Manuscript Submission Guidelines: Textile Research Journal
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Peer review policy
Article types
How to submit your manuscript
Journal contributor’s publishing agreement
4.1 SAGE Open
Declaration of conflicting interests policy
Other conventions
Acknowledgments
7.1 Funding acknowledgement
Permissions
Manuscript style
9.1 File types
9.2 Journal style
9.3 Reference style
9.4 Manuscript preparation
9.4.1 Keywords and abstracts: Helping readers find your article online
9.4.2 Corresponding author contact details
9.4.3 Guidelines for submitting artwork, figures and other graphics
9.4.4 Guidelines for submitting supplemental files
9.4.5 English language editing services
After acceptance
10.1 Proofs
10.2 E-Prints and complimentary copies
10.3 SAGE production
10.4 OnlineFirst publication
Further information
The Textile Research Journal is the leading peer reviewed Journal for textile research. It is
devoted to the dissemination of fundamental, theoretical and applied scientific knowledge in
materials, chemistry, manufacture and system sciences related to fibers, fibrous assemblies
and textiles. The Journal serves authors and subscribers worldwide, and it is selective in
accepting contributions on the basis of merit, novelty and originality.
Fibers, fibrous assemblies, textiles, and other fiber-based materials such as nonwovens are
of immense importance in today's global economy. In addition to their use in well-established
consumer and industrial markets, they have widespread use in novel, non-traditional
applications, such as in technical textiles, reinforced composites, geotextiles, personal care
products, filtration, transportation, health care and biomaterials, smart, intelligent, electronic,
and nano applications.
1. Peer review policy
The Textile Research Journal operates a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the
reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The
reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but
our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.
All papers submitted to the Textile Research Journal are subject to peer review by highly
recognized professionals and members of a carefully appointed editorial board. All
manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editor and only those papers that meet the scientific
and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal, will be
sent for outside review.
Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly
as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 6-8 weeks of submission.
Authors are requested to suggest the names, affiliations and contact information of four
individuals who may be suitable to serve as referees, but the Editors are under no obligation
to use all or any of these individuals as reviewers.
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2. Article types
Contributions suitable for the JOURNAL should fall into one of the following classifications:
(1) Fundamental research articles, presenting important new information and data in any area
of science related to the textile and allied fields
(2) Technical articles describing development work, engineering advances and innovations in
manufacture and processing
(3) Laboratory techniques with sufficient experimental data to illustrate the utility of methods
or equipment described
(4) Review articles of an authoritative and critical nature on a topic of major importance
(5) Letters to the editor, seldom exceeding two journal pages, limited to comment on
previously published journal articles
Manuscripts must meet high scientific or technical standards. In addition, all papers must be
clearly presented in good English; articles may have to be rejected solely because they
require excessive editing.
All manuscripts are subject to review by qualified persons, whose names are not disclosed
without their consent. Manuscripts must not have been copyrighted, classified, or submitted
for publication elsewhere. All original journal articles are copyrighted in the name of the
publisher. All original articles accepted for publication must be accompanied by a signed
copyright transfer agreement available from the journal editor. Previously copyrighted material
may be published with the written permission of the copyright holder.
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3. How to submit your manuscript
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you carefully read and adhere to all the
guidelines and instructions to authors provided below. Manuscripts not conforming to these
guidelines may be returned.
The Textile Research Journal has a fully web-based system for the submission and review
of manuscripts. All submissions should be made online at the Textile Research Journal
SAGETRACK website
Note: Online submission and review of manuscripts is now mandatory for all types of papers.
New User Account
Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account.
Follow the instructions and please ensure to enter a current and correct email address.
Creating your account is a three-step process that takes a matter of minutes to set up. When
you have finished, your User ID and password is sent via email immediately. Please edit your
user ID and password to something more memorable by selecting 'edit account' at the top of
the screen. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your
email address in the 'Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder. Full instructions for
uploading the manuscript are provided on the website.
New Submission
Submissions should be made by logging in and selecting the Author Center and the 'Click
here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. Follow the instructions on each page, clicking the
'Next' button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. If at any
stage you have any questions or require the user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button
at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's® Manuscript
CentralTM customer support at +1 434 817 2040 x 167.
