Title (Garamond, 18, bold, single spaced)

NameA. AuthorA (Garamond, 14)

University of XXX, Country (Garamond, 12, Italics)

mailA@yahoo.com (Garamond, 12, Italics), http://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789

NameB. AuthorB, NameC AuthorB (Garamond, 14)

University of YYY, Country (Garamond, 12, Italics)

mailB@yahoo.com (Garamond, 12, Italics), http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-6790

mailC@yahoo.com (Garamond, 12, Italics), http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-6791

NameD. AuthorD (Garamond, 14)

University of ZZZ, Country (Garamond, 12, Italics)

mailD@yahoo.com (Garamond, 12, Italics) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-6792

Abstract. (Garamond 12, max 200 words) Abstract must be 200 words maximum, without figures or refs. Keywords. (Garamond 12, max 6 keywords. Please, use a semicolumn to separate the keywords) Xxxx; Yyyyy; Zzzzz.	Citation: AuthorA, N., AuthorB, N., AuthorC, N., AuthorD, N., Title title title, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, xx (2020) ww-zz. Received: xx.yy.zzzz Accepted: xx.yy.zzzz Published: xx.yy.zzzz Copyright: © 2020 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Introduction (garamond 12, Small caps)

(Garamond, 11) Please, strictly follow the indications of this template. Only correctly paginated papers will be published. A wrong paper pagination will imply a delay in the paper publication (up to the upload of the correctly paginated paper).

Manuscript limits:

For the text, use the font Garamond 11.

No indentation.

For the symbol in the text use Symbol 11 (do not add symbols as equations)

No pages limit;

No Mb limit (if the file exceeds 100 Mb, please, contact gruppofrattura@gmail.com in advance);

No Figures number limit;

No Tables number limit;

Manuscripts should be organized in paragraphs and must contain:

A Title

Authors and affiliations with emails (mandatory) and ORCID (when available).

Abstract (max 200 words)

Keywords list (max 6)

Introduction

All the paragraphs that are considered as necessary by the Authors. Subparagraphs are also allowed. Sub-subparagraphs are not allowed

Conclusions

Acknowledgments (if necessary)

References

Appendix (if necessary)

Nomenclature (if necessary)

Equations (garamond 12, Small caps)

(Garamond 11) Equations must be clearly set, leave one blank line before and after the equation:

(1)

Please, do not use Tables or Text Boxes to add Equations.

Please use Equation editors like MathType or analogous.

Do not add Equations as figures. Equation format must be:

- Font: regular Garamond or Symbol (also bold or italic are acceptable, if necessary)

- Size: 11

Equation numbering is warmly advised. Equation numbering must be in line with the equation (see the example above).

Tables, figures and subparagraphs (garamond 12, Small caps)

Tables (Garamond 12, italic)

(Garamond 11) Tables must be included in the text and must be cited in the manuscript. Leave one blank line before the table and one after the caption. Caption must be after the Table (Garamond, size 10). Text in the table must be Garamond 10. Between the Table and the caption leave a Garamond 5pt blank line.

Tables must be included as table and not as figures.

Xxxx	Yyyyy	Zzzzz
1	3	5
2	4	6
3	5	7
5	9	2

Table 1: Table caption (Garamond 10), single spacing, centered if the caption is short, justified if the caption is long). Leave 1 blank line before the figure and after the caption.

Figures (Garamond 12, italic)

Figures submitted to the Journal must be of the highest quality to ensure accuracy and clarity in the final published copy. Poor quality figures will not be considered as acceptable and will imply a delay in the paper publication.

Figures must be included in the text and must be cited in the manuscript.

No frames around the figures.

Each figure must be included as jpeg file in the word file.

Do not use tables or text boxes to add figures. Simply copy and paste the figure in the text (centered).

No wordart modifications are acceptable.

Caption: Add the caption after the figure (centered if the caption is short, justified if the caption is long). Do not add the caption in table or text boxes.

Leave one blank line before the figure and one blank line after the caption. Between the Figure and the caption leave a Garamond 5pt blank line.

Figure 1: Figure caption (10pt - Garamond, single spacing, centered if the caption is short, justified if the caption is long). Leave 1 clear lines before the figure and after the caption. Caption example 2.

Figure 2: Figure caption (10pt – Garamond). Caption example 2.

Subparagraph (Garamond 12, italic)

Subparagraph are allowed. Sub-subparagraph are NOT allowed.

Do not number Paragraph and Subparagraph.

Visual Abstract (garamond 12, Small caps)

After the paper acceptance, authors must prepare and upload a “Visual Abstract” (a ppt presentation with audio, 2 minutes max,). Here you find the Tutorial:

https://www.fracturae.com/public/site/images/gruppofratturaojs/TutorialxVisualAbstract.mp4

"Visual Abstracts" are mandatory.

Authors can upload either the video file (.mp4 is preferred) or the .pptx file

Audioslides, audio and video files (garamond 12, Small caps)

Audioslides (Garamond 12, italic)

Authors are allowed to publish audioslides. More details about the Audioslides production are given in the Tutorial:

http://www.gruppofrattura.it/video/Tutorial.mp4

Audio and/or video files embedded (Garamond 12, italic)

It is also possible to publish audio and/or video files embedded in the manuscript (with comments in the manuscript, if necessary).

References (garamond 12, Small caps)

Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.

Example: “..... as demonstrated [1, 2]. Mettam and Adams [9] obtained ....”

References must be organized according to the Harvard format. DOI at the end of the ref. is warmly encouraged.

A Mendeley Style for Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale is available here:

https://csl.mendeley.com/styles/504042211/Fracture-and-Stuctural-Integrity

The installation of this style is very simple:

1) open Mendeley desktop

2) Select"View/Citation style"

3) "Get more Styles"

4) In "Download Style" copy and paste https://csl.mendeley.com/styles/504042211/Fracture-and-Stuctural-Integrity

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

Van der Geer, J. (2014). The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun., 163(2), pp. 51–59. DOI: 12.3456/j.scicom.2013.11.003.

Reference to a book:

Strunk, W. Jr. and White, E.B. (2000). The Elements of Style, New York, Longman. DOI: 12.3456/j.scicom.2013.11.003.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Mettam, G.R. ed., (2017). How to prepare an electronic version of your article, In: Introduction to the Electronic Age, New York, E-Publishing Inc., pp. 281–304. DOI: 12.3456/j.scicom.2013.11.003.

Reference to a conference paper:

Doe, J., Fish, R. and Red, W. (2018). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. Conference on Papers preparation, Rome, Italy, 18-23 February.

Reference to a website:

Tester, J. (2015). How to publish an article. Available at: http://www.testwebsite.eu/site/file.pdf.

IMPORTANT: Refs without a correct format will imply a delay in the paper publication (up to the upload of the paper with the correct refs).

Final general consideration

Also after the paper acceptance, only correctly paginated papers will be published. Any problem concerning the pagination (e.g., figures quality, tables format, refs format etc) will imply a delay in the paper publication (up to the submission of the paper with the correct pagination, of the Publishing Agreement and of the Visual Abstract). It will be up to the authors to upload the paper in the final format before the deadlines.

The deadlines for the accepted and paginated papers, with uploaded Publishing Agreements and Visual Abstracts, are:

January issue: November 30;

April issue: February 28

July issue: May 31

October issue: August 31.