortion of data, which disgrace the scientific mind and research and implant mistrust.
Plagiarism - The appropriation of ideas and works from others without giving them credit. Copying even one sentence from someone's manuscript without proper citation is considered plagiarism
Improprieties of authorship - Improper assignment of credit, such as excluding some who contributed to the work or including some who didn't make a definite contribution.
Multiple or concurrent submissions - Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously, which therefore, waste the time of editors and peer reviewers, and possibly defame the journal's reputation if published in more than one.
Redundant publications - Publishing many very similar manuscripts based on the same experiment.
Inappropriate behavior in relation to misconduct - This includes unfounded or knowingly false accusations of misconduct, failure to report known or suspected misconduct, withholding or destruction of information relevant to a claim of misconduct and retaliation against persons involved in the allegation or investigation.

• Duties of Editors and Reviewers

The journals of AICIT has a Double-blind peer review process, which includes two reviewers from editors and one from invited reviewer from experienced professors or doctors and author recommends 3 additional reviewers. After 3 to 6 reviewers review the paper, the editor-in-chief makes the final decision.
Editors and reviewers during the review process should follow the principles stated below:

- Fair play
- Confidentiality
- Promptness
- Contribution to the final decision
- Standards of Objective
- Acknowledgement of Source
- Disclosure and Conflicts of interest

• Duties of the Publisher

Advanced Institute of Convergence Information Technology (AICIT) as a respected and credible international journal, ensures that we strictly observe principles and standards on ethical matters and are strongly against any malpractices regarding publication, maintaining the integrity of the published record and publishing the most objective and unbiased information possible. We also do not allow advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue to have any influence on our publication decision as well as our journals cannot be used for personal or commercial interests. AICIT always works for the development of information convergence in science, technology and many others.