Indoor Air

Published on behalf of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate

Edited by:
Jan Sundell

Print ISSN: 0905-6947
Online ISSN: 1600-0668
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 19 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 1/38 Construction & Building Technology; 4/38 Engineering, Environmental
Impact Factor: 3.151

TopAuthor Guidelines

All manuscripts should be submitted online here.

Manuscripts must be in English. Pages should be numbered sequentially. The maximum length for contributions is 7000 words. Longer contributions can be accepted if there are special reasons, which the author should mention in the cover letter. Short communications should be less than 3000 words.

Include in your cover letter information about related prior or concurrent submissions to other publications. Provide a list (with contact information: email and mailing addresses) of at least three potential referees. The list should not name current or prior collaborators. You are also free to list persons whom you wish to be excluded from the review process.

Author material archive policy - Please note that unless specifically requested, Blackwell Publishing will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted 2 months after publication. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the editorial office or production editor as soon as possible if you have not yet done so.

Title Page
The title page should be submitted as a separate page (in a separate file designated 'title page') containing (1) a brief concise title, (2) authors names, and (3) affiliations. Affiliations should be complete mailing addresses. Unless otherwise noted, all communications will be with the author named first on the title page. Please include a fax number and an email address to facilitate communication during the review process. The title page file will not be accessible during the review process so that the reviewers are unaware of the names of the authors. A new title page has to be uploaded each time a new article or revision is submitted otherwise it will not be reviewed.

Abstract
An abstract of 100 to 200 words should appear at the beginning of the manuscript. Six significant key words should follow the abstract to aid indexing. Include thereafter a brief (up to five sentences) summary of the practical implications headed 'Practical implications'.

Text
This is an interdisciplinary journal. Thus, assume that readers are professionals but not necessarily experts in your field. Provide enough introductory material to establish an appropriate background. Write concisely but not at the expense of clarity. Section headings and subheadings should be marked clearly. The international system of units (SI units) should be used. Equations should be given on separate lines with the equation number in parenthesis at the right-hand margin.

Illustrations
Line drawings suitable for immediate reproduction should be submitted. Keep in mind the reductions that will be used in preparing the final printed page (column width: 86 mm). Use black ink; make lines thick enough and lettering large enough to withstand reduction.

It is the policy of Indoor Air for authors to pay the full cost for the reproduction of their colour artwork. Therefore, please note that if there is colour artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Blackwell Publishing requires you to complete and return a colour work agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF from the internet. The web address for the form is: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/SN_Sub2000_X_CoW.pdf

Tables
All tables should carry separate titles and be numbered consecutively. Table columns should each have a heading. Tables should not duplicate data found elsewhere in the manuscript.

Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of collaboration or preparation may be included as a final section in the manuscript. Please note the source of funding for the research.

References
References to the published literature should be cited in the text by giving the first author's name and year of publication. References should be arranged alphabetically at the end of the text, and all authors' names must be listed. Please abbreviate all journal titles.

Journal article
Seppänen, O.A., Fisk, W.J., and Mendell, M.J. (1999) 'Association of ventilation rates and CO2-concentrations with health and other responses in commercial and institutional buildings', Indoor Air, 9, 226-252.

Standard
ASHRAE (1992) Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, Atlanta GA, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE Standard 55-1992)

Book
Patankar, S. V. (1980) Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Washington, Hemisphere Publishing Co.

Conference proceedings
Groes, L., Pejtersen, J., and Valbjørn, O. (1996) 'Perceptions and symptoms as a function of indoor environmental factors and building characteristics in office buildings'. In: Proceedings of Indoor Air '96, Nagoya, International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Vol. 4, pp. 237-242.

Quoted material
It is the author's responsibility to obtain and supply with the manuscript written permission to quote material that has appeared in another publication.

Proofs
The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from here.

This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.

Corrections should be made on the proof and faxed to the Publishers within three days of proof receipt. Alterations, other than essential corrections to the text of the paper, should not be made at this stage, the cost of such alterations may be passed on to the author.

Author Services
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell Publishing's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they don't need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit the website for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

Authors are encouraged to visit the Blackwell Publishing manuscript submission website for authors which details further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures and gives access to the Blackwell house style guide.

Offprints
Offprints can be obtained by using the offprint order form accompanying the proofs.

Manuscript Submission
To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below.

Getting Started
Launch your web browser (Internet Explorer 5 or higher or Netscape 7 or higher) and go to the journal's ScholarOne Manuscripts website. Log-in or click the "Create Account" option if you are a first-time user of ScholarOne Manuscripts.

If you are creating a new account:

• After clicking on "Create Account", enter your name and e-mail information and click "Next". Your e-mail information is very important.
  

• Enter your institution and address information as appropriate, and then click "Next."
  

• Enter a user ID and password of your choice (we recommend using your e-mail address as your user ID), and then select your area of expertise. Click "Finish".
  

• Log-in and select "Author Center".

Submitting Your Manuscript

• After you have logged in, click the "Submit a Manuscript" link in the menu bar.
  

• Enter data and answer questions as appropriate.
  

• Click the "Next" button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen.

You are now required to upload your files. Manuscripts should be uploaded as Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rft) files (not write-protected). The files should not be uploaded in PDF as manuscripts will be automatically converted to HTML and PDF on upload and will be used for the review process.

Click on the "Browse" button and locate the file on your computer.
Select the designation of each file in the drop down next to the Browse button (e.g. title-page file - 'title page').
When you have selected all files you wish to upload (in groups of 3), click the "Upload Files" button.

Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before submission. Click the "Submit" button when you are finished reviewing.

You may suspend a submission at any phase before clicking the "Submit" button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also access ScholarOne Manuscripts any time to check the status of your manuscript. The journal will inform you by e-mail once a decision has been made.

Copyright Transfer Agreement
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors. The submission of the manuscript by the authors means that they automatically agree to grant Blackwell Munksgaard the exclusive licence to publish it if and when it is accepted for publication.

All accepted manuscripts must be accompanied by a completed Copyright Transfer Agreement. The work shall not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the publisher. The articles published in this journal are protected by copyright, which covers translation rights and the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute all of the articles printed in the journal. No material published in the journal may be stored on microfilm or videocasseters or in electronic databases and the like or reproduced photographically without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Please note: The Copyright Transfer Agreement should be sent directly to the Production Editor at Wiley-Blackwell: Eugene Yap, Production Editor, Journal Content Management, Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley Services Singapore Pte Ltd, #05-01 Parkview Square, 600 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188 778, e-mail: ina@wiley.com, Tel: +65 6511 8196, Fax: +65 6511 8288.

Online Open
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley InterScience, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, see here.

Any authors wishing to publish their paper OnlineOpen are required to send a completed Online Open payment form to the Production Office upon acceptance.

Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform the Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.

Please note: The Online Open payment form should be sent directly to the Production Editor at Wiley-Blackwell: Eugene Yap, Production Editor, Journal Content Management, Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley Services Singapore Pte Ltd, #05-01 Parkview Square, 600 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188 778, e-mail: ina@wiley.com, Tel: +65 6511 8196, Fax: +65 6511 8288.