%% alchemy_template.tex %% Research article template and author guide for the Journal of Alchemy family (ScholarLabs AI). %% Replace the guidance text with your manuscript, keeping the commands. %% %% 1. Your journal is chosen in the class option on the \documentclass line: %% ajcai Alchemy of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence %% ajeee Alchemy of Electrical and Electronic Engineering %% ajpre Alchemy of Power Systems and Renewable Energy %% ajbhs Alchemy of Biomedical and Health Sciences %% ajacs Alchemy of Agriculture and Climate Science %% ajet Alchemy of Engineering and Technology %% ajdsa Alchemy of Data Science and Analytics %% ajssh Alchemy of Social Sciences and Humanities %% ajbem Alchemy of Business, Economics and Management %% ajels Alchemy of Education and Learning Sciences %% 2. For submission add the option "review": it hides the authors for double anonymous %% review and adds the required double spacing and continuous line numbers. %% 3. Compile: pdflatex, bibtex, pdflatex, pdflatex (latexmk -pdf), or open in Overleaf. \documentclass[ajeee]{alchemy} % Filled in by the editorial office after acceptance: \doi{10.xxxxx/AEEE.2027.0001} \volume{1} \issue{1} \pubyear{2027} \received{dd Month 2027} \revised{dd Month 2027} \accepted{dd Month 2027} \published{dd Month 2027} % Filled in by the authors: \articletype{Research Article} % Research Article, Review Article, Short Communication or Case Study \title{The Title Should Be Concise, without Unfamiliar Terms, Acronyms or Subjective Words such as ``Novel'' or ``Innovative''} \runningtitle{Research article template} \runningauthor{Author-a et al.} \author[affil={a,b}, orcid=0000-0002-1825-0097, email=author.a@university.edu]{Given Name Family Name Author-a} \author[affil={a}, email=author.b@university.edu]{Given Name Family Name Author-b} \author[affil={b}, orcid=0000-0002-1825-0097, email=author.c@university.edu, corresponding]{Given Name Family Name Author-c} \author[affil={c}]{Given Name Family Name Author-d} \affiliation[a]{Department, Institution where the work was done, Full postal address, Country} \affiliation[b]{Institution, City, Postcode, Country} \affiliation[c]{Third affiliation, full postal address, Country} \keywords{Up to six keywords; American spelling; No general or plural terms; Indexing terms; Established abbreviations only} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{highlights} \item Three to five bullet points state the main findings of the work. \item Each bullet is one complete sentence of 85 characters or fewer. \item Methods and results on their own are not findings, so leave them out. \item Highlights stand alone, so avoid acronyms and specialised terms. \end{highlights} \begin{abstract} A concise and factual abstract is required, of no more than 400 words. It summarises the purpose of the research, the methods used, the principal results and the major conclusions. Describe results in specific terms, with numbers where appropriate, and avoid statements such as ``the results were good'' or ``implications are discussed''. Because the abstract summarises the paper, no summary section is needed near the end, for example in the Conclusions. The abstract is often presented apart from the article, so it must stand alone: avoid references, but if one is essential cite the author(s) and year(s). Avoid nonstandard or uncommon abbreviations; if one is essential, define it at its first mention in the abstract itself. \end{abstract} \section{Introduction}\label{sec:intro} An Introduction has three parts: (1) one or more paragraphs describing the problem, which justify the research and give it context; (2) a concise review of relevant international research on the problem, and how the present study extends it; and (3) the objectives of the study, possibly with a short preview of the paper. The literature review should synthesise and evaluate past research rather than list studies one by one, and should make clear the gaps in current knowledge and how this paper fills them~\citep{hippert2001,hong2016}. Detailed methods or results do not belong here. With a logical structure and good transitions, no subheadings are needed, and there is no need for a separate Related Work, Literature Review or Background section. Manuscripts are prepared with continuous line numbers, wide margins and double spacing throughout, including the abstract, footnotes and references; the class option \texttt{review} does this for you. Every page, including the title page, references and tables, is numbered. In the text, refer to sections rather than page numbers, and avoid using italics for emphasis. Divide the article into clearly defined, numbered sections. Subsections are numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2 and so on; the abstract is not numbered. Use these numbers for cross references, for example Section~\ref{sec:methods}, rather than ``the text''. Give every subsection a brief heading on its own line. \subsection{Acronyms}\label{sec:acronyms} Acronyms are a convenience and do not change grammar: if UAV is defined as singular, ``unmanned aerial vehicle'', its plural is ``UAVs''. Define acronyms in the plural with a final ``s'', as in ``unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)'', so both forms can be used. The terms behind acronyms are not capitalised unless they are proper nouns: ``deep learning'' and ``convolutional