Submissions

Author Guidelines

All manuscripts must be prepared using the official journal templates, which are available in both LaTeX (on Overleaf or as a downloadable package) and Microsoft Word formats. Authors are required to use these templates strictly to ensure consistency in formatting, structure, and style.

Note: Manuscripts that contain extensive mathematical expressions must be prepared using LaTeX to ensure clarity, consistency, and proper formatting of equations.

Once completed, manuscripts must be submitted in PDF format only through the OJS.

For the first submissions, authors should ensure that the manuscript includes all required sections (e.g., abstract, keywords, introduction, methodology, results, conclusions, references) and that the submitted PDF file is free of track changes or annotations.

In the case of a revised submission, authors must upload both the revised manuscript and a detailed "response letter" addressing to all reviewer comments. The response letter should clearly indicate how each comment was handled, referencing specific changes in the revised manuscript. Changes in the revised manuscript should be highlighted or marked to facilitate the review process.

All submissions must comply with the journal’s ethical standards, and it is the authors’ responsibility to ensure originality, proper citation, and authorship integrity. Manuscripts not prepared according to these guidelines may be returned without review.

Manuscript Types

TCMIS accepts new submissions in the following categories: 

Research Article: This type of article reports original research results, not published elsewhere. The most common type of articles accepted in the journal.

Review Article: Reviews the literature with a clear understanding of the current status on a specific topic. It is also expected to identify gaps and offer a structured plan for future potential studies.

Systematic Review: These articles differ from traditional reviews, and they require equivalent standards of rigour to primary research. These papers have a logical rationale used in the research, and they are clearly reported to the reader [1]. 

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

While TCMIS does not impose a general and definitive rule on article length, research articles are expected to be between 8-20 pages, and review articles between 15 and 30 pages. Systematic review articles may be longer, depending on the context of the subject.

Each manuscript must contain the following components regardless of its type:

1. Title

Titles should be as concise and informative as possible. Abbreviations and equations should be avoided as much as possible. Only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized; all other letters should be lowercase. If a specific equation name is used, the first letter should be capitalized (e.g., Schrödinger wave equation). Articles such as a, an, and the should be used correctly, and spelling errors should be avoided.

Examples: The logistic models and sigmoid functions: A variety of models and solution perspectives

2. Authors' Names and Affiliations

The full names (name and surname/family name) of all contributing authors must be listed in the article. The author eligibility requirements and how to provide individual contributions are detailed under Authorship Criteria.

All authors must indicate their affiliation with the institution/university, department, laboratory (if applicable), city, and country.

Email addresses must be provided for all authors, and the corresponding author must be marked with an asterisk (*). For responsible publishing purposes, each author must have an ORCID, which must also be indicated on the article (see https://orcid.org). All author information must be fully and completely entered into the OJS system when uploading the article. Subsequent author additions and changes will not be accepted.
Each author's contribution to the study should be stated at the end of the article in accordance with the specified format.
Our journal remains neutral regarding affiliations, regions, and country names declared by authors and accepts no responsibility for them.

The study should be appropriately divided into main headings, including introduction, literature review, definition of the problem under consideration, methodology used/proposed, research results and findings, conclusion and discussion. A maximum of three sub-headings can be defined under each main heading (e.g., 2.1 or 2.1.1). The standard SI units should be followed throughout the manuscript.

Introduction

The introduction should briefly summarize the background of the study and explain the gap it aims to fill in the literature. The study's contribution to the literature should be clearly emphasized. After stating the motivation for the study (why such a study is needed), the importance of the topic and the extent to which the proposed methodology will contribute to solving real-life problems should be explained. If any, hypotheses and research questions should be presented in this section.

To help readers understand the importance of the study, methodological, empirical, and conceptual contributions should be clearly stated. The terms used in the study and the approach to be followed should be presented in this section. The terms and abbreviations introduced should be consistently used throughout the study.

If a separate literature review is not provided, previous studies on the topic should be examined in detail, and a critical review should be conducted. The study should be contextualized to any previous research, and its differences from similar studies in the literature should be highlighted comparatively.

