Call for Papers

2012 ANNUAL MEETING AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS
OMNI Downtown
Austin, Texas
April 1-4, 2012

The Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists is actively soliciting paper offers for its 2012 Annual Meeting and Technical Sessions. Papers reporting on studies concerning any aspect of asphalt paving technology or related fields are considered for presentation and publication in the prestigious AAPT Journal. These can include research, design, construction and maintenance issues dealing with all types of asphalt cement, asphalt mixtures and pavement applications, including innovative ideas as well as improvements to current practice. Papers offering a practical approach of interest to industry personnel will be particularly welcomed.

All papers will be subjected to a very thorough process to evaluate and rank papers based on peer reviews. Five reviews are requested for each paper. One Board member is assigned to each paper to evaluate and summarize the reviews and rankings provided by each reviewer and to provide an independent evaluation of the paper in cases where there is significant variation in rankings and/or review comments. The Board then meets to discuss each paper in detail to achieve the most consistency possible among reviewers and to achieve a consensus ranking among the papers submitted.

Because of publication constraints, only a finite number of papers (usually between 20 and 25, depending on length) are accepted for publication. Final selection is made strictly on the basis of the final ranking. Papers that did not rank highly enough are not accepted. The decision to not accept is final and there is no further opportunity for authors to address reviewer comments and/or improve their papers for possible publication.

NEW Please note the following changes from prior years:

  1. Authors have the option to submit either a Refereed Conference Paper or a Refereed Journal Paper.
  2. Authors have the option of allowing their paper to be re-categorized based on reviewer comments.
  3. The following documents, which are enclosed with this Call for Papers, provide additional details regarding the new paper category options:
    1. AAPT Author Submission Form
    2. AAPT Brochure Announcing the Introduction of Two Paper Category Options
  4. At final printing, papers will be clearly identified either as a Conference Paper or Journal Paper.
  5. There are several format changes. Please see Instructions to Authors.

The annual meeting is attended by specialists from academia, research organizations, material producers, contractors, National and State authorities and consultants from around the world.

The papers offered for the 2012 Annual Meeting can be submitted through the AAPT website (http://aapt.acamedics.com), which will be available from May 1, 2011. The deadline for submitting papers is August 1, 2011.

If you have any questions call 651-293-9188, FAX 651-293-9193 or e-mail: aapt@aapt.comcastbiz.net

 

AAPT Instructions to Authors

Number of Pages

  • Papers must not exceed 35 pages using the formatting detailed below.

PAGE SET UP (NEW)

  • Please place line numbers on your paper. Please set it up to label each line and to reset at each new page.
  • The Paper size needs to be set to a width of 6.0 inches and a height of 9.0 inches

Abstract

  • An abstract of 500 words or fewer should precede the body of the paper. Four or five key words should also be included.

Title

  • No Separate title page
  • Title should be bold and centered at the top of the first page
  • Authors’ names with superscript numbers should be two lines under the title.
  • Abstract should be two lines below the Authors’ names
  • Footer of first page should include authors’ affiliations designated by superscript plus indicate which author made the oral presentation.

Headers/ Footers

  • No headers or footers should be shown, except the footer on the first page indicating authors’ affiliation.

Figures and Tables

  • No lists of figures or tables
  • Figures and tables should be placed in the text as close to the first reference to them as possible
  • Figure titles in bold below the Figure using upper/lower case letters.
  • Table titles in bold above the Table using upper/lower case letters centered.
  • Make sure scales and headings are readable in final form.

Text Format

  • NEW - The margins should be set at Top and Bottom 1.0 in, Left and Right 0.8 in.
  • Font; “Times Roman”, 10 pt
  • Left justify, but do not right justify paragraphs
  • Single space paragraph (indent first line), no line between paragraphs
  • Do not italicize, bold or underline words within the text.
  • All units in a paper must be consistently English or S.I. units. Unit symbols do not change in the plural and are not followed by periods (i.e. 3 km, not 3 kms). If an abbreviation of a unit consists of a word, use a period.
  • Write out in words the numbers from one to ten unless they describe units of measures, tables or figures.
  • Be consistent with any other items

Text Headings

  • All Text Headings in upper and lower case
  • Major headings should be centered, in bold with two lines to paragraph
  • Sub-headings to be italics and bold with one line to paragraph
  • Sub-sub headings in italics followed by paragraph
  • References
  • References should be listed and numbered at the end of the paper in order of appearance in the text.
  • References in the text should be bracketed ( ) unless part of a bracket, then use square bracket [ ].
  • Author(s) names should be first name (or initials) followed by last name (e.g. Stephen F. Brown or B.E. Ruth).
  • Use Quotation marks to designate paper title. Do not bold, underline or italicize. Title of Journal, volume, and year should also be indicated consistently.

If you have any questions call 651-293-9188, FAX 651-293-9193 or e-mail: aapt@aapt.comcastbiz.net