Official Template v2026.3 • Peer-Reviewed Layout

International Journal of Computational Science & Digital Innovation

Official Manuscript Submission Template & Formatting Guide

All research submissions to IJCSDI must adhere to our standardized academic typography, exact font size hierarchy, first-page left/footnote metadata, and high-resolution figure standards. Download the official pre-formatted templates below.

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Master Typography & Font Size Specifications

Complete list of exact font sizes, styles, and alignments required across every section of the manuscript.

Document Element	Font Family	Font Size	Font Style / Weight	Alignment & Spacing
Manuscript Title	Times New Roman	18 pt	Bold (Title Case)	Centered, 12pt space after
Author Names	Times New Roman	11 pt	Bold	Centered, Superscript numbers (e.g. 1,*, 2, 3)
Author Affiliations	Times New Roman	9 pt	Italics	Centered, Department & University
Corresponding Author & ORCID	Times New Roman	8.5 pt	Regular (Email highlighted)	Centered, 12pt space after
Abstract Heading & Body	Times New Roman	9.5 pt / 10 pt	Abstract— Bold, Body Regular	Justified on both sides (flush on left and right margins)
Keywords	Times New Roman	9.5 pt	Keywords— Bold, List Italics	Justified on both sides (4–6 terms separated by semicolons)
Level 1 Heading (e.g. 4. Results)	Times New Roman	12 pt	Bold	Left-aligned, 12pt before, 6pt after
Level 2 Subsection (e.g. 4.1 Datasets)	Times New Roman	11 pt	Bold	Left-aligned, 9pt before, 4pt after
Level 3 Sub-subsection (e.g. 4.1.1 Scaling)	Times New Roman	10 pt	Bold-Italic	Left-aligned, 6pt before, 3pt after
Main Body Paragraphs	Times New Roman	10 pt	Regular	Justified on both sides (flush on both margins), 1.15 line spacing, 6pt space after
Mathematical Equations	Cambria Math / Times	10 pt	Italics (Math symbols)	Centered equation, Right-aligned number (1)
Figure Caption (BELOW figure)	Times New Roman	9 pt	Figure 1: Bold, description Italic	Justified on both sides (or centered if single line), below graphic
Table Caption (ABOVE table)	Times New Roman	9 pt	TABLE I: Bold Title	Centered strictly above table
Table Body & Cells	Times New Roman / Arial	8.5 pt	Headers Bold, Data Regular	Horizontal booktabs borders only
First-Page Footnote Matter (Left)	Times New Roman	8 pt / 7.5 pt	Regular & Bold labels	Justified on both sides, separated by solid divider line
Reference Items	Times New Roman	8.5 pt	Regular, IEEE numbered [1]	Justified on both sides, Single spacing, 3pt space after
Running Header & Footer	Times New Roman	8 pt	Regular / Italics	Both Left & Right justified on page edges

First-Page Left-Side / Footnote Matter & Running Header/Footer

Standard peer-reviewed layout requirements for manuscript history, grants, licensing, and running headers.

1. First-Page Left Footnote Matter (Bottom-Left)7.5 – 8 pt Font

In the template, a solid horizontal line separates the main text from the first-page metadata. Authors and editorial staff include:

SAMPLE FOOTNOTE BOX:

Manuscript History: Received September 01, 2026; revised September 15, 2026; accepted October 01, 2026. Date of publication October 10, 2026.

Digital Object Identifier: DOI: 10.5555/IJCSDI.2026.XXXX | Open Access.

Funding & Grants: This research was supported in part by the National Science Research Foundation under Grant No. NCSP-2026-09.

Corresponding Author: First Author Name (e-mail: author@university.edu). Affiliation: Dept. of Computer Science, University, Country (ORCID: 0000-0002-1825-0097).

Open Access License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

2. Running Header & Footer (Every Page)8 pt Font

Every page features standardized running headers and footers positioned across the left and right margins:

RUNNING HEADER (Top of page):

IJCSDI, VOL. 1, NO. 1, 2026FIRST AUTHOR et al.: MANUSCRIPT TITLE

RUNNING FOOTER (Bottom of page):

Section Numbering & Inner Subsections Hierarchy (4.1 & 4.1.1)

Authors must follow a strict three-tier numbering scheme to organize complex theoretical and experimental research clearly.

