Articles on all aspects of Naval Engineering, in the broadest sense, will be considered for publication in the Journal of Naval Engineering (JNE). Its readers include all Royal Navy Engineer and Warrant Officers, all MoD Technical Development Officers, all Naval Scientists, the navies of NATO, Commonwealth and other friendly countries, as well as leading Naval Defence Firms.

Articles may be targeted at any part of the readership, provided they are comprehensible to all. Authors need not be in Government Service.

Articles used to be accepted on the understanding that they will not be published elsewhere. This is now no longer the case although the more limited circulation of the JNE should allow scope for a more personal perspective from one's own experience to be included and such views are seldom acceptable in conference papers.

The JNE is intended to be UNCLASSIFIED although RESTRICTED editions remain possible. Authors should state the security classification of their proposed article and that agreement for publication has been obtained from their line management.

One hard copy of the text and a copy in MS Word on a CD should be sent to Chris Hodge and the JNE Editorial Team. Contact information can be found on the "Contact Info" page.

The style of recent issues should be followed for general arrangement and for the layout of references. i.e.

• First level headers are centred all in upper case, font size 14 and bold;
• Second level headers are left justified, title case and in font size 10;
• Third level headers are left justified in italics with initial capitals and in font size 10;
• Periodical titles are printed in full in the list of references;
• Titles should be as brief as possible consistent with clarity;
• An abstract should come before the main text;
• Each figure and table should be numbered and provided with a title;
• Captions for illustrations should be typed separately from the text;
• Although the pictures are primarily to illustrate the text, they are often looked at independently, so the captions need to be self-explanatory;
• Articles should normally be submitted by mid-March and mid-October for the following issue;
• Authors will be sent proofs of their articles for correction and to allow for minor alterations.