General Resources

This section of general resources presents a "virtual" guide for editors, reviewers, and authors, with information about ASCE journal policies, journal procedures, and manuscript preparation. If you have questions about these or other issues, please consult an ASCE staff contact.

ASCE Journal Policies

• Ethical Standards for ASCE Journals
• ASCE Policy on Peer Review
• ASCE Standards of Acceptance
• Disclaimer
• Types of journal content

ASCE Journal Procedures

• Submission guidelines
• Review process and decision descriptions
• Publication process

Manuscript Preparation

• Length of journal submissions
• Parts of a journal article
• Final submission of accepted papers 
• Preparing tables for journal articles
• Preparing mathematics for journal articles
• Preparing figures for journal articles
• Quick guide to preparing figures
• Obtaining permissions
• Writing style
• Author-date references
• Posting papers on the internet

If you choose to review a book for the journal, please prepare it according to ASCE style guidelines (double-spaced, single-column format).  Book reviews are typically about 1,200 words in length please include a Book information sheet.