The Open Operational Research Journal is an Open
Access online journal, which publishes Research articles,
Reviews and Letters in the field of operational research,
aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information
on current developments in the field.
Manuscripts may be submitted directly to toorj@benthamopen.org
. Each peer-reviewed article that is published in a Bentham
OPEN Journal is universally and freely accessible via
the Internet in an easily readable and printable PDF format.
ONLINE MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION: An online submission
and tracking service via Internet facilitates a speedy
and cost-effective submission of manuscripts.1
The full manuscript has to be submitted online via
Bentham's Content Management System (CMS) at http://www.bentham-editorial.org/
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Instructions
Alternatively, you may also submit your full manuscript by
e-mail to toorj@benthamopen.org
Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the
manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on their
behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required
to submit a Covering Letter along with the manuscript, on
behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will
confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not been
published previously or is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table
that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright
permission for reproduction must be obtained.
For all online submissions, please provide your complete manuscript
in the form of a single zipped folder containing soft copies
of all the materials (main text in MS Word or Tex/LaTeX),
figures / illustrations in TIFF, PDF or JPEG, and chemical
structures drawn in ChemDraw (CDX) / ISISDraw (TGF) as separate
files, while a PDF version of the entire manuscript must also
be included, embedded with all the figures / illustrations
/ tables / chemical structures etc.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be
followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding
author within 72 hours of the dispatch of
the manuscript. Any questions with regards to the preparation
of and submission of your manuscript to the journal should
be addressed to toorj@benthamopen.org
and copied to managingeditor@benthamopen.org
NOTE: Any queries therein should be addressed
to oa@benthamscience.org
and copied to Jalil@benthamscience.org
Manuscript Preparation:
The manuscript should be written in English in a clear, direct
and active style. All pages must be numbered sequentially,
facilitating in the reviewing and editing of the manuscript.
For further convenience, the customer support team available
at Bentham Publishing Services (www.benthampublishingservices.com)
can provide assistance to authors for the preparation of manuscripts.
Manuscript Length:
Research Articles: The total number of words
for a published research article is from 4000 to 8000 words.
Review Articles: The total number of words
for a published comprehensive review article article is from
8000 to 40000 words, and for mini-review articles from 3000
to 6000 words.
Letter Articles: The total number of words for a
published letter/short communication article is from 3000
to 6000 words.
There is no restriction on the number of figures, tables or
additional files e.g. video clips, animation and datasets,
that can be included with each article online. Authors should
include all relevant supporting data with each article.
Manuscripts Published: The Journal accepts letter
articles, original research articles, and mini- and full-length
review articles written in English. Supplements, proceedings
of conferences and book reviews may also be considered for
publication.
Supplements/Single Topic Issues: The journal
also considers Supplements/Single topic issues for publication.
A Supplements/Single topic will be a collection of articles
(minimum of 6, maximum of 20 articles) based on a contemporary
theme or topic of great importance to the field. Mini-supplements
consisting of between 3 to 5 articles are also welcome. A
Supplement can consist of either all review articles or a
mixture of review and research articles. The Guest Editors'
main editorial task is to invite the contributors to the Supplement
and to manage the peer review of submitted manuscripts. A
short summary or proposal for editing a supplement should
be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief at e-mail to toorj@benthamopen.org
with a copy to specialissue@benthamopen.org
Conference Proceedings: The journal will
consider for publication proceedings of relevant conferences
in the field. Proposals for publishing conference proceedings
should be submitted to the Editor at e-mail toorj@benthamopen.org
with a copy to oa@benthamscience.org
Open Access Book Reviews: This journal publishes
open access reviews on recently published books (both print
and electronic) relevant to the journal. Publishers and authors
of books are invited to contact our book reviews editor at
toorj@benthamopen.org
with book review requests. All submitted books will be reviewed
by an independent expert in the field.
MANUSCRIPT SECTIONS FOR PAPERS: Manuscripts
for research articles and letters submitted to the respective
journals should be divided into the following sections; however,
there can be an extension in the number of sections in review
articles in accordance with the requirements of the topic.
