1. Author Information Pack
    1. Description
      1. offcial journal of the International Solar Energy Society
        1. solar energy utilization
          1. research
          2. development
          3. application
          4. measurement
          5. policy
    2. Audience
      1. engineers
      2. scientists
      3. architects
      4. economists
    3. Impact Factor
      1. 3.469
    4. Abstracting and Indexing
      1. AGRICOLA
      2. Applied Mechanics Reviews
      3. Applied Science and Technology Index
      4. BIOSIS
      5. Elsevier BIOBASE
      6. Compendex
      7. Current Contents
      8. METADEX
      9. Engineering Index Monthly
      10. EIC/Intelligence
      11. Engineering Index
      12. Environmental Periodicals Bibliography
      13. Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
      14. FLUIDEX
      15. GEOBASE
      16. GeoRef
      17. OCLC Contents Alert
      18. Web of Science
      19. Wilson Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
      20. Engineering Information Database EnCompass LIT (Elsevier) Personal Alert
      21. Physical Sciences Digest
      22. Scopus
      23. Science Citation Index Expanded
      24. TEMA - Technik und Management
      25. Energy & Power Source
      26. Environment Complete
      27. Environment Index
      28. Academic Search (EBSCO)
      29. Current Abstracts (EBSCO)
      30. TOC Premier
      31. Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
      32. ProQuest
      33. CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) Environmental Engineering Abstracts
    5. Editoral Board
      1. Editor-in-Chief
        1. Y. Goswami, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
      2. Concentrating Solar Power and High Temperature Processes
        1. R. Pitchumani, Arlington, Virginia, USA
      3. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
        1. C.A. Gueymard, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA
      4. Concentrating solar power and high temperature process heat
        1. T.M. Razykov
      5. High Concentration / Solar Thermal Power
        1. F. Vignola
    6. Guide for authors
      1. Regular papers
        1. give in-depth treatment to a particular topic (no more than 20 pages long or about 6,000 words)
      2. Brief notes
        1. no more than 1500 words or about 3 journal pages
        2. Often it is a critique or a response to something previously published in Solar Energy
        3. Other times it is a short note describing a modification or enhancement to an existing algorithm or method or results, based on known methods.
  2. Submit and revise
    1. How to submit a paper?
      1. registration and log in
    2. Peer review
      1. recommendation
        1. accept
        2. accept with revisions
        3. reject
      2. types
        1. signle blind (most common)
          1. Reviewer identity hidden from author; reviewer knows identity of authors
        2. Double blind
        3. Open
    3. Acticle transfer service
      1. your submission be transferred to another Elsevier journal
    4. Check the status of your paper
  3. After acceptance
    1. Article in press
      1. published online on ScienceDirect
    2. proofing
    3. Share link and offprints
  4. Prepare paper
    1. Manuscript
      1. Title
        1. catchy and specific
        2. as short as possible
        3. enticing and interesting
      2. Authors
        1. corresponding author may not always be the first author
      3. Keyword list
      4. Abstract
        1. in 200 words
          1. Many authors write the abstract last, so it reflects the content accurately.
        2. composition
          1. objective
          2. method
          3. results
      5. The body of the text
        1. context and background
      6. Method
        1. skills
          1. past tense is prefered
          2. avoid using the first person
        2. content
          1. explain how you studiied the problem
          2. identify the procedures you followed
          3. structure the information logically
      7. Results
        1. objectively
          1. it’s important not to interpret your results – that comes in the Discussion & Conclusions section.
          2. Emphasize any significant findings clearly.
          3. Figures with legends that reveals how the data was produced.
      8. Discussion & Conclusions
        1. describe the meaning of your results
        2. you can present general and specific conclusions, but take care not to summarize your article - that's what the abstract is for.
        3. the discussion should explain how your research has moved the body of scientific knowledge forward.
      9. Acknowledgments
        1. brief
      10. References
    2. Language quality
      1. clearly and concisely
        1. Use active writing when possible
        2. Tense is important
    3. illustrations
      1. EPS
      2. PDF
      3. TIFF
      4. Microsoft Office
  5. Publishing Process
    1. Question to ask
      1. Do I have a story to tell?
      2. Is there an audience for my research findings?
    2. Types of articles
      1. Letters & rapid or shot=rt communications
      2. Review papers
      3. Full articles
      4. microarticles
    3. Find the right journal
      1. methods and rules
        1. tyoe of article
        2. check the references
        3. read the journal's aims and scope
        4. read the journal's Guide for Authors
        5. Check the journal's performance for review and publication timelines
        6. Submit your paper to only one journal at a time
      2. Journal finder tool
      3. Journal metrics
        1. speed
        2. reach
        3. iMPACT
          1. SNIP
          2. Normalized
          3. larger than 1, means cieted more than average for field
          4. IPP
          5. numerator of SNIP
          6. SJR
          7. Average prestige per publication
          8. Impact Factor
          9. Average citations per publication
          10. Eigenfactgor
          11. Importance of a journal within its network
      4. Open access options
        1. Gold open access
        2. Green open access