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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts that fall within the aims and scope of the International Journal of Intelligent Optimization and Logistics (IJIOL).

Submissions should present original theoretical, methodological, empirical, computational, or applied contributions in areas related to operations research, artificial intelligence, optimization, logistics, transportation systems, supply chain management, and intelligent decision-support systems.

Types of submissions

IJIOL welcomes the following types of manuscripts:

  • Research Articles: original theoretical, methodological, computational, empirical, or applied research.
  • Review Articles: critical reviews, systematic literature reviews, bibliometric studies, or state-of-the-art surveys.
  • Industrial Case Studies: applied studies based on real-world logistics, transportation, supply chain, or optimization problems.
  • Special Issue Articles: manuscripts submitted to approved thematic special issues.

Manuscript structure

Research articles should normally include the following:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract
  3. Keywords
  4. Introduction
  5. Literature review or background
  6. Methodology
  7. Results and discussion
  8. Conclusion
  9. References
  10. Appendices, if needed

Formatting guidelines

Authors should prepare manuscripts using a clear academic style. The manuscript should normally include:

  • A concise and informative title.
  • An abstract of approximately 150–250 words.
  • 4–6 keywords.
  • Clearly numbered sections and subsections.
  • Tables and figures with clear captions.
  • Complete and accurate references.
  • A declaration of any conflicts of interest, when applicable.

Language

Manuscripts should be written in clear academic English. Authors are responsible for ensuring the quality of the language before submission.

Originality

Submitted manuscripts must be original and not under consideration by another journal or conference. Any overlap with previous work, including conference papers, must be clearly disclosed.

References

Manuscripts submitted to IJIOL must follow a numbered citation style. In-text citations should be indicated using square brackets, such as [1], [2], or [3], according to the order in which the sources appear in the manuscript. The reference list must be placed at the end of the manuscript and numbered consecutively in the same order as the citations in the text.

Authors are required to ensure that all cited works are complete, accurate, and consistently formatted. Journal articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, and online sources should include all necessary bibliographic information to allow readers to identify and access the source. The use of reference management software is recommended to maintain consistency and avoid citation errors.

Data, code, and reproducibility

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to provide access to datasets, source code, computational settings, and supplementary materials to support transparency and reproducibility.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The manuscript is original and is not currently under review by another journal or conference.
  • The manuscript fits the aims and scope of IJIOL.
  • The manuscript file is submitted in Microsoft Word, LaTeX, or another editable format accepted by the journal.
  • The text follows the journal’s formatting and referencing requirements.
  • All figures and tables are clearly numbered and cited in the text.
  • All references are complete and consistently formatted.
  • The authors have obtained permission to reproduce any copyrighted material, where applicable.
  • Any conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
  • All authors have approved the submission.
  • The manuscript has been checked for language, clarity, and academic quality.

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Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the International Journal of Intelligent Optimization and Logistics (IJIOL) the right of first publication.

By submitting a manuscript to IJIOL, authors confirm that the work is original, has not been published previously, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors also confirm that they have obtained all necessary permissions for any third-party material, figures, tables, data, or other copyrighted content included in the manuscript.

If the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors agree that the article will be published by IJIOL as an open access article under the journal’s stated license terms.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submission complies with ethical, legal, and academic integrity requirements, including appropriate authorship, proper citation, conflict-of-interest disclosure, research ethics, and permission for the use of copyrighted material.

Authors may share, distribute, and reuse their published work in accordance with the journal’s license terms, provided that the original publication in IJIOL is properly acknowledged and cited.

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