Here you can find the guidelines for the VIMation Journal articles


Language

Official language of the VIMation Journal is English. Therefore all articles have to be submitted in English.


Style

VIMation Journal offers the possibility to hand in scientific articles and descriptive ones, which can be understood by a broad audience. Also pictures are desired to make the articles more vivid.


Format

The Papers have to be submitted as electronic plain text documents (*txt) with marks for figures and headings (e.g. ">>Figure 1<<", "1.1") or as a Microsoft Word file. Figures have to be submitted as tif-, jpg- or eps-files (min. 300dpi).

However, an ADDITIONAL submission of PDF or DOC (Word) Format for easier review is possible (in this case, please remove your name from the document).

VIMation uses an electronic submission process based on e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Length
 

• Scientific articles: Max. 3200 words; max. 10 figures/tables
• Short articles: Max. 600-800 words; max. 4 figures/tables
• Mission statements / Industrial contributions: Max. 600-800 words, describing present innovative ideas, concepts, products or manufacturing processes in industry; max. 4 figures/tables

Submission Address

Please send your article to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Review Process

Each paper is reviewed by at least three independent experts in the field. Contributions are made anonymous before the review. Comments for the authors by the reviewers are sent to the authors after finalization of the review process.


Editorial Board

Prof. Nikos A. Aspragathos | University of Patras | Greece
Dr. Jasmin Franz | empolis GmbH | Germany
Prof. Bernard Grabot | ENIT (l'Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes) | France
Dr. Geza Haidegger | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary
Jon Agirre Ibarbia | Fundación Fatronik | Basque Country, Spain
Dr. Timo Määttä | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | Finland
Maria Papandrafilli | BeOne Stuttgart GmbH | Germany
Prof. Duc Pham | Cardiff University | UK
Prof. Goran Putnik | University of Minho | Portugal
Prof. Vinesh Raja | University of Warwick | UK
Wolfgang Rolshofen | Technical University of Clausthal | Germany
Prof. Roberto Teti | University of Naples Federico II | Italy
Saurin Badiyani | Warwick Manufacturing Group | UK

If you want to become a reviewer, please send your application including a Short Scientific CV to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it