To upload your files, click on the 'Browse' button and locate the file on your computer. Select
the designation of each file (i.e. main document, submission form, figure) in the drop down
next to the browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the
'Upload Files' button
Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) and then click the Submit button
You may suspend a submission at any point before clicking the Submit button and save it to
submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also log back
into your author centre at any time to check the status of your manuscript.
Please ensure that you submit editable/source files only (Microsoft Word or RTF) and that
your document does not include page numbers; the Textile Research Journal SAGETRACK
system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for
peer review. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests
for revisions, will be by email.
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission
process please contact the Editor, Dong Zhang, at the following email address:
TRJEditor@charter.net
Submitting a Revised Submission
Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through
the SAGETRACK system. To create a revision, go to the 'Manuscripts with Decisions' option
in your Author Dashboard and select 'create a revision in the 'Action' column. Authors of all
revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in
your manuscript as this will be provided to reviewers.
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4. Journal contributor’s publishing agreement
Before publication SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal
Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is
an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but
grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of
copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by
a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the
author to the society. For more information please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on
the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
4.1 SAGE Open
If you wish your article to be freely available online immediately upon publication (as some
funding bodies now require), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Open subject to
payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer reviewing procedure is
unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you
are choosing SAGE Open. For further information, please visit SAGE Open.
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5. Declaration of conflicting interests
Within your Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement you will be required to make a
certification with respect to a declaration of conflicting interests. Textile Research Journal
does not require a declaration of conflicting interests but recommends you review the good
practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
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6. Other conventions
Publication Charge
To help support the cost of wide dissemination of research, the author is required to pay a
publication charge.
The publication charge is currently US$775 per article. Payment of this charge entitles an
author to access to 50 complimentary e-prints. Additional reprints can be purchased and
timely payment of publication charges is expected.
No charge will be imposed for publishing constructive criticism of an article that has previously
appeared in the Textile Research Journal or any rebuttal comments. There is no extra
charge for pictures, graphs, and text to appear in color online however additional charges will
be imposed for color pictures, graphs, and text in print when requested by the author.
SAGE may choose to publish selected articles prior to payment however publication of the
accepted article does not constitute waiving of the fees. SAGE reserve the right to refuse
future submissions if there are outstanding payments due.
An invoice will be sent to your nominated billing address. Payment terms are 30 days from the
invoice date. If you would like to pay by credit card please contact us at
credit.control@sagepub.co.uk for further information.
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7. Acknowledgements
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration
of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an
`Acknowledgements’ section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a
person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who
provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing
assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
7.1 Funding Acknowledgement
To comply with the guidance for Research Funders, Authors and Publishers issued by the
Research Information Network (RIN), Textile Research Journal additionally requires all
Authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. All
research articles should have a funding acknowledgement in the form of a sentence as
follows, with the funding agency written out in full, followed by the grant number in square
brackets:
This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number xxx].
Multiple grant numbers should be separated by comma and space. Where the research was
supported by more than one agency, the different agencies should be separated by semicolon, with “and” before the final funder. Thus:
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the
Natural Environment Research Council [grant number zzzz]; and the Economic and
Social Research Council [grant number aaaa].
In some cases, research is not funded by a specific project grant, but rather from the block
grant and other resources available to a university, college or other research institution.
Where no specific funding has been provided for the research we ask that corresponding
authors use the following sentence:
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public,
commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Please include this information under a separate heading entitled “Funding” directly after any
other Acknowledgements prior to your “Declaration of Conflicting Interests” (if applicable), any
Notes and your References.
Important note: If you have any concerns that the provision of this information may
compromise your anonymity dependent on the peer review policy of this journal outlined
above, you can withhold this information until final accepted manuscript.
For more information on the guidance for Research Funders, Authors and Publishers, please
visit: http://www.rin.ac.uk/funders-acknowledgement
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8. Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any
illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further
information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please visit our
Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
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9. Manuscript style
9.1 File types
Only electronic files conforming to the journal's guidelines will be accepted. Preferred formats
for the text and tables of your manuscript are Word DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX files are also
accepted. Please also refer to additional guideline on submitting artwork [and supplemental
files] below.
