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Oil Shale is concerned with geology, mining, genesis, composition, methods of processing and combustion, economics, and utilization of oil shale and bituminous sands, as well as problems of environment protection and history of oil shale industry. See also the Editorial Policy of Oil Shale.
Oil Shale publishes papers in English, German, and Russian. Papers in German and Russian should be supplied with English summary (2-3 pages), captions for tables and figures.
The title should be concise but informative.
The arrangement of words is important for indexing purposes.
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The abstract should be a self-contained summary of the paper, presenting
concisely the objectives of the work reported, methodology, results, and conclusions
(with no mathematical expressions or reference quotations), not exceeding approximately
100 words in length.
Oil Shale publishes in general four types of papers: Letters
and Short communications (4 pp., 2 figs.), Articles (25 pp., 6 figs.),
Feature Articles (25 pp.) and Reviews. All manuscripts are subject to international
critical review. The reviewers act only as advisors, and the final decision
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responsible for the factual accuracy of their papers.
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It is essential that the paper be written in clear, proper English. Manuscripts
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for revision before the review process. If English is not your native language,
we recommend that you ask a native English speaker to read over your manuscript
before submitting.
Whenever possible, authors should consult a recent issue of the Oil Shale
for style and layout. The editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain
standards of uniformity.
All correspondence concerning editorial matters (manuscript submission, reviews, etc.) should be sent to the Editorial Address.
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The text, tables, and illustrations should not repeat one another.
Colour illustrations are accepted if they are essential to the presentation.
Authors will be asked to cover the full cost incurred in colour printing. Further
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References should be as complete and informative as possible.
Number references to published works consecutively and insert a numeral in the appropriate place in the text on brackets (e.g. [1]). A list of references in numerical order should appear at the end of the paper, and all references in this list should appear in the text and vice versa.
References should be presented as follows:
(a) F o r a b o o k :
1. Bell, H. S. Oil Shales and Shale Oils. - Toronto etc., 1948.
(b) F o r a r t i c l e s i n c o l l e
c t i o n s :
2. Heinsalu, H., Viira, V. Pakerort stage // Geology and Mineral Resources
of Estonia / A. Raukas, A. Teedumae (eds.). Tallinn : Estonian Academy Publishers,
1997. P. 52-58.
(c) F o r a r t i c l e s i n j o u r n
a l s (abbreviate journal titles):
3. Avid, B., Purevsuren, B., Dugarjav, J. Investigation of pyrolysis
and thermogravimetric analysis of Mongolian Khoot oil shale // Oil Shale. 2000.
Vol. 17, No. 3. P. 241-251.
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