Example of Basic Formatting

Amy Author

Air Resources, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Introduction

This document exemplifies the formatting required for manuscripts being submitted to the

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. However, it is imperative that you

thoroughly read and follow the style guidelines in your manuscript preparation:

http://www.awma.org/publications/journal/submit-a-manuscript. The costs for page charges and

color graphics are listed in the guidelines, as are explanations for and samples of each of the

following: Implications, Abstract, references, tables, About the Authors, list of figure captions,

and figures.

First-Level Heading Example

A blank line should be placed between a first-level heading and the text that follows it, as shown

in this example.

Second-level heading example

A blank line should also be placed between a second-level heading and the text that follows it, as

shown in this example.

Third-level heading example. The text that follows third-level headings should appear on the

same line as the heading, separated from it by a period and two spaces as shown here. See the

style guidelines for further information on headings. Normally there won’t be headings beyond

level three.

Note that the margins are 1 inch all around. The lines of text are 1.5 spaced and left justified, and

the font is 12-point Times New Roman.

Table 1 here [this is an example of a placeholder to indicate to the copy editor where to place a

table; the caption is not needed here]

Add an extra, blank line to indicate paragraph breaks, as shown throughout this text.

Equations should appear as described in the style guidelines. (1)

Tables and then figures should be grouped after the text, ordered in the same sequence in which

they are to appear in the published text. They can be included in the same document file as the

text for the first version, but they must still be grouped at the end, not interspersed throughout the

text. Of course, for all but the first (initial) submittal, figures will need to be removed from the

text document and formatted separately as directed in the guidelines.

Figure 1 here [this is an example of a placeholder to indicate to the copy editor where to place a

figure; the caption is not needed here]

References should be indicated in the text by listing the author and year of publication (Jones et

al., 2011), and listed alphabetically by author name in the reference section as shown in the

example in the style guidelines (Allstaff, 2010). No auto referencing, auto footnoting, or other

auto functions should be used.

Figure 2 here

Changes in the Text Document from the Former Submittal System

If you previously used the Rapid Review system, you will want to particularly be aware of the

following changes.

First item regarding variances from old guidelines

Line numbering should no longer be included in your text files. ScholarOne will assign line

numbers when it converts your uploaded files to a PDF. ScholarOne will also assign page

numbers.

Second item regarding variances from old guidelines

The Implications paragraph should be submitted in a separate text file from the rest of the

manuscript text, and should be placed first. It does not need to also be included within the main

text document. The Abstract, too, does not need to be included in the text file of your

manuscript, since you will have already entered it in the appropriate text box in the manuscript

record. ScholarOne will include both of these paragraphs in the PDF it develops from the

information and files you submit.

Summary

Follow the checklist toward the end of the style guidelines to ensure that you have included all

the parts and in proper order.

Questions may be addressed to Nancy Bernheisel at nbernheisel@awma.org.

Reference List Example

Allstaff, A. 2010. Examples of References. Pittsburgh: A&WMA Publishers

Jones, N., L. Smith, and A. Staff. 2011. Formatting for JA&WMA. Pittsburgh: A&WMA

Publishers.

About the Author

Amy Author is the fictitious author of this sample paper, portrayed as Resident Consultant for

Air Resources in Pittsburgh, PA.

Tables

Table 1: Tables should be formatted in whatever way best represents the data you wish to

communicate.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Row 1 1 2 3

Row 2 4 5 6

Figure Captions

Figure 1. Sample JA&WMA cover.

Figure 2. (a) The JW air-cycle aqueduct frame. (b) The finished pavement surface. (c and d)

What was observed below the pavement that was used for the experiments of this paper.

Figure 1. Sample JA&WMA cover.