Guidelines

Submission of a manuscript to « Nature & Technology Journal” implies that the paper has not been published elsewhere, is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere, and, if accepted by this journal, will not be published elsewhere. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors listed on a submission have agreed to be listed as co-authors in the order shown on the paper.

Submitted papers can be written in English or French, according to the Template of the journal, and must use clear, unambiguous, technically correct text. The article must be conforming to professional standards of courtesy and expression.

General recommandation

Sections, which may vary in their contents according to the subject of the article, can be used to organize the body of your article.

Headings should be numbered 1, 2, 3 ... etc.; 1.1, 1.2., 1.3 …etc. for the first subheading, then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3. ... etc. for the second subheading. Avoid using more than 4 subsections.

Research articles should be divided into: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, References.

To avoid unnecessary errors, it is strongly recommended to use the "spelling and/or grammar checker" functions of Word©.

The use of an acronym or technical abbreviation must be define upon first appearance in the text. Keep abbreviations to a minimum. Nomenclature codes must be respected according to international conventions. Latin words should be italicized (et al. ...), especially names of plants or animals. When a species name appears for the first time, the full name of the species must be included (e.g. Olea europaea L.). The taxonomic references or flora used must be specified.

Do not use "according to [3] (action) "except at the beginning of a sentence, e.g., "Reference [3] shows ...". Several references are numbered in the same square brackets e.g. [2, 6] and not [2] and [6]. Also, successive references should be written in the form [7-9] and not [7], [8], [9].

  1. Abstract

An abstract, typed in Times New Roman 9 point font in a single paragraph justified at 1.15 line spacing, is required for each article. It should succinctly summarise the reason for the work, the main results and conclusions of the study. It should be able to present the research work independently of the article and should not exceed 250 words. An abstract should be understandable in itself so that it can be stored in textual information retrieval systems. Do not include illustrations, tables, elaborate equations or references to others. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). If you suspect that your English paper is in need of revision to correct any grammatical or spelling errors, ask a colleague to help you.

Keywords:

  1. Introduction

The Introduction should briefly outline the specific problem studied and the research approach and objectives of the work, avoiding a detailed literature review or a summary of the results.

It should place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. Highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, highlight the main conclusions. Keeps the introduction comprehensible to scientists working outside the topic of the paper.

  1. Materials and methods

This section must contain specific details about the materials studied; instruments used and related experimental information, as concise as possible, while containing all the information necessary to ensure reproducibility. Summarize the data collected and the analysis performed on these data relevant to the forthcoming reasoning. After presenting the results, you are able to evaluate and interpret their implications, particularly in relation to your original hypotheses.

The title "Material and Method" can be divided into subsections. It should contain all the information about the experimental procedure and the materials used to perform the experiments.

  1. Results and Discussion

A single combined Results and Discussion section is often more appropriate than two separate sections. It should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. The discussion should be succinct and not excessively speculative. Avoid extensive citations and discussions of published literature.

SI Units (International System of Units) should be used. Imperial, US customary and other units should be converted to SI units whenever possible.

The title "Results and Discussion" can also be divided into subsections.

  1. Tables and Figures

Charts and tables, numbered consecutively in Arabic, should be inserted directly into the text and placed as close as possible to the point where they are first cited.

The figure or table caption, in Times New Roman 8 point, should be a brief description of the entire figure or table.

For figures, place the captions centered on the next line of each figure (Figure 1). Do not use text boxes to place figures. All images must be in JPEG, PNG, TIFF or similar standard format.

Graphs (curves, histograms, sectors, bars, scatterplots...) must be editable by the editor and not appear as an image.

Illustrations can be inserted using the "Tables and Figures" menu, by choosing "... from a file", or by embedding the graphic as an OLE object. The text should not run along the sides of a figure. If it does, right-click on the figure, choose "Format Object (/Figure)", choose the "Wrapping" tab and select "Top & bottom". Figures are normally linked to a paragraph to which they are linked and move with it.

