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期刊名称：MINERALS & METALLURGICAL PROCESSING ISSN： 0747-9182 出版频率： Quarterly 出版社： SOC MINING METALLURGY EXPLORATION INC, 8307 SHAFFER PARKWAY, LITTLETON, CO, 80127   出版社网址： http://www.smenet.org/ 期刊网址： http://www.smenet.org/mmpj/ 影响因子： 0.224(2008) 主题范畴： METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING;    MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    About the journal   Since 1984, this quarterly journal gives researchers and operations personnel the latest information on the processing of coal, industrial minerals, gold, aluminum, iron, zinc, lead, rare earths and other minerals. All papers are peer-reviewed and approved by experts in the field. TOPICS INCLUDE: Comminution Flotation Gravity separation Classification Magnetic separation Leaching Biotechnology Solvent extraction Environmental control Computer technology Dewatering Electrowinning Flocculation Process control Modeling and simulation Mineralogy Instructions to Authors PART 1: Procedures for submitting papers Overview Below are guidelines for the writing and submittal of technical papers for publication in Minerals & Metallurgical Processing. Included are answers to the most commonly asked questions concerning procedures and technical paper formatting. Minerals & Metallurgical Processing is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. Each issue contains from eight to eleven technical papers (depending on length) and typically consists of from 58 to 66 "full-size" magazine pages. A complete index for each year (volume) is included in the November issue. The purpose is to be a broad-based journal covering the processing of all minerals: metallic, nonmetallic and fuel. What papers are acceptable? Desired content: Process descriptions containing information on plant operations. Research that presents data on new techniques, new solutions to common problems, the application of conventional methods to new raw-material sources, etc. Information devoted to particular unit operations such as flotation, gravity separation, leaching, cementation, comminution, magnetic separation, roasting, biotechnology, solvent extraction, environmental control, waste utilization, electrowinning, mineralogy, and modeling and simulation. Equipment performance, operating data on new equipment concepts, equipment selection and theoretical studies. Engineering with emphasis on equipment arrangements and trends in circuit design and concepts. Technical paper criteria: The subject matter must be of substantial value as a reference material to a significant number of readers. The paper must be free from personalities and bias, especially that of a commercial nature. The paper must represent competent work, be technically correct and must be presented in a professional manner, so as to reflect credit to the author, to SME and to the profession. Papers previously published by other professional organizations or commercial journals are not considered acceptable. Types of technical papers: Original contribution: A paper in which the author supplies information never before published in a form readily available to the public and adds a new concept or development to existing knowledge. Review paper: A paper in which the author presents new views on old, but important, problems. A review paper can collect into one document previously published information that was published in fragmented segments or information not in the public domain. References must be used to relate a review paper to the pertinent technical literature. Progress report: A paper that represents a report on work in progress, a continuation of previously published work, or new data that supplements a previously published work, not necessarily by the same author. The author should make maximum use of references to avoid repetition of information. Progress reports are normally identified as a Technical Note. Where do I submit a paper for consideration? There are two ways that papers are submitted for consideration: Meeting Papers: Authors who present papers at the SME Annual Meeting are provided a paper review request form (PRF). This form is included in the information packet sent to all authors presenting papers. The corresponding author, i.e., the author to whom all correspondence is to be sent, is responsible for filling in the title of the paper and the name and address of the corresponding author. Receipt of the PRF form by SME begins the process of review. Papers are not reviewed without submittal of a PRF. Nonmeeting papers: Authors may submit papers at any time to: Publications Department SME PO Box 277002 Littleton CO 80127-7002 Authors may also submit papers directly to the Editor-In-Chief. A PRF is also sent to the authors of nonmeeting papers, and, as with the meetings papers, the review process does not begin until the PRF is received by SME. Authors should indicate that they request publication in Minerals & Metallurgical Processing by checking the appropriate category on the PRF. SME policy prohibits publication of a paper in more than one journal. If a paper has been accepted for an SME program (i.e., a meetings paper), it becomes the property of SME until officially released (see check off on the PRF). A paper that is submitted independently (i.e., a nonmeeting paper) should not be concurrently reviewed by another publication and, if appropriate, should already be cleared by the company or organization for whom the work was performed. All papers are covered by copyright. Permission to reprint a technical paper that has already been printed is usually given on the condition that proper acknowledgment be made to the original author and the original publication What should I submit? Meeting papers. One should submit papers in accordance with the SME Meetings Department guidelines for submitting preprints. The Meetings Department guidelines are slightly different. However, you should not be concerned about these differences when requesting publication in M&MP, and papers submitted in the preprint format do not need to be revised by the author prior to publication. Nonmeeting papers. Authors should submit manuscripts printed on white printer paper (US letter, US Legal or A4). Text should be double spaced and printed as a single column. SME recommends using 12-point font with the following type faces in order of preference: Times, Roman, or Helvetica. Handwritten documents and documents with handwritten corrections are not acceptable. Please do not use script font and avoid underlined text. Text can also be submitted on disk, preferably using Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (either Macintosh or Windows). Check with SME concerning the use of other word-processing software. Note: sending text by disk can eliminate errors that may be induced by scanning hard copies of the text, and, for this reason, submitting text on a disk is preferable. However, if a disk is sent, it must also be accompanied by a hard copy (as described above). See Part 2: Formatting guidelines, for information on formatting and styles. What happens when I submit a paper for consideration? When you request that a paper be reviewed (i.e., submit a PRF form and copies of the paper), the paper is given a paper number. In the case of a meetings paper, the paper number is the same as the preprint number. The preprint number (given by the SME Meetings Department) is the last two digits of the year of the meeting followed a number from 1 to 299 (e.g., 97-012). In the case of a nonmeeting paper, a new number is assigned with the year followed by a 300-series number (e.g., 98-316). All papers are filed by this number and not by the author's name or paper title. Once received by the Publications Department, a folder is created for the paper. This folder contains hard copies of all of the documents and communications related to the paper. The SME peer-review coordinator also enters information on the paper into a database. The Editor-in-Chief of M&MP assigns four reviewers for each paper. The peer-review coordinator sends a copy of the paper and a review form to each peer-reviewer. Each peer-reviewer evaluates the paper and often makes suggestions concerning ways of improving the technical content. The peer-reviewer then makes a recommendation as to whether or not the paper should be published, whether the paper needs to be revised and whether the paper should be published as a technical note. Once the peer reviews are returned to SME, the paper is also reviewed by the SME staff editor. The editor estimates the page length, assesses any potential publishing problems (e.g., poor-quality illustrations) and may make comments on technical content. Based on the staff editor's analysis and on the peer-reviewer's comments, the editor also makes a recommendation as to whether or not to publish the paper, whether the paper needs to be revised and whether the paper should be published as a technical note. The editor may also request original photographs or graphs. All reviews and marked manuscripts are then sent to the Editor-in-Chief who makes the final decision. The paper can be accepted without revisions, accepted with revisions (by the author) or rejected. Papers requiring revisions may or may not need to be re-reviewed. When a paper is accepted, a copyright form is sent to the author. What happens now that my paper has been accepted for publication? Accepted papers are then scheduled for publication. The papers are scanned or copied from a disk into Microsoft Word. The text is then edited for consistent SME style and corrected for spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, etc. It is important that consistent style and English usage be used in any publication. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual is used as a guide by SME. American spellings of words (e.g., labor instead of labour) are used in the final text. Authors, however, need not be concerned about American vs. English spellings, as these changes are easily made during editing. Once edited, the text, as well as tables and figure captions, are copied into an Adobe PageMaker publishing software file. Final publication styles are then applied to the text. Graphics, i.e. photographs and graphs, are scanned as TIFF files that are placed into the document during the page-layout process. Equations are reproduced by the editor using MathType software from Design Science, Inc., and copied into the PageMaker file. When page layout is completed, a proof copy of the PageMaker file is sent to the corresponding author for approval. The proof copy is returned by the author with any necessary corrections or changes, the corrections are made and the final version of the M&MP issue is send to the printer via computer disk. PART 2: Formatting guidelines When a paper is prepared for publication, the text is copied into Adobe PageMaker and styles are assigned. Authors are not expected to, nor is it necessary, to duplicate the exact styles when submitting a paper. However, it is helpful if the paper follows the general format as outlined below. Also see Part 1: "What should I submit" for additional comments. Style format The text should contain the following components: Title: The title should be appropriate, informative and concise. Avoid using more than 15 words in the title, less than ten is best. Also, titles should not begin with A, An or The. Authors: Show names of all authors below the title. The format is the authors initials followed by the last name. Biographical and paper information: This is the information that appears at the bottom of the first page. Please provide the names, titles (e.g., professor, graduate student, research engineer, manager) and affiliations (e.g., department, university, company, government agency) for all authors. Abstract: An abstract is very important and should be included with all papers. The abstract should be 100 to 200 words long and should briefly describe the objective, content and results. Body of paper: Typical components include subheadings such as Introduction, Procedures and Results. The actual components used should be appropriate to the material presented. The objective of the paper should be clearly stated and adequately supported. Conclusions: The conclusions section should summarize the results and may also include recommendations for future work. Acknowledgments (optional): Any