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Any papers meeting the range of readers’ interest in OR/MS related research fields or applications would be considered all publishable candidates:

1. Please submit your paper in English through the website:
   http://www.orstw.org.tw/IJOR/ with both a Word and a PDF file. When you log on the website please elect a suitable Editor-in-chief according to your paper’s keywords and that listed under the Editors-in-chief.
2. Manuscript requirements:
   
   1. Manuscript should be double-spaced and has 25 mm margins on all sides.
   2. Pages should be numbered. Tables and illustrations should also be numbered separately.
   3. The PDF file should appear without the author(s)’ name(s) appearing anywhere in the file.
   4. Manuscript submitted should not be copyrighted nor being submitted or accepted anywhere. For each accepted paper, the author will sign a copyright transfer agreement form.
   5. All manuscripts submitted and potentially suitable to IJOR will be blind reviewed by three reviewers or in some cases at least two reviewers.
   6. Manuscript shall include: Title, author name(s) and address(es) (in the Word file only), abstract (no more than 150 words), keywords (maximal 5 keywords and at least one of them must be elected from that listed under an Editor-in-chief), text, tables and figures (if applicable), references, and appendices (if applicable). In the PDF file, the authors’ names, addresses and contact information should be removed.
   7. References cited in text should be provided such as Chang (2002), Chang et al. (2003), … Reference listing should be numbered alphabetically and appear as
      
      1. Journal papers:
         Bauerle, N. and Rieder, U. (2004). Portfolio optimization with Markov-modulated stock prices and interest rates, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 49: 442-447.
      2. Conference papers or papers in edited books:
         
         • ozan, E. (2003). Container Transfer Logistics at Multimodal Container Terminals, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and new Zealand Inc, Australia., pp. 2042-2047.
         • Lin, K. C. and Chern, M. S. (1994). Finding the most vital arc in the shortest path problem with fuzzy arc lengths. In: G. H. Tzeng, H. F. Wang, U. P. Wen, and P. L. Yu (Eds.), Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Springer-Verlag, Amsterdam, pp.159-168.
      3. Books:
         Kusiak, A. and Bielli, M. (Eds.) (1997). Designing Innovations in Industrial Logistics Modeling, CRC Press, New York.
3. Please select one Editor-in-chief in charge of your manuscript submission by the keywords listed under the Editors-in-chief and in your manuscript.