The tables must be inserted as editable text, not as images, with their captions placed above them as shown in the following table (Table 1).

  1. Lists

For tabular summaries that do not need to be presented in a table format, lists are often used. Lists can be either numbered or bulleted. Below are examples of both:

  1. The first entry in this list
  2. The first sub-entry
  3. The second sub-entry
  4. The last sub-entry
  • An item in a bulleted list
  • Another item
  1. Equations

Equations should be editable by the editorial office and not appear in a picture format.

They start at the far left of a single line, and are numbered consecutively. Equation numbers should be enclosed in parentheses and placed in front of the equation at the far right of the line.

The use of MathType is recommended for writing and displaying equations online. This will provide the most reliable result. If this is not possible, Equation Editor or Microsoft's Insert → Equation function is acceptable. Except for the "Symbol" font. Avoid using MathType, Equation Editor or the Insert → Equation function to insert a simple one-variable equation (e.g., "a² + b² = c²"), Greek or other symbols (e.g., β, Δ, or ′ [prime]), or mathematical operators (e.g., x, ≥, or ±) as you type.

The terms of the equation and the symbols, if not explained in the text, will be introduced in a in a legend below the equation. For example:

           A = Aoexp(λt)                                                                                                                                                                              (1)

Where:

A is the activity of the radioactive isotope at depth (z=x cm) in a sediment

Ao is the activity of the radioactive isotope at the surface (z=0)

λ is the radioactive decay constant of the isotope

t is the age (year) of the sediment at depth (z=x cm)

  1. Conclusion

The conclusion should not be a summary of the results, but a short synthesis of the significance of the new results. List other related approaches to the problem in question and compare the results.

Acknowledgements

In this section you can briefly acknowledge any support given other than the authors who contributed to the study. This may include administrative and technical support (e.g., by providing language assistance, writing assistance, or proofreading the article, etc.), or list any relevant grants (e.g., materials used for experiments).

Conflicts of interest

Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include but are not limited to financial interests: Any role of the funding sponsors in the choice of research project; design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section, and non-financial interests such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, personal beliefs.

The corresponding author must include a summary statement in the manuscript in this section placed just before the reference list. The statement should reflect all the collected potential conflict of interest disclosures in the form.

If there is no conflict of interest, state "The authors declare no conflict of interest."

References

The bibliography includes all the references cited and only them. The references, in Times New Roman 8 point single line spacing and left alignment, will be arranged and numbered by Arabic numbers in square brackets in the chronological order of their citation in the text. You must ensure that all references are cited in the text and vice versa. The list of references should contain only bibliographic references. Each reference should contain only one citation from the literature.

The reference number should follow the Vancouver style. It is essential to include author(s) name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title (where required), year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate) and pagination. DOI numbers (Digital Object Identifier) are highly encouraged.

The bibliography software package (EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) reference manager are recommended.

Below are sample citations:

  1. Journal article with DOI:

Polack , Thomas S., Kitchin N., Absalon J., Gurtman A., Lockhart S. et al., Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine, N. Engl. J. Med., 383 (2020): 2603-2615. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2034577.

  1. Journal article available online:

Bekro Y-A., Tanoh S.,  N’gaman-kouassi C-C.,  Boa D.,  Mamyrbekova-békro J-A., Activité antioxydante des extraits bruts hydroéthanoliques et hydroacétoniques des organes de quatre plantes médicinales de Côte d’Ivoire, Revue Nature et Technologie, 11 (2) (2019) : 28-34. Accessible en ligne : https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/102956 (Consulté le JJ/MM/AAAA).

  1. Reference to a book:

Newman J., Electrochemical Systems, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991. ISBN : 0132487586

  1. Reference to a chapter in a book:

Mettam G.R., Adams L.B., How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281–304.

  1. Reference to a website:

Cancer Research UK, Cancer statistics reports for the UK. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/, 2003 (Consulté le JJ/MM/AAAA).

  1. Reference to a Database :

[dataset] M. Oguro, S. Imahiro, S. Saito, T. Nakashizuka, Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.].