Journal of Autonomous Intelligence

The topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

1.Artificial Intelligence

• Basic Theory and Application of Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence tools & Applications
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Neural Network and Deep Learning
• Machine Learning
• Big Data Analysis and Processing
• Reasoning and Evolution
• Cognitive Science
• Knowledge Science and Knowledge Engineering
• Knowledge representation; Knowledge-based Systems
• Knowledge-based Systems
• Natural Language Processing and Understanding
• Natural Computing  & Evolutionary Calculation

2.Robotics Science and Engineering

• Modeling and identification
• Robot control
• Mobile robotics
• Tele-robotics
• Machine Perception and Virtual Reality
• Robot sensing and data fusion
• Localization, navigation and mapping
• Human-computer interaction
• Multiagent Systems
• Swarm intelligence

3.Other Related Topics

• Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Feature extraction, grouping and segmentation
• Intelligent Control
• Pattern Recognition Theory and Application
• Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Intelligent System Architectures; Intelligent Web
• Information Retrieval and Web Search
• Intelligent Transportation
• Intelligent Planning and Scheduling
• Biometric Identification
• Bioinformatics and Artificial Life
• Non-classical Computing and Novel Computing Models
• Pervasive Computing and Ambient Intelligence
• Rough Set and Soft Computing

Editor(s)-in-Chief

Prof. Michel Cotsaftis

Undergraduate Scientific Research Program ECE Paris

France

Associate Editor(s)

Dr. S Balamurugan	Intelligent Research Consultancy Services	India
Dr. Xudong Liu	Beijing University of Technology	China

