1. All submission to IJITDM are handled electronically. Manuscripts must be submitted online via Editorial Manager (EM), a fully web-based submission, peer-review, and tracking system. Upon submission, authors should specify to which section the paper belongs.
2. If you are submitting via this new EM system for the first time, you will first be required to register: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijitdm/preRegistration.asp. From the account you create, you will be able to monitor your submission and make subsequent submissions.
3. The front page of the manuscripts should have the title of the paper, and the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of all authors. An abstract (no more than 150 words) and a list of keywords (no more than six) should also be enclosed.
4. Authors may recommend four persons as reviewers for their manuscripts when they submit the manuscripts.
5. Submission of a manuscript shows a clear understanding that the manuscript is not under consideration for publication with other journals or publications.
6. Depending on the nature and content of the manuscript, either the Editor-in-Chief will send the manuscript to an appropriate member of the Advisory Board or Editorial Board who will then send the manuscript to at least two competent reviewers, or the Editor-in-Chief will ask two appropriate members of the Advisory Board and/or Editorial Board to review. Based on the recommendations by the members of Advisory Board or Editorial Board, the Editor-in-Chief will make final decision on acceptance, rejection, and revision of the manuscript.
7. Once a paper is accepted, the author has to prepare a camera-ready manuscript according to the instructions provided by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. The desk editor of World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd will work with the author for proofreading before publication.
8. There will be no page charge for the journal.
9. A pdf version of each published article/paper will be provided to the first-named author/corresponding author free-of-charge in lieu of the offprints. Purchase orders for offprints can be made during submission of manuscripts.

Detailed instructions for preparation of manuscripts are available in:

• Latex2e (readme / Download)
• MS-Word (ZIP files) (readme / Download)