Guidelines for Authors of Acoustical Physics
1. GENERAL Recommended maximum length of a paper is 12
The editorial board of Acoustical Physics consid-
ers for publication manuscripts describing original
theoretical and experimental research in physical and
technical acoustics. Submitted manuscripts should be
new and correspond to substantiated physical models.
Information that is not the result of scientific research
is not accepted for publication.
2. SUBJECT MATTER
Standard rubrics of the journal are as follows:
(1) Classical Problems of Linear Acoustics and
Wave Theory;
(2) Nonlinear Acoustics;
(3) Physical Acoustics;
(4) Ocean Acoustics and Hydroacoustics;
(5) Atmospheric and Aeroacoustics;
(6) Acoustics of Structurally Inhomogeneous Sol-
ids. Geological Acoustics;
(7) Acoustical Ecology, Noise and Vibration;
(8) Chamber Acoustics, Musical Acoustics;
(9) Acoustic Signals Processing, Computer Simu-
lation;
(10) Acoustics of Living Systems, Biomedical
Acoustics;
(11) Physical Principles of Engineering Acoustics.
3. SUBMISSION AND FORMAT
Manuscripts with accompanying documents
(copyright transfer agreement with Pleiades Publish-
ing, Ltd.) should be submitted to the editorial board
by e-mail. The forms of copyright transfer agreement
can be found at the publisher’s web site.
Hard copies of documents are not mandatory.
The electronic version of a manuscript should in-
clude the text portion in Microsoft Word format (ex-
ceptions can be made with the consent of the editorial
board). Illustrations should be in the form of separate
graphics files (each file should contain one figure). A
manuscript is submitted in a “clean” copy; i.e., it
should not contain corrections in the margins or in the
text. A PDF copy of the paper may also be submitted.
The manuscript should include the rubric, the
manuscript title, the list of authors, their affiliations,
e-mail addresses for correspondence, an abstract,
keywords, a structured text, a list of literature cited, a
list of figure captions and tables on separate pages.
Copies of the figures may also be included in the text
portion. Formulas and diagrams should be located
where they appear in the text.
pages of text with tables, and 8 figures.
All files should be tested for viruses prior to sub-
mission. Large files should be archived using one of
the widely available programs.
Any questions on manuscript preparations may be
addressed to the editorial board: tel: +7(495) 939-
2918; e-mail: acoust-journal@phys.msu.ru.
4. GRAPHICS
1. All illustrations should be black and white; pub-
lication of illustrations in color is at the discretion of
the editorial board.
2. Files of illustrations should be named so that it
is clear to which paper they belong and what order
they should follow in the text. Each file should con-
tain one figure.
3. If the editorial board for any reason cannot ac-
cept and transfer quality graphics files to the publish-
ing house, you can additionally submit them to
ced@maik.ru as attached files or as a link to a file
exchange service. The issue and title of the journal, as
well as the surname of the first author, must be indi-
cated.
5. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAPHICS FILES
1. Illustrations should have a resolution of no less
that 150 dpi. Recommended resolution is:
(1) Halftone (color or grayscale), 225–300 dpi;
(2) Bitmap, 600–1200 dpi.
2. Illustrations should not be narrower than 8 cm
(for one-column layout) or 17 cm (for two-column
layout).
3. Line thickness in illustrations should be no less
than 0.5 point.
4. Graphics, diagrams, etc., should be prepared in
vector graphics editors (CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustra-
tor) and be submitted in the native format thereof
(*.cdr, *.ai), or in *.eps.
5. All other illustrations should be in *.tif or *.jpg
format.
6. Photographs should be submitted in two ver-
sions, the first corresponding to the original with all
inscriptions and notations; the second should be clean
(no text, notations, etc.). The preferred format is *.tif
or *.jpg. Grayscale gradation of photographs is per-
mitted from 9 to 93%.
7. We do not recommend submitting illustrations
in *.doc format. If this is absolutely necessary, then
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all illustrations in this format should be contained in
one file.
8. The use of dot printing in vector graphics pro-
grams, such as Noise, Black&White Noise, and Top
Noise, is not permitted.
9. Do not add a grid or a gray background to
graphics and diagrams.
10. Inscriptions in illustrations should not come in
contact with any of its parts.
6. RECOMMENDATIONS ON TEXT
EDITORS AND USE
1. Compose the paper in Microsfot Word. We rec-
ommend using the publisher’s style file, which will
aid in preparing the manuscript. Any paper published
in Acoustical Physics in 2011 or later can be used as
an example of proper formatting.
2. Avoid using macros.
3. The text should have 1.5 line spacing. Use Win-
dows TrueType fonts (Times New Roman for text,
Symbol for symbols and Greek letters), point size 12.
4. Scalar quantities denoted by Latin letters should
be italicized (e.g., n, T); quantities denoted with
Greek letters should be in Roman text (e.g., ρ, Ω. Use
boldfaced Roman text to denote vector quantities,
without an arrow above (e.g., E, B).
