International Journal on Soils, Sediments, and Water
Formatting Guidelines
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Page set up should be 8 ½ x 11 inches with margins of 1.5 inches all around.
REMEDIATION STRATEGIES FOR SOIL POLLUTION
(Title should be Times New Roman size 15 Bold all caps, single space, 24 before and 12 after.)
Author 1’s Name1§, Author 2’s Name2, Author 3’s Name3 (Authors should be formatted as
follows: Times New Roman 12, 24 pt space before)
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2
3
Author 1’s Street, City, State, Country, Zip Code, Author 2’s Street, City, State Country, Zip Code, Author 3’s Street, City,
State, Country, Zip Code. (Affiliations should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 9 Italic, 12 after)
ABSTRACT
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
This is the text for the abstract. This text should be formatted in size 12 Times New Roman
font. Each paragraph should have 6 pts of space before and after it. First paragraph is not
indented, subsequent paragraphs are indented 0.25 inches.
Keywords: soil, pollution, remediation
This text should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times New Roman font, single space, 6pts of
space before and after each paragraph. Keywords is not indented.
1.
INTRODUCTION
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, single space, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after it
and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
1.1
Subtopic
The text for the first tier of subtopic headings should be formatted as follows: Times New
Roman 12 Bold – 12pts before, 12 pts after.
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Corresponding Author: Author 1’s Name, Address, City, State, Country, Zip code, Telephone and Email. Please
use the symbol provided to the left of “Corresponding Author.” The text should be size 10, no space before or after
the paragraph. The footnote should be at the bottom of the first page only.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
1.1.1
Sub-subtopic
The text for the second tier of subtopics should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman
12 Bold 12pts before, 12 pts after.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
1.1.1.1 Sub-sub-subtopic
The text for the third tier of subtopics should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 12
Bold 12pts before, 12 pts.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
2.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
Subtopic, Sub-subtopic and sub-sub-subtopic sections should be formatted as in the
introduction.
3.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
Subtopic, Sub-subtopic and sub-sub-subtopic sections should be formatted as in the
introduction.
Figures and tables should be formatted as below.
Figure 1. Figures and the text that describes them should be centered. The text should be formatted as follows:
Times New Roman 10, 6pts before, 6 pts after. “Figure #” should be followed by a period and italicized. The rest of
the description should not be italicized. The description should always be situated below the figure.
Table 1. Tables and the text that describes them should be centered. The text should be formatted as follows: Times
New Roman 10. “Table #” should be followed by a period and italicized. The rest of the description should not be
italicized. The description should always be situated above the table. If a table is too wide for a portrait-oriented
page, change the orientation of the page to landscape.
Site #
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4.
Heavy Metals
Yes
No
Yes
No
Petroleum
Yes
No
No
Yes
PCBs
No
Yes
No
Yes
CONCLUSION
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
Any body text that comes under this category should be formatted as follows: size 12 Times
New Roman font. Each paragraph should be single spaced, have 6 pts of space before and after
it and, except for the first paragraph in the section, be indented 0.25 inches.
5.
REFERENCES
The text for the above heading should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 13 Bold
All Caps, 24 pts before, 12 pts after.
References should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman size 9. The first line of each reference should be flush with the
margin, but any consecutive lines must be indented by 0.25 inches – eg. Hanging indent of 0.25 inches.