neural network'' are not. Acronyms used in both the abstract and the main text are defined in both places. Do not use acronyms in the title, keywords or highlights unless readers know them well, and define them only for terms used often. A paper full of acronyms is hard to read. \section{Materials and methods}\label{sec:methods} This section is needed when the paper involves experiments. Use headings and subheadings to organise it, and give enough detail for the work to be reproduced. Cite methods that are already published and describe only the changes. Where the work is not a straightforward experiment, other headings may fit better, for example Design Requirements, Measurement Requirements, Software Development or Development of~\ldots, followed by a section titled Performance Evaluation, Validation or Assessment. The examples below show how to set equations, figures and tables. \subsection{Equations}\label{sec:eq} Number displayed equations and refer to them as Eq.~(\ref{eq:power}). Set scalars in italic ($P$, $x$), vectors in bold italic ($\bm{v}$), matrices in bold roman ($\mathbf{Y}$), and operators and units in roman ($\ln$, $\max$, $50~\mathrm{Hz}$). The active power injected at bus $i$ of a network with $N$ buses is \begin{equation} P_i = \sum_{k=1}^{N} |V_i||V_k|\left(G_{ik}\cos\theta_{ik} + B_{ik}\sin\theta_{ik}\right). \label{eq:power} \end{equation} A linear model and its least squares estimate are \begin{align} \bm{y} &= \mathbf{X}\bm{\beta} + \bm{\varepsilon}, \label{eq:model}\\ \hat{\bm{\beta}} &= \left(\mathbf{X}^{\top}\mathbf{X}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^{\top}\bm{y}, \label{eq:ols} \end{align} and a long equation is broken at an operator: \begin{multline} \mathcal{L}(\bm{\theta}) = \frac{1}{T}\sum_{t=1}^{T}\left(y_t - \hat{y}_t(\bm{\theta})\right)^2 + \lambda_1 \sum_{j=1}^{p} |\theta_j| \\ + \lambda_2 \sum_{j=1}^{p} \theta_j^2 + \gamma \sum_{t=2}^{T}\left(\hat{y}_t - \hat{y}_{t-1}\right)^2 . \label{eq:loss} \end{multline} \subsection{Figures}\label{sec:fig} Cite every figure in the text, in order (Fig.~\ref{fig:load}). Give widths relative to the text (\verb|\linewidth|), supply vector files (PDF or EPS) or images of at least 300 dpi, label axes with quantity and unit, and use colours that remain clear in greyscale. Label the panels of a multi-panel figure (a), (b) and so on (Fig.~\ref{fig:panels}). \begin{figure}[t] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.78\linewidth]{figures/figure1.pdf} \caption{A figure with one panel: measured and forecast load over one day. Captions go below figures and explain the figure without reference to the text.} \label{fig:load} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[t] \centering \begin{tabular}{@{}c@{\hspace{6pt}}c@{}} \includegraphics[width=0.44\linewidth]{figures/figure2a.pdf} & \includegraphics[width=0.44\linewidth]{figures/figure2b.pdf} \\[-2pt] \small (a) & \small (b) \\[4pt] \includegraphics[width=0.44\linewidth]{figures/figure2c.pdf} & \includegraphics[width=0.44\linewidth]{figures/figure2d.pdf} \\[-2pt] \small (c) & \small (d) \end{tabular} \caption{A figure with four panels: (a) normal, (b) gamma, (c) uniform and (d) Laplace samples.} \label{fig:panels} \end{figure} \subsection{Tables}\label{sec:tab} Tables are editable text, cited in order (Table~\ref{tab:simple}), with the caption above. Use horizontal rules only (\verb|\toprule|, \verb|\midrule|, \verb|\bottomrule|) and give units in the column headings. Grouped headings use \verb|\multicolumn| and \verb|\cmidrule| (Table~\ref{tab:complex}). \begin{table}[t] \centering \caption{A simple table. Columns are aligned l (left), c (centre) or r (right).} \label{tab:simple} \begin{tabular}{@{}lcrr@{}} \toprule Model & Horizon & MAE (MW) & MAPE (\%) \\ \midrule ARIMA & 24 h & 0.41 & 6.8 \\ LSTM & 24 h & 0.33 & 5.2 \\ Transformer & 24 h & 0.29 & 4.6 \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \end{table} \begin{table}[t] \centering \caption{A table with grouped column headings.} \label{tab:complex} \begin{tabular}{@{}lccccc@{}} \toprule & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Weekday} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Weekend} & \\ \cmidrule(lr){2-3}\cmidrule(lr){4-5} Season & MAE & RMSE & MAE & RMSE & Days \\ \midrule Winter & 0.31 & 0.42 & 0.28 & 0.37 & 90 \\ Spring & 0.27 & 0.36 & 0.25 & 0.33 & 92 \\ Summer & 0.35 & 0.48 & 0.30 & 0.41 & 92 \\ Autumn & 0.29 & 0.39 & 0.26 & 0.35 & 91 \\ \midrule All & 0.31 & 0.41 & 0.27 & 0.37 & 365 \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \end{table} \section{Results}\label{sec:results} A Results section is expected for all experimental work, although another heading may suit the methods used. Results are clear and concise and report only your own work; comparisons with published work belong in the Discussion. A combined Results and Discussion section is acceptable if it stays clear which results are yours and which are others'. Values shown in tables and figures need not be repeated in the text, except for emphasis or interpretation. Experimental outcomes always vary, so report the variability (for example mean $\pm$ standard deviation, confidence intervals and the number of repeats) and use appropriate statistical tests to separate real effects from chance before drawing conclusions. \section{Discussion}\label{sec:discussion} The Discussion organises, interprets and evaluates the results. It