9.2 Journal Style
Textile Research Journal conforms to the SAGE house style.
guidelines on SAGE UK House Style
Click here to review
9.3 Reference Style
Textile Research Journal adheres to the SAGE Vancouver reference style. Click here to
review the guidelines on SAGE Vancouver to ensure your manuscript conforms to this
reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, download the SAGE Vancouver output file by
following this link and save to the appropriate folder (normally for Windows C:\Program
Files\EndNote\Styles and for Mac OS X Harddrive:Applications:EndNote:Styles). Once you’ve
done this, open EndNote and choose “Select Another Style...” from the dropdown menu in the
menu bar; locate and choose this new style from the following screen.
9.4. Manuscript Preparation
Abstract. A brief abstract of about 150 words must accompany each manuscript except letters
to the editor.
Typing. All manuscripts must be typewritten, double-spaced. Good quality photocopies are
acceptable.
9.4.1 Your Title, Keywords and Abstracts: Helping readers find your article online
The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article online
through online search engines such as Google. Please refer to the information and
guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords by
visiting SAGE’s Journal Author Gateway Guidelines on How to Help Readers Find Your
Article Online.
9.4.2 Corresponding Author Contact details
Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address
and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These
details should be presented separately to the main text of the article to facilitate
anonymous peer review. This information should be given exactly as it is to appear in
print. If an author is no longer with the organization where the work was done, the new
affiliation should be given in a footnote. If the manuscript has been presented as a paper
at a technical conference, this information should also be given in a footnote.
9.4.3 Guidelines for submitting artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format,
please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures, these figures will
appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in
colour in the printed version. If a charge applies you will be informed by your SAGE
Production Editor. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive
information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
Equations and Formulas. Equations are numbered in parentheses to the right; they are
referred to in the text as Equation 2, Equation 11a, etc., i.e., without parentheses.
Exponents and subscripts should be legible and properly positioned. There should be a
clear distinction between small and capital letters, between 1 (one) and l (el), and
between the letter O and zero. Greek letters should be written clearly; it is helpful to spell
out the name of an unfamiliar symbol in the margin.
Illustrations. Computer generated graphics: Any art that is sent electronically should be in
.tif files, in 300 dots per inch (118 dots per cm), for superior reproduction. Line drawings:
Originals should always be submitted. Wherever possible, graphs should be boxed in and
scales should be marked on the inside of boxes. Grids should not be shown. Lettering
should be planned for 50% reduction; text must be readable after reduction. Every
illustration should have an explanatory legend, not merely Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. Legends
should not appear on the drawings: they will be set in type below the figures and should
be submitted together on a separate sheet. Any legible reproduction of the figures may
accompany the second copy of the manuscript. Photographs should be glossy prints clear, sharp, and with as much contrast as possible without loss of detail. Wherever
possible, photographs should be of the same size they are to appear in the JOURNAL.
9.4.4 Guidelines for submitting supplemental files
Textile Research Journal does not currently accept supplemental files.
9.4.5 English Language Editing services
Non-English speaking authors who would like to refine their use of language in their
manuscripts might consider using a professional editing service.
Visit
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/authors/journal/submission.sp for further information.
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10. After acceptance
10.1 Proofs
We will email a PDF of the proofs to the corresponding author.
10.2 E-Prints and Complimentary Copies
SAGE provides authors with access to a PDF of their final article. For further information
please visit http://www.sagepub.co.uk/authors/journal/reprint.sp. We additionally provide the
corresponding author with a complimentary copy of the print issue in which the article appears
up to a maximum of 5 copies for onward supply by the corresponding author to co-authors.
10.3 SAGE Production
At SAGE we place an extremely strong emphasis on the highest production standards
possible. We attach high importance to our quality service levels in copy-editing, typesetting,
printing, and online publication (http://online.sagepub.com/). We also seek to uphold excellent
author relations throughout the publication process.
We value your feedback to ensure we continue to improve our author service levels. On
publication all corresponding authors will receive a brief survey questionnaire on your
experience of publishing in Textile Research Journal with SAGE.
10.4 OnlineFirst Publication
Textile Research Journal benefits from OnlineFirst, a feature offered through SAGE’s
electronic journal platform, SAGE Journals Online. It allows final revision articles (completed
articles in queue for assignment to an upcoming issue) to be hosted online prior to their
inclusion in a final print and online journal issue which significantly reduces the lead time
between submission and publication. For more information please visit our OnlineFirst Fact
Sheet
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11. Further information
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission
process please contact the Editor, Dong Zhang, at the following email address:
TRJEditor@charter.net