Covering letter
Title
Title page
Abstract
Keywords
Text organization
List of abbreviations (if any)
Conflict of interest (if any)
Acknowledgements (if any)
References
Appendices
Figures/illustrations (if any)
Formulae and Mathematical Expression (if any)
Tables (if any)
Supportive/supplementary material (if any)
COVERING LETTER: It is a mandatory requirement
that a signed covering letter also be submitted along with
the manuscript by the author to whom correspondence is to
be addressed, delineating the scope of the submitted article
declaring the potential competing interests, acknowledging
contributions from authors and funding agencies, and certifying
that the paper is prepared according to the 'Instructions
for Authors'. All inconsistencies in the text
and in the reference section, and any typographical errors
must be carefully checked and corrected before the submission
of the manuscript. The article contains no such material
or information that may be unlawful, defamatory, fabricated,
plagiarized, or which would, if published, in any way whatsoever,
violate the terms and conditions as laid down in the agreement.
The authors acknowledge that the publishers have the legal
right to take appropriate action against the authors for
any such violation of the terms and conditions as laid down
in the agreement. Download
the Covering letter
TITLE: The title should be precise and brief
and must not be more than 120 characters. Authors should avoid
the use of non-standard abbreviations. The title must be written
in title case except for articles, conjunctions and prepositions.
Authors should also provide a short ‘running title’.
TITLE PAGE: Title page
should include paper title, author(s) full name and affiliation,
corresponding author(s) names complete affiliation/address,
along with phone, fax and email.
ABSTRACT: The abstract should not exceed
250 words for review and research papers, summarizing the
essential features of the article. The use of abbreviations
should be reduced to a minimum and the references should not
be cited in the abstract.
KEYWORDS: Provide 6 to 8 keywords in alphabetical
order.
TEXT ORGANIZATION: The main text should
begin on a separate page and should be divided into title
page, abstract and the main text. The text may be subdivided
further according to the areas to be discussed, which should
be followed by the Acknowledgement (if any) and Reference
sections. The review article should mention any previous
important reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive
discussion starting with the general background of the field.
It should then go on to discuss the salient features of
recent developments. The authors should avoid presenting
material which has already been published in a previous
review. The authors are advised to present and discuss their
observations in brief. The manuscript style must be uniform
throughout the text and 10 pt Times New Roman font should
be used. The full term for an abbreviation should precede
its first appearance in the text unless it is a standard
unit of measurement. The reference numbers should be given
in square brackets in the text.
Greek Symbols and Special Characters: Greek
symbols and special characters play a prominent role in the
manuscript. These symbols often undergo formatting changes
and get corrupted or lost during preparation of a manuscript
for publication. To ensure that all special characters used
are embedded in the text, these special characters should
be inserted as a symbol but should not be a result of any
format styling (Symbol font face) otherwise they
will be lost during conversion to PDF/XML2.
Authors are encouraged to consult reporting guidelines. These
guidelines provide a set of recommendations comprising a list
of items relevant to their specific research design. All kinds
of measurements should be reported only in International System
of Units (SI).
Equations and Mathematical Expressions:
1. Avoid the use of built-up fractions in the text. If not
avoided by the author(s), built-up fractions will be converted
to equivalent expressions on the line when the paper is copyedited.
In display matter, however, built-up fractions are preferred
for clarity.
2. Avoid the use of small-type mathematical expressions centered
above or below arrows. If possible, try to use an alternative
format.
3. In the exponential function, avoid exponents having more
than one or two characters.
4. Avoid the use of reference numbers for equations that are
not subsequently referred to in the paper. Costs are reduced
if short mathematical equations and other expressions in the
text are run in (instead of each being displayed on a separate
line). Authors must expect that, when accepted papers are
copyedited, "excess" equation reference numbers
will be deleted and short equations will be run in with text.
5. Be sure to indicate special marking for symbols (e.g.,
italics, boldface) and clearly identify any unusual symbols.
Try to avoid underscored symbols because they often require
hand composition and opening up lines and thus are expensive.
In vector notations, indicate which letters or notations,
if any, may be set in boldface type. Indicate if asterisks
are to be set in superscript position or centered on the line.
6. All equations should be indented and numbered as follows:
(1)
7. Equation number should be right justified. Put three dots(...)
midway between the end of the equation and the equation number.
8. Punctuation should not be used at the end of an equation.
9. Particular care should be taken to distinguish between
the number zero (0) and the letter O; the number one (1) and
the letter l, the Roman letter v and the Greek letter nu (n).
