Submission Guidelines
1. Before Submission
The Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes high-quality, original research articles in algebra, combinatorics, discrete structures, and related fields. Manuscripts must be written in English and submitted through the journal's online submission system. All submissions must be within the aims and scope of the journal and must meet the required academic and ethical standards. Manuscripts that are outside the scope of the journal, do not meet the minimum quality requirements, have been previously published, or are under consideration elsewhere will not be considered for review.
The journal applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) only to accepted manuscripts. No fee is charged at the submission stage. Authors should review the journal's APC policy before submitting their manuscript.
2. Submission Process
Manuscript submissions to the Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications must be made through the journal's online submission system by the corresponding author. Authors should register or log in to the submission portal before starting a new submission: Submission Portal.
3. Initial Submission File
For the initial review process, authors are required to upload only a single PDF file of the manuscript. The manuscript must be prepared using LaTeX and compiled as a PDF before submission. Word files and other editable document formats are not accepted. TeX source files, separate figure files, supplementary files, or any other additional materials should not be uploaded at the initial submission stage.
4. Plagiarism and Publication Ethics
The journal takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, inappropriate citation practices, and other violations of publication ethics very seriously. All submitted manuscripts must be original and must not have been published previously or be under consideration elsewhere.
Manuscripts may be subject to editorial checks for originality, proper citation, and compliance with ethical publishing standards. Submissions that lack proper scholarly form, contain substantial overlap with existing sources, or raise serious ethical concerns may be rejected at the editorial screening stage or at any stage of the review process.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources are properly cited and that permission has been obtained for any copyrighted material included in the manuscript.
5. Manuscript Preparation with LaTeX
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications must be prepared using LaTeX. The use of the journal's LaTeX template is recommended for convenience, but it is not mandatory at the initial submission stage. Regardless of the LaTeX format used, the manuscript must be clearly structured and prepared according to the scholarly standards of the journal.
Title
The title of the manuscript should be clear, concise, and accurately reflect the content of the work. A descriptive title that clearly conveys the topic of the manuscript may enhance its visibility in major indexing services and help readers identify the relevance of the article.
The title should be written in sentence case. Except for the first word of the title, proper nouns, standard abbreviations, and mathematical symbols or special terms that require capitalization, words in the title should not be capitalized unnecessarily.
Author Names and Affiliations
Author names must be written in full and should not be abbreviated. Initials should not be used in place of full given names or family names.
A complete institutional affiliation and a valid e-mail address must be provided for each author. The corresponding author should be clearly indicated in the manuscript.
Each author must provide an ORCID iD. Authors who do not yet have an ORCID iD should create one through the official ORCID website before submission.
Abstract
The abstract should provide a clear and concise summary of the manuscript, including the main purpose, approach, and principal results of the study. It should be understandable as a standalone text.
The abstract should not contain citation numbers, bibliographic references, or unexplained abbreviations. Authors should also avoid excessive technical notation, long formulas, and details that are not essential for understanding the main contribution of the paper.
Keywords
Authors are required to provide at least three keywords for indexing purposes. Keywords must be written in English and should accurately reflect the main topics of the manuscript.
There should be no period at the end. Only the first letter of each keyword should be capitalized, except for proper nouns, standard abbreviations, mathematical symbols, or established terms that require a different form.
Authors should avoid unnecessarily long multi-word keywords and should not use phrases containing words such as "and" or "of" unless they are part of a well-established term. Abbreviations should be used only if they are widely recognized in the relevant field.
AMS Mathematics Subject Classification
The manuscript must include at least two 2020 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification codes in order to categorize the content appropriately. Authors should select the most relevant classification codes for their manuscript from the official MSC2020 list.
Authors should provide one primary classification code and may include additional secondary classification codes where appropriate.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables should be placed within the manuscript close to the point where they are first discussed. All figures and tables must be cited in the manuscript text.
Figure captions should be placed below the figure. In LaTeX, the \caption command should therefore be placed after the \includegraphics command. Table captions should be placed above the table. In LaTeX, the \caption command should therefore be placed before the \begin{tabular} command.
Figures and tables must be numbered automatically by LaTeX. Authors should use proper LaTeX commands such as \caption, \label, and \ref for numbering and cross-referencing. Figure and table numbers should not be typed manually.
Photographs, color graphics, and similar image-based figures should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Line art, diagrams, and black-and-white graphics should preferably have a resolution of at least 600 dpi; where possible, 1000-1200 dpi is recommended for high-quality reproduction.
For the initial submission, figures and tables should be included in the compiled PDF manuscript. Separate figure files should not be uploaded at the initial submission stage. After acceptance, authors may be asked to provide separate high-resolution figure files and any other source files required for production.
Equations
Mathematical expressions and displayed equations should be prepared using proper LaTeX commands and should remain editable within the source file. Equations must not be inserted as images.
Displayed equations should be centered and, when numbering is necessary, numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript. Equation numbers should appear in parentheses and be aligned to the right.
Authors should use LaTeX cross-referencing commands, such as \label and \ref or \eqref, when referring to equations in the text. Equation numbers should not be typed manually.
Every numbered equation should be cited or discussed in the manuscript text.
Citations and References
References should be cited in the text using proper LaTeX citation commands, such as \cite, rather than being typed manually. If the journal's LaTeX template is used, citation formatting and ordering are handled automatically to a large extent.
