Authors Guidelines

Submitting Your Article

Articles should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word. Send your article to:

Article Content

Article Publication: Articles that have not been published in other publications are preferred. However, if it has been previously published please annotate that it is a reprint from the specific publication it was published with permission as needed based on that publications guidelines. Likewise, if an article published in Next Generation Process Improvement News it must be annotated in later publications with proper permission given from Next Generation Process Improvement News staff. Reference the Copyrights section in these guidelines for further details.

Article Application: All articles must be submitted using Microsoft Word.

Article Size: Up to 3,500 words or the equivalent of five pages, including tables and figures.

Article Title: Articles should have a working title as related to a specific theme from the Theme Calendar.

Article Abstract: Articles should have an abstract to summarize the key points in the article that “hook” the reader. Abstracts should be 3 to 4 sentences in length.

Article Format: Formatting should include only essential formatting such as clear. No extra formatting or special formatting should be applied.

Figures and Tables: Figures and tables are encouraged to make the articles more readable. They should be related to the topic as discussed in the article and described in the article. Figures should be submitted within the article and as a separate file (preferably .jpg or .eps).

Bibliography: A bibliography should be included for any information that is not originally written by the author to give appropriate credit for others work.

Author Photograph: Please include a photograph of the author. It should be a head-and-shoulders shot, scannable or in a .tif or .eps format, and be at least 300 dpi. Please send this as a separate file.

Author Biography: Please include am author biography that is no longer than 75 words outlining the author’s job, background, professional accomplishments, educational degrees, and other pertinent accolades or areas of interest.

Author Contact Information: Please include contact information for the author(s) to include complete business address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address

Copyrights, Releases

An author who submits an article previously published elsewhere must provide written permission from the journal holding the copyright before we will consider reprinting it. A credit line should be included, with the name and date of the previous publisher. Conversely, Next Generation Process Improvement News asks that publications reprinting material from Next Generation Process Improvement News give our journal a credit line. If an author(s) requests that a copyright notation be included within his/her article, then he/she must provide a one-page documented letter signed by the author(s) declaring that the copyright note is indeed correct (no e-mails will be accepted). The author(s) is responsible for ensuring correctness of the copyright notation on his/her article. Any changes in the copyright notation from the time of article submittal must be provided in writing when the author(s) receives an edited copy of the final article to proof for accuracy. If an article requires approval from a corporate or government public affairs office or security agency prior to publication, the author must do this before submitting to Next Generation Process Improvement News. The author is responsible for obtaining any required organizational clearances. Authors retain ownership of their articles printed in Next Generation Process Improvement News.

Next Generation Process Improvement News Contact:

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Software Engineering Services
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(402) 292-8660