As is the case for most peer-reviewed journals, there are five stages to final publication in the Journal of Ship Research (JSR).

To commence the first stage, the author is requested to submit four complete paper copies of the manuscript to: The Journal of Ship Research, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306.

In the event that the manuscript cannot be accepted without major technical revision, the author will be asked to produce an intermediate revised manuscript before the editorial review. However, as is the case with many JSR papers, if the requested technical revisions are minor, the editorial staff will attempt to combine technical and purely editorial comment and will request that the author integrate both sets of comments into a final manuscript, graphics and compuscript.

Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author will be asked to submit two paper copies of the revised manuscript, a set of first quality graphic material, and a compuscript which exactly matches the final manuscript.

The typesetting of the paper will be done with the TeX typesetting engine.

Accordingly, TeX or LaTeX manuscripts are preferred. However, files from most WYSIWYG word processing software can be processed (although less completely) from author source. If necessary, typed manuscripts can be processed in the old fashioned way, that is, rekeystroked by the compositor.

In order to aid in the final typesetting and reduce errors, the content of the final manuscript should conform in many respects to the style and organization of the printed journal. For this reason a detailed Author Guide has been prepared. This guide is available for download in the following formats:

Click here for the Author Guide

Click here to download a free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Package for LaTeX users - PC/MAC Zip Version (32K)