Editorial Board Members

Mr.Mohamed Zine-el-abidine Amrani	LRPE Laboratory, USTHB	Algeria
Dr.Rafik Menassel	Mathematic & Computer Sciences, Tebessa University. AI geria	Algeria
Mr.Davoud Mougouei	Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University-Clayton-Australia	Australia
Dr.Boyuan Li	Faculty of Engineering and Information Science,University of Wollongong	Australia
Dr.Xiaofeng Cao	Advanced Analytics Institute, University of Technology Sydney	Australia
Dr.Siuly Siuly	Victoria University, Melbourne	Australia
Prof.Amr Abdulfattah Hassan	Sports Training, Sports Science	Australia
Mr.Fujin Zhu	Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney	Australia
Asma Islam Swapna	Einstein Future Internet Lab	Bangladesh
Prof.Mozammel Chowdhury	Computer Science & Engineering, Jahangirnagar University	Bangladesh
Dr.Cristiane Jovelina da Silva	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Brazil
Dr.Diego Silveira Costa Nascimento	Department of Information System, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil
Dr.Ioram Schechtman Sette	Department of Design and Engineering, CESAR	Brazil
Dr.Marcio Fernandes Leao	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Prof.Paulo Andre Lima de Castro	ITA	Brazil
Prof. Sergio Henrique Monte Santo Andrade	Estácio Desá University	Brazil
Dr.Jianfei Zhang	Department of Computer Science University of Sherbrooke	Canada
Dr.Djamel Guessoum	DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE -QUEBEC UNIVERSITY-	Canada
Dr.Sebastian Ossandon	Instituto de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile
Mr.Yushi Liu	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University, MA, U.S.	China
Prof.Weide Li	Lanzhou University	China
Mr.Xiaoqi Yin	School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology	China
Dr.Honggui Li	Department of Physical College of Science and Technology, Yangzhou University	China
Dr.Wei Lan	Department of Computer Science, Guangxi University	China
Dr.Guangqi Qiu	School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology	China
Dr.Jiaming Liu	School of Management and Economics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Lecture	China
Prof.Hongwei Ge	College of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology	China
Prof.Jinxing Che	School of Science, Nanchang Institute of Technology	China
Prof.Jianping Luo	College of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University	China
Dr.Liyong Ma	School of Information and Electrical Enginnering, Harbin Institute of Technology	China
Dr.Shengli Xie	School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology	China
Dr.Wei Huang	Computer Science, Nanchang University	China
Prof.Wen-Cheng Liu	Department of Civil and Disaster Prevention Engineering, National United University	Taiwan,China
Dr.Dong Huang	Department of Computer Science, South China Agricultural University	China
Dr.Ting Wang	Huawei	China
Dr.Fan Wu	School of Information Science and Engineering，Central South University	China
Dr.Feiping Nie	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China
Dr.Nannan Wu	College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University	China
Prof.Degan Zhang	School of Computer Science & Engineering, Tianjin University of Technolgoy	China
Prof.Gang Wang	School of Management，HeFei University of Technology	China
Prof.Yongzhong Lu	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China
Dr.Changyun Wei	Department of Mechanical Engineering Hohai University	China
Dr.Junchen Jin	Transport Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden	China
Dr.Taiping Zhang	Department of Computer Science, Chongqing University	China
Prof.Yinglei Song	Department of Electronics and Information Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	China
Dr.Jamal Firmat Banzi	Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China	China
Prof.Chen Gong	School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology	China
Dr.Nady Slam	School of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang	China
Dr.Diptiranjan Behera	School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China
Dr. Lei Du	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China
Dr. Feng He	Innovation Lab, Dalian Commodity Exchange	China
Ms.Nadiya Straton	Department of Digitalization, CBS	Denmark
Mr.Ahmed Adel Awad	Engineering Faculty, Helwan University	Egypt
Dr.Mohamed Hamdy	Industrial Electronics and Control Engineering and Measurements Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf-32952	Egypt
Dr.Mahmoud Nasr	Sanitary Engineering Department, Alexandria University	Egypt
Dr.Wael Mohsen Mahmoud	Department of Computer Science, Ain Shams University	Egypt
Prof.Reda R. Gharieb	Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University	Egypt
Dr.Said Llmen	Cadi Ayyad University	France
Prof.Marc Aiguier	Department of Computer Science, MISC	France