The decimal logarithm should be written "log" and
the natural log "ln". The abbreviation of the exponential
function is a roman e (for example, ex
) or exp (for example, exp (u2
+ n)). In expressions of the type dxdt,
the letter d (derivative function) is always written in roman,
whereas the physical parameter (x or t)
is always in italics. Numbers are written in numerals when
they are followed by units, these being represented by their
SI symbols (10 % but a few percent).
10. In numerals, each group of three letters should be separated
by a space (except for dates and postal codes).
Authors should provide the equations in *TeX/LaTeX file format
separately as well as embedded in the manuscript.
Mathematical Materials:
Mathematical symbols must be defined immediately where they
are introduced.
Characters:
Character fonts:
The italic font should be used for mathematical symbols
(this is the default font in *TeX/LaTeX’s math mode).
In addition to variables and constants, the italic font should
be used for particle symbols, symbols of quantum states, and
group-theoretic designations.
Diacritical signs:
A diacritical sign is a marking placed directly above
or below symbols, e.g., the arrow in 
.
Subscripts and superscripts:
All available characters can be used as subscripts
or superscripts.
Position of a subscript or superscript is dictated by standard
notation.
Examples:
Abbreviations in math:
Some abbreviations, such as those for mathematical
functions and those used in superscripts or subscripts require
special handling and are discussed below.
Abbreviations designating mathematical functions:
•Roman multiletter abbreviations must be closed
up to the argument following and separated from any preceding
symbol by a thin space, that is,
•To treat a function of a function enclose it in
bold round parentheses, i.e.,
g(f(x))
•e and exp (for exponent) notation
The e form is appropriate when the argument is short and
simple, i.e., eik·r, whereas exp should
be used if the argument is more complicated.
Equation breaking (multilinear equations):
Mathematical expressions often need to be displayed
on two or more lines (“broken”)
The best place for a break is just before an operator or sign
of relation. These signs should begin the next line of the
equation.
Equation numbering:
A principal equation and subordinate equations may
be numbered (1), (1a), (1b), etc.
Bracketing and Grouping sequence:
For the purpose of grouping, the sequence of bracketing preferred
is {[()]}, working outwards in sets ( ), [ ], and {}
{ [ ( { [ ( ) ] } ) ] }
Limits and indices:
In text, however, space limitations require that
single limit sums or integrals use subscripts and superscripts,
for example
Fractions:
Fractions can be “built up” with a fraction
bar, 
, “slashed”
with a solidus, (a + b)/c, or written with a negative exponent,
(a + b)c-1. In text all fractions must be either
slashed or written with a negative exponent.
Multiplication signs:
The primary use of the multiplication sign is to
indicate a vector product of three-vectors (e.g., k
x A). Do not use it to express a simple product.
The center dot (•) should not be used to mean a simple
product. Use the dot to represent inner products of vectors
(k • r).
Mathematical terms:
The use of the following standard symbols is recommended.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS: If abbreviations
are used in the text either they should be defined in the
text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be
provided.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Please acknowledge anyone
(individual/company/institution) who has contributed to
the study by making substantial contributions to conception,
design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation
of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript
or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
Please list the source(s) of funding for the study, for
each author, and for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgements
section.
REFERENCES: References must be listed
in the numerical system (Vancouver). All references should
be numbered sequentially [in square brackets] in the text
and listed in the same numerical order in the reference
section. The reference numbers must be finalized and the
bibliography must be fully formatted before submission.
See below few examples of references listed in the correct
Vancouver style:
Typical Paper Reference:
[1] Marklof J. Pair correlation densities in homogenous
quadratic forms. Ann Math 2003; 158: 419-71.
Book Reference:
[2] Ruelle D. Thermodynamic formalism. New York: Addison
Wesley 1978.
Edited Book:
[3] Series C. Geometrical methods of symbolic coding. In:
Bedford T, Keane M, Series C, Eds. Ergodic theory, symbolic
dynamics, and hyperbolic spaces (Trieste, 1989), Oxford:
Oxford University Press 1991; pp. 125-51.
Typical Chapter Reference:
[4] Romberg TA. Designing middle school mathematics materials
using problems created to help students progress from informal
to formal mathematical reasoning. In: Leutzinger LP, Smith
SP, Ed. Mathematics in the middle, National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics 1998; pp. 107-19.
Conference Paper and Proceedings:
[5] Williams MC, Sharp J. A collaborative parabolic quilt,
in bridges: Mathematical connections in art, music, and
science, Conference Proceedings, Sarhangi R, Ed. 2002; 143-9.