acknowledgments should appear before the references. References: The format for the references vary slightly depending on the type. See below for formats. Appendices (optional): Additional supporting information if appropriate. Headings and subheadings The conventions for headings and subheadings for M&MP are shown in Table 1. Units Units used throughout the paper should be consistent. The following forms are acceptable: All SI units. SI units with English units in parentheses. Tables Tables should be included on separate sheets of paper (not interspersed in the text). Tables should also be numbered consecutively using arabic numerals (not Roman numerals). Table titles should be brief and to the point. Figures Figures include graphs, illustrations and photographs. Do not use terms such as Plate 1 or Graph 2. The figures should be numbered consecutively in the order that they are mentioned in the text. In the text, figures should be referred to as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. or, for example, as Figs. 4 and 5 or Figs. 8 through 12. Spell out the word Figure when it appears at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., Figure 1 shows the results of... ). All line drawings should be provided as good-quality originals that are suitable for direct reproduction. The figures should be included on separate sheets of paper. Figure captions should be brief and to the point. Computer-generated illustrations. Fine lines, i.e., lines below 1-point or 0.35 mm (1/72 in.), should be avoided because they may fade when reproduced. For computer-generated illustrations, darker pattern-fills tend to "plug up" when reproduced and this may cause legibility problems with type in an illustration. Computer-generated halftone screens should be used instead of pattern fills. Also, do not use color. Original drawings. Hand drawings (noncomputer generated) from which copies are made should be drawn with black ink on good quality white paper. All line work should be bold and the lettering should be large and clear. When preparing drawings, use professional drawing aids. Do not use graph paper. Photographs. Photographs should be sharp, clear black-and-white glossy prints. Xerox copies are almost never legible. Photographs should be identified on the back by the authors name, figure number and, if not obvious, indicate which direction is up. Scale should be indicated on all photomicrographs. (Note: original photographs can be returned to the author if requested.) Mathematical equations Mathematical equations should be clearly typed. Symbols, subscripts and superscripts should be clearly identified. Avoid handwritten symbols if possible. All equations must be numbered consecutively with a number in parenthesis, e.g., (1), (2) and (3). Equations are referred to as Eq. (1) or, for example, as Eqs. (3) and (4) in the text. Spell out the word equation at the beginning of a sentence, e.g., Equation (1) indicates that the... . Note: Equations are typed from scratch during page layout and not copied from the authors copy. References The following formats are used in the references section of the paper. They vary slightly depending on the type. Note that words in the titles of journal articles and book chapters are lower case, while words in the titles of books, theses, brochures, etc., are capitalized. Also note that magazine, journal and book titles appear in italics. Please do not underline text. Journal articles and book chapters: Jones, S.M., and Smith, R.J., 1996, "Flotation of coal using new reagents," Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, SME, November, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 34-40. Smith, R.J., and Jones, S.M., 1990, "Column flotation of coal," Proceedings of the 1st Annual Coal Processing Conference, J.J. Doe, ed., May 11-24, 1990, Lexington, KY, SME. Books: Doe, J., 1995, Coal Processing, SME, 340 pp. Smith, R., 1994, Principles of Coal Processing, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill, NY, 400 pp. Reports, brochures, letters, theses, patents, etc.: Doe, J., 1990, "Mathematical Modeling of Coal Separation," Ph.D. Thesis, Mineral Tech University, Mineral City, CA., 248 pp. Doe, J., Smith, R., and Jones, H., 1994, "Pilot Plant Flotation Testing Using New Reagents," US Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations, RI 9499, 12 pp. Jones, D., 1998, "Coal Flotation Testing of Samples from the North Coal Deposit," Ajax Project Progress Report, Ajax Mining Co., February, 8 pp. In the text, references should be referred to by the authors last name and date of publication. Examples are as follows: "Previous work performed by Doe (1997) indicated that this procedure results in..." "the method produced excellent results (Doe, 1995; Jones and Smith, 1996; Smith et al., 1998)." "According to several researchers (Jones, 1997a, 1997b; Smith and Jones, 1998) the procedure..." References should always be listed alphabetically. All authors in a reference are listed by last name and initials (see examples). Multiple references are listed in the text chronologically, and, in the case of more than one work by the same author or authors in the same year, they are listed as a and b, e.g., Smith 1995a and Smith 1995b (depending on the order that they appear in the references section). In the text, two authors should both be listed by their last name (e.g., Jones and Smith, 1996), but three or more authors should be listed by the first authors name plus et al. (e.g., Doe et al., 1998). However, for each entry in the references section, list all authors (avoid using et al.). Set off the initials with commas as shown in the examples. In references, the abbreviation ed. means editor (e.g., S.S. Jones, ed.) and Ed. means Edition, e.g., Coal Handbook, 2nd Ed., pp. 43. Additional information sources A good reference source that may assist authors is The Gregg Reference Manual, which is available in most book stores. The book contains guidelines for punctuation, hyphenation, etc. Another valuable aid to authors in the mineral processing and mining industries is the Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, 2nd Ed., published by the American Geological institute (AGI).