Prof.Edwige Elisabeth Pissaloux	Department of Physics. University of Rouen Normandy	France
Dr.Abhishake Rastogi	Department of Mathematics, University of Potsdam, Germany	Germany
Dr.Dirk Thorleuchter	Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT，Technology Analysis and Strategic Planning	Germany
Dr.Elmar Diederichs	Machine Intelligence and Data Science Elements of Euclid	Germany
Prof.Christos John Bouras	Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras	Greece
Dr.Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi	School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Tessaloniki	Greece
Prof.Peter W.T. TSE	Department of Systems, Engineering&Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China
Dr.Manivanna Boopathi Arumugam	Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ariyalur Engineering College	India
Dr.Sanjay Biswash	Vidya Pratishthan's Kamalnayan Bajai Institute of Engineering & Technology, India National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia	India
Mrs.Sharmila L	Alpha College of engineering	India
Prof.Karthick Raghunath	Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (Autonomous),Affiliated to Anna University-Chennai.	India
Dr.Suprava Chakraborty	National institute of solar energy	India
Dr.Anil Kumar	National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology	India
Dr.Anil kumar Yadav	Banasthali vidyapith, rajasthan	India
Dr.Sri Vidhya BE	K.S.R. College of Technology, Tiruchengode	India
Dr.Jitin Rahul	IIT(ISM) DHANBAD	India
Dr.Sandeep Kumar	Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur	India
Dr.Vishnu Narayan Mishra	Department of Mathematics <http://igntu.ac.in/dept_Math.htm>, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, Amarkantak, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh 484 887	India
Dr.Lakshmi Narayan Mishray	Department of Mathematics, VIT University, Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu	India
Prof.Pijush Samui	Department of Civil Engineering NIT Patna	India
Dr.Anuj Kumar Dubey	Senior Physics Faculty at INSPIRE, Chandrapur, Mahareshtra	India
Prof.Dayakshini Sathish	St.Joseph Engineering College Vamanjoor Mangalore	India
Dr.Hitendra Sarma	Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Technology Anantapur	India
Mr.Ravi Kumar Saidala	Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University	India
Dr.Archana Naganathan	Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, PSG College of Technology	India
Prof.Sukanta Kumar Sabut	Department of Electronics, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai	India
Mr.Vitthal Balbhim Jagtap	Department of Electronics, SBPCOE, TPO	India
Dr.Vartika Singh	Amity University, Noida	India
Ms.Najva N	Electronics and Communication Engineering, MES College	India
Dr.Neha Pokhriyal	The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO in WRD department Dehradun.	India
Mr.Sivaraman S Eswaran	IBM Career Education, Adroit Technologies	India
Dr.Victer Paul	Computer Science and Engineering，Vignan Foundation For Science, Technology and Research	India
Mr.Deepak Aeloor	Computer Engineering, St. John College Engineering Mgmt	India
Kishor Shahajirao Jeve	College of Computer Science and Information Technology (COCSIT), Latur	India
Dr.Mehboob Ali	Department of Information Technology，University of Kashmir	India
Dr.Balamurugan R	Department of Data Analytics, Vellore Institute of Technology	India
Dr.Alok Kumar Singh Kushwaha	Department of computer science and engineering, I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar	India
Mr.Bhartendra Pratap Singh	Data Base Management, IIT Delhi，Alumunas	India
Dr.Arul Jeyaraj	Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, PSNA College of Engineering & Technology	India
Dr.Balasubbareddy M	Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	India
Dr.Chittoju Naga Santhosh Kumar	CSE, SBIT, JNTUH	India
Mrs.Pinki Prakash Vishwakarma	Department of Computer Engineering, Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College	India
Mr.Pulkit Mehndiratta	Department of ComputerSscience, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology	India
Dr.Pranjit Das	National Institute of Technology Nagaland	India
Dr.Kishore Debnath	Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya	India
Dr.Usha Desai	Electronics and Communication Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte	India
Mrs.Baljit Kaur	Computer Science department, Thapar Institute of Engg. and Tech.	India
Mr.Neela Madhab Padhy	Department of Comput er Science and Engineeing Gandhi Institute of Engineeirng Technology(Autonomous)	India
Mr.Madan Vilas Somvanshi	Savitribai Phule Pune University	India
Prof.Mani Kandan	Department of Information Technology K.S.R.College of Technology	India
Prof.Archana Kale	Department of Computer Engineering, Modern Education's Society's COE Pune	India
Prof.J. Naren	School of Computing, SASTRA Deemed University	India
Dr.Raji C.G	Information Technology department	India
