Editorial Policy
Aims and Scope
Acta Polytechnica Hungarica is a multidisciplinary international peer reviewed journal of applied sciences publishing high-quality articles quarterly. Articles published may deal with but no limited to Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering, Transportation, Logistic. Wood and Light Industry, Informatics, Mathematical Sciences, Social and Management Sciences, Mechatronics, System Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization, Communication, Numerical and Implementation Issues, Bench-Marking, Case Studies.
Journal publishes original articles and contributions on innovative ideas and concepts, new discoveries and improvements, as well as novel applications, by leading researchers and developers regarding the latest fundamental advances in the core technologies. The journal has a free electronic version (uni-obuda.hu/journal).
Acta Polytechnica Hungarica has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters products and custom information services. Beginning with V. 5 (1) 2008, this publication will be indexed and abstracted in the following:
• Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
• Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
In the future Acta Polytechnica Hungarica may be evaluated and included in additional Thomson Reuters products and information services to meet the needs of the scientific and scholarly research community
Acta Polytechnica Hungarica has been accepted for coverage in selected Elsevier product(s) starting with 2009 material. Elsevier intends to index and extract data from the full text article and integrate such data in these product(s). Coverage in Elsevier products increases dissemination of authors’ work via linking technologies which drive additional traffic to individual articles, promoting journal brand awareness. The benefits are high visibility to a global audience, fast online dissemination of content and increased exposure and profile for authors and editors.
Submission of Papers
Please, submit your paper through electronic paper submission system. The papers in MSWORD are accepted. The camera ready manuscript should contain the following items: informative title for the paper, author's name, address and e-mail, abstract of 100 to 250 words at the head of the manuscript, 3-5 keywords, text, acknowledgment of financial or advisory support may be given, appropriate conclusion, and references. References should appear in alphabetical order. References in the text should be denoted by numbers in square brackets, e.g. [10]. References should be complete, in the following style:
* Papers: Author(s) initials followed by last name for each author, paper title, publication name, volume, inclusive page numbers, month and year.
* Books: Author(s), title, publisher, location, year, chapter or page numbers (if desired).
Type or mark mathematical expressions exactly as they should appear in print. Journal style for letter symbols is as follows: variables, italic type (indicated by underline); constants, roman text type; matrices and vectors, boldface type (indicated by wavy underline). In word-processor manuscripts, use appropriate typeface. It will be assumed that letters in displayed equations are to be set in italic type unless you mark them otherwise. All letter symbols in text discussion must be marked if they should be italic or boldface. Indicate best breaks for equations in case they will not fit on one line. Each figure should be mentioned in the text and numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Specify the desired location of each figure in the text, but place the figure itself on a separate page following the text. Number each table consecutively using Arabic numerals. Please label any material that can be typeset as a table, reserving the term "figure" for material that has been drawn. Specify the desired location of each table in the text, but place the table itself on a separate page following the text. Type a brief title above each table. For the paper format use please visit the website of the journal mentioned above. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality, original work that has neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.
Authors can find the paper format here.
Review Process
Submitted papers are reviewed by national and foreign referees. The refereeing is done by anonymous reviewers.
Reprints
Each author will be entitled to 10 free reprints of his/her paper.
| Dr. Imre J. Rudas | | Dr. János Fodor |
| full professor | | full professor |
| Editorial Board Chairman | | Editor-in-Chief |