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.
1. Copyrights of the published manuscripts are concerned to the journal. Legal and scientific responsibilities belong to its author(s).
2. Submitted manuscripts or substantial portions of them must not have been sent to another journal to be published previously or must not be published in other journals in the future. Otherwise, the author(s) will be responsible for any inconvenience.
3. Quotation can be taken from the articles published in BEST journal as long as they are referenced.
4. The editorial board will examine and assess the articles which are submitted to the journal and if they don’t meet the aims and objectives of the journal, they will not be taken into consideration.
5. The editorial board WILL NOT make grammatical and spelling alterations in the texts. A manuscript with grammatical and spelling errors will be returned to the author(s).
6. Author(s) must submit two types of manuscript including word and pdf files.
Author Guidelines
1. Manuscript outline
Full research article has 15 to 20 pages limit. Short research article is limited to 4 pages including all figures and tables. Each manuscript typically contains the following sections.
Title
Authors’ names (no academic position is required)
Affiliation (give phone and fax numbers, if available)
Abstract
Text
Acknowledgments (if preferred)
References
2. Style and format
2.1 General
Manuscripts are typed single (1) space except for headings. Font type should mimic Times New Roman #12 (shown here), as closely as possible. 3 to 6 key words are required at the bottom of abstract. Right-hand justification is recommended if available. Bold should be used for the paper title (#14) and major headings (#12). Number all pages should indicate at the upper right hand corner of each page.
Type your manuscripts on A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) sheets. The manuscripts must also be typed in this correct two-column width as shown in this guideline. The sheet should have a two-column format with single. (1)-spaced lines and column widths of 81 mm with a space between column of 6 mm (a total width of 168 mm). This permits side margin of 21 mm each. The top and bottom margins should be 29 mm.
2.2 Title Block
The title should appear in upper and lower case without underlining, centered across both columns. Type the author’s name (#12) and affiliation (#10) also in upper and lower case letters centered under the title. In case of multi-authorship, group the authors and identify each author by superscript numbers corresponding to the organization which should be grouped below authors.
2.3 Headings and subheadings
Headings and subheadings are in upper and lower case bold letters without underlining, if available. They should appear with sequential numbers, left-hand justified in column.
2.4 Equations
Equations are to be numbered consecutively throughout the text. The equation number should be placed in parenthesis and flushed with the right-hand margin of the column.
A = B + C ..................................... (1)
Leave a blank line before and after equations. A long equation should appear across the columns by interrupting the opposite column with column-termination and columninitiation bars.
3. Acknowledgements
Project funds, persons and organization can be included in acknowledgments.
4. References
References are to be listed at the end of the papers as shown. Please make sure that all references in the text contain in the reference lists.
5. Illustrations
Figures, tables and line drawings should be positioned within the text. They may conform to either a one-column or two column widths and must be high resolutions. They must include captions.
6. Conclusions
It is recommended that your abstract and manuscript be carefully checked by all of the authors before submission. Acceptance of your manuscript will be answered to you as quick as possible via email or fax. In case that your manuscript needs a revision, we will inform you together with a letter of acceptance. Revised manuscript should be returned to the editor in chief as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