Mr.Suhas Gaikwad	Department of Computer Science, Symbiosis International University, Pune	India
Dr.Anandharajan Trv	Anna University	India
Ms.Selvi Chandran	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	India
Dr.Harinandan Kumar	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Bidholi, Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007	India
Mr.Susovan Jana	Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jadavpur University.	India
Mrs. Pinki Prakash Vishwakarma	Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College	India
Mr. Ashish Singh	National Institute of Technology Patna Patna, Bihar (800005)	India
Mr. Hanumant Harichandra Redkar	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)	India
Dr. Rohit Kumar Yadav	IITM, New Delhi	India
Dr.Suhartono Suhartono	Department of Statistics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember	Indonesia
Dr.Ahmed Azeez Ahmed Al-Rubaye	Department of Physics, Al-Mustansiriyah University, College of Science	Iraq
Dr.Alaa Ahmed Abbas Al-abayechi	Computer Systems Technical Department, Institute Of Administration Al-Rusafa, Middle Technical Uni.	Iraq
Dr.Yousif Hashim Al-Aqeeli	Department of Dams and water Resources Engineering, Mosul University	Iraq
Mr.Ali A. Alani	Computer department, University of Diyala, College of Science	Iraq
Dr.Amir Hossein Zaji	Department of Civil Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Mojtaba Noury	IWRM	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Reza Mohammadi	Hamedan University of Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Hoda Ghavaminia	Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch	Islamic Republic of Iran
Ms.Shadi Sartipi	Department of Electrical and computer engineering, Urmia University	Islamic Republic of Iran
Prof.Karim Faez	EE Department, Amirkabir University of Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad	Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Javad Majrouhi Sardroud	Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Saeideh Fayyazi	Department of Biosystems Engineering	Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr.Behzad Moradi	Department of Computer Engineering, Kermanshah University of Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Yousef Sharafi	Department of Artificial Intelligence , Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Niloofar Zoghi-Foomani	Department of Science, Guilan University	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari	Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan(khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Reza Mohammadpour Ghalati	Estahban Azad University	Islamic Republic of Iran
Ms.Zahra Pezeshki	Faculty of Electrical and Robotic Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr.Meysam Ahangaran	Department of Computer Science, Iran University of Science and Technology	Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr.Reza Ashrafidoost	Computer Science, Science and Research University, IAU	Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.Loai Abdallah	Department of Information Systems, Yezreel valley academic college	Israel
Dr.Andrea Casalino	Information Technology at POLITECNICO DI MILANO	Italy
Dr.Chiara Damiani	Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication , iversity of Milan Bicocca	Italy
Dr.Akhter Mohiuddin Rather	Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management	Italy
Dr.Muhamad Erza Aminanto	NICT	Japan
Dr.Saud Althunibat	Department of Communications Engineering	Jordan
Dr.Seyed Hamidreza Aghay Kaboli	UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya (UM)	Malasia
Mr.Mohammad Mahbub Alam	Advanced Robotics Lab, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya	Malaysia
Mr.Kamal Karkonasasi	Department of Computer science, Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia
Prof.S.M.F.D Syed Mustapha	Department of COMPUTER SCIENCE, TAIF UNIVERSITY	Malaysia
Dr.Aizat Faiz Ramli	Department of Electronics Technology Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute	Malaysia
Asc Prof Dr.Noreffendy Tamaldin	Green Tribology & Engine Performance Reseach Group-GTriboE, Center of Adv Research On Energy-CARe Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka- UTeM	Malaysia
Dr.Azah Kamilan Muda	Faculty of Information Systems & Communication (FTMK), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka	Malaysia
Dr.Teoh Chong Keat	Hospitality and Information Technology, Sunway College Johor Bahru	Malaysia
Ms.Anusuyah Subbarao	Department of Faculty of Management，Multimedia University	Malaysia
Dr.Kar Seng Loke	Department of Computing, Swinburne University	Malaysia
Dr.Laith Mohammad Abualigah	Department of Computer Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia
Mr.Juan Antonio de Jesús Osuna-Coutiño	National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE)	Mexico
