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Submission Checklist

Please

1) read the

Aims & Scope

to gain an overview

and assess if your manuscript is suitable for

this journal;

2) use the

Microsoft Word template

or

LaTeX

template

to prepare your manuscript;

3) make sure you have appropriately

considered issues about

publication ethics

,

copyright

,

authorship

,

figure formats

, and

references format

;

4) ensure that all authors have approved the

content of the submitted manuscript.

Manuscript Submission Overview

Types of Publications

Micromachines

has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is

concise and comprehensive. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can

be reproduced by other groups.

Micromachines

encourages authors to publish all

experimental controls and full datasets as supplementary files (please read the guidelines

about

Supplementary Materials

carefully and

references to unpublished data

).

The different types of articles published in

Micromachines

are indicated in the first section of

the

Aims & Scope

. The main types are:

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Articles:

research manuscripts report new

evidence or new conclusions which have

neither been published before nor are under

consideration for publication in another journal.

MDPI considers all original research

manuscripts provided that the work reports

scientifically sound experiments and provides

a substantial amount of new information. We

strongly recommend authors not to

unnecessarily divide their work into several

related manuscripts.

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Short communications

of preliminary, but

significant, results will also be considered.

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Reviews:

review manuscripts provide concise

and precise updates on the latest progress

made in a given area of research.

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Conference Papers:

Expanded and high

quality conference papers are also considered

in

Micromachines

if they fulfill the following

requirements: (1) the paper should be

expanded to the size of a research article; (2)

the conference paper should be cited and

noted on the first page of the paper; (3) if the

authors do not hold the copyright to the

published conference paper, authors should

seek the appropriate permission from the

copyright holder; (4) authors are asked to

disclose that it is conference paper in their

cover letter and include a statement on what

has been changed compared to the original

conference paper.

Submission Process

Manuscripts for

Micromachines

should be submitted online at

. The submitting

author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the

submission and peer-review process. The submitting authors must ensure that all co-authors

have been included in the author list (read the

criteria

to

qualify

for

authorship

) and that

they all have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. To submit your

manuscript,

register

and

log

in

to this website. Once you are registered,

click

here

to

go

to

the

submission

form

for

Micromachines

. All co- authors can see the manuscript details in the

submission system, if they register and log in using the e-mail address provided during

manuscript submission.

Accepted File Formats

Authors must use the

Microsoft

Word

template

or

LaTeX

template

to prepare their manuscript.

Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and

publication of accepted manuscripts. Accepted file formats are:

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Microsoft Word:

Manuscripts prepared in

Microsoft Word must be converted into a

single file before submission. When preparing

manuscripts in Microsoft Word, the

Micromachines

Microsoft

Word

template

file

must be used. Please insert your graphics

(schemes, figures,

etc.

) in the main text after

the paragraph of its first citation.

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LaTeX:

Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must

be collated into one ZIP folder (include all

source files and images, so that the Editorial

Office can recompile the submitted PDF).

When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX,

please use the

Micromachines

LaTeX

template files

. You can now also use the

online application

writeLaTeX

to submit

articles directly to

Micromachines

. The MDPI

LaTeX template file should be selected from

the

writeLaTeX template gallery

.

Cover Letter

A cover letter must be included with each manuscript submission. It should be concise and

explain why the content of your paper is significant, placing your findings in the context of

existing work and why it fits the scope of the journal. Please confirm that neither the

manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in

another journal. Any prior submissions of the manuscript to MDPI journals must be

acknowledged. The names of proposed and excluded reviewers should be provided in the

submission system, not in the cover letter.

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Preparation of a Manuscript

General Considerations

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Research manuscripts

should comprise:

o

Front matter

: Title, Author list,

Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords

o

Research manuscript sections

:

Introduction, Results, Discussion,

Conclusions (optional), Materials and

Methods, Supplementary Materials

o

Back matter

: Acknowledgments,

Author Contributions, Conflict of

Interests,

References

.

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Review manuscripts

should comprise the

front matter

, literature review sections and

the

back

matter

. The template file can also be

used to prepare the front and back matter of

your review manuscript. It is not necessary to

follow the remaining structure.