places them in the context of the problem, practical considerations and the limitations of the study, and compares them with results reported by others, for example \citet{lecun2015} and \citet{vaswani2017}. \subsection{Citing references}\label{sec:cite} The journals use author-date citations with an alphabetical reference list. Cite the surname without initials and the year: \citet{box2015} has shown (written \verb|\citet{key}|), or in parentheses \citep{hochreiter1997} (written \verb|\citep{key}|). For more than two authors, give the first author followed by ``et al.'', as in \citet{zhou2021}; the reference list gives all authors. Arrange references cited together chronologically \citep{hochreiter1997,hippert2001,wilkinson2016}. Works by the same authors in the same year are distinguished as 2016a, 2016b. A research article usually needs 25 to 35 key references; review articles may need more. Give a DOI for every reference that has one, and check that every citation in the text is in the list and every reference is cited. \section{Conclusions}\label{sec:concl} The Conclusions do not summarise the paper or repeat the methods and results. They state the findings: what was learned, what new knowledge was gained, how the state of the art has advanced, and what further research is suggested. Avoid bulleted or numbered lists here, because conclusions usually need explanation to show where they apply. This section establishes the significance of the work. \begin{acknowledgements} Collect acknowledgements here, at the end of the article before the references, and not on the title page or as a footnote. Thank those who helped with the research, for example with language, writing or review, data collection, funding, project administration, supervision or proofreading. Only people who made substantive intellectual or scientific contributions are authors; others are acknowledged here. Leave this out of the anonymous version. \end{acknowledgements} \declarations \begin{authorcontributions} Author-a: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing (original draft). Author-b: Software, Formal analysis, Validation. Author-c: Investigation, Supervision, Writing (review and editing). Author-d: Data curation, Visualization. List authors first, then their CRediT roles. Also send this statement as a separate file named ``Author Statement''. \end{authorcontributions} \begin{funding} This work was supported by \ldots\ (funder, grant number), or: The authors received no specific funding for this work. \end{funding} \begin{conflict} 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. \end{conflict} \begin{ethics} Not applicable. (For studies with people or animals, name the approving committee and reference number, and state how consent was obtained.) \end{ethics} \begin{dataavailability} The data supporting this study are available at \ldots\ (repository and DOI), or state why they cannot be shared. \end{dataavailability} \begin{codeavailability} The code is available at \ldots\ (repository and DOI or release). \end{codeavailability} \begin{aiuse} State any generative AI tool used in preparing the work, which tool and for what. AI tools cannot be authors. If none was used, write: No AI tools were used. \end{aiuse} \appendix \section{Authors and the author statement}\label{app:authors} List all authors with their given and family names spelled exactly as they should appear, and their affiliations (where the work was done) marked with lower-case superscript letters, as on the first page. Give the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country, and each author's email. Most papers have three to six authors. Decide the list and order of authors before submission: additions, removals or reordering are possible only before acceptance and only with the Editor's approval. The corresponding author handles all correspondence during review and publication and afterwards, including later questions about methods and materials, and keeps contact details up to date. Each author's contribution is described with the CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Writing (original draft); Writing (review and editing). Resources, funding acquisition, data collection, project administration, visualization, reviewing or supervision alone do not justify authorship; such contributions are acknowledged instead. \section{What to send}\label{app:send} \begin{itemize} \item The anonymous manuscript (class option \texttt{review}) and its source files. \item A title page with all authors, affiliations, emails, ORCID iDs and the corresponding author. \item Highlights, in a separate editable file named ``Highlights''. \item The author statement, in a separate file named ``Author Statement''. \item A cover letter stating the key contributions of the work, why they are new and why they suit the journal. \item Figures as separate files, and any supplementary data or code. \end{itemize} \noindent Journal names in the reference list may be abbreviated with ISO 4, for example \textit{Int. J. Forecast.} for the \textit{International Journal of Forecasting}. Appendix figures and tables are numbered A1, A2 and so on (Fig.~\ref{fig:appendix}). \begin{figure}[h] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.42\linewidth]{figures/figureA1.pdf} \caption{A figure in an appendix.} \label{fig:appendix} \end{figure} \bibliography{alchemy_references} \end{document}