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Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Communications on Number Theory and Combinatorial Theory.

Formatting Requirements

  • Begin the document with a title, author information, abstract, and keywords prior to the introduction.
  • End the document with appropriate acknowledgements, if applicable.
  • Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file in PDF format and prepared by LaTeX. Include your LaTeX file as an Additional File in your submission.
  • Please use the following template when preparing the body of the document.
    • \documentclass[12pt]{article}
    \usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amsfonts,amssymb}
    \usepackage[noblocks]{authblk}

    \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
    \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
    \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
    \newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
    \newtheorem{conjecture}[theorem]{Conjecture}

    \theoremstyle{definition}
    \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
    \newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
    \newtheorem{question}[theorem]{Question}

    \begin{document}

    \title{Title for your article}

    \author[1]{Firstname~Lastname\thanks{email of the first author}}
    \author[2]{Firstname~Lastname\thanks{email of the second author}}
    \author[3]{Firstname~Lastname\thanks{email of the third author}}
    \affil[1]{Department, University of the first author}
    \affil[2]{Department, University of the second author}
    \affil[3]{Department, University of the third author}

    \maketitle

    \begin{abstract}
    Your abstract.\\\\
    \emph{Keywords}: Your keywords
    \emph{MSC $2020$}: Your primary MSC, Your secondary MSC (if any)
    \end{abstract}

    \section{Title for your section 1}\label{sec:section1}

    \section{Title for your section 2}\label{sec:section2}

    \section{Title for your section 3}\label{sec:section3}

    \begin{thebibliography}{99}
    \bibitem{name}
    F.~Last, F.~Last, and F.~Last, Title of the article, \textit{Journal Name Abbreviation} \textbf{Volume Number} (Publication Year), Page Number--Page Number or Article Number. Hyperlink to the article (hyperlink is optional).
    F.~Last, F.~Last, and F.~Last, \textit{Title of the book} (Publication Year), Publisher, Page Number--Page Number (page numbers are optional).
    F.~Last, F.~Last, and F.~Last, \textit{Title of other work} (Publication Year), information about how the reader could obtain a copy, such as website or arXiv number.
    \end{thebibliography}

    \end{document}

Additional Recommendations

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Article Length

Because this journal publishes electronically, page limits are not as relevant as they are in the world of print publications. We are happy, therefore, to let authors take advantage of this greater "bandwidth" to include material that they might otherwise have to cut to get into a print journal. This said, authors should exercise some discretion with respect to length.

Colored text

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. We encourage authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, etc., however, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black & white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.

Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text.

Emphasized text

Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. All tables and figures should fit within 1.5" margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.

Mathematics

All mathematical expressions, including variables, should by typeset in math mode. Short mathematical expressions should be typed inline, while longer expressions should appear as display math. Important definitions or concepts can also be set off as display math.

Numbered items such as theorems, equations, figures, and tables should be numbered sequentially using the built-in LaTeX environment rather than hard-coding.

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. The format of the references should follow the instructions provided by the template above.

The hierarchy for ordering the references is:

  1. Last name of first author
  2. First name of first author
  3. Last name of second author (if any). Co-authored work is listed after solo-authored work by the same first author (e.g., Edlin, Aaron S. would precede Edlin, Aaron S. and Stefan Reichelstein).
  4. First name of second author
  5. Publication date
  6. Journal title
  7. Article title
  8. Order cited in text