Author Guidelines
1. The article should be written in MS Word exclusively in English. Authors are allowed to illustrate their articles with coloured figures.
The paper, in MS Word, should be sent to bachir.achour@larhyss.net for form checking, before submitting online. If the paper complies with the instructions for authors, it will be linguistically, grammatically and punctuation-corrected free of charge.
2. On an A4 paper, authors should adhere to the following margins:
Top: 3 cm ; Bottom : 6.34 cm ; Left : 4.25 cm ; Right : 4.25 cm
3. The article, of a maximum of 30 pages written in TNR 10 (Body of the text) and simply spaced, must include:
3.1. An abstract in the English language that can extend to 500 words.
3.2. An introduction followed by the text.
3.3. A conclusion.
3.4. A list of references in alphabetical order (References must not be numbered). All authors of the article must be indicated. Write the name of the journal where the article is published in full and not in an abbreviated form.
3.5 Authors' names, followed by the initial (or initials) of the first name, must be written in capital letters, bold Italic in TNR 11. Example :
ACHOUR B., AMARA L., MEHTA M.D.
3.6. The affiliation of the authors must be written in lowercase TNR 10.
3.7. The title of the article must be written in capital letters, bold, TNR 11, in both English and French.
3.8. The Words RESUME, ABSTRACT and INTRODUCTION must be written in Capital letters, bold, TNR 11.
3.9. The paragraphs making up the article must not be numbered. The main title of the paragraph must be written in capital letters and bold TNR 11. The first subtitle must be written in lowercase and in bold. The second subtitle must be written in lowercase italics and bold.
3.10. Regarding the title of the Figures and Tables, write the words Figure and Table in full and in bold, TNR 10. The title of the figures must be written in TNR10. Only the words Figure and Table are in bold.
3.11. In the text, bibliographic references should be written in parentheses and lowercase, indicating the last name of the author (s) and the year. Example (Morin, 1956), (Reuch and Daltan, 1950).
How to write references at the end of the article
1. When it is an article by one or more authors
CANLON B.R. (1991). Evaluation of moisture flux from chloride data in desert soils, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.128, Issues 1-4, pp. 137 – 156.
SCANLON B.R., GOLDSMITH R.S. (1997). Field study of spatial variability in unsaturated flow beneath and adjacent to playas, Water Resources Research, Vol.33, Issue 10, pp. 2239 – 2252.
ROGER NORRIS H., THOMAS M.L., TOLLNER E.W. (2008).Modelling stormwater runoff from green roofs with, HYDRUS-1D, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.358, Issues 3-4, pp. 288–293.
2. When it comes to a thesis
LENEUF N. (1959). L’altération des granites calco-alcalins et des garnodiorites en Côte d’Ivoire forestière et les sols qui en sont dérivés, Thèse de. Doctorat ès Sciences Naturelles, Université de Paris, France, 227 p.
3. When it comes to a report
MSHP (2006). Rapport relatif aux déchets toxiques déversés sur la ville d’Abidjan, Ministère de la Santé et de l’Hygiène Publique de Côte d’Ivoire, 3 p.
4. When it comes to a book
RODIER J., LEGUBE B., MERLET N., BRUNET R. (2009). Water analysis, Natural waters, Wastewaters, Seawater, 9th edition, Dunod, Paris, France, 1600p, (In French).
CHOW V.T. (1959). Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.