5. The text should be in English.
6. Do not use more than a single blank space (in-
cluding numeration of formulas); use indents and
tabs.
7. Do not use ENTER at the end of a line; use it
only to start a new paragraph.
8. Employ the functions of the text editor: auto-
footnote, autohyphen, lists, autoformat, etc.
9. Create tables using the special applications of
Microsoft Office; do not create them manually using
a large number of spaces or tabs.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS ON TEXT
FORMATTING
1. For formatting of headings, check the style file.
2. Decimals should be rendered with a period, not
with a comma (0.25, not 0,25).
3. Use inverted commas for quotation marks.
4. Single letters or symbols, variables or notation
having only a super- or subscript, units of measure,
numerals in text, as well as simple mathematical or
chemical formulas (e.g., a2 + b2 = c2; H2SO4) should
be text without embedding Microsoft Office objects
(equation editors like Equation, MathType, etc.).
5. In the heading, the initials of authors come be-
fore surnames and are separated from each other and
the surname by a space (A. A. Ivanov).
6. The correct form for dates is Month (spelled in
full) day (numeral), year (e.g., February 2, 1991; De-
cember 26, 1874; etc.)
7. Periods are not placed after the following: ru-
brics, paper headings, authors, addresses, text head-
ings and subheadings, table titles, or units of measure
(g, grams; s, seconds; km, kilometers).
8. Periods are placed after the following: notes to
tables, figure captions, and abstract.
8. RECOMMENDATIONS ON
FORMATTING FORMULAS
1. Mathematical formulas rendered on separate
lines should be composed completely in a single
equation editor box. Composite formulas made from
different elements (tables, text fragments, and em-
bedded objects) are not permitted. Formulas inserted
as images are not permitted either.
2. For formulas composed in an equation editor,
common fonts, symbol sizes, and their placement
should be used. Manual alteration for individual sym-
bols or formula elements is not permitted.
3. Wherever possible, avoid using “stacked” for-
mulas. In particular, in complex formulas, representa-
tion of an exponent as “exp” is recommended.
9. UNITS OF MEASURE
1. Units of measure are separated from a number
by a space (100 kPa, 77 K, 50 m/s2) except for de-
grees, percentages, and per mille: 90°, 20°C, 50%,
10‰.
2. For complex units of measure, use is allowed of
both negative exponents (J mol−1 K−1) and parenthe-
ses ((J/(mol K) or J (mol K)−1) for ease of readability.
The chief thing is to maintain consistency in writing
identical units of measure throughout the text and il-
lustrations.
3. When listing values, or indicating numerical in-
tervals, units of measure are given after the final
number (18–20 J/mol), with the exception of degrees.
4. Degrees Celsius should be written 5°C, not sim-
ply 5°. Angular degrees are never omitted: 5°–10°,
not 5–10°.
10. SPACES BETWEEN WORDS
Numbers with letters in notation are written with-
out spaces: IVd; 1.1.14a; Fig. 1e).
11. REFERENCES
1. All references are given in the original language
and numbered in order of their appearance in the
manuscript. Every item in the list of references should
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contain a reference to one source.
2. Author’s initials go before the surname with a
space between the initials. Use and between the last
two authors: F. Mortessagne, O. Legrand, and
D. Sornette.
3. The name of the journal is written in the stan-
dard CASSI-abbreviated form in plain text.
4. The volume number follows the journal title in
bold without a preceding comma.
5. If the page numbering is continuous throughout
the volume, the issue number is not indicated. In this
case, the first page number of the article follows the
volume number separated by a comma. If the page
numbering is not continuous, the issue number is
written in parentheses in plain text following the vol-
ume number with a comma placed after the issue
number, followed by the page number. In both cases,
the year of publication follows the page number in
parentheses: J. Appl. Phys. 44, 5151 (1973). Phys.
Today 30 (5), 44 (1977).
6. If the volume number is missing, the issue num-
ber is indicated instead as shown by the following
example: J. Appl. Phys., No. 12, 5151 (1973).
7. The following rules apply for references to
books: Authors are cited in the same way as in 2. The
title of the book is written in italics. Any subsequent
edition after the first edition is mentioned following
the title. The publication information follows the title
(and edition) in parentheses in the order publisher,
city, and year. The publisher’s name is generally writ-
ten in a standard shortened form. Volume number
(Vol.), part number (Part), chapter number (Chap.),
and page numbers (pp.) follow the publication infor-
mation. Example: L. S. Birks, Electron Probe Micro-
analysis, 2nd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1971). In a
collection: D. R. Edwards, in Proceedings of the 1972
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, Ed. by
Raymond B. Landis and Gary J. Hordemann (Stan-
ford Univ., Stanford, CA, 1972), pp. 71–72.
References should be complete; in particular, they
should contain the initials and surnames of all au-
thors, no matter how many. Constructions such as et
al. and ibid. are not permitted.
12. GUIDELINES FOR WORKING WITH
ELECTRONIC PROOFS
The main guidelines for authors on working with
the electronic proofs can be found at the publisher’s
web site.