[6] Williams MC. Quilts inspired by mathematics, in meeting
Alhambra, ISAMA-BRIDGES Conference Proceedings, Sarhangi
R, Sequin C, Eds. 2003; 393-9.
Published Book (Monograph):
[7] Crane D. Invisible colleges: Diffusion of knowledge
in scientific communities. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press 1972.
Company Report:
[8] Carbonell JR. Mixed-Initiative Man-Computer Instructional
Dialogues, Technical Report 1971, USC/Information Sciences
Institute, Marina del Rey, California 1970.
University Technical Report:
[9] Rice J. Poligon: A system for parallel problem solving.
Technical report, KSL-86-19, Dept. of Computer Science,
Stanford Univ. 1986.
Dissertation or Thesis:
[10] Clancey WJ. Transfer of Rule-Based Expertise through
a Tutorial Dialogue. Ph.D. diss., Dept. of Computer Science,
Stanford Univ 1979b.
Forthcoming Publication:
[11] Barr A, Feigenbaum E. The handbook of artificial intelligence,1999;
Vol. 12. Forthcoming.
E-citations:
[12] Citations for articles/material published exclusively
online or in open access (free-to-view), must contain the
exact Web addresses (URLs) at the end of the reference(s),
except those posted on an author’s Web site unless
editorially essential, e.g. ‘Reference: Available
from: URL’.
Some important points to remember:
*References must be complete and accurate.
*Online citations should include the date of access.
*Journal titles should conform to the present ACM Guide
to Computing Literature/Chemical Abstracts etc. abbreviations.
*If the number of authors exceeds six then et al
will be used after three names (the term “et al.”
should be in italics).
*Take special care of the punctuation convention as described
in the above-mentioned examples.
*Avoid using superscript in the in-text citations and reference
section.
*Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications
(which can only be included if prior permission has been
obtained) should not be given in the reference section but
they may be mentioned in the text and details provided as
footnotes.
*The authors are encouraged to use a recent version of
EndNote (version 5 and above) or Reference Manager (version
10) when formatting their reference list, as this allows
references to be automatically extracted.
APPENDICES: In case there is a need to
present lengthy, but essential methodological details, use
appendices, which can be a part of the article. An appendix
must not exceed three pages (Times New Roman, 12 point fonts,
900 max. words per page).The information should be provided
in a condensed form, ruling out the need of full sentences.
A single appendix should be titled APPENDIX, while more
than one can be titled APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, and so on.
FIGURES/ILLUSTRATIONS: The authors should
provide the illustrations as separate files, as well as
embedded in the text file, numbered consecutively in the
order of their appearance. Each figure should include a
single illustration. No charges will be levied on the use
of color figures except in the reprints. Each figure should
be closely cropped to minimize the amount of white space
surrounding the illustration.
If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important
that a single composite illustration file be submitted,
containing all parts of the figure.
Photographs should be provided with a scale bar if appropriate,
as well as high-resolution component files.
Scaling/Resolution:
For Line Art image type, which is generally an image based
on lines and text and does not contain tonal or shaded areas,
the preferred file format is TIFF or EPS, with colour mode
being Monochrome 1-bit or RGB, in a resolution of 900-1200
dpi.
For Halftone image type, which is generally a continuous tone photograph and contains no text, the preferred file format is TIFF, with colour mode being or RGB or Grayscale, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
For Combination image type, which is generally an image
containing halftone in addition to text or line art elements,
the preferred file format is TIFF, with colour mode being
or RGB or Grayscale, in a resolution of 500-900 dpi.
Formats:
For illustrations, the following file formats are acceptable:
• Illustrator
• EPS (preferred format for diagrams)
• PDF (also especially suitable for
diagrams)
• PNG (preferred format for photos
or images)
• Microsoft Word (version 5 and above;
figures must be a single page)
• PowerPoint (figures must be a single
page)
• TIFF
• JPEG (conversion should be done using
the original file)
• BMP
• CDX (ChemDraw)
• TGF (ISIS/Draw)
Bentham OPEN does not process figures submitted in
GIF format.
If the large size of TIFF or EPS figures acts as an obstacle
to online submission, authors may find that conversion to
JPEG format before submission results in significantly reduced
file size and upload time, while retaining acceptable quality.
JPEG is a ‘lossy’ format, however in order to
maintain acceptable image quality, it is recommended that
JPEG files are saved at High or Maximum quality.
