Manuscript submission instructions

Please follow the guidelines for submitting new manuscripts below. failing to do so will result in return of the manuscript without review.

Title 
Author's affiliation and postal address 
Corresponding author's e-mail address 
Abstract (max. 250 worlds)
Keywords (scientific and generic names only, not more than 7 words)

Introduction
Methodology
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements (if any, should appear at the end of article)
References

Length

There is no page limit set for articles, however, authors are urged to be concise due to fix length of total number of journal pages. 

Electronic Format

Manuscripts should be in English and written in a clear and concise style suitable for an international audience of academicians and practitioners. Footnotes should be held to a minimum. 

A manuscript may consist of several files, including at least one file making up the text portion of the manuscript and other files that contain supporting graphics or data. 

Please submit your manuscript in electronic format either by mailing a diskette or a CDROM to the address given below or by sending the manuscript as an email attachment (Zipped file) to editor (AT) spatialhydrology (DOT) com. Manuscripts will be accepted in RTF or MS Word file formats ONLY. The tables, figures and worksheets should be embedded at the end of the main manuscript with titles. Please do not send them as a separate file(s). Please never add a header or footer on first page of your manuscipt.

Text font

Arial 10, single column with 14 pt line spacing

Heading(s)

should be presented in verdana 10, bold type. Please don't use upper case for entire title of the paper.

Table(s)

should have titles which make clear what they contain (i.e., Table 1, 2 etc.). Terms should be written out when first used along with their abbreviations, which can subsequently be used in place of the terms. There are limit for number of  table ( 5 ). If your paper exceeds limit for tables , there will be a processing of $10/ table to include additional tables.

Figure(s)

should have title (Figure 1. ......). Submit all figures as separate graphics files in a common format like JPEG, BMP, tif, pcx or gif. AutoCAD files must be converted into JPEG format. Author can include five figure in manuscript at no cost. If your paper exceeds limit for number of figures, author(s) can include additional figures at the cost of $10/figure. Please make sure that there is no extra space/border around figure. 

Workheet(s)

should be saved as MS excel worksheet or text files. Graphics and spreadsheets should not be embedded in text files and vice versa. Each graphic and table should be stored in a separate file and titled (i.e., Fig 1, 2 etc.). 

Equation(s)

All equations in a paper should be labeled as Equation (1), Equation (2), etc. If your paper has equations.  There is no limit on the number of equations in the manuscript. 

Video and sound file(s)

should be stored in the following  formats: AVI or  MPEG and AIFF, AU or WAV, respectively. 

Units and Symbols

International Systems of Units (SI) should be used wherever possible.
 

Literature cited 

All references should be cited in the text and listed in alphabetical order in the reference section. The following arrangement should be used: author's last name, initials, publication data in parentheses, title of the work, and (in the case of books) the place of publication and publisher or (in the case of articles) the periodical title, volume number, and page numbers. 

References in the text to the literature should be made by means of the last name(s) of the author(s) and year of publication in  parentheses and chronological order; for example, (Jones 1993),(Matthews 1994, p. 120),  (Francis 1994, chap. 4). 

For example:

Journal/Serial: 

Smith, A.P., and Taylor, S. (1996) Error Propagation Analysis for GIS-based Land Resource Management, Environmental Decision Making, 7, 457-462. 

Books: 

Francis, J. (1994) Geographic Information Systems. London: Longman. 

Book chapters: 

Matthews, C.E. (1994) GIS and Land Suitability. In: Geographic Information Systems, edited by J. Francis, pp. 119-140. London: Longman. 

Conference/Proceeding papers: 

Jones, K. (1993) Remote Sensing and Multicriteria Decision Making. Proceedings of the XXI International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making held in Toronto, Canada, on May 30- June 2 1993, pp. 34-45. Toronto: York University. 

Bulletin:

James, D. 1980. United States fruit and vegetable harvest projections - 1990. USDA-1007. Washington, D.C.: GPO.

Electronic media: 

Smith, H. (1995) Spatial Decision Support Systems, http://www.usc.sdss.edu/index/home.htm (accessed on March 13, 2004)

You can send your paper to the following address/e-mail:

Mailing address

Dr. Prasanta K. Kalita

Professor, Soil & Water Resources Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building
332L AESB, MC-644
1304 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Ph: (217) 333-0945, Fax: (217) 244-0323
E-mail: editor @ spatialhydrology.com