Author Guideline
1. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology (UD-JST) publishes original research results that have not been published in any other journals.
2. Each article is uniformly formatted: Font Times New Roman, font size 10, on paper size 190mm x 265mm, including figures, tables and references. The detailed formats are as follows:
- Top margin: 1cm, bottom margin: 1cm, left margin: 1cm, right margin: 1cm.
- Line spacing: single, paragraph spacing: 3pt.
- The body of the paper is divided into two columns. The distance between the two columns is 0.5 cm.
3. Scientific articles include the following contents:
- Abstract: Summary of ideas and article content in Vietnamese and English must reflect the main results and novelty of the article; the length of this section ranges from 150-200 words for the Vietnamese abstract and 100-150 words for the English abstract; under the Vietnamese abstract, there are Vietnamese keywords; under the English abstract, there are English keywords of at least 5 words or phrases.
- Introduction.
- Addressing the problem (Research methods, research tools, research content that has been conducted).
- Research Results and Dicussion.
- Conclusion.
- References.
*Articles written in Vietnamese must include an appendix with all Tables and Figures in English with the same size and format as the Vietnamese version. This appendix is placed at the end of the manuscript.
4. For references: only list cited documents and are formatted as follows:
4.1. Cited references: According to the style of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In IEEE citation, references are numbered and arranged in ascending order according to the order that appears in the article. When referring to references in the article, place the numbers in square brackets. For example: [1], [2].
4.2. Present the references in IEEE format
| Type of documents | Instruction |
| For books |
Author’s name, Title of book - italicised, edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Example: H. D. Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 3rd edition. NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1994.
(Note: how to write the author's name is presented in item 4.3) |
| For articles |
Author’s name, “Title of paper”, Journal name - italicised, volume number, issue number, page number(s), year of publication. DOI (if available). Example: T. Q. Hung, T. M. Tu, and D. M. Duc, “Geometrically nonlinear bending mesh-free analysis of functionally graded porous sandwich beam”, The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 21, no. 6.1, pp. 16–21, 2023. https://doi.org/10.31130/ud-jst.2023.091E |
| For articles in seminar and conference proceedings |
Author’s name, “Title of paper”, in Title of conference’s proceeding, place of organization, time of organization – italicised, Place of Publication: Publisher, year of publication, page numbers. Example: D. Sarkar and K. V. Srivastava, “SRR-loaded antipodal Vivaldi antenna for UWB applications with tunable notch function,” in Proc. Int. Symp. Electromagn. Theory, Hiroshima, Japan, 2013, pp. 466–469. |
| For theses and dissertations |
Author's name, “Title of thesis – italicised”, Doctoral dissertation/Master's thesis, Institution, Location, year of preparation of thesis. Example: J. O. Williams, “Narrow-band analyzer”, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA, 1993. |
| For research project or initiative documents |
Author's name, “Title of the Research project – italicised”, research project report, Name of Organization, Location, Report Number (if available), Year. Example: L. K. Hung et al., “Research on the Development of a DC Energy Converter Integrated with an Improved Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm to Enhance the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Systems”, research project report, Ministerial-Level Project, Vietnam, B2019-DNA-11, 2020. |
| For government documents |
Name of Issuing units, Name of Law/Circular/Decree - italicised, Year of issue Example: Ministry of Education and Training, Circular Promulgating Regulations on evaluating the training results of learners trained at the full-time university level, No. 16/2015/TT-BGDDT, 2015. |
| For patents |
Author's name, “Title of patent”, Country Patent xxx. Abbrev. Month, day, year. Example: K. Klionovski, “Broadband dual-band microstrip antenna”, Russia Patent Utility Model 167296, December 27, 2016. |
| For standards |
• Title of Standard, Standard number, date. • Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author, location, date. Examples: • Designing earthquake-resistant structures, TCVN 9386:2012, 2012. • Parameter Values for Ultra-High Definition Television Systems for Switzerland, Production and International Programme Exchange, Rec. ITU-R BT.2020-2, International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2015. |
| For reports |
Author's name, "Title of report", Name of Company, City of Company, Country, Report xxx, year. Example: P. Diament, S. L. Richert, and W. L. Lupatkin, “V-line surface-wave radiation and scanning”, Department Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, USA, Science Report 85, August 1991. |
| For documents presented on the website |
Author's name, “Title of document”, website's name, Time document created or revised. [Online]. Available: https://www...... [retrieved Date Accessed]. Example: R. Maruf, "Microsoft executive calls for faster AI regulation", CNN.com, May 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/28/business/microsoft-ai-brad-smith/index.html [Accessed June 03, 2023]. |
4.3. How to include the author's name in references
- For foreigners: The first letters of the first name and middle name are capitalized, separated by dots, and the last name is written fully. For example: Viktor Kezelis Champagn is written as V. K. Champagn.
- For Vietnamese people: The first letters of the last name and middle name are capitalized, separated by dots, and the name is written fully. For example: Nguyen Van An is written as N. V. An.
- In case there are only 2 authors, write both with the word "and"; From 3 to 6 authors, write all author names with "and" placed before the last author; for 7 or more authors, only write the name of the main author followed by the phrase "et al.".
4.4. Common Abbreviations of Words in References
5. The Editorial Board only accepts articles which have been formatted according to the journal template, with clear and proper drawings.
6. The journal only accepts online submission of manuscripts.
8. Instructions for submission on the Journal system.
9. Contact:
The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology
41 Le Duan, Danang city, Vietnam
Phone: (+84)236.3 817 788
E-mail: jst-ud@udn.vn
Website: https://jst-ud.vn