When multiple references are cited together, they should appear in ascending numerical order. Consecutive references should be presented as a range, for example, [2-6] instead of [2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
Authors are responsible for ensuring that every cited reference appears in the bibliography and that every item in the bibliography is cited in the manuscript text. All hyperlinks and URLs included in the manuscript should be valid and functional at the time of submission.
Declarations
Authors must include the following declaration statements at the end of the manuscript, before the reference list where applicable.
Acknowledgements. This section is optional and may be used to acknowledge individuals, institutions, or organizations that contributed to the research or manuscript preparation but do not meet the criteria for authorship.
Author Contributions. Authors should clearly state the contribution of each author to the manuscript. If all authors contributed equally or jointly, the following statement may be used: All authors contributed to the manuscript and approved the final version.
Conflict of Interest. Authors must declare any potential conflict of interest related to the research or publication. If there is no conflict of interest, the following statement may be used: The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Funding. Authors must disclose all sources of financial support, including grant numbers where applicable. If no funding was received, the following statement may be used: The author(s) declare that no funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript.
Data Availability. Authors must provide a data availability statement where applicable. If no datasets were generated or analyzed, the following statement may be used: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies. Authors must declare whether generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used in the preparation of the manuscript. If no such tools were used, or if they were used only for routine language or editorial corrections, the following statement may be used: The author(s) declare that no generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used in the preparation of this manuscript, except for tools used solely for spelling, grammar, language editing, reference formatting, or similar routine editorial corrections.
If generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used for a broader purpose, authors should disclose the tool and its purpose. The following statement may be adapted: During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [tool name] for [purpose, e.g., summarization, idea generation, data analysis]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed, edited, and verified all AI-assisted content and take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scientific content of the published article.
Conclusion
The manuscript should include a clear conclusion section. The conclusion should briefly summarize the main results of the study, highlight their significance, and, where appropriate, indicate possible directions for future research.
The conclusion should not simply repeat the abstract or introduction. It should provide a final synthesis of the contribution of the manuscript.
References
References should be managed through the bibliography file used by the journal template, namely nref.bib. Authors should enter complete and accurate bibliographic information for each reference in this file rather than typing the reference list manually in the manuscript.
All references cited in the manuscript must appear in nref.bib, and every item included in nref.bib must be cited in the manuscript text. Authors should carefully check that in-text citations and bibliography entries correspond to each other.
The journal uses a numbered citation system. References are cited in the text with numbers enclosed in square brackets, such as [1] or [1, 3-5]. Consecutive citation numbers should be compressed into ranges where appropriate. Authors should use proper LaTeX citation commands, such as \cite, rather than typing citation numbers manually.
References should be arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the first author. Multiple works by the same author or author group should be ordered chronologically from oldest to newest. When the journal template and nref.bib file are used correctly, this formatting is handled automatically.
Authors must provide a DOI for each reference where a DOI is available. DOI information should be checked carefully and should link to the correct source.
Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the standard abbreviations used in MathSciNet/Mathematical Reviews (MR) whenever available. If a journal title is not listed in MathSciNet/MR, authors should use a recognized standard journal-title abbreviation, such as the ISO 4/LTWA form.
Author names, journal titles, article titles, volume and issue information, page ranges, and DOI links should be prepared consistently according to the journal's LaTeX reference style. Article titles should not be placed in quotation marks.
References that are included in nref.bib but not cited in the manuscript text may be flagged by the journal template. Authors should remove uncited references before submission unless there is a clear reason to retain them.
Reference Examples
The following examples illustrate the journal's reference style for common source types.
Article
[1] F. A. Author, S. B. Author, T. C. Author, and F. D. Author, Sample Article, J. Algebra Comb. Discrete Appl. 13(3) (2026) 273-295.
Book
[2] F. A. Author and S. B. Author, Matrix analysis, 2nd ed. City: Publisher Name, 2012.
Book Chapter
[3] F. Author, Spectral properties of structured matrices, in: Advances in matrix theory, ed. by F. Editor and S. Editor, City: Publisher Name, 2020, pp. 45-72.
Proceedings Paper
[4] F. A. Author and S. B. Author, Conjugate partitions and related structures, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Combinatorics, ed. by F. Editor and S. Editor, City: Publisher Name, 2021, pp. 45-58.
Thesis
[5] F. Author, Spectral properties of matrices, Ph.D. thesis, University Name, City, Country, 2019.
Website / Online Resource
[6] Name of Organization, Mathematics Subject Classification 2020, Online Resource, 2020. Accessed 15 June 2026.
6. After Acceptance: Final LaTeX Source Files and Open Access License to Publish Agreement
After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, authors are required to prepare the final version according to the journal's official LaTeX format. At this stage, the use of the journal's LaTeX template is mandatory for production.
Authors should revise and format the accepted manuscript using the official Journal LaTeX template provided through Overleaf. The template may be used directly on Overleaf, or all template files may be downloaded and compiled in a local LaTeX environment.
For production, authors must upload all source files required to compile the final manuscript. These files may include the main TeX file, the bibliography file such as nref.bib, style or class files, figure files, table files where applicable, and any other files required for successful LaTeX compilation.
All source files should be complete, consistent, and organized so that the final PDF can be generated without missing files or compilation errors. If the manuscript has been prepared on Overleaf, authors should download the complete project files from Overleaf and upload them to the journal's online submission system when requested.
In addition, authors must complete and upload the journal's Open Access License to Publish Agreement after acceptance. Under this agreement, authors retain copyright, while granting the journal the right to publish the article as an open access work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) . The completed agreement must be submitted through the journal's online submission system together with the final production files.