Dr. Soufiane IDBRAIM	Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir	Morocco
Prof.Loet Leydesdorff	Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
Mr.Ahmad Shahi	Department of Information Science, University of Otago	New Zealand
Dr.Nwagwu Chika Honour	Department of Computer Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka	Nigeria
Dr.Jia-Chun Lin	Department of Informatics, University of Oslo	Norway
Dr.Abdul Khalique Shaikh	Department of Information System, Sultan Qaboos University	Oman
Dr.Zeeshan Yousaf	University of the Punjab, Lahore	Pakistan
Dr.Hadi Fanaee Tork	Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo	Portugal
Dr.Donghoon Ban	Convergence Research Center for Future Automotive Technology，DGIST	Republic of Korea
Dr.Emanuel Soare	Department of Educational Sciences, University of Pitesti, Romania / International Relations	Romania
Dr.Ion Iancu	Department of Computer Science, University of Craiova	Romania
Mr.Ibrahim Nizar Ibrahim	Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University	Russia
Dr.Anwar Ali Yahya	Najran University	Saudi Arabia
Mr.Aleksa Svetozar Srdanov	Technical College of Vocational Studies at Pozarevac	Serbia
Mr.Yan Xu	Learning and Vision team, Panasonic R&D Center Singapore	Singapore
Mr.Imanol Mugarza	Department of Dependable Embedded Systems, Ik4-Ikerlan	Spain
José Francisco Torres Maldonado	Pablo de Olavide University	Spain
Ms.Hongjie Liu	ETHz	Switzerland
Prof.Cheng Li Liu	Vanung University	Taiwan,China
Prof.Mu-Song Chen	Department of Electrical Engineering, Da-Yeh University	Taiwan,China
Prof.Chin Teng Lin	UTS	Taiwan,China
Prof.Yi-Chao Wu	The Bachelor Program of Green and Information Technology in National Taitung University	Taiwan,China
Prof.Guang-Yih Sheu	Chang-Jung Christian University	Taiwan,China
Dr. Chia-Ling Chang	National Taitung University	Taiwan,China
Ms.Kamolwan Kunanusont	Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex	Thailand
Dr. Chakkrit Snae Namahoot	Naresuan University	Thailand
Dr.Yassine Ben Salem	National Engineering School of Gabes, University of Gabes	Tunisia
Prof.Lotfi Ben Romdhane	Department of Computer Science, ISITCom, University of Sousse	Tunisia
Dr.Wadii Boulila	Computer Science at Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts of Manouba, Manouba University, Manouba	Tunisia
Dr.Mohamed Labidi	Department of Computer Science, Minister of Education	Tunisia
Dr.Emrah Yalcin	Department of Ahi Evran University, Civil Engineering	Turkey
Dr.Kamil Topal	Balikesir University, Computer Engineering, Balikesir/Turkey	Turkey
Mr.Mehmet Beskirli	Şırnak University	Turkey
Dr.Mustafa AY	Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Technology	Turkey
Prof.Harun Tanyildizi	Firat University	Turkey
Dr.Senol Celik	Department of Biometrics Animal Science, Bingol University	Turkey
Dr.Fatih Ertam	Firat University	Turkey
Dr.Suleyman Neseli	Selcuk University Department of Mechanical Engineering Konya	Turkey
Dr.Mehmet Gucyetmez	Ahi Evran University	Turkey
Prof.Cihan Karakuzu	Bilecik Seyh Edebali University	Turkey
Dr.Nataliya Dmitrievna Pankratova	Institute for Applied System Analysis (IASA)	Ukraine
Prof.Yu-Dong Zhang	Department of Informatics, Univ of Leicester	United Kingdom
Dr.Azad Naik	Microsoft	United States
Prof.Duck Bong Kim	Department of Manufacturing and engineering technology	United States
Dr.Zhiyuan Wang	Department of Product Design Group, Pacific Norhern Inc	United States
Dr.Mark Burgin	Department of Math, UCLA	United States
Dr.Mostafa Parchami	Department of Robotics & AI, Ford Motor Company	United States
Dr.Afan Ali	School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University	United States
Dr.Hong Lin	Computer Science and Engineering Technology, University of Houston-Downtown	United States
Dr.Hamed Zamani Sabzi	University of Oklahoma	United States
Dr.Golnaz Sarram	Civil Engineering, University of Memphis	United States
Dr.Liguo Yu	Department of Computer Science, Indiana University South Bend	United States
Dr.Shubham Chamadia	Department of Critical care, Massachusetts General Hospital	United States
Dr.Lei Zhu	Department of Mobility, Behavior and Advanced Powertrains, National Renewable Energy Laboratory	United States
Mr.Arpit Sharma	Department of Computer Science, Arizona State University	United States
Mr.Behzad Ghazanfari	Northern Arizona University	United States
Dr.Weitian Wang	Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University	United States
Dr.Matthew Liotine	Department of Information & Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago	United States
Mr.Hang Yue	Department of Reasearch and development, Johns Hoplcins Healthcare	United States
Mr.Hamid Khodabandehlou	Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno	United States
Dr.Eyasu Zemene Mequanint	Department of Computer Vision, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.	United States
Dr.Subrata Acharya	Smart Health and Security Lab,Towson University	United States

