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Article redaction and presentation recommendations

1. The title will appear in the first page, in Spanish and English, with author’s name, organisation and job title, address and telephone contacts, including E-mail address if possible.

2. A summary of the article will be included at the beginning of the text, and this summary will not exceed the 150 words, both in English and Spanish. The key words to include will not exceed a maximum of five. (If this summary is not received, ‘Carreteras’ reserves the possibility of carrying out and publishing a proper summary ) (*).

3. The text will be written in DIN A-4 on one side, with a space and a half between lines and double space between paragraphs. The letter will be “Arial” or “Helvetic”, size ten. Pages will be numbered and the margins will be 2,5 cm in each side roughly.

4. At the end, bibliographic references should be included if possible. Also, including a conclusion text is recommended.

5. The inclusion of Photographs, Graphics and Tables is recommended too, and they should be accompanied by their explicative texts. All the material will be reproduced in black and white.

6. An original in paper of the articles or documents to publisher with the photographs, tables and figures inserted in the text, will be sent.

7. Furthermore, the articles or documents to publisher will be sent in Word.

8. Tables and Figures will be sent in an independent computer file. Figures will be adapted to be published in black and white.

9. Photographs will be sent in photographic paper or slide or digital format. In two first cases, the material will be returned to the author when the editing finish. (**)

10. If the photographs are sent in digital format, they must fulfil these conditions:
- .tif or .jpg format
- 150 pixel/inch resolution at least
- Size could be equal but not smaller than 10 x 15 cm.

11. Containing all these conditions, the article will have a reference extension of 14-15 pages, including Photographs, Tables and Figures and bibliographic references.

RULES FOR SPECIAL OR MONOTEMATIC ISSUES OF ‘CARRETERAS’

1. The recommendations mentioned before will be always respected if possible.

2. The number of the articles presented for the special issues and the number of pages per article could vary, as long as this quantity does not exceed 135 pages, edited with the mentioned rules. A maximum of 8-9 articles is recommended.

3. The issue manager will include an issue presentation.

MENTION OF THE MAGAZINE ‘CARRETERAS’ IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA BASES

The magazine ‘Carreteras’ and its summary of articles is currently quoted in different scientific data bases, not only domestic but also international ones as:

Domestic:
- Scientific Information and Documentation Centre Data Base (CINDOT), which belongs to Scientific Investigations Superior Council (CISC) – www.csic.es
- Technologic and Scientific Data Base (ICYT)
- CSIC Libraries Catalogue (CIRBIC)
- Transport and Communications Documentation Centre Data Base of the Transport Ministry – www.mfom.es

International:
- TIID (Transport Investigation International Documentation) Data Base, which belongs to OCDE Transport Programme.
·- Ulrichs Data Base –www.ulrichsweb.com-
·- Engineering Index –www.ei.org-

SENDING ADDRESS

· Marta Rodrigo
Executive Manager of “Carreteras”
Asociación Española de la Carretera
Goya 23 4º- Dcha.
28001 MADRID
Tf. 91 577 99 72
Fax 91 576 65 22
e-mail: mrodrigo@aecarretera.com

· Recaredo Romero
Technical Manager of “Carreteras”
E-mail: recaredo@recaredoluz.jazztel.es

(*) The reason to include these summaries is to increase the references to the articles published by ‘Carreteras’ in the international scientific data bases.

(**) Unless the author expresses specifically his disagreement, once published the photograph copies will be included in the ‘Carreteras’ photographic file. ‘Carreteras’ reserves the right to future publication in other texts.