Level 1 Heading

4. Experimental Setup & Results

Formatting: 12pt Bold, Primary Sections (1., 2., 3., 4., etc.). Top division for major components.

Word: Heading 1 (12pt Bold)
LaTeX: \section{...}

Level 2 Subsection (4.1)

4.1 Benchmark Datasets & Preprocessing

Formatting: 11pt Bold, Secondary Subsections (4.1, 4.2, 3.1, etc.). Used to divide sections into targeted topics.

Word: Heading 2 (11pt Bold)
LaTeX: \subsection{...}

Level 3 Sub-subsection (4.1.1)

4.1.1 Feature Normalization & Scaling

Formatting: 10pt Bold-Italic, Tertiary Divisions (4.1.1, 4.1.2, etc.). For granular details, algorithms, or specific setups.

Word: Heading 3 (10pt Bold-Italic)
LaTeX: \subsubsection{...}

Figure 1 Demonstration & Artwork Quality Standards

All graphical diagrams, architectures, flowcharts, and plots must comply with international scholarly reproduction standards.

Figure 1: Schematic diagram of proposed deep learning architecture

Figure 1: Schematic block diagram of the proposed deep neural workflow, illustrating multi-modal raw data ingestion, spatial feature extraction, deep residual transformers, and dynamic resource placement output [Caption Font: 9pt Regular, Centered strictly below figure].

1. Minimum 300 DPI Resolution

Graphics must be crisp vector format (PDF/EPS/SVG) or high-res raster (PNG/TIFF). Low-resolution, pixelated screenshots will be rejected during desk screening.

2. Caption Below Figure

Figure captions must ALWAYS appear below the image (9pt Regular). In contrast, table captions must appear above tables (9pt Bold).

3. Explicit In-Text Citation

Every figure must be explicitly cited in the body text prior to or alongside its visual appearance (e.g. "As depicted in Figure 1..." or "see Fig. 1").

4. Legible Internal Typography

Text labels, axes, and legends inside the graphic must use clean sans-serif font (Arial/Helvetica) sized between 8pt and 10pt so all text remains readable.

Required Manuscript Sections & Headings Overview

Manuscripts should be organized logically according to standard IMRAD format:

1. Introduction [12pt Bold]

Establish background, research problem, motivations, and industrial/academic relevance. Conclude Section 1 with a bulleted list of novel technical contributions and a brief roadmap of the paper organization.

2. Related Work & Theoretical Foundations [12pt Bold]

Systematic critical synthesis of existing methodologies published in top venues within the last 3–5 years. Clearly articulate why prior techniques fall short and how the proposed method resolves these bottlenecks.

3. System Architecture & Proposed Methodology [12pt Bold]

Rigorous formalization: mathematical formulations, system diagrams, pseudocode algorithms, and data processing pipelines. All equations must be consecutively numbered (1), (2), etc.

Includes Subsection 3.1 (Formulation: 11pt Bold) and Subsection 3.2 (Figure 1 Architecture Overview: 11pt Bold).

4. Experimental Setup & Performance Evaluation [12pt Bold]

Hardware & software environment setup, datasets utilized, train/validation splits, evaluation metrics, baseline models, and ablation studies. Tables and figures must have informative captions.

Divided into 4.1 Benchmark Datasets (11pt Bold), 4.1.1 Normalization (10pt Bold-Italic), 4.1.2 Augmentation (10pt Bold-Italic), and 4.2 Baseline Models.

5. Discussion & Limitations [12pt Bold]

Interpretation of experimental findings, practical implications, edge cases, scalability limitations, and computational trade-offs.

6. Conclusion & Future Work [12pt Bold]

Succinct summary of key findings and recommendations for future investigations.

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Mandatory Declarations Text

Every paper submitted must include these 4 standardized declaration statements before the References section:

Declarations & Compliance Statements:
1. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
2. Funding Statement: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors (or cite Grant No. XYZ123).
3. Data & Code Availability: The datasets and source code generated or analyzed during this study are available in the public repository at https://github.com/author/project (or available upon reasonable request).
4. Generative AI Disclosure: No generative artificial intelligence technologies were used in the substantive drafting, analysis, or creation of figures for this manuscript.

Pre-Submission Checklist

All author names, affiliations, and ORCID iDs verified.
Abstract is within the 150–250 word count limit.
Figures are 300+ DPI with captions strictly placed below.
Turnitin similarity is strictly below the 15% threshold.

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