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About retraction

The Frontier Science Publishing values the integrity of academic activities and the completeness of academic achievement records, ensuring that academic papers are kept as recordable and unchanging as they are published. However, it is difficult to find out the individual non-normative phenomena in the manuscript or the inattention of the author, even if carefully reviewed by the editor. Therefore, correcting academic records is sometimes necessary. The decision to change the record is of great importance, and the publisher will take different measures based on the article's situation, roughly in the following forms:
1. Expression problem
2. Correction (error in the layout or error in the content)
3. Cancellation
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One author

• Niemi (2011) illustrated some scenarios to prove this.
• The theory governs civil society (Niemi, 2011) and social behaviour.
• In 2011 Niemi described the theory in detail.

Two authors (Always use both names)

• Chandler and Tsai (2001) analysed data from several reports.
• This theory was further supported by Chandler and Tsai (2001).
• In 2001 Chandra and Tsai proposed a possible mitigation measure.

Three or more authors (Use first author's name, followed by italicized et al.)

• Dickson et al. (2014) brought up some points to support such an argument.
• This was further emphasized (Dickson et al, 2014) and subsequently widely accepted.
• In 2014 Dickson et al. noted that such initiatives have far-bearing effects.

Personal communications and unpublished works can only be used in the main text of the submission and are not to be placed in the Reference section. Authors are advised to limit such usage to the minimum. They should also be easily identifiable by stating the authors and year of such unpublished works or personal communications and the word 'Unpublished' in parenthesis.

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References

This section is compulsory and should be placed at the end of all manuscripts. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should be excluded from this section.

The references in reference list are arranged in alphabetical order of the first author's surname. Authors referenced are listed with their surname followed by their initials. All references should also appear as an in-text citation. References should follow the following pattern: Author(s) followed by year of publication, title of publication, full journal name in italics, volume number, issue number in parenthesis and lastly, page range. If the referred article has more than three authors, list only the first three authors and abbreviate the remaining authors to italicized 'et al.' (meaning: "and others"). If the DOI is available, please include it after the page range.

Journal

Journal article (print) with one to three authors

• Younger P. (2004). Using the internet to conduct a literature search. Nursing Standard, vol.19(6): 45-51.
• Journal article (print) with more than three authors
• Gamelin F X, Baquet G, Berthoin S, et al. (2009). Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. European Journal of Applied Physiology,105: 731-738.

Journal article (online) with one to three authors

• Jackson D, Firtko A and Edenborough M. (2007). Personal resilience as a strategy for surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: A literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol.60(1): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04412.x.

Journal article (online) with more than three authors

• Hargreave M, Jensen A, Nielsen T S S,et al. (2015). Maternal use of fertility drugs and risk of cancer in children—A nationwide population-based cohort study in Denmark. International Journal of Cancer, vol.136(8): 1931-1939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29235.

Book

Book with one to three authors

• Schneider Z, Whitehead D and Elliott D. (2007).Nursing and Midwifery Research: Methods and Appraisal for Evidence-based Practice, 3rd edn. Marrickville, NSW: Elsevier Australia.

Book with more than three authors

• Davis M, Charles L, Curry M J, et al. (2003). Challenging Spatial Norms, London: Routledge.

Chapter or Article in Book

• Conway K M. (2014). Critical quantitative study of immigrant students. In F K Stage and R S Wells (Eds.)*, New Scholarship in Critical Quantitative Research— Part 1 (pp. 51-64). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

*Note that the editor's name is not inverted.

Others

Proceedings of meetings and symposiums, conference papers

• S S Chang, L Liaw and J Ruppenhofer J (Eds.) (2000). Proceedings of the 25thAnnual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General session and parasession on loan word phenomena. Berkeley, February 12-15, 1999. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.

Conference proceedings (from electronic database)

• Bukowski R M. (2009). Prognostic factors for survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Proceedings of the Third Cambridge Conference, Cambridge, June 27-28, 2009. Cancer, vol.115(10): 2273-2281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24226

Online Document with author names

• Este J, Warren C, Connor L, et al. (2008). Life in the clickstream: The future of journalism. Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.alliance.org.au/documents/ foj_report_final.pdf

Online Document without author name

• Princeton Writing Program. (n.d.). Developing an argument. Retrieved from http://web.princeton.edu/ sites/ writing/Writing_Center/WCWritingResources.htm

Thesis/Dissertation

• Gale L. (2000). The relationship between leadership and employee empowerment for successful total quality management(Thesis). University of Western Sydney. Retrieved from Australasian Digital Thesis database.

Standards

• Standards Australia Online. (2006), Glass in buildings: Selection and installation. AS 1288-2006, amended January 31, 2008. Retrieved from SAI Global database.

Government Report

• National Commission of Audit. (1996). Report to the Commonwealth Government, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Government report (online)

• Department of Health and Ageing. (2008). Ageing and aged care in Australia. Retrieved from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing

Patent

• Rencher W F. (1995). Bioadhesive pharmaceutical car- rier. US Patent 5462749 A.

No author

• Guide to agricultural meteorological practices, 2nd (1981). Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva.

Note: When referencing an entry from a dictionary or an encyclopedia with no author there is no requirement to include the source in the reference list. In these cases, only cite the title and year of the source in-text. For an authored dictionary/encyclopedia, treat the source as an authored book