Materials and Methodology

The problem addressed and the methodology applied/proposed in the study should be presented in detail, categorized under appropriate main headings.

The design of the study and the language used should be descriptive in terms of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the problem addressed and/or the methodology applied.

Flowcharts and pseudo-codes should be provided where necessary; and all information, conditions, and assumptions that will ensure the reproducibility of the research should be stated in detail. Consistency should be observed in writing equations, and equations cited in the text must be numbered consecutively.

The use of brand names should be avoided as much as possible. For studies involving living organisms, an ethics committee approval form must be obtained and submitted along with the article (see the page [ethics approval and consent policy]).

Experimental Study / Numerical Tests

The experimental tests/numerical results section should validate the proposed method or approach through experiments in a physical or simulated computer environment.

The experimental setup, coding/environment, dataset, and test conditions used should be described in accordance with relevant standards.

The configuration and calibration of the machinery/equipment or experimental test environment used to ensure reproducibility should be specified. If multiple test scenarios or case studies are conducted, each should be described systematically. The experimental design should be described, including the selection of input variables, control factors, and performance measures. Authors should also describe how the data were collected, processed, and analyzed, including the software tools used.

Experimental results should be interpreted and supported by appropriate tables, graphs, or diagrams. Graphs and tables used should be clear and appropriately cited in the text.

Conclusions and Future Research

This section should clearly summarize the main findings of the study, align with the initially stated research objectives, and highlight how they fill the identified gap. The conclusions reached should be consistent with the research findings, and inferences should not be made about a result that was not obtained. The significance of the results from a theoretical and practical perspective should be emphasized, and the potential contributions of the results to academia, and if applicable, to society and human life, should be briefly presented.

The limitations of the research, any managerial insights (especially in engineering application studies), and implications for policymakers should be provided transparently. Factors limiting the impact of the study or potential areas of future research based on possible expansions/potential studies should be indicated. The identified new research areas/topics should provide a forward-looking perspective and be guiding/inspiring for other scientists in the field.

6. Acknowledgments

If there were contributions from other institutions or individuals in conducting the research, these should be indicated in this section. Those to be thanked should only be individuals who did not contribute to the extent of authorship. Otherwise, they must be listed as authors. Please see the Authorship Criteria policy on this matter.
State "None" if not applicable.

7. Funding

Any funding information and grant number(s) must be clearly stated if the research was supported by any funding agency (or agencies). 
Examples:
The first author acknowledges the financial support from [Institute Name] under grant number [XXX]. 
OR
This research was partly funded by [Institute Name] under grant number [XXX].

State "None" if not applicable.

8. Conflict of Interest

All relationships (including financial and commercial) that the academy may perceive as a potential conflict of interest should be declared in this section.
If no such relationship or conflict of interest exists, the author may include the statement "The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest to disclose" in this section.

9. Author Contributions

The individual contributions by each author must be declared in this section. The guidelines given on the page Authorship Criteria must be followed. This is not limited to the example below.

Example:
Walter White: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing - Original draft, Writing- Review & Editing. Adam Smith: Data curation, Validation, Writing - Original draft. David Johnson: Visualization, Investigation, Validation, Supervision. 

10. Declaration of using AI tools

Please see our guidelines for the use of generative AI tools. 
If there is no use of any type of generative AI tools, the authors must declare it as follows:
"The authors declare that they have not used any type of generative artificial intelligence for the writing of this manuscript, nor for the creation of images, graphics, tables, or their corresponding captions."

11. References

The list of all references cited in the article should be listed in full detail according to the IEEE format. References should be numbered consecutively in square brackets, starting from [1], according to the order of citation in the article. All works presented in the reference list must be cited in the text. Citations to works unrelated to the subject of the study should be avoided.

The standard IEEE style for LATEX format is automatically embedded in the template given above. Additionally, it can be downloaded here.

For the manuscripts prepared using the MS Word template, authors are strongly encouraged to use a reference management system such as Endnote, Mendeley, or Zotero.

The standard IEEE format for EndNote can be downloaded here.

