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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is formatted in double columns, uses a 9-point Calibri font, employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Guidelines for Proposing Potential Reviewers : Authors are available to recommend a minimum of three prospective reviewers as part of their manuscript submission. It is essential that these suggested reviewers are not affiliated with the same institution as the authors and do not have any existing relationship with them. This is to ensure a fair and unbiased review process. The authors must upload the list of proposed reviewers separately during the submission step.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Submissions:
Full details of electronic submission and formats can be obtained from this webpage below.
A submitted paper must not be previously published or not under consideration from any publishers.

Author Guidelines:

1. The manuscript needs to be written in English. The average number of words in a research article is between 6,000-8,000 words and a review article is between  8,000-10,000 words. The content format consists of:

  • Short title (up to 40 characters including spaces), subtitle (if desired), author’s name, affiliation, full postal address and telephone, email address, and fax numbers. Respective affiliations and addresses for co-authors should be clearly indicated.
  • Self-contained abstract in the range of 200 to 250 words in a single paragraph outlining the aims, scope, and conclusions; acknowledgments (if any); article title abbreviated appropriately for use as a running headline.
  • Not more than six keywords
  • Main body of the text
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Tables
  • Captions to illustrations
  • Illustrations

2. Font size, type, grammar, illustrations, charts, drawings, sketches, and diagrams are submitted on separate sheets and be ready for direct reproduction. All illustrations should be consecutively numbered and given proper legends. 

3. Tables should be consecutively numbered in Arabic numerals and given in a suitable caption. Notes and references within tables should be included with the tables. Superscript letters should refer to notes. The table columns should have an explanatory heading. Table should not repeat data available elsewhere in the article, e.g. in an illustration.

4. Each reference should be sequentially numbered; in brackets in the content. Typical examples:

  • Journal references consist of: Author., Title. Journal. Volume (Year) Pages, doi:.
  • Book references consist of: Author. in Book Title: Title|, Ch. Chapter, Publisher, (Year) Pages, doi:.
  • Proceeding references consist of: Author. Title. in Conference Name. (Year Published), Pages, doi:.

5. Manuscripts should be prepared in the form of journal style with 1 inch margin of A4 paper and doubled-space. The Standard International System of Units (SI) is required.

6. During paper preparation, the most suitable word-processing software is Microsoft Word (.docx).

Template: A template file is available at here. (Download here)
Reference: The reference style in manuscript should be RAST style. (Download here)

Basic format for conference proceedings (published):
[1]    Author. Title. in Conference Name. (Year Published), Pages, doi:.

Example:
[2]    Phumeesut, K., Suriwong, T., Ketjoy, N. and Chamsa-ard, W. GIS-based Analysis of Solar Power Plant Suitability in Thailand: Minimizing Natural Disaster Risks. in 8th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR). (2023) 1182-1187, doi: 1109/ICBIR57571.2023.10147566.

Basic format for books:
[3]    Author. Title. Edition edn, Publisher, Year, doi:.

Examples:
[4]    Xiong, R. Battery Management Algorithm for Electric Vehicles. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2020, doi: .

Book section:
[5]    Author. in Book Title: Title|, Ch. Chapter, Publisher, (Year) Pages, doi:.

Example:
[6]    Sundén, B. in Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells: Battery technologies, Ch. 4, Academic Press, (2019) 57-79.

Journals:
[7]    Author., Title. Journal. Volume (Year) Pages, doi:.

Example:
[8]    Dehghani-Sanij, A. R., Tharumalingam, E., Dusseault, M. B. and Fraser, R., Study of energy storage systems and environmental challenges of batteries. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 104 (2019) 192-208, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.01.023.

Website:
[9]    Author. Title, <URL> (Year).

Example:
[10]    Bhutada, G. Ranked: Top 25 Nations Producing Battery Metals for the EV Supply Chain, <https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-25-nations-for-battery-metals/> (2021).

Report:
[11]    Author. Title. Report No., Institution, Place Published, (Year) Pages, doi:.

Example:
[12]    Denholm, P., Cole, W., Frazier, A. W., Podkaminer, K. and Blair, N. The Four Phases of Storage Deployment: A Framework for the Expanding Role of Storage in the U.S. Power System. Report No. NREL/TP-6A20-77480, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), (2021) 1-56.

Copyright Notice

All copyrights of the above manuscript, including rights to publish in any media, are transferred to the RAST.
The authors retain the following rights;
            1. All proprietary rights other than copyright.
            2. Re-use of all or part of the above manuscript in their work.
            3. Reproduction of the above manuscript for author’s personal use or for company/institution use provided that
                (a) prior permission of RAST is obtained,
                (b) the source and RAST copyright notice are indicated, and
                (c) the copies are not offered for sale.

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