Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

Before submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Intelligent and Secure Network Systems (JISNS), authors should confirm that:

• The manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
• The manuscript is within the Aim and Scope of JISNS.
• The submission file is in DOC/DOCX or PDF format.
• The manuscript is written in clear English and follows the journal’s formatting requirements.
• All required sections, figures, tables, references, and declarations are complete.
• Figures and tables are properly numbered, captioned, and cited in the text.
• All references cited in the manuscript appear in the reference list and vice versa.
• DOI information is provided for references where available.
• All authors have approved the manuscript and its submission to JISNS.
• Required disclosures regarding conflicts of interest, funding, ethical approval, and data or code availability have been provided.
• The manuscript complies with the journal’s publication ethics and research-integrity policies.
• The authors have read and accepted the journal’s copyright and licensing terms.

Submissions that do not meet these requirements may be returned for correction before editorial review.

Author Guidelines

Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with the following requirements to support clarity, consistency, and efficient editorial processing.

Manuscript Structure

Where applicable, manuscripts should include:

• Title
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Related Work
• Methodology or Proposed Approach
• Experimental Setup / Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
• Data and Code Availability Statement
• Funding Statement
• Conflict of Interest Statement
• Author Contributions
• Acknowledgements
• References

The abstract should normally contain 150–250 words and clearly summarize the research problem, methodology, principal findings, and main contribution.

Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and technically accurate English.

Formatting Requirements

• File format: DOC/DOCX or PDF
• Font: Times New Roman, 12-point
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Margins: 1 inch on all sides
• Figures and tables: Place close to their first citation and provide clear captions.
• Equations: Number consecutively where referenced in the text.
• Headings: Use a clear and consistent hierarchical structure.

Authors should use the official JISNS manuscript template where provided.

Citation and Referencing Style

JISNS follows a numbered reference style adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style (17th Edition).

References should be numbered consecutively in the order of first citation and cited using square brackets, for example [1], [2], and [3–5].

All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all listed references must be cited in the manuscript.

Journal Article

[1] Fang, Weidong, Wuxiong Zhang, Wei Chen, Yang Liu, and Chaogang Tang. “TMSRS: trust management-based secure routing scheme in industrial wireless sensor network with fog computing.” Wireless Networks 26 (2020): 3169–3182.

[2] Kim, Tai-Hoon, Rekha Goyat, Mritunjay Kumar Rai, Gulshan Kumar, William J. Buchanan, Rahul Saha, and Reji Thomas. “A novel trust evaluation process for secure localization using a decentralized blockchain in wireless sensor networks.” IEEE Access 7 (2019): 184133–184144.

Book

[3] Stallings, William. Cryptography and Network Security, 4th ed. Pearson Education India, 2006.

[4] Kaeo, Merike. Designing Network Security. Cisco Press, 2004.

Conference Paper

[5] Shin, Seungwon, Lei Xu, Sungmin Hong, and Guofei Gu. “Enhancing network security through software defined networking (SDN).” In 2016 25th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), 1–9. IEEE, 2016.

[6] Chauhan, Mukul, and Tayyab Khan. "Adaptive Privacy and Lightweight Security in Healthcare IoT: Challenges, Solutions and Future Directions." In 2025 International Conference on Innovation in Computing and Engineering (ICE), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2025.

Ethical and Research Integrity Requirements

Authors are responsible for ensuring compliance with JISNS policies on publication ethics and research integrity. This includes:

• appropriate citation and acknowledgment of prior work;
• avoidance of plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, and inappropriate manipulation of data or images;
• compliance with authorship and contributorship requirements;
• disclosure of conflicts of interest and funding;
• reporting of ethical approval and informed consent where applicable; and
• appropriate disclosure of data and code availability.

JISNS may use similarity-detection tools and investigate suspected misconduct in accordance with its editorial and ethics policies.

Submission and Review Process

Manuscripts must be submitted through the official JISNS online submission system.

The editorial process normally includes:

1. Initial Editorial Screening – assessment of scope, originality, completeness, and ethical compliance.
2. Double-Blind Peer Review – evaluation by independent subject experts.
3. Editorial Assessment – consideration of reviewer reports and scientific merit.
4. Revision – where required.
5. Final Decision – acceptance or rejection by the editorial team.
6. Production and Publication – final preparation and publication of accepted manuscripts.

Failure to comply with the Author Guidelines may result in the manuscript being returned for correction or may delay editorial processing.