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5. Sample Cover Letter/Email
   
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7. Submitting your paper
   

N.B. The sample issues available may show formatting different to that which is requested here; if in doubt, please follow the instructions on this page. The sample issues show the finished version, not necessarily the one required for the production process

• The original typescript should be submitted electronically in A4 size format, with a word count of 5000-7000 (excluding figures), following the submission requirements described on the Journal's website.
  
• A final paper which would exceed 7000 words or occupy more than 20 pages of the Journal may be returned for abridgement.
  
• The text of the paper should include title, abstract, text, references and notes, tables, figure captions, figures, but not the names of authors, their biographical notes nor any acknowledgements. Please make sure that authors' names are not included in the document/file properties.
  
• For email submissions, you will need a separate file containing the title of the paper, plus the names, affiliation and complete addresses, e-mail and fax number of authors, and an abstract, keywords, brief biographical notes about authors and any acknowledgements; for further details, see the relevant section below.
  
• All papers must be written in UK English. If English is not your first language, please ask an English-speaking colleague to proofread your paper.
  
• The preferred electronic document format is MS Word, although RTF or PDF are accepted. (For LaTex, see below). Templates for both A4 size (double column) journals (see list) or 240 mm x 165 mm size (single column) journals, are available to download, should you wish to use one. Templates in both sizes for users of LaTex are also available to download. (If you use LaTex, you must please save your LaTex file as a PDF file, to ensure that those reviewing your manuscript will be able to view it). All templates for download can be found here. Although the templates will allow you to estimate the total number of pages if typed in single line spacing, it is not essential that you use one, since all papers, if accepted, will be correctly formatted for publication by Inderscience Publishers.
  
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Enclosed is a paper, entitled "Mobile Agents for Network Management." Please accept it as a candidate for publication in the [journal title]. Below are our responses to your submission requirements.

1. Title and the central theme of the article.

Paper title: "Mobile Agents for Network Management." This study reviews the concepts of mobile agents and distributed network management system. It proposes a mobile agent-based implementation framework and creates a prototype system to demonstrate the superior performance of a mobile agent-based network over the conventional client-server architecture in a large network environment.

2. Which subject/theme of the Journal the material fits

• New enabling technologies (if no matching subject/theme, enter 'Subject highly related to [subject of journal] but not listed by [please type in journal title or acronym])
  

3. Why the material is important in its field and why the material should be published in [please type in journal title or acronym]?

The necessity of having an effective computer network is rapidly growing alongside the implementation of information technology. Finding an appropriate network management system has become increasingly important today's distributed environment. However, the conventional centralized architecture, which routinely requests the status information of local units by the central server, is not sufficient to manage the growing requests. Recently, a new framework that uses mobile agent technology to assist the distributed management has emerged. The mobile agent reduces network traffic, distributes management tasks, and improves operational performance. Given today's bandwidth demand over the Internet, it is important for the [journal title/acronym] readers to understand this technology and its benefits. This study gives a real-life example of how to use mobile agents for distributed network management. It is the first in the literature that reports the analysis of network performance based on an operational prototype of mobile agent-based distributed network. We strongly believe the contribution of this study warrants its publication in the [journal title/acronym].

4. Names, addresses, and email addresses of four experts in the subject of your paper who are personally unknown to you*, are not members of the editorial board of the journal, are not from your* institution and at least two of whom must be from a different country from you*.
(*"you" refers to all authors of the paper) N.B. For The Botulinum Journal only, instead of the criteria above, the criteria for these experts is that they should not have any conflict of interest with authors and institutions.

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Please read the notes overleaf and fill in, sign and send this form with the paper manuscript of your Article. This Agreement comes into effect if your Article is accepted for publication.

Please print out this Author Agreement. Read the explanatory notes at the end, fill in, sign and send this form together with the paper manuscript of your Article. This Agreement comes into effect if your Article is accepted for publication.]

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1. In consideration of the undertaking set out in paragraph 2, and upon acceptance by Inderscience for publication in the Journal, the Author grants to Inderscience, subject to paragraph 5, the exclusive right and licence to publish the Article entitled:

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2. Inderscience hereby undertakes to prepare and publish the Article named in paragraph 1 in the Journal, subject only to its right to refuse publication if there is a breach of the Author’s warranty in paragraph 5 or there are other reasonable grounds; in such case Inderscience assigns to the Author any and all copyright and other rights in the Article otherwise assigned to it under this Agreement.
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• The submission has not been previously published in English nor is it before another journal for consideration; or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor.
  
• The text meets the formatting requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines section.
  
• The submission file is in Word, RTF or PDF document file format.
  
• You have identified four experts (names, full addresses and expertise) in the subject of your paper as specified in section 5. These experts should be personally unknown to the authors and at least two of them should be from a different country from the author(s).
  
• You have printed, completed and returned the required Author Agreement (Copyright) document (get this document in PDF format).
  
• For email submissions you have prepared 3 files:
  File 1. The title of the paper, plus the names, affiliation and complete addresses, e-mail and fax number of authors, and an abstract, keywords, brief biographical notes about authors and any acknowledgements
  File 2. The text of the paper, including text, abstract, references and notes, tables, figure captions, figures, but without the names of authors, their biographical notes or any acknowledgements
  File 3. The cover letter, view sample in PDF format (PDF version)
  
• For all Submissions: Check that you have removed all author identification (names and affiliations) and any acknowledgements from the main file that you are going to submit. Please make sure that authors' names are not included in the document/file properties. Do not remove the title, abstract or the keywords from your paper.