Alternatively, the authors may use the IEEE Reference Preparation Assistant to make sure that their references are in the correct format.

Examples of in-text citations:

• "Young [1] has argued that..."
• "Sarunyagate [2] and Bass [3] investigated that..."
• "...one of the most efficient methods in the field [4]."
• "This theory was first put forward in 2010 [5]."
• "Several recent studies [4], [6-8] have suggested that..."
• "Recent surveys [11-14] on this topic examined that..."

Avoid bulk citations such as "[11-20]" or "[7-19]". Instead, relevant studies should be extracted separately within the framework of critical review and appropriately referenced.

References should be formatted in accordance with the sytle specific for its type. 

Format for Journal Articles

Use the format:
J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month year, doi: xxx.

Examples:
J. Hristov, “The logistic models and sigmoid functions: A variety of models and solution perspectives”, Trans. Comput. Model. Intell. Syst., vol. 1, Art. no. 10002, Oct. 2025.
G. Liu, K. Y. Lee, and H. F. Jordan, "TDM and TWDM de Bruijn networks and shufflenets for optical communications," IEEE Trans. Comp., vol. 46, pp. 695-701, June 1997.
R. Fardel, M. Nagel, F. Nuesch, T. Lippert, and A. Wokaun, “Fabrication of organic light emitting diode pixels by laser-assisted forward transfer,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 91, no. 6, Aug. 2007, Art. no. 061103.

Format for Books

Use the format:
J. K. Author, Title of the book. City of Publisher, Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year. Available: https://doi.org/doi

Example:
D. Sarunyagate, Lasers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
X. Liu, Systems Control Theory. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter, 2018.

Format for Book Chapters

Use the format:
J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of His Published Book, X. Editor, Ed., xth ed. City of Publisher, (only U.S. State), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx–xxx. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/doi

Example:
Q. Li, D. Zhang, I. Kucukkoc, and N. He, "Heuristic Techniques for Real-Time Order Acceptance and Scheduling in Metal Additive Manufacturing," in Mathematical Modelling and Optimization of Engineering Problems, J. A. T. Machado, N. Özdemir, and D. Baleanu Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020, pp. 1-24.

Format for Conference Papers

Use the format:
J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf. in Volume Title, ed., X. Editor, Ed., year, pp. xxx–xxx, doi: xxx.

Example: 
Liu and H. Miao, "A specification based approach to testing polymorphic attributes," in Formal Methods and Software Engineering: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2004, Seattle, WA, USA, November 8-12, 2004, J. Davies, W. Schulte, M. Barnett, Eds. Berlin: Springer, 2004. pp. 306-19.

Format for Theses / Dissertations

Use the format: 
J. K. Author, “Thesis title” MSc./Ph.D. dissertation, Department name, University name, City, Country, Year.

Example: 
J. O. Williams, “Narrow-band analyzer,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.

Format for Websites

Use the format: 
J. K. Author, “Title of the Webpage” Accessed: Month Date, Year. [Online]. Accessed: Url

Example: 
M. L. Gaskill, “3D Printing: Saving Weight and Space at Launch”, [Online] Accessed:  Dec 26, 2025. Available: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/3d-printing-saving-weight-and-space-at-launch

Figures and Tables

All figures and tables used in the study should be placed in an appropriate location within the text near the referenced page, NOT at the end of the article. Tables should not use vertical lines; horizontal lines should be used only at the beginning and end of the table and only below the first line. All text within tables should be legible and no smaller than 9 points. Tables should be in an editable format and include a short caption over them.

Figures should be in standard PNG, JPG, EPS, PS, or TIFF format with a high resolution of at least 300 dpi. They should be clear and legible, and the font type and size should follow a standard structure throughout the study. All figures used should have a purpose; repetition should be avoided, and figures that do not contribute to the content should be avoided. Figure captions should be placed below the figure, be meaningful, and be of the necessary length.

Equations

Equations referenced within the text must be numbered and aligned in the center of the page. Equation numbers must be unique and should not contain a section number. Use the format “Eq. (X)” to refer to a specific equation, such as Eq. (1) represents… etc.