Files should not be compressed with tools such as Zipit or
Stuffit prior to submission as these tools will in any case
produce negligible file-size savings for JPEGs and TIFFs,
which are already compressed.
Image Conversion Tools:
There are many software packages, many of them freeware or
shareware, capable of converting to and from different graphics
formats, including PNG.
Good general tools for image conversion include GraphicConverter
on the Macintosh, PaintShop Pro, for Windows, and ImageMagick,
which is available on Macintosh, Windows and UNIX platforms.
Note that bitmap images (e.g. screenshots) should not be converted
to EPS, since this will result in a much larger file size
than the equivalent JPEG, TIFF, PNG or BMP, with no increase
in the quality. EPS should only be used for images produced
by vector-drawing applications such as Adobe Illustrator or
CorelDraw. Most vector-drawing applications can be saved in,
or exported as, EPS format. In case the images have been originally
prepared in an Office application, such as Word or PowerPoint,
then the original Office files should be directly uploaded
to the site, instead of being converted to JPEG or another
format that may be of low quality.
Chemical Structures: Chemical structures
MUST be prepared according to the guidelines below.
Structures should be prepared in ChemDraw and provided as
separate file, submitted both on disk and in printed formats.
Structure Drawing Preferences:
[As according to the ACS style sheet]
Drawing Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width
Fixed length 14.4 pt (0.500cm,
0.2in)
Bold width 2.0
pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in)
Line width 0.6
pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in)
Margin width 1.6 pt (0.096cm)
Hash spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in)
Text settings:
Font Times
New Roman
Size 8
pt
Under the Preference Choose:
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Tolerances 3
pixels
Under Page Setup Use:
Paper US
letter
Scale 100%
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*Data Tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word table format.
*Each table should include a title/caption being explanatory
in itself with respect to the details discussed in the table.
Detailed legends may then follow.
*Table number in bold font i.e. Table 1,
should follow a title. The title should be in small case
with the first letter in caps. A full stop should be placed
at the end of the title.
*Tables should be embedded in the text exactly according to
their appropriate placement in the submitted manuscript.
*Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct
by ensuring that the borders of each cell are displayed as
black lines.
*Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals sequentially
in order of their citation in the body of the text.
* If a reference is cited in both the table and text, please
insert a lettered footnote in the table to refer to the numbered
reference in the text.
*Tabular data provided as additional files can be submitted
as an Excel spreadsheet.
SUPPORTIVE/SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL:
We do encourage to append supportive material, for example
a PowerPoint file containing a talk about the study, a PowerPoint
file containing additional screenshots, a Word, RTF, or PDF
document showing the original instrument(s) used, a video,
or the original data (SAS/SPSS files, Excel files, Access
Db files etc.) provided it is inevitable or endorsed by the
journal's Editor.
Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication
must be numbered and referred to in the manuscript but should
not be a part of the submitted paper. In-text citations
as well as a section with the heading "Supportive/Supplementary
Material" before the "References" section
should be provided. Here, list all Supportive/Supplementary
Material and include a brief caption line for each file
describing its contents.
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be displayed within the paper. They will be made available
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our Web site. Please also make sure that each additional
file is a single table, figure or movie (please do not upload
linked worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet). Supportive/
Supplementary material must be provided in a single zipped
file not larger than 4 MB.
Authors must clearly indicate if these files are not for
publication but meant for the reviewers'/editors' perusal
only.
PERMISSION FOR REPRODUCTION: Published/reproduced
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asterisk in front of the name of the principal/corresponding
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and e-mail address must be stated to receive correspondence
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REVIEWING AND PROMPTNESS OF PUBLICATION:
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subjected to peer-reviewing, usually in consultation with
the members of the Editorial Advisory Board and a number
of external referees. Authors may, however, provide in their
Covering Letter the contact details (including e-mail addresses)
of four potential peer reviewers for their paper. Any peer
reviewers suggested should not have recently published with
any of the authors of the submitted manuscript and should
not be members of the same research institution.
All peer-reviewing will be conducted via the Internet
to facilitate rapid reviewing of the submitted manuscripts.
Every possible effort will be made to assess the manuscripts
quickly with the decision being conveyed to the authors in
due course.
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containing many English typographical errors will not be published.
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that the written English submitted is corrected, will be sent
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the galley proofs or the article will be published exactly
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any error occurring in the manuscript in this regard.
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all the submitted corrections receives the approval of all
the authors of the manuscript.
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