Author Guidelines

Submission Checklist

Please: 

Read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;

Use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript;

Make sure that issues about publication ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data and references format have been appropriately considered;

Authors are encouraged to add a biography (optional). 

Manuscript Submission Overview 

Types of Publications 

Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Acoustics requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible (see the guidelines on Supplementary Materials and references to unpublished data). 

Manuscripts submitted to BSP should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are listed below and a comprehensive list of article types can be found here. 

Article: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information. The article should include the most recent and relevant references in the field. The structure should include an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (optional) sections, with a suggested minimum word count of 4000 words. 

Project Report: Project reports are short and/or rapid announcements of project results and implications. They should include a research strategy or approach, the activities, technologies, and details of the project undertaken, conclusions, and recommendations for the future direction of work in the field. The structure is similar to an article, but permits a higher degree of flexibility. The suggested minimum word count is 3500 words. 

Review: Reviews offer a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature within a field of study, identifying current gaps or problems. They should be critical and constructive and provide recommendations for future research. No new, unpublished data should be presented. The structure can include an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Relevant Sections, Discussion, Conclusions, and Future Directions, with a suggested minimum word count of 4000 words. 

Components of a Manuscript 

Title page

First page of submitted manuscript file should include article title, author name and affiliation, and corresponding author e-mail. 

Abstract 

Abstract section need short and accurate and its word limit is 250. The abstract should include all significant findings.

Keywords

An article allow up to maximum of 4-6 keywords. 

Body text 

The text should be divided into some necessary sections, in which each is given a separate heading and numbered consecutively.

Equations and formulas 

For mathematical symbols, Greek letters and other special characters, use normal text or Symbol font. MathType is also welcomed and recommended. 

Figures and tables 

Figures and tables need be submitted together with the main text manuscript. Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells. 

Results and discussion 

A combined Results and Discussion section is appropriate and recommended, which should be clear, and explore the significance of the results of the work. 

Conclusions 

The main conclusions of the work must be presented in a short Conclusions section. 

Acknowledgments 

Topically relevant funding sources are fully disclosed in this section. 

Author Contributions 

For research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions must be provided. The following statements should be used "Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; Methodology, X.X.; Software, X.X.; Validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; Formal Analysis, X.X.; Investigation, X.X.; Resources, X.X.; Data Curation, X.X.; Writing – Original Draft Preparation, X.X.; Writing – Review & Editing, X.X.; Visualization, X.X.; Supervision, X.X.; Project Administration, X.X.; Funding Acquisition, Y.Y.”. 

Acknowledgments 

In this section you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (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. If there is no conflict of interest, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Any role of the funding sponsors in the 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. If there is no role, please state “The funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results”. 

Nomenclature and units 

Units of measurement should be presented simply and concisely using the International System of Units (SI). Authors wishing to present a table of nomenclature is welcomed to present them after the acknowledgments section. 

Reference formatting 

In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10), or [6] (pp. 101–105). 

There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the article number or pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by BSP at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct. If you do wish to format the references yourself they should be arranged according to the following examples: 

(1) For a journal publication:

Abda, A. S., Elhafyana, E., Siddiquia, A. R., et al. A review of the phenomenon of counter-current spontaneous imbibition: Analysis and data interpretation. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019, 180: 456-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.05.066.

(2) For a book:

Mandelbrot, B. B. The Fractal Geometry of Nature. New York, USA, W. H. Freeman, 1982.

(3) For a chapter in an edited book:

Barton, C. C. Fractal analysis of scaling and spatial clustering of fractures, in Fractals in the Earth Sciences, edited by C. C. Barton and P. La Pointe, Plenum, New York, pp. 141-178, 1995.

(4) For a conference paper:

Fischer, H., Morrow, N. R. Spontaneous imbibition with matched liquid viscosities.  Paper SPE 96812 Presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, 9-12 October, 2005.

(5) For a Non-English journal:

Du, X., Kang, Y., You, L., et al. Review of micro flow mechanism and application in low-permeability reservoirs. Geological Science and Technology Information, 2013, 32(2): 91-96. (in Chinese, French, German, Russian, etc.)

(6) For a thesis:

Todorova, D. V. Modelling of dynamical effects related to the wettability and capillarity of simple and complex liquids. Loughborough, Loughborough University, 2013.

(7) For a patent:

Author. Title. Country., Number, Year.

(8) For a newspaper:

French, W. Between silences: A voice from China. Atlantic Weekly, 1987-8-15. 

Reviewer Suggestions 

During the submission process, please suggest three potential reviewers with the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript. The editors will not necessarily approach these referees. Please provide detailed contact information (address, homepage, phone, e-mail address). The proposed referees should neither be current collaborators of the co-authors nor have published with any of the co-authors of the manuscript within the last three years. Proposed reviewers should be from different institutions to the authors. You may identify appropriate Editorial Board members of the journal as potential reviewers. You may suggest reviewers from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.