SAFE JOURNAL
Information for Journal Authors
Aim of the Journal: The SAFE Journal publishes new information on the
sciences and technologies related to human safety, survival, rescue and life
support systems, and to the effectiveness of the human and these systems in
normal, emergency, and hazardous environments. Manuscripts are solicited for
two sections of the Journal: Research, Development, and Applications (R, D,
& A) and the SAFE Forum. Manuscripts in the R, D, & A Section are
peer-reviewed. This section documents research data and findings gathered by
direct measurement, experimentation, theoretical analysis, or scientific
evaluation of operational experience. This section may also include the
development, including test and quantitative evaluation, of new or improved
systems; design and evaluation aids, and safety, survival, or rescue
procedures. Articles on innovative development programs, new or unique
facilities or procedures, or recent technical advances are also appropriate for
this section. In addition, historical reviews and descriptions of methods and
processes involved in important or unique successful R&D and procurement
programs may be included. The SAFE Forum section is not peer-reviewed and
welcomes informative and thought-provoking articles on various topics of
interest to SAFE readers, generally involving technical advances or recently
developed important information.
Peer-review: Acceptance of
manuscripts for publication will be determined by the technical editor of the
journal after their review by two anonymous referees, selected by the editor to
be competent in the subject matter. Information from other sources also may be
used by the editor to determine the acceptability of manuscripts.
Letters to the Editor: Voluntary submission to letters to the Editor
on issues of interest to the Journal readers is highly encouraged. These are
not reviewed but published as received within normal bounds of propriety.
Human and Animal Studies: The Journal subscribes to the principles of
the Helsinki Declaration for human experimentation. Animal experimentation must
be conducted in accordance with the “Guide for the Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals” published by the Office of Science and Health Reports
of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Copyright Policy:
Submission of a manuscript for publication to the editor is verification by the
author(s) that it has not been published previously nor has it been submitted
elsewhere for publication. Publication of an article transfers its copyright to
the publisher that covers exclusive rights for its reproduction and
distribution by all known methods. Authors may use their own material in other
publications if proper credit is provided about the original source.
Initial Manuscript Submission: Original manuscripts must be submitted double spaced to the technical editor of the Journal at the following e-mail address: safe@peak.org. Articles that have appeared in the SAFE Symposium Proceedings are acceptable for submission to the Journal, in the proceedings format. However, they must receive the rigor of peer-review as described above for original manuscript submissions. Only those articles deemed to be of high quality should be submitted. The authors may submit names of authorities (maximum of three) on the topic of the article as potential referees. However, the choice of reviewers remains the sole responsibility of the editor.
Title Page: The
first page shall contain the complete title of the manuscript, names of authors
and their company/institution addresses, including phone and FAX numbers of the
responsible author.
Abstract: The second page shall consist of an abstract
of a maximum of 200 words that summarizes the information in the manuscript
without literature citations.
Text: The main composition of the manuscript
shall exhibit sound technical writing in English using the general style of the
Journal. A manuscript template is available on the SAFE website, w under
Publications. Articles in the R&D section normally are subdivided into
introduction, methods, results, and discussion.
Illustrations, tables, and
photographs: Illustrations and photographs are considered figures and shall be
so labeled, numbered in sequence as they appear in the text using Arabic
numerals. Illustrations will be original or clear copies. Photographs will be
glossy photographic or computer-generated prints. Tables will be so labeled,
numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals. Legends will be of sufficient
explanatory detail as to provide sufficient information without reference to
the text.
References: References should be readily available books and
articles. Referencing reports of limited circulation is to be avoided. Only
references important for the reader should be used to a maximum of 25 per
manuscript. In the text, references should appear as numbers within parentheses
at the end of the appropriate sentence. Unpublished results and personal
communication type of references should appear as such in parentheses at the
end of the appropriate sentence and not in the references section. In the
References section, references should be listed alphabetically. Journal
articles should be referenced last name of the first author, initials; initials
and last names of each co-author; title of article with only first letter of
the first word capitalized; name of journal (using abbreviations of Index
Medicus); volume; pages; and year. Book references should be as above for
journals including the title and number of chapter cited as the journal title.
The book title should follow underlined with the first letter of each word
capitalized; book editors (last name first); publisher; city of publication;
pages cited; and year.
Mathematical Expressions: Use symbols for
engineering terms as published in IEEE publications and for physiology terms as
found in publications of the American Physiological Society. Metric units of
measurement are preferred with mmHg for gas and blood pressure acceptable.
Equations should be numbered consecutively with the numbers in parentheses on
the same line as the equation at the right margin.
Footnotes: Footnotes
should be indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text. Their
explanation should be listed at the base of the column of the text were
used.
Biographical Sketch: Biographical sketches of each author and
co-author for a maximum of the first three authors is allowed but not required.
These should be brief and without photographs. Pertinent information about the
author that allows the reader to evaluate their level of expertise is
acceptable.
Final Manuscript Submission: Upon acceptance of the
manuscript for publication in the SAFE Journal, a final manuscript using
Microsoft Word must be submitted to the technical editor at the above e-mail
address in final form, as it will appear in the Journal. A hard copy for format
verification is encouraged. Times New Roman 10 (PC) or Times 10 (MAC) font is
preferred using two columns per page. Do not number the pages. Figures and
Tables should be inserted in the text where appropriate. At the base of the
first column on the first page must be a statement of the date that the
manuscript was received by the editor and the date that it was accepted for
publication. This information is obtained from the editor upon acceptance of
the manuscript for publication. Detailed information on developing a final
manuscript for publication, including a format template, is available on the
SAFE website, w under Publications.