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Abstract Graphic:

Authors are encouraged to

provide a graphical abstract to display on the

website alongside the textual abstract. It

should be a self- explanatory snapshot of your

article giving a view on its rationale, study

design, and/or conclusions. The graphic

should not exceed 550 pixels. When prepared

in Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PowerPoint,

the frame should be 5

–

15 cm in width and

height. The text should be kept to a minimum

and the font size comprised between 10 pt

and 14 pt to ensure readability. The graphic

should be provided as a JPG, TIFF, PNG or

GIF file.

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should be avoided in

research manuscripts. We encourage our

authors to publish all observations related to

the submitted manuscript as Supplementary

Materials.

intended for

publication in a different manuscript,

i.e.

, in a

manuscript that is either planned,

preparation

or that have been

but not yet accepted, should be cited in the

text and a reference should be added in the

References

section.

Communications

should also be cited in the

text and reference added in the

References

section. (see also the

MDPI

reference

list

and

citations style guide

).

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Abbreviations

should be defined in

parentheses the first time they appear in the

abstract, main text and in figure captions.

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SI Units

(International System of Units) should

be used for this journal. Imperial, US

customary and other units should be

converted to SI units whenever possible

before submission of a manuscript to the

journal.

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Equations:

If you are using Word, please use

either the Microsoft Equation Editor or the

MathType add-on in your paper. Equations

should be editable by the editorial office and

not appear in a picture format.

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Supplementary Materials and Research

Data:

To maintain the transparency and

reproducibility of research results, authors are

encouraged to make their experimental and

research data openly available either by

depositing into data repositories or by

publishing the data and files as

and files should be deposited in specialized

data repositories. Small datasets,

spreadsheets, images, video sequences,

conference slides, software source code,

etc.

can be uploaded as

during the manuscript submission process.

The supplementary files will also be made

available to the referees during the

peer-review process and be published online

alongside the manuscript. Please read the

information about

Supplementary Materials

and Data Deposit

for additional guidelines.

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Front Matter

These sections should appear in all manuscript types

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Title:

The title of your manuscript should be

concise, specific and relevant.

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Authors List and Affiliations:

Authors' full

first and last names must be provided. The

initials of any middle names can be added.

The PubMed/MEDLINE standard format is

used for affiliations: complete address

information including city, zip code,

Research Manuscript Sections

state/province, country, and all email

addresses. At least one author should be

designated as corresponding author, and his

or her email address and other details should

be included at the end of the affiliation section.

Please read the

criteria to qualify for

authorship

.

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Abstract:

The abstract should be a total of

about 200 words maximum. The abstract

should be a single paragraph and should

follow the style of structured abstracts, but

without headings: 1) Background: Place the

question addressed in a broad context and

highlight the purpose of the study; 2) Methods:

Describe briefly the main methods or

treatments applied; 3) Results: Summarize

the article's main findings; and 4) Conclusion:

Indicate the main conclusions or

interpretations. The abstract should be an

objective representation of the article: it must

not contain results which are not presented

and substantiated in the main text and should

not exaggerate the main conclusions.

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Keywords:

Three to ten pertinent keywords

need to be added after the abstract. We

recommend that the keywords are specific to

the article, yet reasonably common within the

subject discipline.

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Introduction:

The introduction should briefly

place the study in a broad context and

highlight why it is important. It should define

the purpose of the work and its significance.

The current state of the research field should

be reviewed carefully and key publications

should be cited. Please highlight controversial

and diverging hypotheses when necessary.

Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the

work and highlight the main conclusions. As

far as possible, please keep the introduction

comprehensible to scientists outside your

particular field of research.

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Results:

This section may be divided by

subheadings. It should provide a concise and

precise description of the experimental results,

their interpretation as well as the experimental

conclusions that can be drawn.

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Discussion:

This section may be divided by

subheadings. Authors should discuss the

results and how they can be interpreted in

perspective of previous studies and of the

working hypotheses. The findings and their

implications should be discussed in the

broadest context possible. Future research

directions may also be highlighted.

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Conclusions:

This section is not mandatory,

but can be added to the manuscript if the

discussion is unusually long or complex.

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Materials and Methods:

This section should

be divided by subheadings. Materials and

Methods should be described with sufficient

details to allow others to replicate and build on

published results. Please note that publication

of your manuscript implicates that you must

make all materials, data, and protocols

associated with the publication available to

readers. Please disclose at the submission