The SESOC Journal is published twice annually. It contains items of interest to structural engineers and includes technical papers, project reports, materials information, code reviews, computer applications, historical engineering articles, humour, seminar/conference advice/reports, and general interest articles.

The following links contain abstracts to the published articles. Full text is available to SESOC members.

SESOC Journal: Submissions

Submissions to the SESOC Journal can be made here. Please forward Letters to the Editor, draft documents for review and other material.

SESOC Journal Publication Schedule

Publication Date	Final Submission Date
April issue	Preceding 20th February
September issue	Preceding 20th July

It would be useful to advise the editor of an intended paper submission as soon as possible as there may be occasions when the number of papers exceed the space available in the journal.

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Schedule:

Publication Date	Material Deadline
April issue	Preceding 20th March
September issue	Preceding 20th August

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Inside front cover $1,500 + GST
Outside back cover $1,350 + GST
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All internal pages A4 $1,200 + GST

Bookings:

Bookings should be made in advance for advertising spots. Some spots such as covers are booked some time in advance.

Media Criteria:

A high definition PDF with bleed off for standard A4 page

Procedures When Submitting Papers for The SESOC Journal

Please read before compiling your paper for the Journal, as any submissions that are not in line with this manual will be returned to you for correction before being accepted for publishing:

SUMMARY OF POINTS:

Let the Journal editor know as early as possible that you have a paper to submit
Provide your paper in Word with a pdf copy
Provide all visual elements (images, diagrams and tables) as separate high-resolution items. (Use placeholders in the doc if you wish, with suitable referencing to the separate files).
As little formatting as possible in the Word document
Your final document needs to have everything finalised, including agreement between author and referee.
Very important that equations are correct
Anything that does not meet these procedures will be returned immediately for correction by the author/s

Here are some useful pointers to follow before compiling your paper for the Journal:

WP/Typist Tips

All papers to be submitted in Arial font (10pt is preferable).
Please do not use any font other than Arial. We need to use a widely accepted default font and Arial is our preference because it has enhanced reproduction online.
Justify the typing (text) on your paper to the left.
Single line spacing.
Normal margins on your document. Nothing fancy.
It is acceptable to add page numbers using the header/footer function, but do not manually page number your documents.
No colour in your Word document please but separately supplied high resolution images (such as the tables, images and figures to be used within your submitted work) can be colour.
Please do not try to format your paper to look like the journal. The less formatting in your Word document the better and easier for the production team.
Please note that the journal is produced in a 2-column layout and accordingly any visual elements (photos, figures, graphics, tables or diagrams) will be reproduced as either full width (at top or bottom of page) or as a single column width. Generally, the editor will size any attachments to suit, so high resolution is best for all attachments you send.
The page size used is standard A4 and outside page margins are 12mm, inside page margins are 14mm, and column widths are 86mm (approximately 65 characters).

Graphics/Photographs

Any visual elements you use MUST BE SUPPLIED as SEPARATE FILES. Please note we cannot simply lift visual elements from Word. This practice is not compatible with the Platemaker, and it results in greatly reduced quality when copied elements are lifted from the Word document.
We must have separate graphics files and files need to be high resolution at around 300dpi. JPEG, TIFF EPS and PDF are acceptable.
You can use an indicator in the Word document if you wish, such as a figure number or the relevant image which corresponds with the file name of any visual element files you send us.

Equations

Please ensure that all equations are completed in Microsoft Word Equation Editor, or Word Perfect Equation Editor with the following settings:

Styles			Size
Text	(Times New Roman)	Norm	Full	10 pt.
Function	(Arial)	Norm	Sub Script	7 pt.
Variable	(Arial)	Norm	Sub-Sub Script	6 pt.
L.C.Greek	(Symbol)	Norm	Symbol	12 pt.
U.C.Greek	(Symbol)	Norm	Sub-Symbol	8 pt.
Symbol	(Symbol)	Norm
Matrix Vector	(Times New Roman)	Bold

This is a sample of these settings:

Final Draft

We will check your paper on receipt (including refereeing and proofreading) but will endeavour to delay finalising any corrections or suggested alterations until the first round of suggested changes has been returned to you. Such suggestions will be in a separate document or embedded in the paper and highlighted for your attention (“Track Changes”). Our aim is to give you the right of reply to the first check, but the final decision over what is published rests with the Editorial Board. We cannot give any undertaking to refer more than the first checked version to you.
Please ensure that the paper you submit is in its final form with all checking and refereeing complete and with the author and referees in agreement on the paper as submitted.
We must receive your FINAL Word document AND a pdf version of it. This is to ensure that the Word version is formatted correctly when being processed by the graphic designer – the pdf is used for this comparison. (Taking text from MSWord into the graphic design software can result in subscript, superscript, italics, bold and equations losing their format, and a pdf version provides for an ultimate check).
Proof-reading and the final technical check are made by us before placement of your material in the ready-for-print version of the journal. If you must change your paper after you have submitted it, you will need to check with the editor if there is time to re-submit the material. If approved, use the text highlighter tool in your final Word document to mark the differences from the original submission. Give us a new Final Word document AND a new pdf of it.

Authors Qualifications

Please supply all author/s’ qualifications. We publish this information at the foot of the paper to give you the correct recognition.

Tone of Writing

As a technical/professional Journal, the most acceptable tone is formal. Letters to the Editor should also follow this guidance

Common formatting standards

We use et al. (with point) in all contexts.
Starting with the September 2024 issue, “New Zealand” is to be standardised in the SESOC Journal as Aotearoa New Zealand (first instance of use in a document) and, for later instances in the same document, Aotearoa NZ.
From the April 2025 issue forward, main cities (Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) will appear with their Māori name e.g. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
AS/NZS 0000 is the required format when quoting a joint NZ/Australia Standard. Note the space after the letters.
British/NZ spelling, not American e.g. optimise not optimize.
Gender-neutral is preferred: for example “In his work…” becomes “The work of ….”

Referencing Style

The stipulated style of referencing is ASCE although it is also acceptable to use the APA option. Note that Google Scholar provides a suggested APA reference citation that may be helpful. We prefer full length titles, not abbreviated forms such as sometimes occur in ASCE. For example, ASCE would use “ Mater. Civ. Eng.” whereas we would prefer “Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.”
The stipulated style of referencing can be found at this link:
https://ascelibrary.org/author-center/books#author-date-references
Google Scholar can output citations; choose the APA style which is very similar.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Stewart Hobbs
Editor

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